the release of Street Fighter IV,
Japan’s Famitsu magazine has
released details regarding several alternate costume packs that will be
available for download. Capcom will release 5 packs, 1 per week, with the first
landing on the day of the game’s
Japan release date of February 12
th.
Each pack is priced at 400 yen which is roughly $4.47 USD on the PlayStation
Store and 320 Microsoft Points on Marketplace. While each pack will contain 5
costumes each, Capcom is also releasing a sixth downloadable that will feature
alternate outfits for all 25 characters. This complete package will cost 1,200
yen or $13.42 USD and roughly 1000 MS points.
Alternate costumes are not the only
things Capcom has planned though. A tournament-style online mode called
Championship Mode will be released for free shortly after the game’s release.
One cool feature will have the best players’ replay data uploaded to Capcom’s
servers where it will then be made available for the entire street fighting
community to view.