Magazine shelled out plenty of details regarding the upcoming Street Fighter IV
downloable content, all the information pertained to
Japan specifically. Today however,
Capacom released official news regarding what content would be coming to
North America and at what prices. Firstly, the free
Championship Mode expansion set to be released shortly after the game’s launch
will contain the aforementioned replay mode which will allow players to save
and upload videos of their fights. The online tournament play will receive a
few modifications as well as a new points system will be used to determine a
player’s skill level which will help in creating fairer match-ups.
Also Capcom
detailed the release of the alternate character costume packs. Though there is
no word on what will be happening with the PC version, the PlayStation Store
and Xbox Live Marketplace will see each of the five packs at a cost of $3.99 or
320 Microsoft Points. The downloadables will be released in the following
order:
Feb. 17th
– Brawler Pack: alternate costumes for Zangeif, E.
Honda, Rufus, El Fuerte and Abel.
Feb.
24th – Femme Fatale Pack: alternate costumes for Chun-Li, Cammy,
Sakura, Rose and Crimson Viper.
Mar 3rd
– Shoruken Pack: alternate costumes for Ryu, Ken, Akuma, Gouken and Dan.
Mar 10th
– Shadaloo Pack: alternate costumes for Seth, M. Bison, Sagat, Balrog and Vega.
Mar. 17th
– Classic Pack: alternate costumes for Guile, Dhalsim, Fei-Long, Blanka and
Gen.