Proof of Super Street Fighter IV was first made public accidentally when the German version of GamePro magazine took pictures of Yoshinori Ono in which a game, supposedly Street Fighter IV, is seen featuring T. Hawk and a new logo with a big metallic S behind the Street Fighter logo, much like the Super Street Fighter II logo.
Capcom officially hinted at the game when they opened a teaser site in their official Japanese website.An official announcement was made on September 28, 2009, along with a spring 2010 release date, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Having been deemed as too large an update to be deployed as DLC, the game was made into a stand-alone title, but is intended to carry a price tag lower than that of a full retail game. Capcom also hinted at bonus features for people who already own Street Fighter IV.
The game is planned to feature ten additional characters, as well as tweaks and changes to the existing ones, such as new ultra combos.Among the added characters are T. Hawk and Dee Jay, who were initially intended to be in the original Street Fighter IV but later dropped.Also revealed was Juri, an all new character, along with Adon from the original Street Fighter, and Cody and Guy from Final Fight, characters who were last featured in Final Fight: Streetwise. Dudley, Ibuki and Makoto from the Street Fighter III series were revealed as playable characters via the February 16th issue of Famitsu.
The game will feature a few additional online modes, including Team Battle with up to 8 players, Replay Channel, which allows players to view and save replays from around the world, and Endless Battle, in which the winner plays against a rotating group of players. The game also sees the return of the Car and Barrel bonus stages from the Street Fighter II series. A download-able Tournament mode will also be featured.
Each character now has an additional alternate costume (plus the extra ones from the first game, totaling 3 costumes for characters in Street Fighter IV and 2 for the newly introduced), new rival battles and 2 Ultra Combos. The Ultra Combos are selectable, similar to the Super Arts of Street Fighter III.
Quote:
It is confirmed that "roughly eight"characters will be added to the character roster from Street Fighter IV. T. Hawk and Dee Jay (both from Super Street Fighter II, completing the whole cast from the Street Fighter II series) have been confirmed, along with a new character, Juri. She is a young South Korean woman who works for Seth's organization, S.I.N., and uses Taekwondo as her fighting style along with an energy-boosting device implanted inside her left eye called the "Feng Shui Engine".Adon from the original Street Fighter, as well as Cody and Guy from Final Fight have also been confirmed (all three being based particularly on their Street Fighter Alpha incarnations). Recently through gaming web sites such as Kotaku and Giant Bomb, Capcom sent Valentine's Day gifts to mentioned sites containing an Everlast boxing glove holding on to a rose reminiscent of Street Fighter III character Dudley.On February 16, 2010, Famitsu revealed Dudley, Ibuki and Makoto in a scan, thus confirming the trio for the upcoming release, along with screenshots as well.A trailer was released on February 17, 2010 showing footage of all the upcoming characters, along with hints towards a possible new fighter with a voiceover and a spill of oil beside the Capcom logo at the end.