We reported two weeks ago that Capcom was planning on bringing Street Fighter 4, to the App Store despite the iPhone and iPod Touch’s lack of waggling physical controls… but now we can see exactly how the iconic fighting game will play on Apple’s line-up of touchscreen handsets thanks to a recently released trailer.
First impressions: this is a gorgeous little port that does credit to the next-gen, cel-shaded graphics of the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC versions, despite the iPhone’s comparatively underpowered graphics ability. Unfortunately, the controls still look less than ideal: they probably function as well as can be expected, but since they partially obscure the fighter, this port of Street Fighter 4 is likely going to allow for a lot less finesse than its console counterparts.
Even so, the multiplayer functionality looks like a lot of fun, although fans of the series might be sad to hear that the iPhone version will only offer eight characters (Ryu, Ken, Guile, Chun Li, Dhalsom, M. Bison, Abel and Blanka) compared to the seventeen characters available in the console port.
Either way, this is obviously a AAA iPhone release, and it’s been priced accordingly at $9.99 when it is released sometime this month. You can watch the entire trailer here.
