
Since PC gamers never saw the release of non-Arcade Edition Super Street Fighter IV edition, we will concentrate on the differences between 2011’s Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and 2009’s Street Fighter IV.

SSFIV:AE brings four more characters (Yun and Yang, Oni, and Evil Ryu) to the game, bringing the total up to 39. SSFIV brought 10 new players to SFIV, ten of whom (Adon, Cody, Dee Jay, Dudley, Guy, Ibuki, Makoto and T.Hawk) we’d seen before in previous Street Fighter titles, and two new ones – Juri and Hakkan. Capcom released Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (SSFIV:AE) to arcades in 2010, then to consoles earlier this year, before finally relenting and bringing it to PCs in July 2011, a whole year after the SSFIV release. Oh, there were a few releases of not so famous titles sprinkled through the last decade, but it wasn’t until Capcom’s Street Fighter IV that they got their fighting fix in 2009.Ģ008’s Street Fighter IV (SFIV) made its way to the PC in 2009 at roughly the same time as the console versions, but Capcom later vowed it would not bring 2010’s Super Street Fighter IV (SSFIV) to the PC due to the rampant piracy of the first game. The PC as a platform unfortunately has seen very few fighting games since the late 90s, with consoles and actual arcade parlours dominating the PvP fighting landscape. Even most non-gamers are willing to try fighting games, if nothing else, based on my experience as a host. Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition detailed review Introductionįighting games hold appeal for a very wide variety of gamers – there is just something visceral and very primal about competing to bash the other’s brains out while something in all of us also yearns to be powerful, an unstoppable force of perfection. Buying the game is also essential because of online multiplayer Battle and Tournament modes, giving players the chance to learn new skills and show off on an intensely competitive battlefield. SSFIV: AE is ready to make your PC the centre of your house again, bringing back the good old days of two-player PC combat without LAN cables or network connections.


A must buy for nearly every gamer, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition is currently the best looking, most complete, and nuanced fighting game in the PC market today.
