How gullible are we Street Fighter fans to openly pledge that we're willing to pay for the extra outfits in Street Fighter IV, outfits that should be free in the first place? Pretty damn gullible. And yes, I'm including myself in that group. The more budget conscious of us are waiting until the end of April, when the outfits will be offered together at a cheaper price (around $12). But some of them look so good that it'll make the wait hard - so hard that waiting for a discount isn't an option.
The point of this post is to highlight some of the best outfits being offered, the ones that will almost force you to order them if you like them enough. Even if they're being offered in packs, and not singularly. Warning: some of this info is regurgitated from the last post. I thought I'd say that before some ostensibly clever person posts "OMG you already talked about this LOL" in the comments. Yeah.
Aww, so close to calming down the bitter Makoto fans.Sakura's outfit is...interesting. It combines the top of Ryu's karate gi with a Japanese schoolgirl gym clothes. It's cute, even though it doesn't help assuage the feelings of people who think she should be older and out of the school outfits by SFIV's timeline. I'll admit that I think Ryu's gi adds a nice touch to it.
Interesting is the only way I'm describing this. Because that's all I think. Yup.Chun Li's alternate outfit is...quite revealing. I don't think I could possibly describe it in detail without my thoughts having the implication that I'm a deranged pervert. So, you know...look!
It's like Final Fight never left and became more "street wise."And now to the "borrowed" outfits, first starting with Zangief, whose alternate is basically Haggar's outfit from Final Fight. While it's fitting, since Zangief and Haggar have very similar fighting styles (down to the pile driver and spinning lariat), it's comforting to see that Capcom still remembers Final Fight. It's another sign that this game is definitely a by fans, for fans affair; people who are not only familiar with Street Fighter, but the plethora of Capcom's history.
Suddenly the quote "I AM CHAMP" has a different meaning.Balrog's is very similar to Apollo Creed's outfit from the Rocky movies. This one's a bit more obscure compared to Zangief's, since it's not derived from a video game character. Still, it's a character that a lot of gamers playing Street Fighter are familar with, and it's nice to see a nod to something that's kind of embedded in nerd culture in a fighting game like this.
Don't tell me you don't think this is great.And here we have Fei Long's, which is a neat little homage to an outfit Bruce Lee wore in Enter the Dragon. This one is even more obscure than the last one, given the uproarious internet reaction to the outfit being a bizaare load of crap. And that only begs a bigger question: there are people playing fighting games that have clearly never seen Enter the Dragon. I think some of them should be going out to rent or buy this movie instead of wildly anticipating this game and begging Gamestop to get their arcade sticks in. Guys, it would help pass the time, at least!
Don't worry, I still hate that Capcom is going with the paid downloadable content route for this, but there's no denying that some of these are really nice. There are a few more that I think are neat, but this post is already too long for a topic that was awfully frivolous -- so frivolous that I'm questioning whether it should exist at all! The bad thing is that by paying for and downloading these, we're actually encouraging developers to continue the process. Damn it, Capcom.
I still think you're great, though.
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