As I pointed out last week in a new video feature, I am a big fan of getting a well designed and detailed instruction manual with a game purchase. Too often developers throw in a four page, black-and-white pamphlet that contains little more than cursory button mapping instructions and seizure warnings. Every once in a while, though, a game will be released that shows the world what a training manual should be.

The best example from recently released games is the Street Fighter IV booklet. It has gorgeous four-color printing, full moves lists and backstories for all the default characters, and much more. Ever attentive to detail, Capcom has added a downloadable PDF to their Unity site which contains not only the orignial manual, but also a history of the franchise, interviews with the game's creators, and full information for all of the unlockable characters.

Since I'm a fiend for great manuals, I've already downloaded the whole thing. Now it's just a question of where I should go to print it out so that I can have it in the proper format. Anyone else getting this?

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