The MAD Story of STREET FIGHTER 4 -The Franchise Saver!? - RETRO GAMING HISTORY
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- Опубліковано 12 лют 2020
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Today, Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of Street Fighter 4 by Capcom, why it was important and how it saved the franchise.
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You miss-titled your article, SF4 was The GENRE Saver
Can u talk bout sum lesser known beat em ups like the simpsons arcade game,pit fighter,the bouncer on ps2,& urban reign(also on ps2)? Also,can u talk bout street fighter x tekken,& y it failed?
THIS IS what I have been waiting for!! 💯
Excellent coverage. I still enjoy returning back to SFIV Vanilla on occasion. It handles well.
Now you need to make a video on arc system works and their amazing anime fighting games art style
Street fighter 4 to me was the return of fighting games.
For me It was the last fighting game I played.... :D
It was the return of 2D fighting games. Tekken and Soul Calibur were still coming out, but man... after SF4 we got MK9, BlazBlue, KOF12/13, and on and on.
I love all street fighter games but I have to say sf4 is my favorite by far.
edge lord then you missed out on a ton of games. SF3iii and mvc2 ring a bell?
I'm a king of fighters fan and SNK but the true fighting game that is going to be the king
Of fighting games: Capcom vs SNK !!! I'm so excited it's coming this winter!! Can't wait!!
What made this game really special and stand out to me was because of the solid core gameplay and the passion and effort the fgc put into it (they really showed what sf4 was capable of/had to offer). Watching all those sf4 tournaments and high quality/level matches from top players from all over the world was a real treat as a fan of competitive fighting games.
Its been ten years since Sf4?!?! Wow...I was ten when SF2 came out. Time flies faster then a spinning bird kick. And I though SFTurbo was fast.
SF2Turbo is really fast especially if you play it with 10 star speed enabled
And they will continue to make street fighter 2 games lol.
@@MeThinks995 untill the end of time. 🤣 (violent Ken was a fun adition to the last SFII though)
i remmebr in 6th grade and joking we would never see SF3 or a simpsons movie
street fighter 4 brought me back to being a gamer in general and even started entering tournaments and went to a few Evo's. Such a great game
Ultra Street Fighter IV is my favorite in the whole franchise. The roster is Deep as hail.
The reason I still kinda perfer USFIV over SFVCE
Usf4 has the best roster in any street fighter imo
What an era when this came out! Within a few years we got Street Fighter IV, Mortal Kombat 9, and Tekken Tag Tournament 2, by far the best sequels of those respective series in YEARS. Well in my opinion anyway.
I agree, Sir.
Jose Aizpurua I especially feel that way about Mortal Kombat. MK9 has been they're best entry to this day.
I still think that the EX, Ultra and Focus systems are way better than the SF V V-Skill and V-Trigger Systems.
Once upon a time I was the highest placing El Fuerte at EVO...
@MOBsta Imaging got a Fuerte tattoo on my back.
@MOBsta Imaging fitting since El Fuerte is a chef
its not just franchise saver. its a genre saver
may i mention that it's 2020 and sf3 still looks amazing!!
12:00
'Simultaneously at the same time' = Tautology
Ultra Street Fighter 4 on Xbox360 is still my favorite modern street fighter game.
Street Fighter 5 on PS4 was a big step down.
TeXneXus7 _ I argue that sf V is a steep down But it has the most returning characters and the critical art Has the same sinku hodoken with the exception of guile sonic hurricane and tempest also the supers are week
I agree completely. Street fighter 5 Championship Edition is available to download tomorrow. But it will take a HUGE upgrade to put it on the level of USF4.
@@skurinski Nah. That game is a dumpsterfire compared to sfiv, and no update will make up for it. I'm already waiting for SFVI to be announced and hoping for it to no not err where sfv did.
SFIV is one of the few modern games I bought brand-new at release, even though I had to get a special 6-button controller too.
