Street Fighter IV fan’s favorite cornball, project manager Shiozawa-san, is back on the SFIV blog mic:
6/10/2008
Who is the number one in the West!?
Project Manager:
Shiozawa Natsuki
Hey everyone!
Thanks for all of the comments you guys sent about our promotional video during Capcom USA’s CAPTIVATE’08 event! As we expected, the response to Ryu’s theme was very positive! Hehe, look forward to our next promotional video!
Now, back in April we posted a blog entry with SFIV main designer Ikeno Daigo and some concept sketches of Crimson Viper’s
“Capital Punishment Combo”…
We’re now excited to announce that the event will also feature the UK public’s first chance to play the arcade final version of STREET FIGHTER IV! It will also be the first chance to get hands-on with the new Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, so it’s truly a “can’t miss” event for any fighting game fans.
More details about the tournament can be found here, or just go straight to the source at battleofdestiny.com
In addition to the press and members of our Capcom community, CAPTIVATE08 also got a surprise visit from MMA World Champion Cung Le. The champ (and his belt!) came through to check out all the new games, but he was of course specially interested in SFIV.
We took him down to some private machines where he went one on one with SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono himself. Ono-san fought bravely, but when he went down in the third, he tagged me in to put the champ on his back.
I myself have had the honor of fighting Seth “S-kill” Killian in Street Fighter IV and have witnessed him not just playing the game but playing the game well! If you don’t believe me then check out the video.
It was shot guerilla-style by Unity member and CAPTIVATE08 special invitee Dubindoh, and it’s Capcom US’s Seth versus Capcom Europe’s Leo Tan last week at CAPTIVATE08.
Gaming jobs are awesome. Why? Well, just last week I spent the entire week in Las Vegas from Tuesday to Saturday, living it up in a posh hotel on the 32nd floor with free booze, food, video games and 150 like-minded video game folks to play them with. Plus we got to shoot at zombies. Now, before you’re overcome with jealousy, live the event vicariously by clicking through and checking out all the games we showed off at Captivate 08.
Don’t be fooled by my boring old screenshot, this is the real deal: a brand new artistic SFIV trailer!
Head over to the flash-tastic streetfighter.com, click on the “Street Fighter IV: Let’s Do This” tab at the top of the page, and you’ll find a beautiful, brand-new, never-before-seen SFIV trailer of Guile battling Abel, rendered in a “sand painting” style.
In this week’s installment of “I know something and you don’t! Neener-neener-neener!” SFIV project manager Natsuki Shiozawa confirms, she is in fact a big tease:
5.27.08 “Preparing the big news!” - Project Manager: Natsuki Shiozawa
Good afternoon, everyone!
Thanks to everyone who came out this past weekend in Tokyo and in Osaka for
our location test, it was a great success thanks to you guys! We’re really
thankful that all of you decided to join us!
That zany Shiozawa-san is back in action on Japan’s official SFIV blog. This installment brings us news on the arcade machines’ special modes:
In “Beginner’s Mode,” you can practice on 3 computer opponents before getting the option to fight a real person on your fourth fight.
“Arcade Mode” is the standard “automatically fight anyone who joins in, and play against computer if nobody else is playing.”
“Trial Mode” pits you against computer opponents until you lose, and then compares your ranking against the rankings of other players across the country, if you have a IC card registered (these are cool little identity cards that record your SFIV stats).
“Event Mode” is a special mode created for official mobile site events, where participating winners receive a special prize. Shiozawa-san also mentions that this current Tokyo location test is actually an Event Mode event, so the top-ranked player (or team?) when the event ends will receive… something? As always, the SFIV blog remains full of mystery!
So we’re thinking about whipping up a new batch of SFIV figurines. We’re just dipping our toes in the water, and so won’t be making ALL of the characters right now, but we would like to make a few. If we’re not producing the whole cast, the question is which ones DO we make?
Obviously the new characters are cool, but Ryu, Chun, etc. are icons… Tough call. Anyway, rather than strapping on our thinking caps and then producing a bunch of stuff that nobody actually wants, we thought we’d ask you what you thought about it.
So, which ones are your favorites? Check out the poll on the right side of our blog and pick your top three!
Edit: As filthy Americans, we are using the filthy American names for the boss characters in the poll. For reference:
The diehards at the UK’s 
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