Here's another two new characters for Street Fighter IV

by Majed Athab { May 29th 2008 at 6:30PM }

All right, what have we got here? It looks like we're seeing more Street Fighter IV characters. The guy on the left, named Rufus, is morbidly obese and obviously training in the same dojo as Tekken 6's Bob. The fact that he is holding a tub of popcorn could mean one of either two things: he loves movies so much that after watching the new flick (and ogling over Kristin Kreuk) he plans on becoming a street fighter himself, or they just want to exude the fact that this guy is carrying a few extra pounds.

The other guy, Seth, seems to be a mysterious mix of the Silver Surfer and a Buddhist monk. Or so it seems due to that Yin Yang for an abdomen. Throw in his Hebrew name and then he's an even bigger enigma to figure out. Perhaps you'll just have to see more of these characters to understand who they are. You can catch some more pics over at Famitsu's website.

Tags: capcom, street-fighter, street-fighter-iv

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

kevin @ May 29th 2008 6:45PM

whens this coming out i want it NOW :D

StevenRafael @ May 29th 2008 6:49PM

Tekken 6's new characters are so far more interesting than SF4's. It's kinda sad too, considering Tekken comes out with new characters every few years.

Street Fighter still holds the best lineup of original characters though, in my opinion.

xeleion @ May 29th 2008 6:59PM

Funny, I was thinking the same thing. Luchadors ftw.

xeleion @ May 29th 2008 7:04PM

Actually, I meant matador, in reference to Miguel. Sorry. ^__^;;

RPGJock @ May 29th 2008 6:50PM

It would be sad if this game came out before the remake of Street Fighter 2 HD comes out.

will @ May 29th 2008 7:00PM

pretty boring character design if you ask me. though admittedly ken and ryu are iconic yet not that interesting to look at.

Tina @ May 29th 2008 7:08PM

Street Fighter 4 is one ugly game. Ugh.. Capcom, you suck on this one. You can keep your Street Fighter 2/Street Fighter EX remake.

Bring on King of Fighters XII.

HektikLyfe @ May 30th 2008 11:51AM

Most of the new fighters in SF4 actually look like they were inspired by King of the Fighters. It makes me wonder. Capcom isn't the same Capcom that developed the original SF2. It is completely possible that there was some industry employee swapping which would explain the character design similarities.

Andrew Nartey @ May 29th 2008 7:11PM

Seems like every fighting game needs a fatty these days...
Bob from Tekken 6 anyone?

Popfrogs @ May 29th 2008 9:29PM

Yeah but he wasn't the first. Don't forget about E. Honda and Jack from AoF2.

deaftly @ May 29th 2008 7:14PM

These guys look terrible

Gurtan @ May 29th 2008 7:46PM

Not to be an ass or anything, but Rufus (the fat dude with the popcorn) was announced about a month or two ago. His designed caused quite a stir in the SF community. But that said, thanks for the Famitsu link, it has some very nice pictures Rufus' stage and Seth's stage. really great find!

WHYY @ May 29th 2008 7:53PM

Why a fat ass and a naked whore? What happen to cool looking original designs like Chun-li, Mai, and everyone else. Argh. At least the Soul Calibur team is getting the right idea.

JaseH @ May 29th 2008 7:58PM

I love the level design in the screenshots of Ryu fighting that masked guy.

Makes you feel good about fighting in the area. Takes you back to the old days when everything was very simple & easy on the eyes. Haven't seen a better stage in a fighting game for years in my opinion.

But that's about it I'm afraid.

I personally think they overdid the silver with that monk dude.

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Joshua @ May 29th 2008 8:12PM

Anyone else think that the new guy Seth looks kinda like Urien from SF3?

Maybe its just the muscles and the diaper.

But yeah

Greda @ May 30th 2008 3:32AM

yea, in fact i thought it was Urien...

Aizen @ May 31st 2008 3:05PM

Judging from the screenshots, he's going to play like Urien. He has some of Urien's signature moves such as the tackle, and the face-grab. The swirls of black and white on each arm when he forms a fireball reminds me of Gil's red and blue sides.

He's definitely the Urien replacement. :]

wtf @ May 29th 2008 8:13PM

two mad and ugly looking bastards that i would never play with

Mr.ESC @ May 29th 2008 8:45PM

Naked Sagat and the morbidly obese guy from the evil brotherhood confirmed for SF4.

Do not want.

Popfrogs @ May 29th 2008 9:26PM

Sweet, they're putting Gabe Newell in the game now. I can't wait to use his Super Sit attack or his Chicken Leg Hadoken.

A.E. @ May 29th 2008 9:34PM

I dont think Ive played a street fighter that i didnt like, plus MVC2 is the best fighting game ever...how many fighting games have actually increased in price after so many years? Capcom does know what they are doing for the most part, just give it time, this game is going to be awesome.

Alex @ May 29th 2008 10:18PM

SFIV is looking to continue the SF tradition of the sausage-fest

i'm not saying male and female characters have to be exactly equal. but as of right now... we only have two confirmed female characters right? whereas every other newly announced addition has been a male.

doom saber @ May 30th 2008 12:43AM

Is it wrong of me being more excited of Capcom's next versus game entitled Tatsunoko vs Capcom over SF4?

Although both are 3d, TVC is cell shaded and who wouldn't want to play as Ken from Gatchman or the rumored Go Mifune (Speed racer to us americans) from Speed Racer against Ryu and Chunli.

They seem to keep the tag battle in this game, so it might be awsome

I am suprised that joystiq said nothin of this versus title but then again, they just announced Rifus as a playable character even though we knew about him a month ago

Pics of Tatsuonoko vs capcom from ign:

http://cheats.ign.com/objects/142/14255578.html