Official Street Fighter 4 character list

Out of the complete Street Fighter 4 cast, 23 characters have been revealed like Ken and Crimson Viper. Producer Yoshinori Ono (who also did Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future) has said that the character roster “isn’t finalised yet, but we’re trying to use all the characters from Street Fighter II’ Turbo, and we’re obviously cooking up new characters as well.”

We thought it was time to list the Street Fighter 4 characters below that have been confirmed for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC versions of the fighting game (with online multiplayer) that will be released in winter 2008 (although GameStop pre-orders read February 3rd, 2009) and in Arcades in July 2008.

When you click on each Street Fighter 4 character’s name below, a window will pop up with a picture of him / her.

New characters are:
1. Abel
2. Crimson Viper
3. El Fuerte AKA The Strong One
4. Rufus
5. Seth AKA The Puppet Master is the final boss

Returning characters are:
6. Akuma (*)
7. Balrog
8. Blanka
9. Cammy White (**)
10. Chun-Li
11. Dan Hibiki (home version exclusive)
12. Dhalsim
13. E. Honda
14. Fei Long (home version exclusive)
15. Gouken AKA Sheng Long (*)
16. Guile
17. Ken Masters
18. M. Bison
19. Ryu
20. Sagat
21. Sakura Kasugano
22. Vega
23. Zangief

Still missing from the Street Fighter II’ Turbo cast or hinted at characters are:
* Dee Jay
* Ibuki
* T. Hawk

Even if those or some of your other past favorites do not return at the time of release, they might still appear later on. How? Mr. Ono is also looking into the possibility of using microtransactions for future downloadable content updates which might include new characters and stages, but that’s ultimately up to Capcom.

Watch parts of various matches between the Street Fighter 4 characters that show off the game’s art style:

Street Fighter 4’s “2D” six-button gameplay will have new special moves, including Focus attacks, Super Combos, and the revenged-fueled Ultra Combo system.

Watch the Epic Return trailer with music from Faith No More:

Click on the bottom-right corner arrow to view it fullscreen.

(*) Akuma and Gouken were confirmed in this trailer:

(**) Street Fighter 4 producer Yoshinori Ono had a panel at the San Diego Comic-con 2008, during which he hinted Cammy, Akuma and Ken & Ryu’s master Gouken would appear in the home console versions of the fighting game. He confirmed Cammy at the end with the premiere of a new animated video centered largely around Chun-Li, Guile and Cammy. The video reveals the game’s plot includes Cammy finding it suspicion that M. Bison’s Shadaloo organization was destroyed at the end of Street Fighter II, yet neither his body nor those of his lieutenants have been recovered

PS: We’ll update this list when more characters get confirmed. — Last updated October 8, when Famitsu confirmed Sakura as a playable character! –

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