Capcom recently announced that they've changed the box art for Street Fighter IV. They've dropped Chun Li in favor of Art Director Ikeno-sans' Ryu vs Ken illustration.
"After collecting data from the Unity boards and comments, as well as from other sites like shoryuken.com and conducting some space-age focus tests with two-way mirrors and laser cats, we had a total re-think on our SFIV packaging. As a result of the studies, we have opted to drop the initial Chun-Li packfront in favor of Street Fighter IV art director Ikeno-san’s amazing Ryu vs Ken illustration. Simple, elegant and instantly recognizable. We think that you’ll agree that this image sums up SFIV in true “a picture is worth a thousand words” style."
Other recent news out of Capcom includes the long-awaited details on the Collector's Editions of the games. What will it include?
- The game
- A limited-edition (ie., not sold anywhere else) figurine – Ryu in the PS3 box, C. Viper hotness in the 360.
- Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind: a 65 minute anime movie that sets up the story of SFIV by explaining events post-SFII. BluRay disc in the PS3 box! The Xbox version is a 360 game disc that outputs the movie at 720P, not a DVD.
- A mini-strategy guide from Prima, written by the same people doing the full-on guide and illustrated by Udon Comics
- CD soundtrack.
- Plus additional downloadable content that Capcom's keeping secret!
"We’re not just throwing a craptacular “behind-the-scenes” video and “art book” with less images than you can find on any website into a cheesey tin box."
As if all that isn't good enough, we've added almost 50 recently released screenshots to our
Street Fighter IV pictures area, as well as new artwork for Gen and Rose!