Famitsu has just unveiled yet another one of the new characters in the upcoming Street Fighter IV. His name — Abel. His game — amnesia?

Like previous contenders, Abel is fighting for unknown reasons. How creative and not at all clichéd! His fighting style is like a more mobile Zangeif — lots of grapples and throws, but with some nice martial arts kicks (supposedly more “balanced and aligned” than Zangeif’s slow ass).

Hopefully we’ll see some more new characters soon, possibly at GDC. I’m quite interested to check out all of the new female fighters they said they were concentrating on.

Tags: abel, Capcom, character, famitsu, new, Street Fighter

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1 Comment » Dennis on February 14, 2008 6:25 pm yeah, he looks real unique. I think the old characters were fine. RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.