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Mar102010
« SRK's Mr. Wizard Quick Impressions of All Super Street Fighter 4 Characters »
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Mr. Wizard over at Shoryuken has posted a quick summary of his impressions of pretty much every character after playing the game at Capcom's GDC Super Street Fighter 4 event. If you want to get a quick impression of how each of the characters holds up (in his opinion!), hit the source link below!
Source: Shoryuken
Reader Comments (10)
I am not liking his impression of Blanka. :( Did he deserve to get nerfed? it seems like he was from impressions i hear.
Man, I'm bored at work just commenting all over the place.
Anyway, interesting stuff, nice survey of the characters...can't wait for the populace at large to head into the lab and discover the finer details.
I foresee a lotta Chun domination.
@Monstergogo More devastating Chuns this time around.
@furiousrgd Well he didn't say he got nerfed, he "seemed the same." But pretty much it should stay that way for him IMO.
It's sad to hear about Gen really losing his link, it's a great tool. It just seems that some characters have to work even harder. Surprised about Rufus aside from EX SS getting nerfed, saw that coming. Did Guile's aviators HAVE to be a taunt? Sucks that Adon's Jaguar kick is unsafe, but I don't really know how it's been in past games. Basically everyone foresaw Dudley being top especially with the J. Wong video. It's good to hear Rose getting stronger. Finally reflect into throw WORKS. Always do that shit on accident. I think play harder with her this time around and also Luffy's Rose being a part of that as well. So maybe I'll do some brushing up. Sakura, good things, picking her up currently.
Overall good and what sounds like an honest read. Just gotta do work.
@ naggle
Yeah, I don't understand the Gen nerfs. My only guess (and this is pure, ass-talking guesswork) is that maybe the way Gen was being played didn't back up how they had envisioned...and that maybe they made tweaks to emphasize a different manner to play him. Of course, this is only a realistic assumption if Gen has received buffs somehow, too...or if his new Ultras allow for some incredible stuff...meh, I don't play Gen but I love fighting good Gen players--I feel the pain.
Wow, look at that Hakan summary, epic!
*ahem* he gets 200% better when he puts oil on... Oh dear...Thats like... 100% times 2!!
...All cornyness aside, I'm pretty sure we know Hakan is much better than that trailer makes him, Anit-JUMP ultra? he has the gift of a unique ultra, just like Juri.
Ahhh, and we are going to see alot... of Dudleys...
I don't think he is right on everything. For example, in a developers blog they clearly said they made SOME changes to guile and he basically says there are none. I don't know how much time he had, but a few tweaks could be hidden pretty good and still make a character remarkably better.
We'll see when it is out.
I agree with Hans...
It's hard to know a low tier character technically and notice the subtle changes (especially for Guile). Those subtle changes can really help a character out especially for players like Fuson, Dagger G, top Japanese Guiles and any other struggling Guile players.
I have heard that his flashkick has a bit more range so that can get Guile out of cross ups. His sonic hurricane may not be good to Mr. Wizard but to a Guile player, it's heaven! If the ultra can be linked from a combo then that's exactly what Guile players were asking for. I main Guile and the only semi-safe use for his ultra now is to get out of cross ups if timed correctly. You only get 1 hit off the ultra and barely recover in time for it to be safe.
I know the read from Mr. Wizard was a quick overview but just remember that it should be taken with a grain of salt :)
I like that Cammy and her arrow are a little better now, tho i do not get nerfing the damage on cannon spike. I mean really? i love Cammy and think she has a lot of tools, but her Damage was one of her big tools. The girl. [ like all sf girls] can't take much a beating her damage helped to make her sick in the right hands. I fear nerfing that will only make her a worse character. If anything a viper with out the tricks.
If everybody else got buffed, and Blanka didn't, then in effect it's a nerf. I don't know how Blanka is going to deal with all these new and more powerful characters.
I'm glad to hear Dan's Gadouken goes further now. I actually always forgot about it in SFIV. XD I remember it in Alpha 3 Max and in CvS2 but I just forget it's in SFIV. I use the EX one from time to time though.
Hopefully Guile got something Mr. Wizard didn't notice. As awesome as putting on his shades is, that doesn't really help his gameplay. But at least I can do his Ultra 2. <_< But I'm not going to complain about being unable to do his first Ultra that'd just be silly.
Hakan is sounding great. I'm not going to bother repeating what everybody else said. :P