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Street Fighter IV

Street Fighter IV is the first of two new games in the Street Fighter series, the other being Super Street Fighter IV.

The game takes place in between Street Fighter II and Street Fighter III, making it (storywise) an interquel. In Summer 2008, five new characters were confirmed. Home versions were released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on February 12, February 17, and February 20, 2009, in Japan, North America, and Europe respectively. The North American, European, and Japanese releases were available in Standard packaging and in a Collector's Edition variant. The Collector's Edition was available only to the console versions of the game, and came with a figurine (Crimson Viper for Xbox 360 owners; Ryu for PS3 owners), the animated short called The Ties That Bind, game soundtrack, and a Prima hint guide with illustrations by UDON.

1 Characters
- 1.1 Returning Roster
- 1.2 Introduced in Street Fighter IV
2 Story
3 Box Art
4 Merchandise
- 4.1 Street Fighter Series
5 External Link

Characters Edit

Returning RosterEdit

Akuma
Balrog
Blanka
Cammy
Chun-Li
Dan
Dhalsim
E. Honda
Fei Long
Gen
Gouken
Guile
Ken Masters
M. Bison
Rose
Ryu
Sagat
Sakura
Vega
Zangief
Adon - (cameo)
Yun & Yang - (cameo)

Introduced in Street Fighter IVEdit

Abel
C. Viper
El Fuerte
Rufus
Seth - is the main antagonist of the game and the head of S.I.N.. Seth is the 15th of 27 enhanced beings that use data collected from the world warriors to create a deadly style of mixed martial arts.

Story Edit

The game takes place approximately several months after the events of the companion movie Ties that Bind. After Seth's escape, the S.I.N corporation began another fighting tournament in order to draw out the most powerful fighters on Earth to complete the BLECE project. Each character has their own reasons for entering this tournament, but S.I.N.'s real desire is to lure Ryu to them in order to analyze the Satsui no Hadō, believed to be the last piece of data needed to complete BLECE.

The tournament is publicly organized by S.I.N., apparently using preliminary matches and a point system to determine who is allowed to enter (as shown by the conversation between Seth and his lackey about how Dan Hibiki was able to "squeak by with just enough points to qualify").