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* [[Badass Decay]]:
** Blanka. He was very ferocious in his first appearance. Nowadays, he scratches his ass, growls like a monkey and whines about his mama. He also become a [[Tier-Induced Scrappy]] thanks to his ability to tick throw with any attack. [[I'm a Humanitarian|Chomp Chomp!]] Oh, and he's the [[Joke Character]]'s sidekick. An [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]], but still. If you look at it carefully, Blanka is (kind of) to Dan as Brain is to [[Inspector Gadget]], with Sakura filling the Penny role.
** Akuma, or at least, how some people feel about nerfing him.
* [[Broken Base]]:
** [http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/what-makes-sf4-a-bad-series.153970/ As can be partially seen in the linked-to Shoryuken Wiki thread,] many older players -- as in, those who've been playing SF ever since one of the 2 games -- have ''many'' issues with IV, most of which are very technical. Whereas newer players say that the're old fuddy-duddies who should go back to where they came from. What your stance on the game is, is ultimately up to you...
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoDMT-g-hwg A trailer for Arcade Edition] for the arcade edition of ''Super Street Fighter IV'' ends with the revelation of two other characters in addition to the [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|well-received]] Yun and Yang: [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Evil Ryu]] and yet '''ANOTHER''' version of [[I Am Not Left-Handed|Shin]] [[Holding Back the Phlebotinum|Akuma]] named "Oni Akuma". Counting all alternative/full power forms present, this gives us a grand total of '''''TWELVE [[Shotoclone|SHOTOS]]'''''. [[Internet Backdraft|And boom goes the dynamite.]]
* [[Character Tiers]]: It has them, like any fighting game, but IV is notable for having one of the smallest "spreads" in the history of the series (or any fighting game, really.) The worst characters aren't really that much worse than the best ones, and none of them are really considered garbage by the general community. Individual opinion is another story, of course...
* [[Creator's Pet]]: Seems to be turning Rufus into one of these after He made into ''Street Fighter X Tekken'' as Zangief's partner, to the dismay of R. Mika fans everywhere.
* [[Complete Monster]]: M. Bison is pretty much the living embodiment of evil in this game, since that's the gist of his powers.
* [[Crazy Awesome]]:
** Juri, with emphasis on ''crazy''.
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* [[Faux Symbolism]]: Two of the new characters in ''Street Fighter IV'' who are hinted to be related are named Abel and Seth. [[Don't Explain the Joke|Hmm, Cain is late.]]
* [[First Installment Wins]]: 12 of the original 16 characters in the original version were the entire cast of ''[[Street Fighter II]]''. Two of the characters first announced when ''Super'' came along were T.Hawk and Dee Jay, completing the New Challengers (Cammy, Akuma and Fei Long were included in the initial home ports of ''IV'').
* [[Game Breaker]]:
** Zangief. His special grabs now have high priority. To make matters worse, the directional input for the special grabs has become insanely easier. It now only requires a half-circle motion with a diagonal up-forward or up-backward direction, followed by a punch or kick button. Also his EX Banishing Flat can beat pretty much every move in the game due to its abnormal invincibility. And his Siberian Blizzard Ultra seems to be heading this way, given the invinciblity frames while midair and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef5MxDxv9_k its ability to out-prioritize almost everything.]
** There's a reason Sagat is god tier in vanilla ''IV'': the damage and utility on his moves, in particular his Tiger Uppercut, are so above the other characters it's ridiculous.
** In ''Super'' (before ''AE''), the cast was utterly dominated by 4 characters: Guile, Chun-Li, Bison, and Honda. All of them were charge characters who could completely control the space of the battlefield and punish an opponent's mistakes harshly. Guile is, well, Guile. Chun-Li can both turtle and punish very effectively with her excellent reach and priorities on her moves. Honda can use his light Headbutt for practically any situation. Bison can turtle when he has the life lead, but when he goes on the attack, which is 100% of the time, he dishes out serious damage, both mentally and physically, with his crazy yet simple mixup and his powerful yet simplistic combos. And his Scissor Kicks are just that good.
** Finally, in ''AE'', we have the twins, Yun and Yang. While they share a spot with Fei Long, the twins utterly dominate the rest of the characters. Why? Because both of them are insanely fast, have infinitely better dive kick mixup than Rufus, can turtle AND rushdown at the same time, and with their supers have the ability to perform utterly incredible combos that will instantly result in a dizzy and a reset. These special combos can range from within the 20 hit range to as much as '''96 hits'''. Their one and only weakness is Zangief, so unless you play as Gief you have 0 chance of winning.
