In their quest to make the Ultra Street Fighter IV the Alpha and Omega of fighting games, Capcom has announced the Edition Select feature that allows players to choose rulesets for their characters. Capcom’s Peter Rosas explained how the ability to mix and match playstyles would benefit the tournaments.
“With Edition Select, players can now pick between the Vanilla SFIV, Super SFIV, Super SFIV AE, Super SFIV AE ver. 2012 and Ultra SFIV versions of their favorite character and create matches could only take place in our dreams. Just thinking about Daigo using SFIV Ryu vs. Justin Wong using SSFIV Rufus is getting me pretty hype.”
Ultra Street Fighter IV will be available as an upgrade to Super Street Fighter IV or Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, or as a standalone title this June for consoles and in August for PCs.
Ultra Street Fighter IV will allow players to directly upload a record of their matches to YouTube. According to Capcom’s Street Fighter community manager David Hinds, the upcoming game will feature an integrated system to create and transmit either a high or low quality video of any recorded match in their history to the player’s YouTube account.
Whether it’s the best comeback since Daigo VS Justin Wong, or perhaps you had an encounter with a pro-player you want to share, this feature is great for those who are yet to own a direct capture device, and want to show off their favorite Ultra Street Fighter IV moments!
I expect to see lots of videos of people doing things in the game that I could never do like actually win a match. Ultra Street Fighter IV will be available either as an upgrade for owners of Super Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition for $14.99 on all platforms, or as a full standalone release for $39.99 on consoles and $29.99 on PC.
Capcom’s Street Fighter IV must hold some kind of record for longevity. The game has been going strong in the tournament scene since its release in 2008. Rather than reinvent the wheel, Capcom has kept it fresh by adding expansions with balance tweaks and new features. Ultra Street Fighter IV is coming in 2014. As the video above shows, you’ll be able to have 3 vs 3 team battles and train online. Why spend hours in the singleplayer training mode, only to go online and get your pants kicked off? With Ultra Street Fighter IV, you can get your pants kicked off right in training!
The full retail version of Ultra Street Fighter IV will be $39.99 on consoles and $29.99 on PC. The digital upgrade from previous versions of Street Fighter IV will be $14.99 on all platforms.
