Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

Gamasutra has an interview with Christian Svensson of Capcom (who sports the swanky title of Senior Director of Strategic Planning & Research) which touches upon the upcoming release of Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD.

There are two nuggets of information regarding Puzzle Fighter: First, Puzzle Fighter will be released simultaneously on XBLA and PSN (first time that's ever happened). Second, they will cost the same on both platforms.

Smartly, Capcom dodged a pricing flame war. Lucky for us, on day one we can still battle over which system is the best at running 2D puzzle-based fighting games.

Now, if only they would tell us when this magical synergy will occur and how much it will set us back.

[via Gamasutra] (Find the deets under "On Multi-SKU Digital Downloads")

Racketboy has created a comparison of the Artwork of Super Street Fighter II Turbo vs previous Street Fighter games. This comes courtesy of GameKult, who took pictures of the slides from the Capcom Gamer's Day Event. Results are amazing as can be seen below (more on both websites).

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will be coming in the summer timeframe of this year with redone mechanics to make the game better than the original title; however, early reports from the Gamer's Day states that the title's 1080p has been achieved with upscaled graphics, which didn't always look the best. In addition to the balancing issues, the title will feature two new gametypes (Y-mode line up three and Z-mode 2x2 cursor) and two new stages. Screenshots for the game can be found on Kotaku and Joystiq with a GameVideos video below.

The embargo is up and the flood gates are flowing. Capcom has announced two remakes and two new titles (based off of WizKids and the Games Workshop IPs) for Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network. With to sheer amount of information coming out about these titles, we will be splitting the Capcom Gamer's Day announcements into multiple posts, but without further ado the press release follows (click read more for the entire release).

SAN MATEO, Calif — April 12, 2007 - Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced the development of several digitally downloadable titles for Xbox LIVE® Arcade, PLAYSTATION® Network and PC. Capcom hits including Super Street Fighter® II Turbo HD Remix and Super Puzzle Fighter™ II Turbo HD Remix will appear in all-new form, while licensed games Rocketmen™: Axis of Evil and Talisman appear as downloadable games for the first time. These titles reflect Capcom’s new “Digital Initiative,” which has also produced the incredibly successful Xbox LIVE Arcade title, Street Fighter® II’ Hyper Fighting.

“Following in the footsteps of our highly successful Street Fighter II Xbox Live title, these projects represent the beginnings of a much larger ‘Capcom Digital Initiative’ focused around the limitless creativity and community development that can happen with downloadable content models. We’re extremely excited about the ability to address the needs of specific market segments without sacrificing game quality,” said Jack Symon, director, brand marketing, Capcom Entertainment. “We intend to be a major player in this space by using a combination of classic Capcom IP, licensed IP and, in the future, harnessing some of the biggest names in game development to create new classic experiences.”

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix downloads Capcom’s incredibly popular puzzle game into the new generation. This fall, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo comes to Xbox LIVE Arcade, PLAYSTATION® Network and PC in its greatest incarnation to date. The new version of the game features newly created 1080p HD graphics, several new game modes, improved game balance, new stage backgrounds courtesy of Udon Entertainment and online play.