ICYMI: Longtime Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono announces departure from Capcom

After almost 30 years working with Capcom and undeniably helping steer one of its biggest IPs into a new renaissance, longtime Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori announced on the eve of his birthday (which is today) that he is departing from the company and resigning from his post as Capcom Brand Manager.

Here's the man's official Tweet.

Without Ono-San, we wouldn't have seen a fighting game resurgence come forth - as he was among the figureheads behind the release of Street Fighter IV over a decade ago. Since then, the Street Fighter brand has been reinvigorated under his watch, and has seen projects like Street Fighter x Tekken (a crossover with Bandai Namco Games Tekken series) and Street Fighter V come to pass. He definitely has left an impression with fans - especially with carrying his signature Blanka toy and shouting "SHO-RYU-KEN" to hype up the community during events.

No matter the mixed opinions there are during his tenure, we owe Ono-San a debt of gratitude for his contributions to the Fighting Game scene and the community. I even recorded my own tribute to honor his career... And wish him a Happy Birthday!


Thank you for your contributions, Ono-San! Good luck in your future projects!

New "Street Fighter" TV Series coming from eOne and the makers of "Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist"

It's going to be a great 30 year celebration for Street Fighter fans worldwide as hype and excitement bring the series to new heights, and there's something more to celebrate as eOne and the makers of the critically acclaimed web series "Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist" are teaming up to create a brand new "Street Fighter" Television Series - one based on the classic hit "Street Fighter II: The World Warrior" - the very sequel that arguably ignited the entire fighting game world frenzy!

Via a report by Shoryuken.com (from Deadline), Joey Ansah, Jacqueline Quella, and Mark Wooding are teaming up with eOne to produce the series. Capcom's Yoshinori Ono - executive producer of the Street Fighter series, was delighted as well and shared a statement about the project:

"After a long search, guided by the team behind Assassin’s Fist, we are delighted to be partnering with a company with the outstanding TV experience of Mark Gordon and eOne. They have the credentials to help us launch a faithful adaptation of Street Fighter as a major TV series."

No word on when this new live-action Street Fighter television series comes out or what the title is, but it could be soon so stay tuned.

ICYMI: Happy Birthday Blanka! SFVAE gets the beast man on February 20!

Looks like the second DLC character for "Season 3" finally has a release date to his name - and revealed during his fictional birthday week too! Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono and Capcom have officially revealed that Blanka - the electrifying Brazilian beast man - comes to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition next week!


Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition - Blanka Gameplay Trailer
Happy Birthday Blanka! Play him in SFV AE next week for PS4 and PC starting February 20!

Street Fighter: SF 30th Anniversary Collection and SFV AE DLC characters revealed!

It's a BIG year ender for Street Fighter fans worldwide, as not only did we see a NEW Capcom Cup champion crowned at the end of the "Capcom Cup 2017" tournament, but also the reveal of not one, not two, but THREE bombastic trailers that honors Street Fighter's 30th Anniversary and what's to come for 2018!

The first reveal by Capcom is the big anniversary title coming to PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC Steam and honors all things Street Fighter by bringing pretty much EVERY title that you know - Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection!



Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection – Announcement Trailer
Then following the victory celebration and awarding at Capcom Cup 2017 (which you can read via Shoryuken), this LONG AWAITED character reveal comes! Sakura, Ryu's biggest fan and the now grown up exuberant youth, is back!

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition – Sakura Reveal Trailer
And finally just to show off to Street Fighter fans that SFV Arcade Edition is BIG, SF series producer Yoshinori Ono shows off the FUL SFV AE trailer with ALL of the Season 3 DLC characters revealed - including Sagat, Blanka, and Cody!!!

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition – Cinematic Opening
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition will be released on January 16, 2018 for PS4 and PC along with Sakura!

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection will hit PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on May 2018!

Street Fighter V: Opening Cinematic & F.A.N.G trailers released

After a grueling and intense Capcom Pro Tour event that saw 32 world pro-gamers brawl, a new champion crowned in Kazunoko, and the last time we'll see the Street Fighter IV series (specifically Ultra Street Fighter IV) used in a major pro-tournament setting, Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono took to the stage of the recently concluded Capcom Cup 2015 to not only thank the fans and award the winners, but also showcase a new trailer for the opening cinematic to Street Fighter V!

Here's the short but sweet cinematic showing off old fighters, returning characters, and new challengers converge.

