Some theorize the 5th playable character is one of these UDON characters

Xiayu (name means October): http://images.wikia.com/streetfighte...ll09-Xiayu.jpg

Santamu (looks similar to the rumored silhouette): http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TMDqa2xeV2...08-Santamu.jpg

Decapre (some say it means December?) http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5fbvgOhxfs...12-Decapre.jpg

I wouldn't mind, I liked the Shadowlaw/Shadowloo "dolls" from Alpha 3, plus they will have enough differences to be their own character and play style version, just like Ken and Ryu and Sakura can't be called 100% clones.

I just hope it's not Goutetsu

the complied rumors seem to bring about hints that lead towards it being one of the Shadowlaw dolls.


* it's confirmed the 5th playable character is not R.Mika, Haggar and other popular characters that fans asked Ono frequently about

* the playable character has not been playable in any Street Fighter before.

* Rumors of the character being from the UDON Street Fighter expanded universe

* rumor of the character's name related to the name of a month.

* speculation due to Capcom's financial situation, it can't be a totally different fighting style,
so it's a character that looks/plays similiar to other character(s) in the roster, with noticable gameplay differences (for example in Alpha 3, Juli and Juni played similiar to Cammy, but still different enough to be their own character and style. So comparing their gameplay flavor is like the differences between Ken, Ryu and Sakura. in Ultra SFIV's case, the 5th playable character could have even more unique gameplay differences, including their Ultras.)

* it's said the character is female

So yea it kind of makes sense it could be one of the Shadowlaw "dolls" that Alpha 3 didn't have.
Which is really cool since this roster needs more antagonist type fighters anyway, and the dolls always had that cool uniform style to them, so a new Shadowlaw doll introduced to the USFIV roster would be both nostalgic and new at the sametime. :)

(there's also rumor of Noembelu possibly being the new playable character.)


here is a summary of hints that lead towards the 5th playable fighter possibly being one of the Shadowlaw dolls.


* it's confirmed the 5th playable character is not R.Mika, Haggar and other popular characters that fans asked Ono frequently about

* the playable character has not been playable in any Street Fighter before.

* Rumors of the character being from the UDON Street Fighter expanded universe

* rumor of the character's name related to the name of a month.

* speculation due to Capcom's financial situation, it can't be a totally different fighting style from the ground up,
so it's a character that looks/plays similiar to other character(s) in the roster, with noticable gameplay differences (for example in Alpha 3, Juli and Juni played similiar to Cammy, but still different enough to be their own character and style. So comparing their gameplay flavor and tier, is like the differences between Ken, Ryu, Akuma and Sakura. in Ultra SFIV's case, the 5th playable character could have even more unique gameplay differences, including their Ultras.)

* it's said the character is female


fanbase are leaning towards the unrevealed character to be one of the Shadowlaw "dolls" that Alpha 3 didn't have in the roster.

Which is really cool since this roster needs more antagonist/villain side fighters anyway, and the dolls always had that cool unique dark uniform style to them, so a new Shadowlaw doll introduced to the USFIV roster would be both nostalgic and new at the sametime for SFIV series and SF games in general. :)

Though if it's one of those three, it shouldn't be Decapre, even though I read somewhere that she uses a claw, she looks too similiar to Cammy. Xiayu and Santamu look more original, and more refreshing than just Juli or Juni again. but if it's Decapre, oh well, Her gameplay differences and personality will make up for it.

There's also rumor the playable fighter could be Noembelu.


it's been a long while since I played SSFIV, lol, been playing lots of other things since then, did it has a block meter? not sure, I'm think people still take damage from blocked specials. Yea maybe it did have a block meter.
But I think the block meter was only there so players can't always block, if there meter empties, their block breaks and they get dizzied/stunned. but I think you still took special attack damage while blocking (unless you Focus attack and recover, but focus is a risk.)

There are things like focus attacks and stuff, but they were balanced, and it wasn't easy fully recovering damage. Overall it took almost as much skill as parrying (and more balanced than parrying too since SF3 parrying was too one sided and gave turtlers the full advantage for successful parries, which turned matches in DOA games where well timed defensive play was unstoppable, despite throws countering it. )

Unlike SF3, SF4 series focused more on rewarding offensive play.

