I know, due to challenges coming in to me via Facebook and IM, that Street Fighter IV hits the… er… street today.
To celebrate the 2nd (or 3rd, or 4th) coming of the Street Fighter legacy, Capcom threw a giant launch party a few days ago in downtown Los Angeles. Many of you attended, some were rebuffed by the LA fire marshal, but all that made it in had a great time.
When I first arrived, Capcom Community Guy and Street Fighter Legend Seth Killian offered up a tour. I rolled video so you could see what went down inside:
More pics of the event here. Thanks Justin M!
Gushing fanboy time: my personal highlights were getting my phone engraved, meeting Cmdr. Geordi La Forge, and getting my butt handed to me by Destructoid’s Nick Chester 3 matches in a row.
Again, it was great meeting those who got in, and I extend my personal apologies for those invitees turned away due to overcapacity.
(Average: 4.06 out of 5)
72 Comments // 7 Replies
Add your own
Pages: « Previous 1 2
51
Delriach | February 17th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
I’m pretty sure the codes will not work until the store is updated on thursday
52
SEVIREDgamer | February 17th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Hey Jeff, is it true you got pwned by some dude taht works at Destructiod.com? I’d honestly wouldn’t mind getting around of street fighter, My Local Gamestop in Horton plaza in downtown San Diego just broke the street date for this game So i went and got it along with a madcats fighter pad for PS3, It’s just a shame i cant play it today because i’m on the ship. still i use to be an awesome Street fighter, So I challenge you to a duel. What do ya Say?
PSN:SEVIREDgamer
53
JesseHaysFL | February 17th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
codes arent good till thursday….i think..
54
JesseHaysFL | February 17th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
and mr. rubenstein will you please save a spot on your friends list as I would love to play SF4 against you?
55
O_R_I_00 | February 17th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I can’t wait to play. I’ve already played the arcade version and it’s incredible!
@ NickDude
not interested then why post on the topic?
@GamerMoney
it’s not KADOKEN it’s Hadouken
56
SPOOKULA209 | February 17th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Got it today its sick!
57
EvoAnubis | February 17th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Where the **** is John D.!? It’s not right, bringing up Capcom stuff and he isn’t here. I haven’t even seen his ass on PSN in nearly a month! Where the hell is he?
58
EvoAnubis | February 17th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
*chuckles* Nevermind. THERE he is; playing SF4. Why that should shock me, I’ll never know.
59
JesseHaysFL | February 17th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
how do you say…brot side set euken?
60
alteremagam | February 17th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Hey, Jeff i have a site and my friend told me to leave you a message. And tell you about my site, We are just starting out and most of our stuff is about sony, And we won’t to talk to sony about them looking at our site, And watching our site grow. So could you read over this and think about sponsoring our site.
http://altermagam.webs.com/
61
sNsKid | February 17th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
The hard challenges in SFIV really are hard. D:
62
DOMI_JUAN | February 18th, 2009 at 4:25 am
I’m so frustrated… I have no idea when the store around here will receive SFIV. I’m guessing around the 25th of Feb. I suggest next time, don’t put out a shipping date, just put out an available date for purchase from store.
63
clupula668 | February 18th, 2009 at 4:36 am
Loving the game, although I do wish we had a choice on which characters we could get the DLC on with the voucher that came with the CE. I don’t use any of the characters in that one. I much would’ve preferred the one with the female characters, but, oh well.
I don’t think I’ll be playing any other game for, at least, a week or two.
Now, speaking of DLC, individual stages would be something to tell the development team to look into.
64
BZKlint | February 18th, 2009 at 7:47 am
There are 5 replies but it only says 4?
65
dime5150 | February 18th, 2009 at 10:18 am
I’m going to pick the game up today after exhausting every retailer yesterday (last resort was even walmart). I’ve been a fan since Street Fighter. My childhood is full of memories of this game i’m so happy they decided to continue it after 20 years. I didn’t think for a second we would ever see another Street Fighter.
This event looked fun. It’s obvious that they truly care about the fans and gaming in general. Looks like quite an event.
Jeff: You must defeat Shen Long to stand a chance. I challenge you! :) PSN: dime5150
66
darknightjin840 | February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
some for me
67
darknightjin840 | February 18th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
LD sf 4 costume pack not going thought help !!!!
68
Delriach | February 18th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
>_> Jeff whooped me. We had some interesting Chun-Li vs Chun-Li moments. It was almost like fighting the same person… until he beat me down and then it was obvious who was better :P
69
LoloBell | February 19th, 2009 at 1:33 am
Man this was an awesome video! I love to see the inside of events like this, hopefully some day I an attend one! :3 Keep up the good work!
70
THORNCRUSHER760 | February 20th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
The game is amazing I love playing it, brings back a lot a good memories.
71
mAttRAsss | February 23rd, 2009 at 8:19 am
Hey i got the game but i notice one tragic flaw
YOU GUYS HAVE THE SAME SONG ON THE MENU, THATS GONNA GET SO ANNOYING IN LIKE 2 MONTHS…u guys should let me make u guys a new song to add to the soundtrack
and another thing do u guys thing u can add custom win quotes for online? maybe a stage pack? Maybe a character pack?
72
paulmc | February 23rd, 2009 at 10:34 am
Any reason why even on EASIEST Seth is sooooo frickin hard to beat! i know theres probably lots of expert fighters here but for newbies to the series this is making Arcade Mode a complete turn off
Pages: « Previous 1 2
Leave a Comment
We close the comments for posts after 30 days. If you would still like to comment on this post, please use our contact form.