Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Hands-On

By Brian Ekberg, GameSpotPosted Mar 13, 2008 8:48 am PT

Hyper Fighting begone! We check out the latest downloadable Street Fighter game from Capcom.

All you need to do is whisper the name "Street Fighter" and folks will come out of the woodwork to see what you're talking about. Such is the overwhelming love game fans have for the Street Fighter series, which is a fact that publisher Capcom is taking to heart in 2008. In addition to being knee-deep in development of the upcoming Street Fighter IV, Capcom is putting the finishing touches on yet another downloadable SF game, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. At a recent Capcom press event, we got to catch up with the game's developers to see how this version of the game is coming along and try it out for ourselves.

Ken and Ryu will be battling it out in the downloadable beta, but the whole SSFII Turbo gang will be available in HD Remix.

A plethora of content is assured in HD Remix. In addition to all-new high-res art of the Street Fighter characters and backgrounds, the game is going to feature single-player and player-versus-player fighting on the same console, as well as online. Super Street Fighter II Turbo purists will also have the option to play the game using the original 2D sprites and the ability to choose from either the original tunes or remixed versions soundtrack.

The developers at Backbone Entertainment have spent a great deal of time looking at the original Super Street Fighter Turbo II, as well as collecting feedback from the fans of the game. One of the results of all of that examination will be an optional rebalanced mode, which, according to developers, results in some changes to the characters in the game. As it was put to us, the purpose was to decrease the gap between the weakest and strongest characters in the game. Now, we aren't talking wholesale changes--in some cases it might be just a couple of tweaks to a move or two--but the result will be that characters will be closer (but not identical) in terms of strength.

A beta version of HD Remix will be underway soon (to sign up, you'll first need to purchase the Xbox Live Arcade version of another upcoming downloadable Capcom game, Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3). The beta will run for eight weeks and feature two playable characters (Ken and Ryu) duking it out on a single background. The purpose of the beta? To iron out the kinks of the brand new network code that will be powering HD Remix's online play. Everyone remembers the less-than-stellar online performance of Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting, and it seems like Capcom is taking extra special care to ensure that that same sometimes-sluggish performance is nowhere to be found in HD Remix. The full version of HD Remix will include such modes as quarter match, worldwide rankings, and leaderboards organized by character. It will also include full stat tracking for you and your friends.

We had some time to check out the game for ourselves, and beyond being impressed with the high-res character models, we're happy to see that the animations seem very true to the original game. Some highlights to the changes made for the rebalanced Ryu and Ken, according to an information sheet on hand at Capcom's press event, include the following:

  • Ryu will have a new move called the fake fireball.
  • Ken's changes are more extensive. His jab dragon punch and strong dragon punch are invulnerable on the way up; his strong dragon punch will always knock an opponent down. In addition, Ken's helicopter kicks have changed almost across the board. His short helicopter has a shorter duration; his medium helicopter goes slightly farther; his roundhouse helicopter goes much farther, faster, and does half as much "dizzy"; his air roundhouse helicopter goes slightly farther. Ken's "crazy kicks" have simplified joystick motions. In addition, damage has been lowered on the first strike of Ken's knee-bash hold, and the range of his knee-bash hold has been reduced slightly.
So far, HD Remix is looking like the kind of Street Fighter II experience that Hyper Fighting probably should have been in the first place. The game is currently on track for release later this spring, and it's certain that Street Fighter fans will be keeping a close eye on its development. With the downloadable beta available soon, maybe fans will even have a say in how the game turns out.

148 Comments

  • shabulia

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 6:58 am PT

    Well, here we are about a month after the last comment... and STILL we have no release date. All these videos of this contest are doing is pissing me off. It's obvious the game is finished and ready to go. There seems to be no logical reason for it not being released already, let alone just giving us a freaking release date. Is there some reason Capcom is screwing with our heads? Seriously, if I wanted to be teased this much with no follow through, I'd go back to my ex-girlfriend! I'd understand if it was being delayed so they could further refine the game to get it perfect, but from what I have seen in these videos, the game is done. What the hell are you waiting for, Capcom?!?! Hell, by the time you do release it, Street Fighter IV will be out and no one will care anymore.

  • cpmethod2

    Posted Sep 30, 2008 7:18 am PT

    Hope the online play is smooth with no interruptions.

  • BigGhost_AJT

    Posted Sep 21, 2008 12:02 pm PT

    Where is this game already?? What is taking so long?

  • bustap949

    Posted Aug 12, 2008 2:57 pm PT

    damn release it already! wtf?!

  • kromeronese12

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 9:00 am PT

    maybe they should hurry up and bring it out

  • bethodman

    Posted Jul 11, 2008 6:49 pm PT

    rofl lowkey

  • lowkey254

    Posted Jun 30, 2008 2:50 pm PT

    forget sfIV, just give me this, some food and a toilet.

  • Ed_The_Great

    Posted May 14, 2008 2:55 pm PT

    Anybody knows the exact date this game is coming out?I'm looking forward to this, Bionic Commando,and 142 Joint strike.I have the Microsoft points ready.

  • Icegoten777

    Posted May 13, 2008 7:26 pm PT

    Im looking forward to this game! Super Street Fighter II Turbo is a still a popular game today. People play it all the time on ZBattle.net

  • other44

    Posted May 6, 2008 12:13 am PT

    sweet! im more pumped for this, than for SFIV

  • SuperGeekNo1

    Posted Mar 31, 2008 9:48 pm PT

    This sounds kool can't wait to play it. The fake fire ball has been there since SF Alpha 3 though do a fire ball with select (PS1) and Ryu will do a fake fire ball. I wonder if they will make an Alpha 3 arcade game and if so this time you can actually get to play the game at 7 stars speed?

  • Bad-Chad posted Mar 26, 2008 12:06 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Bad-Chad

    Posted Mar 26, 2008 12:06 pm PT (hide)

    CAPCOM, you've been milking the SF2 cow for almost 20 years. The cow is dry, it is dehydrated to the point where it is now beef jerky. Make a new goddamn game you lazy brain dead losers.

  • Bad-Chad posted Mar 26, 2008 12:01 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Bad-Chad

    Posted Mar 26, 2008 12:01 pm PT (hide)

    Congradulations guys. You successfully made the 312,455th version of SF2. You actually made it before SF4, which is a remake of SF2. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING!!!

  • megadisc

    Posted Mar 26, 2008 2:06 am PT

    it's so cool leh
    it reminds me of my younger days.

  • Roscoe245

    Posted Mar 25, 2008 11:59 am PT

    amazing i love this game brings back the good old days on the SNES, porper bo times!

  • Aries03

    Posted Mar 24, 2008 11:08 am PT

    can't wait for this and street fighter 4,its going to be great,

  • bolshackdragon

    Posted Mar 24, 2008 9:38 am PT

    sounds cool. i'm really into these kind of games

  • sadshadow

    Posted Mar 24, 2008 9:28 am PT

    yea, SFA3 was great, they should release all of them on the arcade or even the SF3 but what about Samurai shodown ???

  • Tsunami_pt

    Posted Mar 23, 2008 2:57 pm PT

    Street Fighter Alpha 3 was probably my favourite. Anyone knows if there is any plan to redesign it as well?

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