A sequel to Street Fighter IV has been “practically confirmed” according to Capcom’s Japanese Q&A blog. In the blog post Capcom was dropping hints of a SF4 sequel, even going as far as to refer it to as “SF 4 DASH”.
This might not be surprising for those who know their Street Fighter History, with new versions of the same basic game being released almost left and right as the engine is being continously refined.
No real information is made available, but Capcom several hints were dropped on what a sequel or future version of Street Fighter 4 might contain:
- A new character who is Gouken’s daughter. She is “probably is as strong as Ryu, Ken or Akuma” and “maybe can do a one handed hadouken like his father can”
- Rolento is mentioned as a possible character
- Special intros (Gouken vs Ryu, for example) will probably be added in the next update or next version
- They want to add a ‘diagram’, a tier chart showing the results of each match-up. This was supposedly included with Street Fighter IV at some point during development to help balance the characters.
There’s also mention of a possible Street Fighter IV survey to find out what players want. It hasn’t been confirmed whether it’s for Japanese players only (given the information comes from a Japanese blog) or for North American and European players too.
Personally, I think it’s way too soon for a incremental sequel.
Those might have worked back in the days of Street Fighter II, when arcades were the biggest thing going, but it’s a very different market, and I would be really surprised if people who have become attached to Street Fighter IV will just ditch their current version for what would essentially be the same game with some extras.
Mind you, Rolento… *drools*
@Michael O’Connor, releasing the whole damned thing as DLC would be a lot better.