Originating over on NeoGAF, an official trailer set up to reveal SSFIV: AE seemed to leak a little earlier than planned, likely from Capcom's Captivate media event. Though the video has been pulled from most YouTube channels, PALGN can verify it's authenticity, having gotten the chance to watch it before it disappeared. Those eager to get a glimpse of the trailer will have to do some digging (though are sure to find it), but in the meantime we now have some concrete details on what to expect.
As reported originally, Arcade Edition is exactly as the name implies; a port of the third release of Street Fighter IV, which is currently exclusive to Japanese arcades. According to the trailer, the release will include the characters Evil Ryu, Oni, Yun and Yan, as well as support for extra DLC costumes, possibly for these new characters. Along with these Arcade Edition characters players will get all the balance tweaks for existing characters too found in the arcade release, and though we're still waiting on official verification, the trailer seemed to imply that players will have the option of playing with the standard SSFIV balance settings should they not enjoy the AE changes.
Finally, AE will bring forward an enhanced version of the replay channel, offering an 'elite' channel displaying only matches by players with over 3000pp. Spectators will also be able to 'follow' their favourite players from elite matches, with the system alerting spectators whenever a newly recorded match is available for viewing.
Last but least, and in a surprising twist from Capcom, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition has not had a confirmed disk release, and at this point is verified to at the very least act as a purchasable DLC upgrade to owners of Super Street Figher IV. That's right, there wont be any need to go out and buy a whole new game.
As stated, Capcom are yanking all copies of this trailer from YouTube and other social media networks, though if you do enough digging you're sure to find it. In the meantime, all we have to do is wait for the official dating and price.
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