Unblockable setups are being removed in Ultra, but that will balance things so both offense and defense are rewarding strategies, instead of just catering to one side, and evening the playing field so skill factors in more and matches are less predictable.

Also, isn't tech hit a recovery from a throw? I think that is kinda balanced since it didn't make throws unstoppable, there was still a slight chance for the player to recover from some throws, so attacks aren't too one sided. Especially considering how abusable and cheap throws can be, especially against those without effective wake up counter attacks.

It keeps both fighters on their toes, making matches more interesting. :)

Some theorize the 5th playable character is one of these UDON characters

Xiayu (name means October): http://images.wikia.com/streetfighte...ll09-Xiayu.jpg

Santamu (looks similar to the rumored silhouette): http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TMDqa2xeV2...08-Santamu.jpg

Decapre (some say it means December?) http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5fbvgOhxfs...12-Decapre.jpg

I wouldn't mind, I liked the "dolls" from Alpha 3, plus they will have enough differences to be their own character and play style version, just like Ken and Ryu and Sakura can't be called 100% clones.


I think those four could have fighting training too, just cause they specialize in noncombat stuff, doesn't mean they don't have lethal fighting skills too.

Incredible original group art!! ^-^ http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OrWkTJmK8o...er4-poster.jpg Also this blog shows some examples of the new gameplay/elements added to some of the characters.

new moves videos

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/11/22...on-hugo-elena/

Can't say anything new about the game impressed me... Well other than the balance.

And the new characters are kinda, well..Meh. I think I'll just stick to Ken and Chun-Li

new art update!! ^_^ http://media.eventhubs.com/images/20...4artwork03.jpg

http://media.eventhubs.com/images/20...4artwork04.jpg

http://media.eventhubs.com/images/20...4artwork05.jpg

http://media.eventhubs.com/images/20...4artwork06.jpg


more art
http://media.eventhubs.com/images/20...4artwork02.jpg Of course gameplay tweaks are work in progress. http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2013/n...apan-loc-test/

The huge clue for the 5th character was they weren't introduced before, so i doubt its a bison girl clone.

Wasn't introduced in a fighting game before. That doesn't include UDON comics, which the rest of the Shadowloo Dolls made their first debut in those comics.

The only Dolls that were shown in the fighting games were Juli and Juni, that's it.

The rest of the clones that were named after months based on their nationality, were only revealed/used in the comics. And unlike Juli and Juni, their fighting styles are different from Cammy. Even Decapre is different since her primary weapon is a claw (though it should be Doll other than Decapre, an visually identical Cammy clone wouldn't be as impressive as one of the more unique Shadowloo Dolls).

Well it's still unknown who the 5th character is. If they reveal her December, it might be Decapre,
or it could be someone based on the next months. The Console version of USFIV is said to release around July, though some say the arcade version is releasing in April.

So if it is a Doll, it might not necessarily be based on the month USFIV releases, or the month of the announcement. But either way, it will be cool if it's a Shadowloo Doll, there hasn't been one in the series since Alpha 3, and this one will be a new Doll not in the roster before. And with
UDON working closely with USFIV, it must be a character from the expanded Street Fighter universe.

It's a good fit. Street Fighter has too few villains/antagonists in the roster anyway. Maybe USFIV will restore all the Dolls into the story so they have more active role instead of background characters that were just shut down and left in unknown circumstances. It would be far fetched to make them all playable in the roster as reskins of the primary Doll they add to the roster, but
that would be the easiest way to make them all selectable in a sense without having to build movesets for each of them. And they share the same uniform so it would be pretty cool having all the Dolls playable in on Street Fighter.

But yea it's still up in the air who the 5th character is.

more gameplay

http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2013/d...hungbees-hugo/

http://shoryuken.com/2013/12/02/ultr...go-and-poison/

Great news!!

http://gematsu.com/2013/12/ultra-str...-in-early-june


Rather get the digital upgrade since it's coming 2 months sooner to consoles (even though I think the full version will include ALL the DLC up to this point, don't need to buy them separately. but anyway digital is better. )