The endlessly entertaining imagination of GamerFeed has offered up as fact that development has commenced on Street Fighter 4, according to the site an unannounced 2D remake of the classic fighting series.
Our interest baited thoroughly, we contacted Capcom this morning for clarification. “We do have various games, as announced, in the 2D fighting genre right now. As far as there being Street Fighter 4 in development – I’ve never heard anything so ridiculous,” a representative told us.
So that’s that.
Our interest baited thoroughly, we contacted Capcom this morning for clarification. “We do have various games, as announced, in the 2D fighting genre right now. As far as there being Street Fighter 4 in development – I’ve never heard anything so ridiculous,” a representative told us.
So that’s that.
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Shoryuken! 20 Jul 2004 14:29
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Street Fighter 4? Don't be silly! It'll be called Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Ultimate p***-taking franchise Edition!
Doesn't anyone remember that last year Capcom stated that another iteration of SF2 was in the works? Not counting the re-release on PS2, there is still yet another SF2 which will use the same artwork, music and gameplay on the way.
Forget your Tekkens, Soul Caliburs or Virtua Fighters. It's always been about the old-school Street Fighter 2.
Doesn't anyone remember that last year Capcom stated that another iteration of SF2 was in the works? Not counting the re-release on PS2, there is still yet another SF2 which will use the same artwork, music and gameplay on the way.
Forget your Tekkens, Soul Caliburs or Virtua Fighters. It's always been about the old-school Street Fighter 2.
Joji 20 Jul 2004 14:36
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And you believe them do you? Take it with a pinch of salt. I'd welcome another good SF game. There is so much pressure on Capcom to go into full 3D fighting games, but I don't know if SF would work properly in 3d.
I have SFEX and though a laugh it doesn't cut the mustard next to the 2d version, so I say bring it on Capcom.
I have SFEX and though a laugh it doesn't cut the mustard next to the 2d version, so I say bring it on Capcom.
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GamerFeed 20 Jul 2004 22:23
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Interesting how spong doesn't mention the GamerFeed article was in something called a "Rumormill"... see, unlike spong, we don't like reporting rumors as... you know... news.
Also, it always makes me giddy when Capcom representatives are unnamed. Your Ryu doll just doesn't count. ;-)
Also, it always makes me giddy when Capcom representatives are unnamed. Your Ryu doll just doesn't count. ;-)
TigerUppercut 21 Jul 2004 10:27
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GamerFeed wrote:
>Interesting how spong doesn't mention the
>GamerFeed article was in something called a
>"Rumormill"... see, unlike spong, we don't like
>reporting rumors as... you know... news.
I think the piece refers to the fact that this isn't a rumour. It perhaps refers to the belief that this was pure imagination. It may also reflect that any serious site, with even one serious journalist, would have a contact at Capcom who will respond, on the record, ala SPOnG.
>Also, it always makes me giddy when Capcom
>representatives are unnamed. Your Ryu doll just
>doesn't count. ;-)
This is a fair point. The representative mentioned is Sam Brace from Capcom. Perhaps you could use his name as your inaugural games industry contact? Be my guest.
>Interesting how spong doesn't mention the
>GamerFeed article was in something called a
>"Rumormill"... see, unlike spong, we don't like
>reporting rumors as... you know... news.
I think the piece refers to the fact that this isn't a rumour. It perhaps refers to the belief that this was pure imagination. It may also reflect that any serious site, with even one serious journalist, would have a contact at Capcom who will respond, on the record, ala SPOnG.
>Also, it always makes me giddy when Capcom
>representatives are unnamed. Your Ryu doll just
>doesn't count. ;-)
This is a fair point. The representative mentioned is Sam Brace from Capcom. Perhaps you could use his name as your inaugural games industry contact? Be my guest.
John 21 Jul 2004 11:22
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TigerUppercut wrote:
>I think the piece refers to the
>fact that this isn't a rumour.
Then you misread. No worries.
Also, while Sam's professionalism (and Capcom Europe's knowledge) sure is tempting, we'll stick with the contacts at Capcom Japan and USA and leave it at that 'til 2006.
Unfortunately, my first day as a reader of spong is also my last. While we've referenced (and linked) spong in the past for your stories (correctly labeling them as rumors), I don't think we'll be doing that any longer for our audiences at Yahoo!, Lycos, Gamers.com, WWE, Xbox.com, and dozens more...
