Street Fighter 4 - Justin Wong vs Arturo Sanchez

Justin Wong, playing as Abel, is pitted against Arturo Sanchez, playing as Seth, in the final round of the World Cyber Games Fighter Club tournament - 4/26/2009.



Nice work Justin! Note the MadCatz SF4 TE stick he used...sick!

GameSpoon - Street Fighter 4 World Championship

Here are some videos of the Street Fighter 4 National & World Championship competitio! Daigo Umehara took the world title, but Justin Wong is the US champ. The world finals was a round-robin tournament; Dagio won with a 4-0 record. Enjoy!

Daigo vs. Wong (World Finals)



Justin Wong vs. Mike Ross (National Finals)



Justin Wong vs. Poongko



Justin Wong vs. Iyo



Poongko vs Iyo



Iyo vs. Daigo

GameSpoon - The King of Fighters XII

HELL YEAH!

SNK Playmore's The King of Fighters XII will be coming to the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 in July - worldwide! This is fantastic news, previously there had been no word regarding a non-Japanese release of this amazing hand-drawn game.

According to Kotaku's article, the game will be reinventing itself, returning "to a core set of characters, relaunching with a new look but retaining the classic feel" (Kotaku).

"I couldn't think of a more appropriate way to commemorate The King of Fighter's 15-Year Anniversary than with a gorgeously animated, high-definition installment that updates the KOF legacy for a new generation." said Shane Bettenhausen, New Business Development Director of Ignition Entertainment. "While other fighting games have abandoned the time-consuming process of creating beautiful 2D art, KOFXII fully embraces the refined aesthetic beauty that only human hands can produce" (Kotaku).

This is fantastic news to hear, riding on the tails of the Street Fighter 4 release. Combing SF4, KOFXII and the new Tekken that's in the works - it's time to seriously consider building out a custom arcade stick from Arcade-in-a-Box.

I think I know how I'll be contributing to the global economy

GameSpoon - Street Fighter 4 Training Manual

You love Street Fighter 4, don't you? I do! Well, Capcom sent out a sweet training manual to the press during the launch of Street Fighter 4; well fear not, now you too can own this manual...for FREE!

"How is this possible?" You ask. I'll tell you! Capcom's Unity site has the PDF version of the training manual up on their site for download, you can find it here:

SF4 Training Manual [capcom-unity.com].

Thank Capcom for this awesome-ness!

GameSpoon - A week with Street Fighter IV!!!!!

Street Fighter totally ate its Wheaties.

I have been playing Street Fighter games since about 1993. I came across my first Street Fighter II game at a local strip mall. The game was in its demo mode and the fighters were Ken And Ryu chucking fireballs at each other. It was quite possibly the coolest, most monotonous thing I have ever seen.

Well, 18 years later, the newest iteration of the game has come out. Even though 3 other Street fighter games have come out since, Street Fighter IV is truly the next incarnation of II. This game plays the same way as II, and seamlessly incorporates features of the others.

I have dipped my toes into about everything this game has to offer. The Arcade mode features your standard series of one-on-one matches against a series of computer-controlled opponents. It has a standard local versus mode where you and a pal can jump kick and yell obscenities at each other. The training mode is also included, where you can hone your skills against an opponent you can set to stand, crouch, jump, & block as well as have a CPU or Human controlled opponent for never ending matches. There is also a Challenge mode where you can compete in a race against the clock to beat a series of opponents, a survival mode where you only get one life bar.......to beat a series of opponents, and a trial mode which teaches you the intricacies of combat.

And then there is the online mode.

Fuck! People are REALLY good at this game. The online mode provides you with player matches and ranked matches. Ranked matches give Battle Points to rank your skill in fighting. I have played a few ranked matches and got absolutely wrecked. I have won one match in online play, which gave me 87 BP. I now have 12. Sigh...... well, at least you can create our own room in the player match setting where you and your pal can jump kick and yell obscenities at each other.

Quite possibly the COOLEST new feature in the is game is the ability to set yourself open to challenges while playing in Arcade Mode. While going through your character's story, anyone at any time can challenge you to a fight. While you will not get too far in the Arcade mode with this on, it is neat to see A NEW CHALLENGER HAS ARRIVED come across the screen without anyone else sitting in your livingroom.

In my very biased opinion, this is the best fighting game I have ever played. If it isnt the best fighting game you have ever played, let me know........ so i can yell at you.

GameSpoon - Street Fighter 4

Last night SpoonThrash and I had our first online SF4 match against each other. Ken (SpoonThrash) vs. Ryu (SpoonRock) - classic.

It has been nearly a week since the two of us got our hands on a copy of Capcom's new Street Fighter. So far, we've spent that time training and exploring this game. But neither one of us had decided to fight each other yet...until last night.

Needless to say, it was a bad-ass experience. Shoryuken's were coming out of the wood-work. I won the first match (best of 3), Thrash won the second match (best of 5). I think MasterThrash has to teach me some of his skills....maybe this YouTube video will help?

Street Fighter 4 is awesome.

GameSpoon - Street Fighter 4 Video

GameTrailers.com posted a new Street Fighter 4 video that gives you the low-down of the storyline for the SF 4 characters. It's pretty cool, but it makes Vega (aka "Claw") creepy as hell, as he wants to taste your blood...Vampire Claw?

Check it out and get ready for Street Fighter 4!

GameSpoon - EGMs Final Cover Story

1UP.com has posted what would have been EGM's final cover story. Man, this is sad news. Please check out 1UP.com for the entire cover story, including a farewell letter written by SF4 producer Yoshinori Ono.

R.I.P. EGM, your magazine will be missed.

GameSpoon - SF4 Character Videos

1UP.com has posted some exclusive Street Fighter 4 (console version) character videos.

SF 4 is a highly anticipated title that has a lot of potential at being one of the best fighting games around - especially for SF fans. The gamplay videos look promising, check them out and make up your own opinion; however, until you actually play the game, who knows what you'll think!

GEN vs ROSE

Street Fighter 4 Exclusive 'Gen vs. Rose' gameplay HD

DAN vs DAN

Street Fighter 4 Exclusive 'Dan vs. Dan' gameplay HD

FEI LONG vs CAMMY

Street Fighter 4 Exclusive 'Fei Long vs. Cammy' gameplay HD

GameSpoon - Street Fighter Arcade Sticks!

WE LOVE KOTAKU. They bring us information such as this:
Street Fighter 4 Arcade Sticks

GameSpoon - Street Fighter 4

Street Fighter IV 'Hadoken' HD

Courtesy of GAMEVIDEOS

You: "Why did The Spoon post an old video of Street Fighter 4?"
Spoon: "Good question, just because it's awesome."
You: "Right on!"

Enjoy