Street Fighter IV Not Coming Until 2009... With a Movie

August 19, 3:35 PMVideo Game ExaminerQuibian Salazar-Moreno

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Last month at E3, Capcom had an entire wing at the L.A. Convention Center dedicated to Street Fighter IV. They had the game set up on arcade systems and it seemed like a for sure shot that it would be coming this fall or holiday season. Well, apparently that isn't the case.

Gamedaily.com conducted an interview with film producer Patrick Aiello, who is producing the upcoming film, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li. In the interview, Aiello says that the movie and the game, Street Fighter IV, will have coinciding release dates. The problem is the movie isn't hitting theatres until March 2009!

"Capcom is releasing Street Fighter IV in 2009, which is the 20th anniversary of the game," Aiello told GameDaily. "The film and game release dates will coincide, but I'm not certain how much of the game will coincide with the story because ours is a very partitioned off origin story of the Street Fighter universe. So the release dates will coincide, elements between the two will coincide, but in terms of them relating to each other perfectly, I don't believe that's the case."

Oh well, we'll just have to enjoy these game videos for a little while longer: