X-Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.1B5 17/9/92 VAX/VMS V5.5-1; site kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
X-Date: 25 Dec 92 20:31:07 GMT
X-Sender: news@sdcc12.ucsd.edu
X-Keywords: new version, new characters, new moves
X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sdcc13.ucsd.edu
Lines: 42
I apologize for posting this here instead of alt.games.sfii, but I don't
have access to that newsgroup. So it ends up here...
Also, I should state that this is only a RUMOR. It's according to a friend
of mine who says he met one of the people involved in producing the game.
However, he does have some credibility (in my eyes, at least), since he
informed me of the new SFIICE 'Turbo' version about 3-4 months before it was
released, and he correctly stated that its features would include the speed
increase, and that Chun li would have a fireball). Actually, the above and the below were both told to me at the same time, so the following information is
actually a few months old.
Anyway, according to my friend, there will be <sigh> yet ANOTHER new version
of SFII coming out. This one will offer major improvements over the previous
versions. He said that this one is being tentitively referred to as the 'Q'
version. Here are the specifics:
* The speed will be increased another 10% (possibly more).
* Four new characters will be introduced that have not been in any previous
versions. Specifically, two of these will be women (he said they look
better than Chun li, btw).
* Though he didn't say so, I would assume that the presence of new
characters implies some new background scenes, and perhaps another bonus
round.
* There will be new moves for all the other characters. (but this goes
without saying, right? :) )
He also said that he had seen the preliminary character designs for the new
characters, and had talked to the designer (programmer?, I don't remember)
to get the above info. There may have been more, but it's been 3-4 months
since he told me all of this, so I could have missed a thing or two.
That's about it! Happy holidays!
BTW, if this has already been mentioned before, I apologize for the