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The long-awaited 3-D follow-up to the successful fighting game series is about to hit the arcades in Japan. The company says that it has learned from his mistakes on Street Fighter III. Which was said to be too demanding, and complicated to appeal to many players.

For the new Street Fighter IV, the company wants to recapture the incredible success of Street Fighter II, the biggest arcade game ever. They say that the new game will be a step back, in the sense that it will resemble SFII, rather than the far less successful third version.

The company admits that III was like an exclusive club. And if you didn’t fully understand what you were doing there was no real reason to try to play the game again.

The Street fighter for they want to bring back the fans of the first two games, who may be have not been active with fighting games for quite some time.

The reason IV will feature 8 fighters from the second game, including Guile, Chun-Li, Ryu and Ken. Is so that players will not have to spend time familiarizing themselves with new characters.

SFIV will feature a deliberate slow pace, similar to the old game, and very different to the adrenaline-fueled, ultrafast paced games of today. Designer of the game ‘Ono’ makes comparisons to playing chess; you can either play as a grand master, or as a beginner.

The company has deliberately aimed to the game at beginners, as well as enthusiasts. Presumably because 15 years have passed since the original games hit the arcades, and they are now trying to appeal to a whole new generation of players.

Ono wants his new game to replace the featured arcade games that are on display right in the doorway such as Taiko Drum Master, their intention is to draw back the crowds to street fighting arcade games.

The new game features some stunning visuals that are not only enjoyable for players, but also for their friends, looking over their shoulder. These visuals are reminiscent of classic Nintendo games brought right up to date.

The 3-D graphics should boost the games, popularity, although game play actually takes place in a 2-D environment. The graphics are in three dimensions giving gamers an interesting middle ground between the two production styles.

The new game hits Japanese arcades in June.