STREET FIGHTER V : Opening Cinematic On a related note and in case you missed it, here's the reveal trailer for the other brand new character coming to the game in F.A.N.G.

Street Fighter V: F.A.N.G Reveal Video
Street Fighter V comes exclusively to PS4 and PC on February 16, 2016.

Street Fighter V: R.Mika returns to brawl and bring it on!

Hitting via the official Street Fighter Facebook page and returning to bring some "RAINBOW~!" to the upcoming new installment in the long-running brawler series, Capcom and Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono pull the curtain to reveal the latest new fighter for "Street Fighter V"... And it's none other than long absent Street Fighter Fighter Alpha 3/ Street Fighter Zero 3 veteran Rainbow Mika!

Together with her tag team partner Yamato Nadeshiko (who acts as an assist character to her attacks), here is Mika in action at the new World Warrior tournament!

Street Fighter V: R. Mika Reveal Trailer
Currently undergoing Beta Testing, Street Fighter V will hit exclusively for Playstation 4 and PC early next year!

Street Fighter V: Vega reveal trailer released

Not wasting any time in delivering another familiar face with an updated look to the growing roster of characters for the sequel, Capcom and Yoshinori Ono have debuted a brand new trailer for "Street Fighter V" that shows none other than the return of the Spanish Ninja himself and one of the original Grand Master bosses of Street Fighter II... Vega!


Street Fighter V - Vega Character Reveal Trailer
Street Fighter V will be released for PC and PS4 on early 2016.

Tokyo Game Show '14: Yoshinori Ono and Capcom announce "Ultra Street Fighter IV: Omega Mode" DLC

If you thought the latest upgrade to the Street Fighter IV series reached its pinnacle with the recently released "Ultra Street Fighter IV", then you have another thing coming your way courtesy of game producer Yoshinori Ono and Capcom!

Announced at this year's Tokyo Game Show and reported by Event Hubs, a new game mode called "Omega Mode" has been announced... And it DRASTICALLY ALTERS the way you play Ultra Street Fighter IV altogether. To explain what that means will take some time, but let's just say the properties and moves are significantly "different" than how one is usually accustomed to in the normal version of the game!

Check out the video presentation, narrated and guided by pro-Street Fighter player himself, Combofiend!

Ultra Street Fighter 4 Presents...Over The Omega Rainbow & Back Again!
Ultra Street Fighter IV's "Omega Mode" will be out as DLC later this year!

NYCC '12: "Darkstalkers Are Not Dead" Teaser

Those itching and praying for a new Darkstalkers game from Capcom may have just gotten their wish!

At Capcom's New York Comic Con 2012 panel, Street Fighter IV producer and game scribe Yoshinori Ono unveiled to the world a teaser that signifies that "Darkstalkers Are Not Dead", and a new game is certainly underway! Thanks goes to SuparstarX and EventHubs for this piece of news, and below is the teaser footage via SuparstarX!

Ono teases Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition Image!

Ono, You Tease! Via his official Twitter page, Capcom's own Yoshinori Ono tweeted and posted a teaser image of the much anticipated online update to the classic brawler Street Fighter II: 3rd Strike - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition! There's not much to take in with the teaser image, save for Ono's trademark Blanka toy covering a display screen featuring a match from the game between Hugo and Remy.

Check out this link for the actual Tweet. More announcements on SFIII: 3rd Strike Online Edition are expected to hit on this year's E3, so stay tuned World Warriors!

Tokyo Game Show 2010: Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Trailer!

It was bound to show up sooner or later, but now Capcom and SSFIV producer Yoshinori Ono have just unveiled the first official trailer of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition on the Tokyo Game Show 2010 floor! Check out the new tweaks, and the official introduction of Street Fighter III veterans Yun and Yang into the Super Street Fighter IV roster!

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Tokyo Game Show 2010 Trailer

Super Street Fighter IV Update: The first arcade action screenshot of Yun!

Super Street Fighter IV Producer Yoshinori Ono is quite the tease. Not only has he been updating his Twitter account constantly with updates concerning the arcade release of Super Street Fighter IV, but he's also been showing off picture progress, and the latest one all but officially confirms the appearance of another SFIII veteran making his debut in the newest Capcom brawler! Who am I talking about, why none other than Hong Kong born fighter Yun of course! Check out the pic released by Ono-San and the folks from Fighter's Generation!

Ah Ono-San, you're a real teaser.XD Who knows what Yun's Ultra move will be? Also, now that he's here, can we expect his brother Yang to follow as well? Stay tuned for more updates!

