Super Street Fighter IV Revealed [UPDATE] News

As expected, an official reveal of Super Street Fighter IV has emerged today. As was not entirely expected, the game will only be released at retail (although not at full price) and will not be made available via DLC when it launches next spring for Xbox 360 and PS3.

Early indications are that Super Street Fighter IV will add eight new characters to the existing roster of 25 fighters, although Capcom has stated that this number is subject to change depending on fan feedback and the rest of SSFIV's development cycle.

The only two new characters that have been confirmed so far are returning fighter T. Hawk and a new female character called Juri (both had already been leaked in a batch of screens yesterday). The balancing of Capcom's existing 25 SFIV characters will also be tweaked for SSFIV, which will include new Ultra combos.

Capcom is also promising that the online multiplayer will be improved for SSFIV and the publisher has hinted that a new lobby system could be a part of this. However, because of the changes being made, SSFIV's online component will not be compatible with SFIV.

A copy of SFIV isn't required to play SSFIV but don't go trading in this year's game quite yet. Capcom has indicated that gamers who still own a copy of SFIV next spring will get a bonus when they boot up SSFIV for the first time.

Source: Gamespot

UPDATE: Dee Jay has now appeared as a third additional character for SSFIV and will join T. Hawk as a returning fighter, as well as all-new character Juri.