Street Fighter IV and its semi-sequel, Super Street Fighter IV, were both tremendously successful titles, receiving rave reviews, earning Capcom a small fortune, and essentially reigniting interest in the 2D fighting genre.  Apparently, all that was nothing, because the games’ producer has teased an upcoming announcement that will put his two previous efforts to shame.

Yoshinori Ono, producer of the SFIV series, Tweeted yesterday about a sale price for Super IV in Japan.  Pretty mundane stuff, but Ono also included an intriguing addendum:

“Super SF4 on sale!! SuperSF4 is nothing compared to what’s coming!!” 

So what could be coming?  It could just be an announcement about Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, but after the brief one-year gap between SFIV and SSFIV, the idea of a Hyper-Fighting, Turbo, or Championship Edition of the game doesn’t seem too far-fetched.  With the resurgence of the genre that Street Fighter built, it could be that one of Capcom’s other fighting franchises, like Darkstalkers, is ready for the 2.5D treatment.  Hell, maybe it’s a sequel to the NES stinker, Street Fighter 2010, though probably not, since that would be the worst idea in the history of ideas.  All we’ve got for now is a cryptic Tweet, a sale on Super Street Fighter IV in Japan that kind of sucks (about $57 USD, by Google’s accounting), and a launching point for endless, wild, baseless speculation about Red Earth remakes and the return of Rival Schools, and other such nonsense.

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