I still play Ultra SF4, the lasting effects it has is not present in SF5 and the gameplay gets very boring real fast. I hope Capcom goes back to the roots of SF4 whenever they decide to make SF6.
Hard agree
One thing:
*GET 1 YEAR ATLEAST AFTER SF3!!*
@To be honest Yea, I remember that......all the complaints about SF4 from all the newbies who didn’t want to take the time and learn how to play instead of relying on capcom to nerf the gameplay and the characters all together etc....then SF5 came out and the game mechanics and critical art and super moves mechanics were terrible, seemed like capcom was trying to hard to impress the complaining crowd from SF4 to much.....imo.
I lost interest in SF5 a week or two after buying the game, went right back to SF4.
@To be honest I’m hoping capcom goes back to their roots with SF6, I believe by putting all the gameplay mechanics from SFA2, SSF2 Turbo, SF3: Third Strike and SF4, you’ll have the best of 4 worlds in one game when cones gameplay/supermove mechanics and all the other things that made those games the best of the SF franchise........the replay ability would be out of this world.....IMO.
It was pretty cool when I lived in Los Angeles in 2011 and one day thought 'are there any arcades around here?' - I used google maps and found one on Vermont called 'Family Arcade', and cycled there. Along with tons of retro games, they had SFIV and there was a big following. I got to verse a lot of people who were very skilled. Also at the time, there was 'Tokyo Arcade' in Little Tokyo, LA. I remember challenging a few people and beating them there. Yes, SFIV brought back the fans to the point that I could go somewhere and challenge them in person.
SF4 and its 3DS port, were the game that made me discover SF2, Mortal Kombat and eventually Smash Bros.
I WOULD DIE TO RE-LIVE THE EVO YEARS from 2009-2013! As a true 90s kid who grew up obsessed with classic and legendary SF2/CE/TURBO I would choose SF4 era anytime over SF2.. My memories from arcades and SNES seem not so great anymore.. whenever I remember the SF4 online ranked grind, the endless lobbies with my online buddies, watching every night YogaFlames24 channel with replays from the best online players, practicing my plinking on Sakuras tatsu loops or my unblockable set ups and last but not least.. EVO tournament was hella hype, daigo, infiltration, mago, tokido, fuudo, haitani, uryo, poongko, gamerbee, PR balrog, Bonchan.. its been 10 years and I still remember everything like it was yesterday.. SF5.. I really tried, gave it plenty of chances, season 1, season 2 but game felt like snoozefest and very dumbed-down for my taste..
I feel ya man. Street Fighter 4 was my life for a long time. Love it so much.
@@josephhuffman2757 I got the SF:Anniversary Collection on Steam and I literally can't play any other SF title without wake up DP FADC Ultra ;(
@@fevgatos Lol don't you ever push buttons on my wake up!
Same here. During the dark years before 2009 I didn't have many opponents because I wasn't super active in my local FG community. With SF4 being online AND we can talk trash got me in big.
This video is quite literally the best advertisement for "Street Fighter IV" I've ever seen. If I were going to start back to playing video games, this will be the first game that I will purchase. "Street Fighter II" was a great game in it's time.
You can have Street Fighter 30th anniversary 4 xbox it includes all SFs
Good point on the art style. Usually, games with distinct art styles like this do last the test of time. Games like Okami have been released and remastered and they still look amazing and doesn't look like any last gen game. Wind waker is another example that game will never be outdated due to it's unique art style.
Street Fighter 4 made me enjoy the series again and has become my favorite in the street fighter series of games Street Fighter 4 is just freaking phenomenal.
I was sooo hyped when they announced SF4...I couldn't believe it....i got the collectors edition boxset wit c.viper figure ryu red handband CD n dlc costumez. plus had a mad cats official sf4 fight pad wit sagat on it...also went 2 round 2 of the GameStop tournament...gota gold ryu handband like his color in super 2...amazing game still play Ultra sf4 on my xbox360...