SDCC 2010: Street Fighter Vs Tekken Officially Confirmed, And Tekken Vs SF Is On The Way!

I knew it was going to happen! Long rumored and speculated to be the true "Namco Vs Capcom" at first, two of the fighting game genre's biggest franchises are making history!

Yoshinori Ono, the producer of Street Fighter IV and its sequel, Super Street Fighter IV, announced in the San Diego Comic Con's "Street Fighter Mania" panel that big new "fighting game" he and his team were secretly working on - STREET FIGHTER VS TEKKEN! That's right... Bandai Namco Games has joined forces with Capcom to bring together two well known brawlers and let them mix it up in this new VS series project! Now, if you've played both of these games, you'd know Tekken and Street Fighter handle very differently in terms of fighting game physics and play. SF is a 2D brawler that utilizes special moves and a 6 button control scheme configuration, while Tekken prides itself as a 3D fighting game that's purely technical and combo saavy, having a four button control layout that corresponds to each limb of the body. How these two brands managed to get together is beyond me, but it is something that ALL fighters have been dreaming of for a long time, and it has now become a reality! Check out the debut trailer!

Street Fighter Vs Tekken Debut Trailer
Very good, noh? As observed in the trailer, the graphics and engine are very much that of Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter IV, with the game focusing on a 2D style of gameplay! Check out the gameplay trailer here as well!

Street Fighter Vs Tekken Gameplay Trailer
Now, this is just Capcom's take on the new "crossover of the century" battle. Bandai Namco's also working on their own "Tekken Vs Street Fighter" game, and it's quite reminiscent of the old Capcom Vs SNK/ SNK Vs Capcom days, where both companies made their own VS games based on their proprietary game engines and art style. One has to wonder how Namco's will look like, but I bet it will in the same style, if not an improved version of the Tekken 6 engine.

Street Fighter Vs Tekken is making its way to the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 in a date TBA. Yoshinori Ono san was right... I will buy this at day one! Watch out for it!

Super Street Fighter IV Update: G4's Preview!

Just like the title says, the folks from Capcom Unity posted G4 and X Play's preview of Super Street Fighter IV, done and taken from this year's recent Tokyo Game Show. Anybody with more cravings or SSFIV should see this one. More info of the game is present, as well as talks with game producer Yoshinori Ono, and actual gameplay footage shown during the interview. Go check it out at the video link below!

Video Games - E3 2009 - X-Play

G4's Super Street Fighter IV Preview

Super Street Fighter IV Update: More Details Arise!

This is academic by now, but I'm sure you all have seen the new Super Street Fighter IV trailer by now, right? No? Well, my last post reflecting on Super Street Fighter II's history included a low quality You Tube version, but seeing as how that video site updates frequently, here's the NEW High Quality version for your personal amusement:

Super Street Fighter IV Announcement Trailer HD Quality
On the game's development progress, producer Yoshinori Ono has revealed a lot more things fans can watch out for in the update. First off, contrary to earlier reports, enough fan appeal and demand may give SSFIV an arcade release after all, so players will be able to practice early before the console release by venturing to their local arcade shop and inserting quarters for some new one on one bashing. Secondly, the game's intro theme, "Indestructible", will be removed, probably due to negative feedback from the fans. I didn't really think of it as an SF song, but its Backstreet Boy style groove kinda grew onto me after a while. Still, it will be interesting to hear whatever new theme Capcom can cook up. As an early farewell tribute, here's a video of the song again for old time's sake:

The Next Door by EXILE (Jap. Version)
That was the Japanese version of "The Next Door" by JPop group EXILE. Here's the English version... and it's probably what caused the uproar in the first place:

The Next Door by EXILE (Eng. Version)
See the difference? Now you'll probably not miss the latter at all.


Going back to the game, Ono also points out that Seth, the game's final boss, will be much harder than before. If the developers are planning on giving him "Gill-like" qualities, we'd best be prepared. Seth is already a powerhouse with his moves... will he become even more cheap in SSFIV? Let's see.

SSFIV Yoshinori Ono Interview
On other aspects of the game, Focus Attacks will be getting different frame date, and all of the characters will be pre-unlocked, so players who could only use the likes of Gouken and Cammy on consoles will be getting them on the potential arcade release alongside the new fighters like Dee Jay and T.Hawk. If you want to hear what Ono has to say, click up on the You Tube Video for the interview. It's a still a long wait until spring 2010, but I'm already getting m hopes up.