Screens of Ryu and Ken’s Sensei in Street Fighter 4

Street Fighter 4, from what I understand, is not getting a legal arcade release in America (correct me if I’m wrong), but never fear!  The US is getting the console version on both PS3 and Xbox 360, and a character that you may or may not have known was coming was Ryu and Ken’s teacher, referred to as Gouken.

In the arcades here in Japan, he is not a playable character but does show up from time to time if you’re playing right.  I haven’t seen him or Akuma (Gouki) at all in the arcade game because I don’t play it all that much.  He will, however, be playable on the home consoles, and his moves seem to be somewhat of a mix between Ryu, Ken, Akuma (Gouki), and a dash of something all his own.

From what I was told by buddies in school during the heyday of Street Fighter, Gouken had been killed by Akuma over some dispute between them — apparently that was false and he was just in hiding.  Now he is back and ready to take out the other Street Fighters in the new incarnation.

I also remember back in high school, there was an April Fool’s joke where if you beat Street Fighter a certain way you got to fight this guy.  Yeah, my friends and I worked on that a whole weekend once only to later realize it was a hoax.  Those evil, evil men…  Anyhow, this time it’s real and here are some screen shots to prove it.

If he is worth playing or not is yet to be seen.  He is a very imposing man to say the least.  I wouldn’t wanna fight him.

The console version releases around February 12th in Japan, followed shortly thereafter by the U.S. and UK releases on the 17th and 20th, respectively.

Source:  Famitsu

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  • Abaddon

    So,Akuma is Gouki, and the misinterpretation for “Shen Long” became an April Fool’s joke that was later canonized as the persona of Gouken.Most expected from a game where Bison is Vega,Vega is Balrog,and Balrog is Bison,or viceversa.

  • Sean Mitchuson

    They used to have justification for the balrog, vega, bison thing but I forget what they told people was the reason.

  • Abaddon

    If I’m not mistaken,and I may be,it has something to do with Balrog(M.Bison),being his original name and resemblance too close to M.Tyson, the fact came to ears of some lawyers who reviewed the character and found it too similar to its obvious impersonation.Then they rotated names.