Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition | Xbox 360

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Editionis a compilation of the following games:

• Super Street Fighter IV
• Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition(direct download content)

Street Fighter IVis the first main game in the fighting series, since the release ofStreet Fighter III: New Generationin 1997, to up the main number in the game title. Produced byYoshinori Ono, the game was launched following the positive response toStreet Fighter II': Hyper Fighting.

The game is chronologically set between the second and third main series and features a cast of well-known characters. The most important change is the visual style. Instead of choosing full 3D like theTekkenorVirtua Fighterseries,SF IVstays true to it roots with stages on 2D planes. The characters are rendered in 3D with polygons similar to theStreet Fighter EXsub-series, but now with a hand-drawn touch of strokes and smudges, providing an effect of ink or paint in the visual design.

The gameplay is largely reminiscent ofSuper Street Fighter II TurboandStreet Fighter III: 3rd Strikewith a six-button scheme for light, medium and heavy kicks and punches, throws, dashes, quick standing, combos and special moves. New to this game are Focus Attacks (Saving Systems in the Japanese version), based on two stances where an incoming attack can be absorbed and consequently countered. These attacks can be used to cancel out special moves, leading to new opportunities for combos and putting the emphasis into reading an opponent's move, rather than relying on strict combos. Regular special moves can be powered up through a super combo gauge. There is also a revenge gauge that is filled up by taking damage. When full, an ultra combo can be performed, with a long cinematic set of moves, often shown from a camera perspective that breaks away from the regular view.

The set of playable characters includes:

• Abel (new)
• Akuma
• Balrog
• Blanka
• Cammy
• Chun-Li
• Crimson Viper (new)
• Dan
• Dhalsim
• E. Honda
• El Fuerte (new)
• Fei-Long
• Gen
• Guile
• Ken
• M. Bison
• Rose
• Rufus (new)
• Ryu
• Sagat
• Sakura
• Vega
• Zangief

Other characters are Gouken, Ryu and Ken's sensei and the elder brother of Akuma, as a computer-controlled character, and Seth as the new boss character.