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Friday, April 11, 2008

Vega (claw), bison (dictator) and a new charcater Rufus CONFIRMED!!!


The 4th loc test of the highly anticipated Street FIghter 4 is happening as we speak. Lucky attendees from the event gave us the great news that both Bison and vega are indeed in and playable as well as a new fat ugly character named rufus. SRK forum user Azrael was one of the lucky people who were able to attend and here is what he said:
"Characters - Changes and Improvements -- YES, the "Four Kings" (Shitennou) are in it and playable. -- Did not see too much of Balrog. Didn't seem too different. His ultra is like a beefed-up version of his punch-rush super, but with the uppercuts. It seems to be able to tag people in the air and juggle them for damage. -- Vega is reminiscent of ST. Once he gets in close, life becomes very, very bad. The claw magically switches sides as Vega does. J.FP has insane range and good priority. His ultra is a souped-up version of the wall lunge move - I saw it hit and I saw it miss plenty. -- Sagat - C.FP is no longer the Evil Bringer of Retribution it used to be. Now, it's just a normal move. Seriously lacks pokes. However, Tiger Uppercut = too good. Regular version is one or two hits, and EX is Alpha-style multi-hit. Tiger fireballs, while gorgeous, seem to be a bit slower than before (no O.Sagat fireball traps). Tiger knee is fast, covers good ground, and doesn't seem to have any recovery. His ultra is an incredible version of the Tiger Genocide - after launching the opponent with the Tiger Uppercut, he lets them fall into a HUGE version of the Tiger Uppercut. Players today seemed to be hitting his ultra a lot. After playing him a few times, I thought he was kinda dependant on being defensive. However, we talked to one of the best Japanese players there, who said that Sagat was strong. He then racked up a few wins with impressive usage of SA. Quite a few people were using Sagat today. -- Bison. Some of Bison's animations are just incredible. He looks closest to his CvS2 incarnation. Slide and scissors kicks get out of recovery before the opponent gets out of blockstun. On the flipside, it looked like it was really easy to stuff the scissors kicks. Teleport is WAY fast. Psycho crusher doesn't really seem that good. Ultra is scissors kicks into psycho crusher - did not actually see anyone land it. Adverse says that it can possibly be used for anti-air. Quite a few people today used Bison as well. Don't hold me to this, but it kinda looks like his face is scarred. El-Fuerte - Holy crap, this guy is on crack and then some. Has a forward and backwards run. Has a move where he runs at the opponent, jumps up into the air, and then does a frog-splash on the opponent. There's another version where he will perform a command throw on the way down. Has a good anti-air move where he kick-jumps into the air, and if he catches the opponent, he slams them down with a neck-breaker/hurricarana (?). Has a wall-jump that seems to cover a lot of range, and he might have an air throw. Reno used him a lot today, but we sort of felt that he was lacking. We're sort of waiting for the Japanese players to break him wide open tomorrow though. -- Rufus....yeah. Sort of like Bob from Tekken 6, or imagine Chang with Choi's moves or something. Saw him very, very rarely today. Right now he's almost like the Dan of this game, but again, I'm waiting to see if Japanese players break him open tomorrow."

Wow it is indeed a great day, we are hoping we will be getting some pics or videos of the event. Keep checking back !

Source: srk forums

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