Capcom, it would seem, will be pretty glad if Street Fighter IV is regarded as just a graphical upgrade to Street Fighter II.

Speaking in an interview about the differences between the two games, Producer Yoshinori Ono said, "Well, you know obviously there are subtle differences, wider screens and speed. But ultimately we wanted to create a sequel to Street Fighter II, so if someone says this looks just like Street Fighter II with glorified graphics, then that's music to our ears!"

That's encouraging, innit? 17 years of gaming evolution since Street Fighter II first came out and all the devs have managed to do is improve the graphics!

There was also a rather beguiling comment from Ono. Asked if there would be an adventure mode in the console version, he commented, "We said that Street Fighter IV is a tool, it's not an entertainment video game". Whahuh?

^{Source: OXM}