SSFII Turbo HD Remix Character Tweaks Listed News

Here's one for Street Fighter nuts. If, on the other hand, you were unlucky enough to fall into a deep coma for most of the 1990s and you've never put your hand to Capcom's iconic fighter, then just have a look at the level of gameplay depth this grand master of 2D brawling boasts.

The following list has been posted on the Capcom-Unity site, displaying all the tweaks to the fighting styles of characters in Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix compared to the original arcade and 16-bit masterpiece:

Ryu - New move: fake fireball. qcf+short.

Ken - Strong dragon punch is invulnerable on the way up, exactly like Old Ken's, and also always knocks down. It's now a 1-hit move, not 2-hit. - Fierce dp has bigger arc, always knocks down, juggles against jump-ins, but no additional invulnerability. - Short helicopter has shorter duration. - Medium helicopter kick goes slightly farther. - Roundhouse helicopter kick goes farther and faster. - Roundhouse helicopter kick does less dizzy. - Air roundhouse helicopter goes slightly farther. - "Crazy kicks" have simplified joystick motions. New motions: 1) qcf+short, 2) qcf+forward, 3) qcf+roundhouse. - Damage lowered on first hit of knee bash hold. - Range of knee bash hold reduced by a small amount. - Super can now be used as a reversal.

Guile - Roundhouse flash kick now travels forward rather than straight up. - Super has easier motion: charge db, d, df, f, uf+ kick (Old motion still works). - Super does slightly less damage. - Uspide down kick is an overhead. - Upside down kick slowed down slightly. - Upside down kick can be performed at any range, not just close range, by holding towards+roundhouse. - Upside down kick is more vulnerable, allowing Sagat's low tiger shots and other moves to hit it.

Honda - Jump short has higher priority, can hit sweeps. - Floating fierce move (jump straight up + fierce) can be steered farther left/right. - Hundred hands easier to execute. - Strong and fierce versions of hundred hands have lower priority and all versions do a little less damage. - Ochio throw now bounces off the other way, preventing Honda from repeating it in the corner. - Ochio throw now deals the same dizzy points as other throws rather than twice as much. - Jab torpedo can destroy fireballs. - Jab torpedo travels shorter distance. - Super travels slower before first hit, but travels faster after first hit. - Super now knocks down and juggles.

Blanka - Horizontal ball has safer recovery. - Horizontal ball with jab and strong have same sound effect and same spinning speed as fierce version. - Horizontal ball with jab and strong travel slightly shorter distance so whiffed roll into bite is a little more effective. - Diagonal ball has faster startup and safer recovery. - Hop move has new command: hold stick left or right then jab+short OR strong+forward OR fierce+rh (Old - motion of kkk still works). - Hop back builds much less super meter. - Forward version of hop has slightly more foot-invulnerability at startup. - Electricity easier to execute (mash punches). - Super move has faster startup, faster recovery, and always knocks down if it hits.

Zangief - Green hand command changed to qcf+p. - Green hand has slightly faster recovery. - SPD command easier: hcb,f+p OR hcf,b+p (Original 360 command still works). - Super command easier, hcb,hcb,f+p OR hcf,hcf+p. - Running Grab (and double suplex) command is now hcb+k OR hcf+k. - Running Grab runs faster. - Kick lariat can now be done with jab+short as well as original KKK command. - Punch lariat can now be done with strong+forward or fierce+roundhouse as well as original PPP command. - Kick lariat has invulnerable feet during Zangief's first rotation, but vulnerable feet after that. - Kick lariat has a different sound effect on startup than punch lariat. - Punch lariat's initial hitframe now extends down to the floor so it can hit Dhalsim's low fierce or sometimes - Guile's low forward. As before, this hitbox is only active for 6 frames out of the entire lariat. - Hop move can only be done with towards + fierce. No longer possible with back+fierce, back+strong, or towards+strong. - Hop travels farther forward, slightly higher, and has slightly better recovery. - Jumping (forward/away) strong has hitbox that reaches slightly farther forward. - Low fierce has slightly higher hit box, mainly to hit Vega's off-the-wall attacks.

Chun Li - Removed df+medium kick move. - df+roundhouse (the "neckbreaker") no longer crosses up, removing the loop of repeated knockdowns. - Lighting legs easier to execute (mash kicks). - Lighting legs do less damage and have a little worse priority in Chun Li's stomach area. - Aerial spinning bird kick can be done with charge down, up+kick, so that you can do it after a headstomp. - Aerial spinning bird kick travels more straight now, then falls in an arc at the end. - Ground spinning bird kick has a new parabolic arc. It can also air-juggle and deals a fair amount of dizzy. - Super does slightly less damage.

Dhalsim - Teleport command requires only 2 punch or 2 kick buttons rather than 3. - Teleport recovery is not longer, but has more vulnerable frames at the end. - Yoga flame changed to qcb+p so it doesn't overlap fireball command. - Upward yoga flame changed to qcb+k to match other yoga flame. - Upward yoga flame now travels way up the screen with roundhouse version. - Super changed to hcb,hcb+p to match yoga flame command. - Super has more forgiving timing window. - Super is now more vulnerable around Dhalsim's head and throwable from behind. - Super can now be used as a reversal. - Noogie hold has shorter range. - Ducking ranged punches no longer cleanly go under Guile's Sonic Booms.

