HD Remix dev's fighting card game outed

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 24 November, 2010

David Sirlin goes old school.

David Sirlin, the man who rebalanced Super Street Fighter II Turbo, has unveiled his new project.

In Yomi, two players use cards to represent one-on-one fights. It costs a whopping $100, but there are no cards to collect beyond the initial purchase.

The outspoken Sirlin rebalanced Super Street Fighter II Turbo for Capcom's downloadable HD Remix release, but since then he's kept a low profile – until now.

"This is the culmination of years of work of design, balancing, tournament playtesting, art creation, packaging design, and exacting manufacturing preparation," he wrote on his blog.

"When I saw the finished product and how well it turned out, I was supposed to feel excited, but really I just felt relief. Now it's your turn to get excited though."

Yomi's out in January, and Sirlin promises he'll ship to anywhere in the world.

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  • Ranger101 #1 2 years ago

    Sirlin knows his stuff when it comes to competitive play - I'm just not sure there is a commercial crossover between fighting game fans and card game players.

  • butler` #2 2 years ago

    @Ranger101 He's not expecting crossover. He's just using his skills and experience in a different medium.

    There's few people in the industry that understand competitive gaming and balance issues as well as he does, so props to him and best of luck. Still think he should have shot for a job at Blizzard :)

  • etyek #3 2 years ago

    You know you've been playing too much Game Dev Story when you read the headline of this article and think that a Fighting Card game sounds like a good combo.

  • Rack #4 2 years ago

    $100 for Paper Scissors Stone? Seems like he may have a limited market here.

  • Razzajazz #5 2 years ago

    I totally love this concept, but unfortunately don't know anyone who would play it with me. I am a geek alone, sadly.... :(

  • TheJuriel #6 2 years ago

    Well I'm interested. Love card games, though I usually restrict myself to ones that suit 4 players, as that's my gaming group's size.

  • sagat #7 2 years ago

    Sirlin knows his stuff when it comes to competitive play

    Shame he did such a poor job of rebalancing SSF2HD then. So much was promised, so little delivered.

  • Remy #8 2 years ago

    BS "sagat". HDR is the best SF ever made

  • Loghorn #9 2 years ago

    @sagat: Huh? I got to agree with Remy here. HD Remix of Super Turbo was awesome!

  • Remy #10 2 years ago

    And even if you don't like HDR for whatever nostalgia reason - the rebalancing job was & is excellent. Look at the tournament results lately if you don't believe it. Zangief winning EVO, 2 Cammy's in top 8 at Norcal. Me making last 8 at SVB with DeeJay, my friends making last 8 with Hondas at the last 2 SVBs, Daigo winning with Guile & Sagat. These things never happened in any other version of SF2.