Capcom unveiled today the North American Street Fighter IV's box art and collector's edition content.
"After collecting data from the Unity boards and comments, as well as from other sites and conducting some space-age focus tests with two-way mirrors and laser cats," Capcom said. "We had a total re-think on our SFIV packaging. As a result of the studies, we have opted to drop the initial Chun-Li packfront in favor of Street Fighter IV art director Ikeno-san's amazing Ryu vs Ken illustration. Simple, elegant and instantly recognizable."
Capcom also revealed the contents of the game's Collector's Edition:
1. The game (duh)
2. A limited-edition figurine - Ryu in the PS3 box, C. Viper hotness in the 360 flavor.
3. Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind: a 65 minute anime movie -- created by Studio 4C -- that sets up the story of SFIV by explaining events post-SFII. BluRay disc in the PS3 box! The Xbox version is a 360 game disc that outputs the movie at 720P, not a DVD.
4. A mini-strategy guide from Prima, written by the same people doing the full-on guide and illustrated by Udon Comics
5. CD soundtrack. Rock SFIV stage chunez in your car!
6. …Plus some secret additional downloadable content. Look for more announcements soon!
All this wrapped up nicely in a box that features Ikeno-san's instant classic illustration of Ryu, with images of the other characters on the sides.
Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition will retail for $79.99.
