Capcom focus group: Fighting games
Wario64 over at the gaming-age forums took part in the recent Capcom focus group that was held in San Fran. Here's some info:
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-Most partcipants advocated 2D over 3D graphics (and in general, for fighting games)
-Almost everyone wanted online play in some form in future fighting games
-They asked us if we wanted the next SF game to use Viewtiful Joe type cel-shading. Half (of the 9 partcipants) wanted cel shading
-For some reason, they asked us what EA should do to beat Capcom if they were to make a fighting game. The question seem totally out of left field
-They asked us if we wanted graphics like Metal Gear Solid, Devil May Cry, etc. or if we wanted graphics with digitized face photos, like Max Payne (they also mentioned Manhunt and GTA, but I guess they didn't know neither of those two don't use digitzed photos)
-They presented us some pretty awesome artwork of Ken, Chun Li and the import Anniversay Edition box cover, and then a SHITTY artwork of Ryu in a stupid pose. I shit you not, but when they asked us which artwork we would like to see on a box art, everyone picked the shitty artwork except me. This is why we're getting shitty box art, folks.
-Most of the partcipants were blind Capcom fanboys, except for a couple. I did indeed bring a pic of a glass of milk to show how I feel about SF, and everyone got a kick from it. Another person backed me up too and agreed totally
-No one liked Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution except me. Fuckers. The dude next to me liked Guilty Gear, Rival Schools, Disgaea and interested in Killer 7 though. Good taste
-No one liked the idea of having celebrities or Hollywood actors in fighting games. Nor did anyone like Def Jam Vendetta when asked. Everyone liked beat-em-up games though (Final Fight, Aliens vs Predator, etc.)
-When asked what we would want for the next SF game, some suggestions were shitloads of characters, and a theme song for every character. The same person who suggested the theme song idea mentioned MvC2's soundtrack in defense. He didn't like the jazz music :P
Capcom Focus Group ........
Capcom sent me the information for this focus group, but too bad I live on the other side of the country. :(
But Good job Spike,
You seemed to have suggest most of the things I would. I would have smacked those suckers for picking the whack box
art and not liking VF4 Evo. Goodness knows the SF EX developers could learn a thing are two from Virtua Fighter.
Street Fighter needs:
1.) GGX with SF III animation / Cell shaded graphics
2.) 30 plus characters
3.) Online play
I could care less about the story, SF's story has been screwed up from almost the get go.