Balrog - Turn punch and headbutt award less super meter. - Small and medium headbutts travel slightly farther and are less safe. - Throw range decreased. - First hit of throw does less damage. - Turn Punch can be performed by holding 2 punches or 2 kicks, rather than all 3. - Super does a little less damage.

Vega - Defensive backflip command changed to jab+short for small version; strong+forward OR fierce+roundhouse for - double flip version (old commands of kkk and ppp still work). - Offensive backflip can no longer be charged straight back (must be charged down/back). - Off-the-wall attack no longer knocks down. - Off-the-wall attack has additional recovery, to prevent combos after hitting with it - New Wall Dive Fake: After going off the wall (charge down, then up+k), you can press kick again to drop without attacking.

Sagat - Super has more range, and always knocks down if it hits. - Fireball recovery is better than New Sagat but worse than Old Sagat. - Some normal moves are from Old Sagat. - Stand strong can be cancelled into special moves, second hit of stand forward and short cannot. - Tiger knee always knocks down and juggles (but NOT into super). - Tiger knee damage reduced because of new juggle property.

Bison - Devil's reverse (charge down, up+punch) has 1 frame of invulnerability at startup. - Stand jab has better priority, can stop honda's torpedo and blanka's roll. - New move: df+roundhouse is a fake slide. - Jump straight up + strong now juggles the same as jump toward/away + strong.

Cammy - Hooligan throw motion changed to qcf+p. - Spinning Backfist motion changed to qcb+p. - Spinning Backfist is invulnerable to fireballs during startup (all versions). - Spinning Backfist's hitbox on 2nd hit is bigger so that it doesn't fail to get 2nd hit if the 1st hit connects. - Cannon drill has better recovery. - Cannon Spike is usually not safe on block anymore.

Fei Long - Flying Kick motion changed to qcf+k. - Short version of flying kicks have additional frames of partial invulnerability, allowing them to go through fireballs at the start. - Flying kicks have lower priority on first hit, allowing them to be countered air-to-air a little more easily. - Flying kicks have 5 additional frames of recovery. - Medium and roundhouse flame kicks always knock down and can juggle. - Short flame kick is no longer safe on block from point-blank range. - Rekka Punches travel a little farther. - Rekka punch motion is a little more forgiving, so it's not as hard to get all 3 in the series. - Super travels farther. - Fei Long's head is vulnerable during 4th and 5th hits of the super (and can't go through fireballs during that, but still can during first 3 hits). - The super causes a different angle of knockdown so that comboing after it is difficult/impossible. - Super meter gains slightly reduced on flame kick and flying kicks.

Dee Jay - Machine Gun Punch, much easier to get all the hits. - Machine Gun Punch destroys fireballs. - Machine Gun Punch does less dizzy and less damage than before. - Medium and Roundhouse Dread Kicks, 2nd hit sped up so that it almost always hits if the first hit connects. - Medium and Roundhouse Dread Kicks have a few frames of foot-invulnerability at startup. - Medium and Roundhouse Dread Kicks have reduced damage because of improved ability to combo.

T.Hawk - Hawk dive command changed to jab+short OR strong+forward OR fierce+roundhouse while in air (old command ppp still works). - Hawk dive's bounce changed so it ends with T.Hawk close to enemy and safe on block or hit. - Hawk dive does not knock down. - Special throw command easier: hcb,f+p OR hcf,b+p, and you can actually start in down/back or down/forward (Original 360 command also still works). - Special throw now has a whiff animation if you miss. - Super command easier: hcb,hcb,f+p OR hcf,hcf+p. - Several of T.Hawk's normal moves are from Old T.Hawk, such as stand roundhouse and low roundhouse. - Fierce dragon punch now always knocks down and juggles. - Fixed a bug where a stray hitbox on low strong could be hit from very far away.

Akuma - Super meter added and new super move: Raging Demon. Command is jab, jab, towards, short, fierce. - Super travels slower and farther than the secret version of Akuma. - Super has additional start up frames. - Super is not able to grab an opponent out of jump start-up. - Air fireball has new downward angle and causes Akuma to hang in the air slightly when thrown. - Air fireball can now be done lower to the ground, allowing instant air fireball using "tiger knee" motion. - Akuma takes more damage than other characters. - Akuma can now be dizzied. - Teleport command requires only 2 punch or 2 kick rather than 3. - Blue fireballs have more startup and recovery. Now same startup as Ryu's fireball and only slightly shorter recovery than Ryu's. - Fierce blue fireball only has the huge knockback effect from very close range. - Red fireballs have more startup. - Helicopter kick has much less invulnerability. - Akuma's leg is no longer invulnerable during his ducking kicks.

SSFII Turbo HD Remix will be released via PSN and Xbox Live later this year.