I'm an American and I live and work in southern China, and even now there are SF4 machines in the arcades here. Half the buttons don't work because they never do maintenance on them, but they are still fun to play sometimes.
King of Fighters is popular in China, but I've never seen Street Fighter there.
@@1ex1uger-prank-calls KOF is actually more popular in China....
I loved ST-EX from Arika. 😘
The controlling, game speed, musics, many things are so right for me.
It's odd that Capcom competed against itself (Alpha, EX and 3 being available in the same 95-99 window) no wonder consumers were confused at the time
Far from odd, it was for the fans. 3 was not ported until early 2000s outside some DC releases. Which was a low selling console. EX was quite different and the old developers shooting for a 3d version and played much different. Alphas probably most popular but the Marvel games did the best.
If i remember correctly. Street fighter IV was the last time that I truly remembered there being lots of arcade cabinets around and people regularly attending local arcades to play small tourneys. Man I really fkn miss those days. I wish I was older back then to truly be part of that community. It's so sad now
Kirarara Hey you from California?
arcade machines are still popular in japan though
Gina Grad, the voice actor for Rose, is a hottie. Also I love playing SFIV more than V still even with the Champ Edition release. Just a solid well crafted game.
i remember having a great time with EX3, it had a lot of content iirc. spent many hours with sf4 original version mastering fei long. hard to enjoy 5 without him
Street Fighter 4 was a great fighting game for modern standards
This game save my life back in the day and I'm so happy what it gave me among others. I really miss its high lvl games =(
Save your life how?
Street Fighter 3 is underrated AF.
Funny. Even after this came out, I still preferred Street Fighter 3 Second Impact
@To be honest 2, right?
Hands down the best video you made bro
I remember I worked at GameStop when this dropped and had to buy the damn arcade stick it made me excited for SF again........this video hit hard and hit home 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Evo moment 37 made me get decent at 3s, but once 4 dropped, everyone had TE's and arcade sticks, huge local player base, SF4 def revitalized the genre at that time
JayInVA22 helped that prize money became a thing too.
Battle Fantasia is one of the big reasons we have SFIV's "3D" look. Yoshinori Ono was inspired by how the game was made even though it was 2.5D. The dynamic camera in Battle Fantasia also had more of an influence than the EX series, which is why the camera zooms in for supers and ultras, and not just throws. SFIV is still a fun game.
The price is very cheap so I wanna try it
I HATED SF4 up until Super Street Fighter 4. Then, something clicked and it became my single favorite game for about 6 or 7 years.
I think it was the extra characters and supers. Needed that extra variety plus they made the game a little bit less of an unbalanced mess.
Sf4 ultra is my favorite in the series
VADER GAMER over Alpha 3!?
@ I'd rather play USF4 than most of the SF series in general. It's been years since Alpha 3 and while I still play it on PSP and it's a great game overall, It's still not as fresh. It would be awesome if SF4 got another update.
@ i love them all but sf4 ultra in my opinion is a master piece!!
Ultra SF4 had a superb roster. 4 years after launch, SF5 still has a wack roster. It's almost SF3-bad.
The first time you booted of sf4 and heard that menu music, it felt like the second coming.
I'm gunna take you for a ride
@Top Hat Gaming Man I have been waiting for you to cover ULTRA STREET FIGHTER 4. Thank You this video!!!
very informative video, i learned a lot. Thank You.
I bought Ultra sf4 this week since it's currently on sale on the PlayStation store. It still absolutely holds up
We need the mad story of SFV. At least for a couple of good laugh at capcom. I hope SFVI could be a better sequel and continue the story of 3rd strike.
Believe it or not, the Ultra Street Fighter 4 Announcer is the most viewed on my channel. Like 7x more than the Death Battle Arranged video I did that completely reworked the sounds and vocals and turned it into a short film. It would be cool to have THGM check it out, but I doubt that would happen. One can always wish though 😶
I like how focus was intended to disincentive combos as if fadc didn't help make the combo system even crazier. Regardless I love the focus system.