I mean, we're still waiting for that Nintendo & Microsoft partnership you so proudly trumpeted, and I'm just not itching to post about Kirsten Dunst's breasts. Good luck with your serious journalism, folks, and feel free to reply to the professional email I sent off earlier in the day. I fear you won't be getting any more page views from me.
>I think the piece refers to the
>fact that this isn't a rumour.
Then you misread. No worries.
Also, while Sam's professionalism (and Capcom Europe's knowledge) sure is tempting, we'll stick with the contacts at Capcom Japan and USA and leave it at that 'til 2006.
Unfortunately, my first day as a reader of spong is also my last. While we've referenced (and linked) spong in the past for your stories (correctly labeling them as rumors), I don't think we'll be doing that any longer for our audiences at Yahoo!, Lycos, Gamers.com, WWE, Xbox.com, and dozens more...
I mean, we're still waiting for that Nintendo & Microsoft partnership you so proudly trumpeted, and I'm just not itching to post about Kirsten Dunst's breasts. Good luck with your serious journalism, folks, and feel free to reply to the professional email I sent off earlier in the day. I fear you won't be getting any more page views from me.
DoctorDee 21 Jul 2004 11:52
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John wrote:
>Unfortunately, my first day as a reader of spong
>is also my last.
OK, so explain how you've referenced our stories before, If you've never been to our site before?
> While we've referenced (and
>linked) spong in the past for your stories
>(correctly labeling them as rumors),
But, interestingly, never bothered to do either when you take them as fact.
>and I'm just not itching to post about Kirsten
>Dunst's breasts.
So, you aren't interested in breasts. That's your choice!
>I fear you won't be getting any more page views
>from me.
You started by saying we'd never had any before. You only came to look at the story we ran refuting your SF4 story. So what's our loss, exactly?
>Unfortunately, my first day as a reader of spong
>is also my last.
OK, so explain how you've referenced our stories before, If you've never been to our site before?
> While we've referenced (and
>linked) spong in the past for your stories
>(correctly labeling them as rumors),
But, interestingly, never bothered to do either when you take them as fact.
>and I'm just not itching to post about Kirsten
>Dunst's breasts.
So, you aren't interested in breasts. That's your choice!
>I fear you won't be getting any more page views
>from me.
You started by saying we'd never had any before. You only came to look at the story we ran refuting your SF4 story. So what's our loss, exactly?
TigerUppercut 21 Jul 2004 12:00
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John wrote:
>TigerUppercut wrote:
>
>>I think the piece refers to the
>>fact that this isn't a rumour.
>
>Then you misread. No worries.
No, nothing misread. The speculation reported was pure fantasy – as you well know.
>
>Also, while Sam's professionalism (and Capcom
>Europe's knowledge) sure is tempting, we'll stick
>with the contacts at Capcom Japan and USA and
>leave it at that 'til 2006.
Aside from industry contact top trumps being the most childish game imaginable, it’s also a game you’d loose. This also begs the question, why didn’t you use any of your contacts in Japan and the US to make an attempt to get the story verified? I would venture that. A. You don’t have these contacts. B. You made the rumour up. An explanation would be read with great interest.
>Unfortunately, my first day as a reader of spong
>is also my last. While we've referenced (and
>linked) spong in the past for your stories
>(correctly labeling them as rumors), I don't
>think we'll be doing that any longer
If you want this thread to escalate into a series of examples us being ripped without credit by you, that’s fine. You might end up looking rather stupid, and very wrong though…
>I mean, we're still waiting for that Nintendo &
>Microsoft partnership you so proudly trumpeted,
Read this: http://www.xboxworld.com.au/news/leading.php?idNews=436.
Then read the original story: http://news.spong.com/x?art=5053
Then perhaps you can suck our cocks? Up to you...
>and I'm just not itching to post about Kirsten
>Dunst's breasts.
We'll be launching a gay interest section soon. I'll keep you posted.
> Good luck with your serious
>journalism, folks
Thanks. Good luck with your world-beating plagiarism drive.
>I fear you won't be getting any more page views
>from me.
You are so cruel.
>TigerUppercut wrote:
>
>>I think the piece refers to the
>>fact that this isn't a rumour.
>
>Then you misread. No worries.
No, nothing misread. The speculation reported was pure fantasy – as you well know.
