A lot of gamers have shown interest in the game’s new colorful, unique art-style textures and debut graphics. The game was announced on October 17, 2007. The game will still play in traditional 2D, thus creating a “2.5D” effect. The characters and environments will be rendered in 3D computer graphics and appear to use a stylized cel-shading effect to lend the characters and environments a hand-drawn look
This videos shows a pre-rendered teaser trailer done in a 3D calligraphic style showing Ryu brawling and Ken in a dark meadow, but no gameplay is shown.
Release Date: To be announced soon
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
Genres: 2-D, Fighter
ESRB: Rating Pending
Designers : Yoshinori Ono (producer) and Daigo Ikeno (character designer)
While no details of the story have been revealed yet, it was revealed in the January 2008 issue of EGM mag that the game will take place in between Street Fighter II and Street Fighter III making it (storywise only) a sequel to the former and a prequel to the latter.
