Down right fierce

So, Street Fighter 4 has been out for a few weeks now, which is more than enough time for some merchandising to start doing the rounds. Some good, some bad.

The most important bit of merchandising is obvious. Figures. Which is where Mr Kenneth Masters steps in.




As you can probably see, there's a fair bit of detail to that. It's even using fabric for his gi, which is a nice touch I suppose, but I've never been sure about that. It's also eighteen inches in height, and has a rather fetching price of around £170.

Of course, maybe you don't like Ken. Maybe all his shoryukens and frequent moments of winking and giving a thumbs up at the camera has made you dislike him (although it shouldn't).

In that case, Capcom are continuing their Capcom Girls Collection, which has been going for a good few years now. The latest entry is the lovely Ms White.


Despite having a release date in July, for some reason they're not going for her classical look sported in Street Fighter 4, and is instead in her Alpha series outfit. The main problem with that is her beret isn't as awesome.

It's also got a much more reasonable price, coming in at around £55. So, some of the recent merchandising is pretty pricey, but often it's worth paying a bit more for some of these figures. They're often limited, and finding them after they've gone out of circulation can be incredibly frustrating.

That is, of course, if you like such things.

Street Fighter 4!

So, the intro is out on the interwebs now, and it's pretty damn smooth. I'm probably echoing a lot of other people's opinions if I say that I love the ink stylings that you get around the fighters, especially in that little sequence with Guile and Abel.

Still not entirely sure about the theme though. It has grown on me a little, but I think the saving grace is that the music that's been used on a lot of trailers turns up around halfway through. I'm also fairly sure that I prefer it to the music that Third Strike had, since that was just cringe worthy.

Saying that though, as music in fighting games go, it could always be worse!

Tokyo Beat Down

God damn. This looks like it could be one of the best games ever. Originally known as Yajuu Keiji, or Beast Detective, it offers a range of characters and multiple endings, while, most importantly having what looks to be some solid old school action going on.

I don't think the DS actually has any beat-em-ups on offer, so this is filling a rather important gap in the market. As Atlus are localising it, chances are it'll have a pretty good translation to top it off.



How could it get better? It's got gruff cops riding on APCs and firing rocket launchers!