Accurate. Im all for fundamentals being prioritized in a fighting game than relying too heavily in techy combos.
Top notch rewiev as always mate!
Rose & Sakura? Two flowers kind of takes away the uniqueness heh. Interesting video. Never played IV myself.
Always good to see some El Fuerte love!
Excellent work, as always.
SF4 and KOF13 helped start a mini renaissance in fighting games
Man this game just came at the perfect time and re-ignited everything! A really important historical game. An actual genuine game changer. Loved this game to death when it came out, the only thing I found shit about it was the music lol the new music sucked IMO specially (at the time, but now it's nostaligic so I love it! :D) the "Indestructible" k-pop main theme song. It was so bad lol that they got rid of it after a while. Ohh and also Seth was such a shit underwhelming character for a boss. Apart from that everything was awesome. Then Madcatz came along and gave us the TE stick. Perfect arcade parts at home for pretty much the first time that you could just buy out of a shop.
Feel exactly the same about SFIV iterations. I kinda have a grudge with its completely gimmicky OST, finding the OG remixed tracks being way too generic (altough I can totally see they were going for a retro comeback/tribute way of thinking).
However, I believe this is my only complaint about this game (I can even tolerate Seth as the final Boss, LOL). Everything else about this game was just tuned to perfection, and the wait was totally worth it.
My overall feeling with this game is that of being thankful to it. It was such a breeze to have a competitive action packed vibrant fighting game in an era where games got used to be plain and repetitive, both on gameplay and on aesthetics design.
Great job. Love from Los Angeles
4 is what got me into street fighter and fighting games in general
SF4 series was greatness. Not just the game itself, but the tournaments and highlights and UA-cam channels and shows that came along with it. SFV has become okay over the years but the hype isn't at SF4 levels.
Because SF4 is gimmicky and flashy, whereas SF5 is solid and fundamentals. People like flashy stuff but as a game SF5 is the most balance fighting game ever made. Like 3rd strike, it has some of the greatest highlights of all time but compared to SFIV, it falls short of balance and solid fundamentals. Same thing can be said about 4 and 5. SFV looks boring but it will be better for the long terms of SF Franchise. Just look at how many young new champions we have been getting. Punk, Fujimura ect. But the greatest thing about SFV is the returning of old legends. Sako, Haitani, Ricky Ortiz, Tokido ect. All the pros agreed on one thing, SFV is what a street fighter game should be. Simple, Barebones with a little flash.
I own a 2DS and Super Street fighter IV 3D edition is awesome
Excellent coverage of "The SFIV saga". I totally understand there is a ton to cover, due to the variations in gameplay, structure, and design.
IV to me definitely brought back that energy the series was missing. After Third Strike, it felt like an honest finality, similar to Garou Mark of the Wolves. In a sense Capcom & SNK still inspire one another.
Even though both of their titles were a send off. Not knowing if there would be any more.
I do love the IV saga. However I miss the ability to access unlockable art, cinematics, and music. Which is what the original IV contained. It was weird how all of that was gone after each iteration.
It is a neat concept giving us fans more access to the game. Exploring the journey, it's growth, and evolution. I cannot wait to see what you cover next.
Do you know what is deng deng deng deng, deng deng deng deng deng? LOL
The intro part of Cammy's theme music in SF4.
I just play the music in my head and saw this vid on my recommended list.
i still have about 8 of the mad catz sf4 6 face button fight pads because sf4 was a complete obsession for me. i never could play as well with a fight stick but with those fight pads i was on top of my game. too bad the sf vs tekken redesign ones kinda sucked and were smaller, because trying to find and buy those fight pads is getting brutal on my wallet.
