Students of thehadoukenhave a new venue to essay their fight nerve : Street Fighter IV found Wednesday for the iPhone and iPod touch . This seminal arcade fighter brings high - end art , complex combos , and a memorable casting of characters to the mobile weapons platform .
With a price of $ 10 , everything about this iPhone secret plan is high - end . I sat down with Takeshi Tezuka , ecumenical handler of wandering mental object development atCapcomto talk about what it took to bring this title to the iPhone .
Ken and Ryu do battle in the iPhone adaptation of Street Fighter IV .
Ken and Ryu do battle in the iPhone version of Street Fighter IV.
Tezuka has been involve with Street Fighter labor since he was a lineament self-confidence tester for Street Fighter II in the early ’ 90s . He claims that he used to go to arcade in Kyoto and Osaka and watch how people played and to see if the arcade machines manage the plot right . Through a translator , he spoke sky-high and with a sense of nostalgia for those day , and he knows he ’s not the only one who remembers the iconic combat biz so lovingly .
When design Street Fighter IV for iPhone , Tezuka claims that , “ the main quarry [ audience ] is people in their mid-30s … multitude who are used to Street Fighter II . ” These are gamers who grew up with Guile , Ryu , Chun - Li , and Ken . All of these fighter aircraft make an appearance in the iPhone interpretation , as does Dhalsim , Blanka and M. Bison . Abel , a new character from Street Fighter IV , also curiously fall in the cast . Street Fighter has a batch of distinct fighters with “ unparalleled moves , ” explains Tezuka , who conceive that Abel , with his power wrestling move , is “ one of the most unique characters . ”
While the eight characters offer a kind of fighting styles — from tradition karate to wrestling to interracial warriorlike arts — dedicated fans of the series are hoping that many of the lashings of characters that have look in Street Fighter over the years will appear in the iPhone game , but so far there have n’t been any corroborate updates annunciate . Tezuka concedes that further updates will depend on how the game will sell , but he “ in person really wants to try it out . ”
But it ’s not just erstwhile pro of the series that are wait to play and enjoy Street Fighter IV for the iPhone . Capcom want player “ new and old ” to the serial , enticing hopefully both casual and hardcore fans . With the iPhone , an completely newfangled consultation of gamers can try out the iconic series for the first time . It ’s “ not only secret plan players , it ’s medicine fans , flick fan … we want to touch out to these citizenry ” with the iPhone , Tezuka said .
To accommodate these new users and acclimate them with the series , the development team decided to let in a rigorous preparation manner called “ the dojo . ” rather of learn how to play , Tezuka - san tell , people can learn “ how to fight . ” He believes that Modern players can dispute even seasoned stager if they practice in the dojo .
The large challenge for porting the game to this new chopine is maintaining the soft combat system and complex system of move . so as to keep the game truthful to its source textile , the dominance had to be perfect . Tezuka claims that ten months alone went into the unique practical d - pad of paper and buttons of the iPhone translation . “ We would n’t release it if it was n’t true to the game , ” he add
In position of Valve ’s annunciation this calendar week that Steam is come to the Mac platform , I also asked Tezuka if he has any plans of port Street Fighter IV for the Mac . He chortle and he admitted that he did not , but yield he was a Mac user .
Street Fighter IV is availablefrom the App Storefor any iPhone or iPod touch carry the iPhone 3.0 OS .
