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SF4 producer tells Ed Boon: Bring it on!
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posted09/07/2008 04:24 AM (UTC)by
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Yoshinori Ono responds to Mortal Kombat creator's trash talk.


Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono has responded to Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon's recent comment that MKVSDCU will "kick" Street Fighter IV's "ass" by saying "bring it on!".

Ono-san issued the rebuke in an interview with VideoGamer.com from Leipzig Games Convention, to be published later today. But he also welcomed the competition, saying that if the Midway published title can convert comic fans to fighting game fans, then "the more the merrier".

He said: "You know what, if they can turn the comic fan into a fighting genre fan, the more the merrier. If they can kick our ass, so be it, bring it on! We're in the same team as far as we're concerned so if they can do it, great."

The talk rekindles memories from the early Nineties, when Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat were the two biggest games on earth and playground fights centred around which fighter was better.

Currently, Street Fighter IV does not have a console release date, although it is out in Japanese arcades. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is due out for Xbox 360 and PS3 this autumn


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http://www.videogamer.com/news/26-08-2008-9164.html

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http://www.gameplayer.com.au/gp_documents/mkvsdc-interview.aspx?catid=Features
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 •08/27/2008 07:06 AM (UTC) •
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hopefully Ed will keep up the trash talking so we can see MK Vs SF come to fruition
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 •08/27/2008 07:13 AM (UTC) •
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Easily the most interesting piece to come out of Liepzig!
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 •08/27/2008 07:18 AM (UTC) •
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Damn,Boon sure has some cojones to take potshots at SFIV.
Here's to hoping he can back it up,unlike that tremedous faggot Itagaki.
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 •08/27/2008 07:55 AM (UTC) •
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Damn,Boon sure has some cojones to take potshots at SFIV.
Here's to hoping he can back it up,unlike that tremedous faggot Itagaki.


lol agreed. be careful throwing the f----word around, you may get in trouble due to the sensitivities of most people here. this post has been rated e for everyone.
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 •08/27/2008 08:12 AM (UTC) •
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This is what Im talking about! MK & SF needs some competition to set the bar higher. The games can only benefit from this.
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 •08/27/2008 08:24 AM (UTC) •
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He just dug the grave of MK.

That is unless a crossover is to be made. Which i am not entirely against, but definitely not for either.


Hmm, Itagaki as the man behind the new MK....
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 •08/27/2008 08:45 AM (UTC) •
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Chrome Wrote:
He just dug the grave of MK.

That is unless a crossover is to be made. Which i am not entirely against, but definitely not for either.


Hmm, Itagaki as the man behind the new MK....


That's a bit of an overstatement.
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 •08/27/2008 08:52 AM (UTC) •
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Chrome Wrote:
He just dug the grave of MK.

That is unless a crossover is to be made. Which i am not entirely against, but definitely not for either.

That's one school of thought. Another might be that MKvsDC has already succeeded. When was the last time a Japanese developer responded substantially to anything MK had to say?

I think this is just another indication, along with the excited attention of a very broad range of sources, that the DC crossover is doing exactly what it's supposed to be. It's brought MK to the forefront again!

I'd love to know the history of both series in sales figures.
I'm inclined to think SF might have the more global appeal, but don't really know how strong MK's international centres are.

My thoughts: MK might get out of the blocks quite strong with the US market, but you've got to think SFIV will have longevity and greater cultural significance.

Very interesting!
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 •08/27/2008 09:00 AM (UTC) •
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Mick-Lucifer Wrote:
Chrome Wrote:
He just dug the grave of MK.

That is unless a crossover is to be made. Which i am not entirely against, but definitely not for either.

That's one school of thought. Another might be that MKvsDC has already succeeded. When was the last time a Japanese developer responded substantially to anything MK had to say?

I think this is just another indication, along with the excited attention of a very broad range of sources, that the DC crossover is doing exactly what it's supposed to be. It's brought MK to the forefront again!

I'd love to know the history of both series in sales figures.
I'm inclined to think SF might have the more global appeal, but don't really know how strong MK's international centres are.

My thoughts: MK might get out of the blocks quite strong with the US market, but you've got to think SFIV will have longevity and greater cultural significance.

Very interesting!


That depends on if either game is actually good, Im still not completely on board with SF2.5.
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 •08/27/2008 10:07 AM (UTC) •
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Hahaha..

And I hope they keep this up too. I remember how serious some people would get back in the day over MK vs SF. And now?, the bosses are going at each other?

*applauds*

I didn't see this coming, but I do remember Boon saying that at, I think it was e3. I really do hope we end up getting a game out of this kind of behavior. Be a shameful waste otherwise I think. heheh... I don't know how it would work, but I want it.
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 •08/27/2008 10:10 AM (UTC) •
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It remindes me the fighting games war of 90's.
Good old times..
Personally I will buy both. grin
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 •08/27/2008 10:13 AM (UTC) •
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Joe-Von-Zombie Wrote:
That depends on if either game is actually good, Im still not completely on board with SF2.5.

