I have to admit I was hoping for something more than just the same backgrounds and characters in HD.

It does look beautiful but Im not sure it will resign Capcom VS SNK 2 into retirement, especially if they update that with 360 compatibility.

I guess the main thing is a better populated online environment obviously, but I find fighting games rather soulless online, and from a local point of view it doesn't look like it'll be that exciting.

A remix of Capcom VS SNK 2, or even a CVS 3 (retail or XBLA) would be amazing...

Rob

You know, I think remixing this game is rather pointless. It won't bring in as much money as say Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Those folks at Capcom should know that remixing THAT game would help boost sales and moola. i hate it when companies don't recognize that sort of thing.

Unfortunately if I'm not mistaken EA now has the rights to the Marvel License for Fighting games, so unless Capcom and EA can play nice (I wouldn't hold your breath) than we won't be seeing Marvel Vs Capcom of any type anytime soon.

 

The trend for remakes these days is getting worse than the film industry (King Kong etc). They seem to put just as much effort and time into making games like this that could have been actual new games.

 

I'm just hoping they don't make achievements that cater to the hardcore crowd. I liked SF:II (though thought it was pricey; wonder if they'll reduce the cost of it when this newer version arrives). But the achievements (in my opinion) catered to those who memorize patterns or play competitively.

I doubt that they will reduce SF:II's price when the new version comes out as it could possibly cannibalize the sales of the new one.

 

Not saying you're incorrect, but should that be a valid argument?

I realize you have the PacMan precedents, but when a 'real' game comes out like GRAW2, it's reasonable to expect the previous game to be reduced in price by then.

I think if people want digital distribution to be taken seriously, it has to provide the same sorts of consistency rules that brick & mortar provide. Otherwise DLC and XBLA it just comes off as one more corporate revenue stream instead of added value or a real service.

I don't think they'd lose any sales if they cut the price of SF2 to 400 points when this comes out - people will want the shiny "new" version, that's what the hype has built up around. Of course, we're all expecting this to be 800 points, but that's how much Capcom wanted for SF2, and they did pretty much no extra work on that. With all the extra work the artists at Udon have had to do (and it certainly seems to be taking them a long time to do it), they might try to price at 1200 points, which I would think would be a mistake.

Also, I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record here, but pairing these high res sprites with the old animation is going to look awkward, like a flash game. I understand the reason for not adding frames (to keep the purity of the original and because it's an enormous amount of additional work), and I don't expect them to do so, I just worry that they will do all this new art and people will say that they shouldn't have bothered.

I promise to shut up about this now, but first, compare this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wd8Rs6Ppls

to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlMyO-3kdqo

Now bear in mind the sprites in HD remix are going to be far more detailed than the ones in SF3, but the animation is going to the same as the original SSFT2. I think Youtube's choppy video makes the comparison look even worse than it will be, but it will still look weird.