As everyone who knows me is well aware, I’m still hooked on Street Fighter IV.

I made it into G1E last night in Championship mode, and wake up today to the awesome news that Super Street Fighter IV has been confirmed!

Yoshinori Ono, producer on the SF4 development team has made a full announcement in an interview with Gamespot.

Some of the main points mentioned in the interview are as follows;

• Aiming for a Spring 2010 release.
• Around 8 new characters, including T. Hawk and the new Korean Taekwondo fighter Juri. Alledgedly Deejay has been confirmed too but I’ve yet to see proof of this. (Edit: Japanese magazine scan shows Deejay in action)
• Changes will be made to the online system, with new features being added.
• Character balance will be tweaked (I’m not a big Honda player but surely his EX headbutt will be made useful? First thing that came to mind.)
• Ono intends to push for bonus stages to be included in SSFIV, so get ready to beat up some cars
• The game will NOT be released as DLC, but will be on a disc. However, Ono states that it will be the price you would expect to pay for DLC.
• There is also a little something special in store for people who keep their original SFIV discs, although what exactly that is has not been announced. Speculation seems to point at something along the lines of colors/personal actions being unlocked, or possibly alternative costumes?

I can’t wait, really looking forward to it. This also means my sucka-ass mates who are yet to get their hands on a copy can get saving for the release of Super.

(Edit: there have since been another couple of videos released, and another Ono interview - check this out afterwards - http://blog.paulietheboss.com/?p=256 )

Here’s the interview with Ono, complete with some Juri and T-Hawk gameplay in the background:

And here’s the new teaser trailer:

Thoughts? Characters you’d like to see? Leave a comment below!