Capcom announces new digital update to Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition

Capcom has revealed a whole new digital update to Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition at EVO 2013, with five new characters, six new stages, balance tweaks, and new features.

Ozzie Mejia

July 13, 2013 2:45 PM

Capcom came to EVO 2013's Street Fighter panel with far more than just a balance update in mind. A new digital update to Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition is coming to Xbox 360, PS3, and PC early next year and will bring along five new characters and six new stages, as well as an as-yet-unrevealed name change.

Hugo, Elena, Poison, and Rolento will come over from Street Fighter x Tekken and will be adapted to run on the SSFIVAE engine. A mysterious fifth character will also come to the update and will be announced in the coming months. The only hint so far is that this is an all-new character to the Street Fighter franchise.

Those who own Super Street Fighter IV or Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition on disc will be able to download the new update as DLC for $14.99. Those wishing to buy the whole package can purchase a retail disc for $39.99, which will contain all of the previously-released costume DLC. Part of the reason, Capcom stated, is to allow tournament organizers access to this additional content.

Balance tweaks and new features are also being promised and will be revealed soon. The official name of this new update, as well as a new trailer, will be revealed Sunday night during EVO's SSFIVAE Grand Finals.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?

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July 13, 2013 2:45 PM

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Capcom has revealed a whole new digital update to Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition at EVO 2013, with five new characters, six new stages, balance tweaks, and new features.
- shirif
  
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  July 13, 2013 3:14 PM
  
  Boo those characters suck. Bring in Rolento and Charlie, goddamit
  - DedlokPM
    
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    July 13, 2013 4:45 PM
    
    Kinda hard to put in someone who, at this time frame of the Street Fighter story, has been dead for years. (Charlie that is)
    - shirif
      
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      July 13, 2013 4:47 PM
      
      He died at least 3 times. He's a constant ghost!
    - Disarray
      
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      July 13, 2013 6:50 PM
      
      you're right, the street fighter story is pretty critical
  - Mr Gore
    
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    July 13, 2013 5:31 PM
    
    Yeah, they should add that character they just announced they were adding. You tell 'em.
    - shirif
      
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      July 13, 2013 5:34 PM
      
      I'm the best. Literally.
  - Vorlonesque
    
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    July 13, 2013 6:17 PM
    
    I'm trying to remember...what was the main difference between Charlie and Guile? I ask this as a guy who mostly played as both of them in their respective games...its been a long damned time since I touched Alpha 1 or 2.
    - shirif
      
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      July 13, 2013 6:45 PM
      
      IIRC, Charlie had a longer reach, a bit slower to move, his flash kick didn't lunge him as forward as Guile, also was higher, which made it pretty good against anti-air attacks.
      Sonic Booms had faster recovery after executing them.
      
      I liked him because you can play this character more defensively than Guile.
      - Vorlonesque
        
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        July 13, 2013 8:46 PM
        
        Maybe he'll be in the update next year, eh?
- shirif
  
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  July 13, 2013 3:15 PM
  
  Wait, Rolento is in??? Nice, but I need the C-man
- veras
  
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  July 13, 2013 3:15 PM
  
  is poison gonna have a dong
  - GigiLeCheshire
    
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    July 13, 2013 3:52 PM
    
    Poison always has a dong
    - DandySlayer
      
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      July 13, 2013 10:44 PM
      
      In the Japanese version she is pre-op.
      In the American version she is post-op.
- kallanta
  
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  July 13, 2013 4:12 PM
  
  Awesome! I only hope it gets a better title than "Arcade Edition".
  - OzzieMejia
    
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    July 13, 2013 5:30 PM
    
    My guess is that it will contain the words "Turbo," "Hyper," "Championship," or some combination of the three.
    - Vorlonesque
      
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      July 13, 2013 8:47 PM
      
      What if they go World Heroes and call it "Street Fighter 4 Jet"?
      - Vorlonesque
        
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        July 13, 2013 8:47 PM
        
        Or Street Fighter 4 Perfect?
    - the archvile
      
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      July 13, 2013 8:55 PM
      
      http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CapcomSequelStagnation
  - Mr Gore
    
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    July 13, 2013 5:33 PM
    
    They've already announced they weren't just going to go with SSF4 Arcade Edition 2014. The official name is getting announced tomorrow before the SSF4AE finals at EVO.
    - kallanta
      
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      July 14, 2013 12:03 AM
      
      I CAN HOPE, CAN'T I?!
- pizzaput
  
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  July 13, 2013 4:41 PM
  
  Just give me SF2 HD on PC. SF4 has shit music, 2 has awesome music.
  - pyide
    
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    July 13, 2013 4:42 PM
    
    you can mod in different music if that's all you really want.
  - shirif
    
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    July 13, 2013 5:02 PM
    
    The first edition of SF4 had way awesome music.
    INDESCTRUTIBLE
    - shirif
      
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      July 13, 2013 5:36 PM
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdKB-6ueD4o
      It`s waiting to come up now.
  - shirif
    
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    July 13, 2013 5:50 PM
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoOPRDMmpf4
- No2Rancor
  
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  July 14, 2013 6:52 AM
  
  Even though it will never happen, I want the other character to be Shin Akuma!
  
  Even if he is cheap to the max, I love spamming double air fireballs, plus being able to use a Raging Demon and zoom across the screen is way too much fun :)
  - AroundTheFur1380
    
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    July 14, 2013 10:32 AM
    
    That would be insane, as regular akuma has climbed to just about top tier status himself. Shin was always fun though in couch warfare with my friends, 2 shin akumas was like watching DBZ.