>
>Also, while Sam's professionalism (and Capcom
>Europe's knowledge) sure is tempting, we'll stick
>with the contacts at Capcom Japan and USA and
>leave it at that 'til 2006.
Aside from industry contact top trumps being the most childish game imaginable, it’s also a game you’d loose. This also begs the question, why didn’t you use any of your contacts in Japan and the US to make an attempt to get the story verified? I would venture that. A. You don’t have these contacts. B. You made the rumour up. An explanation would be read with great interest.
>Unfortunately, my first day as a reader of spong
>is also my last. While we've referenced (and
>linked) spong in the past for your stories
>(correctly labeling them as rumors), I don't
>think we'll be doing that any longer
If you want this thread to escalate into a series of examples us being ripped without credit by you, that’s fine. You might end up looking rather stupid, and very wrong though…
>I mean, we're still waiting for that Nintendo &
>Microsoft partnership you so proudly trumpeted,
Read this: http://www.xboxworld.com.au/news/leading.php?idNews=436.
Then read the original story: http://news.spong.com/x?art=5053
Then perhaps you can suck our cocks? Up to you...
>and I'm just not itching to post about Kirsten
>Dunst's breasts.
We'll be launching a gay interest section soon. I'll keep you posted.
> Good luck with your serious
>journalism, folks
Thanks. Good luck with your world-beating plagiarism drive.
>I fear you won't be getting any more page views
>from me.
You are so cruel.
IntelloJello 21 Jul 2004 12:06
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LOL!
John and ShamerFeed = Totally, fully owned!
Good work!
John and ShamerFeed = Totally, fully owned!
Good work!
almondVanHelsing 21 Jul 2004 12:12
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John wrote:
>TigerUppercut wrote:
>>I think the piece refers to the
>>fact that this isn't a rumour.
>Then you misread. No worries.
I normally don't post from work, I'd get killed if anybody saw me, but I had to risk it for this!
"Contrary to popular belief, development has just begun on the title"
"Very little info is known about the new title, other than the fact that it will remain 2D."
Nowhere in that section is mentioned "this is a rumour"! Other sections in the story correct rumours, thsi section presents facts.
>I'm just not itching to post about Kirsten Dunst's
> breasts.
Strange, I would love more to be posted about Kirsten Dunst, and her breasts!
>TigerUppercut wrote:
>>I think the piece refers to the
>>fact that this isn't a rumour.
>Then you misread. No worries.
I normally don't post from work, I'd get killed if anybody saw me, but I had to risk it for this!
"Contrary to popular belief, development has just begun on the title"
"Very little info is known about the new title, other than the fact that it will remain 2D."
Nowhere in that section is mentioned "this is a rumour"! Other sections in the story correct rumours, thsi section presents facts.
>I'm just not itching to post about Kirsten Dunst's
> breasts.
Strange, I would love more to be posted about Kirsten Dunst, and her breasts!
IntelloJello 21 Jul 2004 12:41
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almondVanHelsing wrote:
>I normally don't post from work, I'd get killed
>if anybody saw me, but I had to risk it for this!
>
>"Contrary to popular belief, development has just
>begun on the title"
>
>"Very little info is known about the new title,
>other than the fact that it will remain 2D."
>
>Nowhere in that section is mentioned "this is a
>rumour"! Other sections in the story correct
>rumours, thsi section presents facts.
>Strange, I would love more to be posted about
>Kirsten Dunst, and her breasts!
Ouch! It happened again! LOL!
*imagines John thinking "s**t, should have kept quiet"*
>I normally don't post from work, I'd get killed
>if anybody saw me, but I had to risk it for this!
>
>"Contrary to popular belief, development has just
>begun on the title"
>
>"Very little info is known about the new title,
>other than the fact that it will remain 2D."
>
>Nowhere in that section is mentioned "this is a
>rumour"! Other sections in the story correct
>rumours, thsi section presents facts.
>Strange, I would love more to be posted about
>Kirsten Dunst, and her breasts!
Ouch! It happened again! LOL!
*imagines John thinking "s**t, should have kept quiet"*
Mecha Ghandi 21 Jul 2004 12:48
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...crushed like an ant...