** ''SSFIV: 3D Edition'' allows mapping of any special to a button or the touch screen. This eliminates all charges for any charged attack, effectively making the characters who were balanced by this charge time horribly broken.
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: In the ''Street Fighter'' [[Street Fighter (animation)|American cartoon]] there was an episode in which Akuma paid his brother Gouken a visit, attacking him with the Raging Demon; however, Gouken was only injured, and had to rest for a while. Fans have complained about how the show took an overly [[Lighter and Softer]] take on that scene by having Gouken injured instead of killed off [[Never Say "Die"|because it was a kids show]]. And that scene was inaccurate to the game's storyline... until Gouken was announced as playable in ''IV''.
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** Zangief.
** {{spoiler|Balrog slowly heads this way thanks to his ''IV'' ending, where he takes a [[Ambiguous Gender|child]] out of the collapsing S.I.N. base.}}
** Bison, due to his actions in regards to [[Brainwashed and Crazy|The]] [[Lolicon|Dolls]] (one of whom is his [[Opposite
{{quote|'''Bison''' (''to Dhalsim'' -— ''[[Street Fighter Alpha]] 3''): "You have an excellent body."}}
** Juri is both [[Memetic Molester]] and [[Memetic Sex God|Memetic Sex Goddess]], and is probably the closest case to being canon. Her win quotes make it pretty clear that a win for her is ''much more'' than merely beating your face in. Just check out all of her Rival Battles; she's openly hitting on the likes of Chun-Li, Cammy, and M. Bison.
* [[Memetic Outfit]]: Many of the alternate costumes in ''IV'' fall into this category. Some are nods to a character and/or the franchise's history (e.g. Cammy having a M.Bison/Dictator outfit, Cody having an updated version of his original ''[[Final Fight]]'' clothes, Blanka having Dan's outfit, Zangief having both Mike Haggar's outfit and his "Mecha Zangief" sprite from ''[[Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter]]'' and ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom Clash of the Superheroes|Marvel vs. Capcom]]''), while others are nods to celebrities (e.g., all of Fei Long's outfits come from Bruce Lee's works, Dudley has an outfit playing tribute to [[Queen|Freddie Mercury's]] legendary 1986 Wembley Stadium concert outfit).
* [[Narm Charm]]:
** Akuma's new Ultra in ''Super IV'', Demon Armageddon, has him kick the opponent in the air, then proceed to do a super version of his [[Hurricane Kick]] that makes a tornado appear from under him in order to propel him high enough to give the opponent a massive kick to the chest that goes through them. The concept seems awesome, but the presentation is downright silly. Many times over this move has been compared to ''[[Beyblade]]'' and ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.
** Even better, Japanese movelists note that this move is actually the Tenshou Kaireki Jin. Remember that awesome move Akuma used in his ''Third Strike'' ending to destroy a submarine while underwater? Yeah, ''this'' is apparently what it looks like in action. You can only imagine of the look of both horror and exasperation on the faces of those poor naval men as they face death in the most hilariously depressing way imaginable.
** Just try watching Rufus' and Zangief's cut-scenes without laughing at how over-the-top they are.
** And El Fuerte. Don't forget El Fuerte.
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** The PC version, in addition to running like greased lightning, also offers a plethora of selectable graphics mods to choose from to spice up the game, not to mention the gratuitous amounts of modded content available.
** May be the case with ''SSFIV: 3D Edition''; it is a complete port of the home console version (with downgraded graphics that the 3DS can handle), but also has new features that take advantage of the 3DS's Tag Mode and Wi-Fi.
* [[Rescued
* [[The Scrappy]]:
** Seth is universally utterly despised. He's received a huge amount of flack from reviewers and the fandom in general for his lackluster design, massively cheap A.I. and cloned move-list.
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** El Fuerte. It comes as no surprise at all that most of the initial [[SF 4]] roster sans Gouken (and C. Viper, but [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|for a very different reason]]) has been announced in [[Street Fighter X Tekken]] except for the hated luchador himself. The same is also true for Seth.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: Rival matches begin with a dramatic piece of music combined with some [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]. This goes for EVERY Rival match, even those that aren't serious (Dee Jay vs. Rufus, Ibuki vs. Sakura, etc.)
* [[Tear Jerker]]: T. Hawk's ending in ''Super SFIV''. It turns into a [[Heartwarming Moments
* [[That One Attack]]:
** [[Street Fighter/Memes|No, Blanka! Not the headbite!]]
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