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Super Street Fighter II Turbo Will Finally Get New Sprites! (and Online Play)
Love Street Fighter? I do. Capcom has been re-releasing and rehashing the old game for the past decade, which is somewhat fine with me given that they were pretty much perfect already. What annoys me is that they never seem to have upgraded the sprites at all! The last sprite upgrade came from Street Fighter III, but all newer games would use sprites from older releases. A 16 frame, relatively well detailed Chun-Li is kinda annoying to be fighting with an 8 frame Guile.
Now, we have some re-releases of “Super Street Fighter II Turbo” and “Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo” for the Xbox Live (XBL) and the Playstation Network (PSN). Both games were great, and online play is what I’ve been waiting for all my life. These re-releases, however will ahve something more than just adding online play:
- updated sprites
- modified gameplay
Although I’m quite excited about the modified gameplay, Capcom has already released a lot of games that mix and match “game mechanics”. For now, I’m more excited to see the new sprites! The new sprites will be made by UDON (the guys who drew the Street Fighter comics in the US), whose are is pretty good.
If the online function plays well in the Philippines, it might be the excuse I’ve been waiting for to get myself an Xbox 360.
Tags: Street Fighter
