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New Mario Inspires Street Fighter IV

One Capcom producer tells Famitsu that Shigeru Miyamoto's DS remake of Super Mario Bros. has served as inspiration for the upcoming Street Fighter IV.

One Capcom producer tells Famitsu that Shigeru Miyamoto's DS remake of Super Mario Bros. has served as inspiration for the upcoming Street Fighter IV.

Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono said in the latest Famitsu (translated by Next-Gen), “When we heard during development that Shigeru Miyamoto was making a new DS version of Super Mario Bros., we were really happy that our vision [for Street Fighter IV] and [Shigeru Miyamoto’s] vision were the same. [Lost Planet and Dead Rising producer] Keiji Inafune said to me, ‘If you’re doing the same thing as the giants of gaming, surely it’s bound to go well?’”  

Part of that shared vision involves the idea (popularized by Nintendo as of late) of bringing older or former gamers back into the fray.

Famitsu said that Street Fighter IV was codenamed "R35" during development, reflecting Capcom's intention to make the game appealing to players 35 years of age and up.

Ono said, “People who have been away from the arcades might return, and it’s possible that a new generation of players will buy home game consoles [to play SFIV]. I think it might not be a ‘killer title’ like an RPG, but if we’re gambling on the possibility of being able to call back those [older] players, a name like ‘Street Fighter IV’ will help. Even if we can interest just a fraction of the two or three million people who used to play Street Fighter II, I think the environment surrounding new games could change.”

While the vision for Street Fighter IV may be in line with Nintendo's new generation philosophy, the game hasn't been announced for Nintendo platforms. It is currently slated for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.