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Street Fighter IV's Dress Rehearsal

Posted by Nadia Oxford

Street Fighter IV is coming, and the World Warriors are dressing up in their Sunday best for you.

Palette-swap “costume changes” are something of a tradition in the Street Fighter series and other fighting games. Said costume changes usually involved Ryu standing in front of his closet and musing if he should wear his purple gi or his white gi. But the latest installment in Capcom's famous series will actually offer alternative costumes that are seemingly based on the characters' history, personality and whether or not they have a bum that looks good in tight leotard.

Zangief wears the felt overalls of his hero, Mayor Mike Haggar. Guile remembers Charlie by wearing a yellow military vest. Vega dresses up in frills and a ballroom mask so he can run straight to Ken's son's Bar Mitzvah* after he claws out Chun-Li's eyes.

Check out the video after the jump. It's a cute and welcome touch that stands to add a lot of personality to the new fighters and the ones we already know. Something about El Fuerte with a frying pan seems right.

*Disclaimer: Ken probably isn't Jewish. Vega just looks so dolled up, y'know?



Related Links:

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Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix is Too Big For Me
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Roto13 said:

I jumped and landed in a pit of disappointment. :(

January 29, 2009 10:36 AM

Nadia Oxford said:

The embedding is fixed. This should bridge the pit of disappointment!

January 29, 2009 11:57 AM

Roto13 said:

You can see even more of Cammy's ass than usual. And I love Captain America Balrog. xD And Dan looks like a big fag. xD

Vega's mask is all wrong, though. He wears a mask in the first place to protect his pretty lil' face from getting damaged. That opera thing isn't going to help much.

January 29, 2009 5:59 PM

Nadia Oxford said:

Yeah, that struck me as well. It's kind of a papery-looking thing, isn't it?

Then again, any time you whooped Vega's ass in Super Street Fighter II and beyond, his facial protection would get cracked and he'd bleed like a pig. When he decided on the ballroom mask, maybe he figured, "Screw it, at least I'll look pretty until the first punch lands!"

January 29, 2009 6:20 PM

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