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Mixed or average reviews- based on 30 Ratings

  • Summary: Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition features a roster of 39 characters, with 4 new characters added.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 24
  2. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Jun 28, 2011
    91
    Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition is a welcome addition to one of the best fighters available today and something Street Fighter fans will undoubtedly eat up.
  2. Jun 28, 2011
    86
    AE is fun, but just doesn't have a whole lot of staying power.
  3. Jun 17, 2011
    81
    Street Fighter IV's Arcade Edition refines and balances the formula from one of the best fighting games.
  4. Not quite a new game but certainly more consequential than regular DLC, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition exists in a strange middle ground. [Aug 2011, p.84]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Negative: 3 out of 9
  1. 10
    This update is far cheaper than the industry standard of $5 a character. The game is constantly being tweaked and balanced for competitive play, with a free version 2012 update being recently released. If you own an older copy of this game and aren't constantly going back to it, you wouldn't need this update. If you are constantly playing this game, you can upgrade your disk based version of Super or buy the DLC. Great edition to a wonderful fighting game. One of the staples of the community. Expand
  2. I good addition to Super Street Fighter IV. It's much more than just 4 characters, most characters have had a few changes to them which changes the game a lot and how it can be played. If you're still active online, get it. If you want to get into Street Fighter IV, get this addition on disc. Expand
  3. First of all I love this game and the series. Gameplay is well balanced and the online mode is decent. But Capcom should be aware that the success of the series is due to fan loyalty, and unfortunatly Capcom doesn't seem too grateful for that by making us pay for new content. This should have been a simple patch, especially if the main purpose is to rebalance characters. Capcom never puts all the characters in the first itteration because they know people will pay for new characters even though they bought the game on day one.
    I just bought Street Fighter X Tekken on day one and I'll probably regret it.
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  4. A very solid title, as it should be, Capcom have released it in various skins countless times by now. This third iteration of Street Fighter IV may be the best, emphasis on may, but is completely worthless as a purchase. It offers gimmicky extras for casuals and slight addresses to gameplay balance and new characters for the metagame, all of which could have been offered in the form of cheaper DLC or heaven forbid, a patch. The online mode seems to be more robust, given how blatantly repackaged the content is I doubt it will see much use. Expand

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