Super SFIV brings back bonus stages

By Tom Bramwell Published 5 November, 2009

Smash up cars and punch barrels.

Super Street Fighter IV looks set to reintroduce the car and barrel smashing bonus sequences from Street Fighter II.

That's according to the latest issue of Famitsu, anyway, which you can see on Destructoid.

Screenshots show Ryu (who else?) smashing up a car with hurricane kicks and pummelling barrels as they're launched toward him in a cellar.

The bonus stages are set to feature in both Arcade and Challenge modes.

The Famitsu piece also reveals a few other new features: there's the Replay Channel, where you can talk to other players via voice while watching old fights; Endless Battle, a new eight-player tournament mode; and Team Battle, designed for teams of two or four players.

Super SFIV is due out in spring next year for PS3 and Xbox 360 as a budget-priced standalone release.

As well as new characters - three of which are T. Hawk, Juri and Dee Jay - Capcom is rebalancing the original line-up and adding an extra Ultra combo for each fighter.

As such, Super SFIV and SFIV won't be compatible online, but there may be a bonus for owners of both (besides "having less money").

Check out the extended trailer on Eurogamer TV.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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  • bad09 #1 2 years ago

    Hang on..

    "Super SFIV is due out in spring next year for PS3 and Xbox 360 as a budget-priced standalone release. "

    No PC outing for Super? That's a shame, Capcom did a superb job on SF4 it's the best version (IMO of course).

  • JahB #2 2 years ago

    i'm sure the pc outing will eventually come, but not before the sales of the console versions are in.

  • DAN.E.B #3 2 years ago

    cool! now set stages for each character along with theme tunes new stages for new characters would be nice
    and for god sake get rid of SETH!!!
    Oh and go back to having the little plane with the anouncement China,Japan ect .
    Edited by 1 at 05/11/09 @ 09:02

  • Sniper_007 #4 2 years ago

    Glad I'm not the only person looking forward to this :-).... it makes me regret not buying the TE stick and just going for the Fightstick!! Wouldn't it be useful if Eurogamer could do a feature on modding the sticks.... no, that's just me then

  • coderkind #5 2 years ago

    Can't...bloody...wait :)

  • cherryuk #6 2 years ago

    It's all about the triple dragon combo on the flaming barrels - I miss the bonus stages!

    I also miss the themed character levels & music, oh and while your at it GET RID OF THAT GOD AWFUL SF4 THEME MUSIC!
    Edited by 1 at 05/11/09 @ 13:59