STREET FIGHTER IV OVERVIEW

STREET FIGHTER 4Street Fighter IV is the newest installment in the legendary Street Fighter franchise that strives to bring back players who have felt alienated from the series since Street Fighter 2, while still providing gameplay deep enough to please the hardcore and tournament player fan base.

After nearly 10 years since a new Street Fighter game hit arcades, it was released on July 18th 2008 in Japan after many location tests were conducted all around the country. In early August 2008, with out an official release from Capcom, numerous arcades around North America imported the game installing it into custom modded arcade cabinets to allow their patrons to play.

Produced by Yoshinori Ono, Street Fighter 4 brings back the old school cast of Street Fighter II while introducing 4 new characters, Abel, Crimson Viper, Rufus and El Furte. The home console versions released on February 17th include additional characters such as Rose, Dan, Fei-Long and Cammy. The last boss Seth and hidden boss Gouken are also playable in the home versions.

GAME PLAY SYSTEM GUIDE | CHARACTER COMBOS AND STRATEGY

CHARACTER UNLOCK CONDITIONS FOR CONSOLE VERSIONS

[Can unlock with one-round matches on the lowest difficulty level]
Sakura: Clear with Ryu
Cammy: Clear with C. Viper
Dan: Clear with Sakura
Fei-Long: Clear with Abel
Gen: Clear with Chun-Li
Rose: Clear with Dictator

Gouki/Akuma: After unlocking the above six, defeat Gouki
[For one-round matches: At least one perfect, no continues]
Gouken: After finishing the game with Gouki, defeat Gouken with any character
[For one-round matches: at least one perfect, no continues, at least two Ultra finishes]
Seth: Clear with all other characters

NOTE: Gouki and Gouken only appear to show up on the second or later playthrough with a given character. Perhaps it depends on your performance in Arcade Mode.

Regarding the number of ultra combo finishes required to face Gouki or Gouken:
Gouken only appears after at least two ultra combo finishes