The New Warriors - CONFIRMED!

Rumours have been spreading for a few days now about Capcom announcing either a new character for Street Fighter IV or an overhaul (hopefully a downloadable one) titled Super Street Fighter IV. Yesterday there was a picture with a leaked T.Hawk and a Japanese website (which pretty much confirms the whole thing) and today a French website (which has gone down because its never seen so much traffic) was sent some screen captures. Check them out at Kotaku.

So that pretty much confirms T.Hawk is coming to the game as early as tomorrow but it also confirms a new character named "Juri" who's design is horrible in that pose pic but ok in the fight screenshot. Really Capcom? you couldn't give us Juli or Juni you had to give us a new character and on top of that call her Juri? are you messing with us? Of course it's also entirely possible that this is Juli but has not been translated properly, if so when did she go emo?

I'm willing to give Juri the benefit of the doubt, after all the four new characters aren't completely horrible, but I was hoping for one of Cammy's stewardess friends to make it in also. I'm sure she makes sense but I dont feel like paying $60 for a new game (if its not downloadable) for a new character that didn't make it through the cut and another who I could never cared for in the original Street Fighter. On the other hand, Fei Long and Cammy are already in that would just leave Dee Jay outside so maybe he's in the package too. Still, not paying another $60.

UPDATE: According to the Street Figher Blog (which has more pictures) there are ten additional characters, which pretty much guarantees a new release and NOT a download, according to a comment on Kotaku,

The new characters are supposedly....
T.Hawk
DeeJay
Makoto
Ibuki
Adon
Guy
Cody
Dudley
Juri (original, seen in the photos)
Hakan (an Arab figher, also original)

This is getting interesting. Very interesting,. An Arab fighter? about time. We'll have to see what happens tomorrow. Unfortunately, given Capcom's money grabbing nature and SF fans completest, obsessional nature it looks like its a new game and we're all gonna buy it anyways.

CONFIRMED - Wow a second update huh? go internet! looks like the game has been confirmed as a standalone (new game) to be sold at a modified (cheaper) price. It'll contain 8 new characters (not the ten up there) three have been revealed: T.Hawk, Yuri and Dee Jay. Get a look at the third most famous Jamaican in the world (after Bob Marley and Usain Bolt) right here. Good stuff. By the way Super Street Fighter IV is a good title but you know what's better? Street Fighter IV 2. Yeah thats a winner.