After plenty of rumors and speculation, Capcom has finally made the official announcement that Super Street Fighter IV exists. If you already own SFIV and were hoping that this SSFIV would just be a quick download, tough luck. The new enhancements are too big for DLC, so instead, Capcom will be releasing the game at a reduced price.

Anyone else thinks this is a bit too soon? I mean, Street Fighter IV hasn’t even been out for a whole year yet.

Here’s the official press statement:

SAN MATEO, CA — September 29, 2009 — Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced Super Street Fighter® IV, the ultimate vision of Street Fighter®, will be coming to the Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system in Spring 2010. The follow-up to the critically acclaimed Street Fighter® IV will further redefine the fighting game genre with classic 2D Street Fighter fighting action, a host of new and returning characters, more advanced online gameplay, new ultra combos and much more.

Super Street Fighter IV features the full roster of 25 characters from Street Fighter IV such as Ryu, Ken, Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte, and Rufus, while adding about eight characters new to the world of Street Fighter IV. The impressive new roster includes classic combatants from previous Street Fighter games like T. Hawk as well as all-new characters such as the mysterious and deadly female fighter, Juri.

Super Street Fighter IV adds new Ultra Combos and advancements to the state of the art online matchmaking and online gameplay introduced in Street Fighter IV with numerous additional features. Super Street Fighter IV takes many of the groundbreaking features introduced in Street Fighter IV and refines everything to deliver the ultimate vision of Street Fighter to fans the world over.

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