[Captain of Fun]

Interview with Ono at the launch party. I was right about Karin, it seems. ALEX ISN'T OWNED BY A MANGA ARTIST, LAST I CHECKED

1. More info on the 12 new characters will be revealed at Captivate in April. 2. There will be only one disc release of the game and updates will be via DLC. He said that, just like SSFIV and SSFIV: AE, there will be an option for those with the updated DLC version of the game to choose the older version so they can play with those people (If you have AE, you can choose to play just SSFIV vanilla). So, you still need the most updated version of the game to play with all the new features. 3. They chose Law over Fei Long because he was closer to Bruce Lee as a rip-off character. 4. One of the main reasons they have trouble getting Karin in the game is because her copyright belongs to a Manga artist. It doesn't mean they can't put her in, it just becomes really difficult contractually. He hints that if Harada does something *wink* *wink*, she might be in TxSF. Ono assures that he is not trolling with these statements, but they are true. 5. They had trouble implementing charge move characters into this game because of how aggressive it is, though they think they have been successful with the ones they have currently put in. Blanka, specifically, they have had troubles adapting him to this game and are still working on him. 6. They are going to be paying close attention to tournaments and the like so they can decide if the game needs an AE-type of balance update. 7. He says the PC version will be similar to the console, but he can't say anymore about it right now. 8. He bluntly says that you will NOT see Q in this game. "It's a dead horse."