Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

by Capcom

• New Playable Characters: Four new challengers enter the ring: Yun, Yang, Oni and Evil Ryu.
• Updated Character Balancing: Features all new character balancing, further refining gameplay.
• Updated Replay Channel: Replay Follower, My Channel Advanced, and Elite Channel
• All playable SSFIV characters will be unlocked out of the box, including Yun & Yang, Oni, and Evil Ryu.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002I0J5NI
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches ; 5.3 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 28, 2011
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #732 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #19 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Games > Action > Fighting
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

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Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition is a multiplayer fighting game featuring unique 3D backgrounds with fighters battling on a 2D plane in the foreground. A follow-up to the earlier Super Street Fight IV before it, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition contains all the action of its predecessor with the inclusion of: new playable characters like Yun, Yang, Oni and Evil Ryu; updated character balancing; an updated replay channel; and immediate access to all characters.

The Redefinition of the Fighting Genre Continued

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition brings the ultimate vision of Street Fighter home to the PlayStation 3 videogame and entertainment system from Sony in North America. The follow-up to the critically acclaimed Super Street Fighter IV, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition further redefines the fighting game genre with classic 2D Street Fighter fighting action, a host of new and returning characters, beefed up online modes, and more.

The ultimate Super Street Fighter IV experience comes to PlayStation 3.
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Fighter Roster and Replay Feature

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition features a roster of 39 characters such as Ryu, Chun-li, Juri, El Fuerte, and Rufus, while adding four new characters to the roster including classic combatants from previous Street Fighter games like Yun and Yang as well as the all-new Oni. Beyond characters, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition adds all-new balancing as well as an enhanced Replay Channel.

Key Game Features

• New Playable Characters - Four new challengers enter the ring: Yun, Yang, Oni and Evil Ryu
• Updated Character Balancing - Features all new character balancing, further refining gameplay
• Updated Replay Channel
  • Replay Follower - Be able to follow up to five separate player replays making it easier to find your favorite players' latest replay
  • My Channel Advanced - Allows players to distribute their replay data to up to 50 players
  • Elite Channel - Watch replay data from elite players who have a rating of 3000PP or more
• Immediate Access to Characters - All playable SSFIV characters will be unlocked out of the box, including the twin brothers Yun and Yang, Oni, and Evil Ryu

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Product Description

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, brings the ultimate vision of Street Fighter home to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, and PC in the Summer of 2011 in North America. The follow-up to the critically acclaimed Super Street Fighter IV will further redefine the fighting game genre with classic 2D Street Fighter fighting action, a host of new and returning characters, beefed up online modes, and more. Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition features a roster of 39 characters such as Ryu, Chun-li, Juri, El Fuerte, and Rufus, while adding 4 new characters to the roster including classic combatants from previous Street Fighter games like Yun and Yang as well as the all-new Oni. Beyond characters, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition adds all-new balancing as well as an enhanced Replay Channel.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 30 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Another year, another version of SF. Maybe they should've waited 2 years. July 3, 2011

By Armando N. Roman VINE™ VOICE

Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

[Update: July 30th, 2011- it's just been announced that a balance patch is coming out later this year. I put the link in the customer discussions section toward the bottom of this page. Provided that changes go in the right direction with all characters, not just Yun and Yang, I'll gladly come back and change my score for this game.]

Here we are again- version number 3 of Street Fighter 4. Granted, we all saw this coming, and by this point, the only people interested in the game are either going to be the hardcore players or people new to the game. If you follow the likes of Mike Ross, Justin Wong, Mago and Momochi, you probably already have this game and have been reading about the chances made from Super months ago. For those not in the loop, Super Street Fighter 4 brings a couple of new features to the original SSF4 game:

-Yun, Yang, Oni and Evil Ryu are playable characters (and yet there are 2 more open slots on the character select screen!)
-many different online features were added to make things easier to follow and watch
-an ungodly amount of balance changes

Do a quick search for 'ssf4 ae balance changes' and click on the first thing that shows up, and you'll see a huge list of changes made to character moves, damage, hit boxes and more. Sadly, the balance changes were poorly done, and some characters that were already very good (Fei Long) were made even better. Some characters that barely had a chance (El Fuerte and Gouken) were pretty much made worse or the changes they desperately needed weren't given to them. But even worse, Yun and Yang really are as bad as everyone's saying. Yun was a god in Street Fighter 3: Third Strike, and he looks to be the same here. I'd never played him before tonight, but as soon as I activated his Super move, I pulled off a quick 9 hit combo just by randomly pressing a few buttons. Sad. And that palm attack of his? Good god is the hitbox on that thing insane- going through Ultras even after they connect and even working as an anti-air. Yang's really good too, but Oni and Evil Ryu are characters nearly every SF fan could've done without. Not Elena, Hugo or Oro? Not R. Mika or Rolento? We really needed these alternate version characters here? And get this- these 4 new characters don't even have Trials for you to get the hang of their basic combos, so you'll be needing to hit Training Mode a lot if you want to get them down. What gets me is how more characters is supposed to be a good thing in some people's minds. The last installments of SF2 and SF3 didn't have anywhere near as many characters as SSF4:AE, but they're still played by many today, and with many eagerly awaiting Third Strike Online's release in August. The new online features are very nice, and I don't get why it took them so long to get it right, but hey, better late than never I guess.

There's not a lot I can say about AE- you were either looking forward to this or you weren't. If you're the kind of person that's serious about fighting games, you'll pick it up no matter what. If you're new, I recommend going with the regular Super Street Fighter 4, and if you really get into it, just buy the DLC of AE. It's great that this isn't a full price new release game, but it's hard to justify buying it when the balance is so bad and that they didn't add many features. How about a decent story mode?

Edit: I can't believe I forgot to mention this. Arcade Edition might NOT be the last iteration of SF4. Seth Killian, the Community Manager at Capcom, has mentioned in a recent interview that the team behind SF4 is still interested in keeping things going if AE goes well. While it's lame of them to say that so soon, hey- maybe Yun and Yang will be toned down by then.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Why sell it as new/different game? August 17, 2011

By Carlos Martinez

Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

Super Street Fighter IV AE is nothing more than Super street fighter 4 (which is already a great game!) with the 4 new characters, some updated online stuff and some 'balancing' at 34 bucks for it.

Its unreasonable to sell it as a different game. For some of us who already own SSFIV there is of course the 15 dollar upgrade but this game feels more like a 5-9 dollar upgrade to me. Ohh btw this does not come with the new characters costume pack or anything like that, you will still need to purchase that apart.

In conclusion it's a great game but again it's not justifiable to sell it as a different one.
Unless let's say that we never had a super street fighter 4. Let's say that we had something like a super street fighter 4 demo or something like that, in that case this would've been a great release of super street fighter 4, with the option to unlock the new characters.

It's definitively not good to have both SSF4 and SSF4AE selling at the same time (it creates confusion).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Good game but HORRIBLE business methods from Capcom May 2, 2012

By R. Gaieck Jr.

Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

This could have been a patch but Capcom would rather bleed its customers dry.
If you only bought this game.....you got lucky and saved a lot of money.

The good:
Game play is good. Definitely the type of game to get friends over and play with them. The game is open to various game play styles.
A fair amount of characters to choose from..... but really ONLY 4 new characters even though the demand is HIGH for new characters?

The bad:
Still no major penalties for rage quitters on on-line battles.
Could have been a patch.