Mortal kombat 9 and street fighter 4 were the games that bought fighting game from the dead 🤘🏿🤘🏿
And MvC3
Don’t forget MVC3
@Jordy Aguilar for capcoom and midway when midway got brought by wanner bros they change they name to netherrealm studios and make the best MK game ever
This applies to america only, asia was already heavy in fighting games with tekken and kof
Correction king of fighters was hold it down when all the rest gave up
Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man. Can you please do a video on Street Fighter Alpha 2?
Great job. I wanna fire up the ol’ 360 now!
Street Fighter IV ? YYYEEEEEaaaaahhh !!! :D
Without this game, Street Fighter vs. Tekken never came to be.
Take care & stay healthy everyone!
Don't let anyone give you crap about using a SFV image of Chun-li in your SFIV thumbnail ..... definitely a beautiful thumbnail regardless ❤️
@3:25
Alpha 2 and 3 aren't revisions. They are true sequels in the alpha subseries.
On the other hand, releases like alpha 2 gold and alpha 3 upper are revisions.
By the same logic though Super Street Fighter 2 is a true sequel too though as applies the same sort of revisions of Alpha 2 and 3, which is why the numbering system in the Street Fighter franchise doesn't work and confuses consumers.
@@TopHatGamingManChannel nope. Super is a retold of sf2. And story-wise is cannon and over take the original sf2. Also *hint hint* it still have the name sf2 in the title
Whereas alpha 2 and 3. *Hint hint* they have 2 and 3 in their titles
@Le haineux enragé Qui crache son fiel nauséabond as a fighting game veteran. I stop watching him already. I found myself to be way more knowledgeable than his team.
I wanted to support him at the start, thinking that he might be a fighting game enthusiast like me. And to my disappointment not only he knows nothing about fighting games in general and can't be arsed to even do researches propertly, and even reject people's constructive criticism.
SF2A is a revision of SFA1. It actually retcons that game's entire story. SFA3 is actually a sequel to SFA2.
@@TopHatGamingManChannel You mean Super Street Fighter IV. Super Street Fighter II is just another revision of Street Fighter II.
I remember playing Street Fighter IV at a friend's. It was an okay experience, but annoying for me personally just because like in Street Fighter III, I fared way better with Ryu than with Ken (and Ken has been my mainstay since Super Street Fighter II on the Super Nintendo).
I have the 3DS & mobile ports, and while I don't play them as much, I definitely enjoy them when I do. Hopefully you'll cover those two when you dive into the home versions of SF4.
I love Sakura's theme song from Alpha 2
It's the best one
I prefer the hand-drawn look of Alpha 3 Max and Third Strike personally
Great work man
Sure would love to have SSF2THDR released on PC.
I would have never been an akuma main in every sf nor ever played sf if it weren't for my Father back in 1999 when he was 15 and put in coins and clicked on the interesting red haired demon I am truly filled with joy and then playing street fighter 3rd strike in 2010
You’re amazing for uploading on Thursdays Top Hat! Nobody else does, so you give me something to watch on this day of the week, thank you.
Loved the vid but your mic could definitely use an upgrade
Capcom should use SF4 engine and develop (CvS2) using capcom characters only. Capcom Fighting Circuit, by bringing Darkstalkers series / CPS1 series characters.
there was a SFIV Champion Edition !? that's funny
1. SF2
2. SF4
3. SF3
4. SF
5. ...I have Xbox, I've never played SF5 but Killer Instinct is pretty cool 😂
I wanna try that game
We need a Dream Match Street Fighter Game with Every Character is in the base roster, Not SF6.
yeah like that ftp allstar tekken game
Street fighter 4 gets a lot of hate, but honestly it's one of my favorite of the series. The colors, music, facial animations, the characters, and of course the online matches which you had to train and find the character that suit you best. 10 out of 10 for me
How did it get a lot of hate? It was critically acclaimed
Believe it or not a lot of people didn't like it, don't know why, it was the best of all their games in one
@@carljackson8689 it was mostly just the 3rd strike crowd since more than 90% of people who claimed to love it never played it
I bought a madcatz fight stick because of this game. I don’t regret it.
