History VideoGame / StreetFighterIV

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'' boasts a massive roster and, until ''Street Fighter V: Champion Edition''[='s=] fifth season of DownloadableContent in 2020, the largest cast in a single ''Street Fighter'' game. The arcade version of ''IV'' started off with the original 12 from ''Street Fighter II: The World Warrior'', four new standard fighters, and three boss characters (Seth, Akuma and Gouken) for a roster size of 19. The console version added six more characters (a mix of ''Alpha'' and ''Super Street Fighter II'' characters) to bring it up to 25. ''Super'' added another ten (a mix of ''Alpha'', ''III'', and ''Super [=SF2=]'' characters plus two new ones), ''Arcade Edition'' four (two from ''III'', one from ''Alpha'', and a new character), and finally ''Ultra'' five (two from ''III'', one from ''Alpha'', a new ''Final Fight'' import, and a new character; all but Decapre were imported from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'') for a total size of 44 characters.

* AmericansAreCowboys: Several female onlookers in the "Drive-In at Night" stage are wearing cowboy hats. In addition, Rufus' girlfriend Candy wears a cowgirl outfit despite her accent being as Brooklyn as her boyfriend's.

[[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Street_Fighter_IV_poster_492.jpg The weak lose and the strong win. How will you prove the old axiom?]]

* RubberbandAI: In a strange case, the game usually isn't too difficult except at the highest difficulties, but even on the easiest setting the AI is silently scaling and rubberbanding to player performance. This can lead to a scenario where the rubberband stretches so hard that your next opponent suddenly frame-perfect throws you consistently and reads all your inputs for perfect counters to land you a game over, and then completely loses all the tension as it goes back to being a witless dullard that eats combos for breakfast.

* RubberbandAI: In a strange case, the game usually isn't too difficult except at the highest difficulties, but even on the easiest the AI is silently scaling and rubberbanding to player performance. This can lead to a scenario where the rubberband stretches so hard that your next opponent suddenly frame-perfect throws you consistently and suddenly reads all your inputs for perfect counters to land you a game over, and then completely loses all the tension as it goes back to being a witless dullard that eats combos for breakfast.

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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Juri pulls this on Cammy in their rival battle and in her OVA, stating that the both of them are cold-blooded killers and that Cammy is merely being the hero to try to hide her "sins".
-->'''Juri:''' I bet we have a lot in common. After all, you were a member of this little fan club once. I bet you killed tons of people. And you still think you're the good guys. Makes me want to puke.

* {{Mondegreen}}: A rather sad example, the first "One two, one two" after "Turn the beat back!" in Cody's theme is sometimes heard as a very forlorn "Want to, want to..."

* ImmuneToSlapStick: The whole female cast in gameplay, while the girls of the game can be the victim of any hit just as the males the girls do not show the same visual quirks as the men do when hit by attacks that [[https://i.imgur.com/pSKBdGe.jpg distort]] the face of the victim.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: By ''Ultra'', ''Street Fighter IV'' has the largest cast of characters of any iteration of the franchise (even moreso than ''Alpha 3 MAX'', the largest roster in the series until it was surpassed by ''[=SSF4:AE=]''). The arcade version started off with the original 12 from ''Street Fighter II: The World Warrior'', four new standard fighters, and three boss characters (Seth, Akuma and Gouken) for a roster size of 19. The console version added six more characters (a mix of ''Alpha'' and ''Super Street Fighter II'' characters) to bring it up to 25. ''Super'' added another ten (a mix of ''Alpha'', ''III'', and ''Super [=SF2=]'' characters plus two new ones), ''Arcade Edition'' four (two from ''III'', one from ''Alpha'', and a new character), and finally ''Ultra'' five (two from ''III'', one from ''Alpha'', a new ''Final Fight'' import, and a new character; all but Decapre were imported from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'') for a total size of 44 characters.

Another port, this time to [[IOSGames iOS]], was released in March 2010, featuring a reduced character list which grew steadily with several updates, as well as a simplified control system that removed the light/medium/heavy attacks, replacing them with a four button system of punch, kick, focus and special. A followup named ''Street Fighter IV Volt'' was released in June 2011, further expanding the character roster and adding online play over Wi-Fi.

* GameBreaker: The [=3DS=] version of ''Super'' lets players map special moves to the touch screen. This means moves that require time to execute or have a complex input can be done instantaneously. There is a ''very good reason'' Guile normally has to charge his attacks...

** This goes back to being both straight ''and'' subverted in ''Ultra'', where, by random, the theme of the stage, the character you are playing as, or the character your rival is will play.

In April 24, 2009, Capcom released an update for the game known as the "Power Pack" (a.k.a. the Champion Edition patch), which introduced the ability to save and upload replays to the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox Live|Arcade}} or [[PlayStationNetwork PlayStation Network]] leaderboards, and a brand-new online-exclusive "Championship Mode," which allows players to participate in tournament battles.