; )
; )
config 22 Jul 2004 18:16
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John wrote:
>we're still waiting for that Nintendo & Microsoft
>partnership you so proudly trumpeted
Nope. Your writer took part of SPOnG's exclusive MS/ATI deal article and pushed the two paragraphs about MS/Ninty as the main thrust. Hell, those two paragraphs didn't even mention a partnership, affiliation, merger or alliance - they just threw out details of the current relationship and let the reader make of it what they will.
Your writer, your site filled in the blanks and did the trumpeting.
> Unfortunately, my first day as a reader of spong
> is also my last.
It's hardly your first visit. A quick back-track through the server logs reveal a visit from your IP on 24 June. The Xbox 2 leak article, I believe. Oh, and again on the 30 June for the Driv3r "review code for scores scandal" story.
Furthermore, your writers visit regularly. For example, in a story about the E-reader not being launched in Europe, your writer used a quote from Nintendo's Shelly Pearce - exclusively given to SPOnG.
Why am I writing this? After all, you, John, won't be coming back to read it.
Well, I think you will. Our logs show you came back at 20:00 BST yesterday and again today at 01:00 BST - to read this thread.
You just couldn't keep yourself from wanting to read what people thought of your post, couldya?
To say you've never visited and won't visit again is more than a touch disingenuous, no?
>we're still waiting for that Nintendo & Microsoft
>partnership you so proudly trumpeted
Nope. Your writer took part of SPOnG's exclusive MS/ATI deal article and pushed the two paragraphs about MS/Ninty as the main thrust. Hell, those two paragraphs didn't even mention a partnership, affiliation, merger or alliance - they just threw out details of the current relationship and let the reader make of it what they will.
Your writer, your site filled in the blanks and did the trumpeting.
> Unfortunately, my first day as a reader of spong
> is also my last.
It's hardly your first visit. A quick back-track through the server logs reveal a visit from your IP on 24 June. The Xbox 2 leak article, I believe. Oh, and again on the 30 June for the Driv3r "review code for scores scandal" story.
Furthermore, your writers visit regularly. For example, in a story about the E-reader not being launched in Europe, your writer used a quote from Nintendo's Shelly Pearce - exclusively given to SPOnG.
Why am I writing this? After all, you, John, won't be coming back to read it.
Well, I think you will. Our logs show you came back at 20:00 BST yesterday and again today at 01:00 BST - to read this thread.
You just couldn't keep yourself from wanting to read what people thought of your post, couldya?
To say you've never visited and won't visit again is more than a touch disingenuous, no?
config 22 Jul 2004 18:21
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Imran Yusuf wrote:
>Street Fighter 4? Don't be silly! It'll be called
>Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Ultimate p***-taking
>franchise Edition!
I despise SF. In fact, these days, I despise all BEUs
Once was a time when I loved 'em (up?), but now they're all so tedious.
Ducks in anticipation of 'pa larkin' style dragon punches
>Street Fighter 4? Don't be silly! It'll be called
>Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Ultimate p***-taking
>franchise Edition!
I despise SF. In fact, these days, I despise all BEUs
Once was a time when I loved 'em (up?), but now they're all so tedious.
Ducks in anticipation of 'pa larkin' style dragon punches
Joji 23 Jul 2004 08:25
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Actually it was I who posted the first thread reply on the Kirsten Dunst story, and I don't work for Spong.
I see nothing wrong with it sense it is related to games. Her complaint could have easily delayed the Spiderman 2 game had it not gone out on sale so early.
I feel no shame in posting about Ms Dunst, because I'm a fan of the girls. I just think her reaction was a little petty, since it's not like magazines don't dress up pics of her with Photoshop all the time.
As for SF4 news, no journo likes to be wrong but as a gamer I reckon SF4 is inevitable, since it has a lot of fans. It's also refreshing in this 3D dominant age that Capcom can still show the love to good 2D gaming. Just because reps don't whisper it doesn't mean it won't happen.
I see nothing wrong with it sense it is related to games. Her complaint could have easily delayed the Spiderman 2 game had it not gone out on sale so early.
I feel no shame in posting about Ms Dunst, because I'm a fan of the girls. I just think her reaction was a little petty, since it's not like magazines don't dress up pics of her with Photoshop all the time.
As for SF4 news, no journo likes to be wrong but as a gamer I reckon SF4 is inevitable, since it has a lot of fans. It's also refreshing in this 3D dominant age that Capcom can still show the love to good 2D gaming. Just because reps don't whisper it doesn't mean it won't happen.