I think, at the very least, SFIV's going to replace SFII as the base standard.
It's too competent an upgrade to struggle that much. MKvsDC definitely has the instant gratification glitz, but as always, SF will have the legs to run.
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 •08/27/2008 12:16 PM (UTC) •
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This is funny because when I posted a news update about when Ed said this, Midway contacted me and asked me to take it down.
"I really need to ask you to pull down the GamePlay.com.au interview with Ed Boon. That interview is not authorized by Midway and seems to be taken completely out of context. I really want to ask that you guys check with us before posting or linking to any unofficial interviews and images. We are contacting GamePlay.com.au and asking them where they received this interview and asking them to pull this down immediately."
That original interview where Ed says "we're going to kick their ass" is fake. On the second page Ed says this about Klose Kombat: "No, no, no, there’s action and counter-action. It’s not, like, press A, and you press A, no." But that's actually exactly how it is. Also, alot of Ed's replies really don't sound like replies he would make. Alot of the words and phrases seem odd. Plus, Ed doesn't do interviews without Midway's knowledge. If Midway never knew about this interview, which is clearly the case, it didn't happen. That website posted a fake interview.
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 •08/27/2008 04:17 PM (UTC) •
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SF doesn't seem so tough.



They seem short.
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 •08/27/2008 04:20 PM (UTC) •
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This is funny because when I posted a news update about when Ed said this, Midway contacted me and asked me to take it down.
"I really need to ask you to pull down the GamePlay.com.au interview with Ed Boon. That interview is not authorized by Midway and seems to be taken completely out of context. I really want to ask that you guys check with us before posting or linking to any unofficial interviews and images. We are contacting GamePlay.com.au and asking them where they received this interview and asking them to pull this down immediately."
That original interview where Ed says "we're going to kick their ass" is fake. On the second page Ed says this about Klose Kombat: "No, no, no, there’s action and counter-action. It’s not, like, press A, and you press A, no." But that's actually exactly how it is. Also, alot of Ed's replies really don't sound like replies he would make. Alot of the words and phrases seem odd. Plus, Ed doesn't do interviews without Midway's knowledge. If Midway never knew about this interview, which is clearly the case, it didn't happen. That website posted a fake interview.

tsk .. tsk.
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 •08/27/2008 06:25 PM (UTC) •
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Mick-Lucifer Wrote:
Joe-Von-Zombie Wrote:
That depends on if either game is actually good, Im still not completely on board with SF2.5.

I think, at the very least, SFIV's going to replace SFII as the base standard.
It's too competent an upgrade to struggle that much. MKvsDC definitely has the instant gratification glitz, but as always, SF will have the legs to run.

I would be inclined to agree with you if the same team was behind SF2 (or SF3) was behind this game, but that isn't the case, the hack behind Capcom Fighting Evolution is.
Street Fighter looks fuckin AMAZING (graphically), probably one of the best looking fighting games to come out (artistically).

But the fighting looks pretty boring sometimes. I might rent it.
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 •08/27/2008 07:16 PM (UTC) •
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It's amazing that Capcom is acknowledging MK again.
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 •08/27/2008 07:52 PM (UTC) •
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wouldn't it be funny if this entire "feud" between boon and ono was all planned in order to get public attention.tongue
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 •08/27/2008 07:54 PM (UTC) •
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This is a nightmare waiting to happen.
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 •08/28/2008 01:22 AM (UTC) •
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umm no. Street fighter doesnt need to be more realistic and MK doesn't need to be more cartoony
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 •08/28/2008 05:56 AM (UTC) •
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Joe-Von-Zombie Wrote:
hopefully Ed will keep up the trash talking so we can see MK Vs SF come to fruition
Actually, if they keep insulating each other then it will probably never happen.
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 •08/28/2008 08:49 AM (UTC) •
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Aahh, I see. The quote is not fake, but I see what's happening.

That interview was a video(lol)...wasn't just text that could be manipulated. I absolutely remember Boon saying that because I saw him say it. I don't want confusion over which video either, because I also remember a video where he says "kick the internet's ass" or something like that.

They must not have liked it enough to have the vid pulled from whatever the fan site it was because, I can't find it again at the moment. Could be somewhere in my thread though....But I'm usually pretty good at finding things. I know it's out there. hahaha...

Just equals more entertainment to me, so I like the rivalry whether they like what he said or not. They gotta know that much, even if it's taboo for him to say certain things.
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 •08/28/2008 12:08 PM (UTC) •
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Here's a link to the interview:

http://www.gameplayer.com.au/gp_documents/mkvsdc-interview.aspx?catid=Features


I couldn't find any links on their site to a video of this interview.


And if the interview is genuine, how do you explain Boon describing Klose Kombat completely opposite of how it is?
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