I love this video great job.
"Hellloooo ladies and gentlemen.."
I started play 2D fighting games thanks to SF4
I played 2 in the arcades got an Xbox360 just for Street fighter 4. Street Fighter 2 ,4 and 5 that's the best.Although Street fighter 2 champion edition will always be the greatest and the best.
I hope you look at SF HD Remix, by David Sirlin!
Can u do videos on mortal kombat,tekken,soul calibur,fatal fury,art of fighting,& king of fighters series? As well as sonic the fighters?
Yes I can!
El Fuerto needed a Jushin, la parka, or Rey skin
RIP La Parka...
Spot Mispronouncing names, Gooken, Rye You.
spot indeed
actually it's ree you
@@nateword who gives a f***. everybody has their own pronunciation.
@@nateword nah your wrong too man. It is pronounced more like: RyOO . ROO with a barely pronounced Y after the R. Wierd tongue flicking motion that is a Japanese thing in their language I guess.
@@Renwoxing13 nope,listen to Ken in the animated movie
Richard, what happened to your ZX Spectrum video?
Street fighter 4 solely resurrected the 1 vs 1 fighting genre
You should cover the history of the dead or alive franchise.
It has good thumbnail potential!
It represents core values
Close to the ending of this video,u forgot to include a pic of super street fighter 4 arcade edition
Thanks for watching to the very end! Always appreciated!
@@TopHatGamingManChannel omg,u replied.i just started seeing ur videos for bout 3 or 4 months.such a big fan,keep up the gr8 work.maybe sumday if u come to the states,we can hav a fighting game match :)
I definitely agree that Street Fighter IV saved Street Fighter and a that a strong case can be made for it also saving if not at least reinvigorating fighting games in general. At the time I remember feeling like there wouldn't be a new Street Fighter anymore. I was shocked in the most positive way when news of SF4 trickled in. SF4 was an amazing game and I loved it quite a lot.
Right now I don't think SF4 has aged well, I must add. An unpopular opinion, I'm sure (especially looking at the comments;)) but that's how I feel. There's just something about the general feel of SF5 that's better to me, the jumps, the dashes, the hits... I'm not sure. Recently, I played some USF4 and I did have fun but somehow it just feels a bit awkward. SF4 and SF5 are maybe also a bit to similar. I tend to boot up SF3 over SF4, when going back. SF3 has such a great feel to it, like SF5, if not more so. All this said though, I never got as good at SF4 as I am at SF5 (still not that good but ok), so maybe I just don't understand. No way do I dislike SF4 though, don't get me wrong, it's amazing. Also, ask me again in ten years, who knows.
11:25 "Rai-you"
Please... I don't need to hear this again in my life... D:
What i think about the reason on why SFV feels eh
Is because to me it doesn't seem like it got as much blood and sweat as SFIV since they knew it would sell because it's street fighter and it's the modern day
The first time i played it just felt really eh and didn't pull me in like SFIV did
SFIV was my first ever street fighter game AND the first time i learned about tournament level play
It also holds some of my most favorite music tracks
I was NINE when i my uncle let us have some games for our 360 and we got this gem
I remember losing to Gouken and because of that i didn't unlock him
I also didn't have access to Internet back then so i had no idea how to unlock characters other than to play
He was the only one i needed to unlock and it still haunts me till this day
This game just holds a special place in my heart
Made me love the fighting game genre
Too bad im not good at them
What is that music please that starts playing at 7:54
Ryu is read as REYU! NOT RAIYU!
God damn it!
Will you cover the Nintendo 3DS version by any chance?🤔
If I do a video on Super Street Fighter 4, I'll incorporate it into that.
I love your videos, but your pronunciation if names is PAINFUL. Especially Ryu and El Fuerte.
love it
Now do a video on tekken series!!
😊😊
Can you look at Yoshi's Safari🦖