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Street Fighter IV (PS3)
Developer: Capcom Dimps
Developer: Capcom Dimps
Developer: Capcom Dimps
Publisher: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: Feb 17, 2009 (US)
Release Date: Feb 20, 2009 (UK)
Release Date: Feb 19, 2009 (AU)
ESRB: Teen
PEGI: RP
OFLC: PG
Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter IV (PS3)

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Developer: Capcom Dimps
Developer: Capcom Dimps
Developer: Capcom Dimps
Publisher: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: Feb 17, 2009 (US)
Release Date: Feb 20, 2009 (UK)
Release Date: Feb 19, 2009 (AU)
ESRB: Teen
PEGI: RP
OFLC: PG

Street Fighter IV Cheats & Codes

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Street Fighter IV Strategy Guide and Walkthrough

Last Updated: Feb 20, 2009

Street Fighter IV Guide (PS3), Street Fighter 4 Guide

Sure, Capcom's released plenty of fighting games over the last ten years—your Capcom vs. SNKs, your Capcom Fighting Evolution, your Anniversary Collection, etc.—but nothing gets the competitive juices flowing like a good ol' fashioned numeral change. More than a decade after Street Fighter III, Capcom finally learns to count to IV.

Whether your old skills are rusty due to neglect or you never developed your fighting strategies beyond learning all of the characters' special moves, our Street Fighter IV guide is packed with the sort of tips we hope will elevate your game beyond scrub level.

In this Street Fighter IV strategy guide, you'll find:

  • BASICS // Both simple and advanced strategy for general Street Fighter IV play.
  • CHARACTERS // Moveslists and strategies for the game's 25 playable characters.
  • SECRETS // Learn how to unlock the game's many hidden characters, including Akuma and Gouken.

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Unlockable: Characters

Perform the actions below to unlock the desired character(s). Note: You can unlock characters on any difficulty, so set the difficulty to "Easiest," set rounds to "1" and set time to "99" if you are having problems.

  • Cammy - Beat Arcade Mode with Crimson Viper.
  • Fei Long - Beat Arcade Mode with Abel.
  • Gen - Beat Arcade Mode with Chun Li.
  • Rose - Beat Arcade Mode with M. Bison (Dictator).
  • Sakura - Beat Arcade Mode with Ryu.
  • Dan - Beat Arcade Mode with Sakura.
  • Akuma - First unlock the above characters, then play through arcade mode as a character who's already completed arcade mode. If you've got the fights set to one round matches, you need at least one perfect round. If you've got fights set to three round matches, you need at least two perfects. Do not lose a round. After defeating Seth, Akuma will challenge you. Defeat him to unlock Akuma.
  • Gouken - Complete arcade mode as Akuma and then play arcade mode again as a character who's already completed arcade mode. If you've got the fights set to one round matches, you need at least one perfect round, three super or ultra combo finishes, and five first attacks. If you've got fights set to three round matches, you need at least two perfects, five super or ultra combo finishes, and ten first attacks. After defeating Seth, Gouken will challenge you. Defeat him to unlock Gouken.
  • Seth - Clear arcade mode with all 24 of the other characters (including Akuma and Gouken). If you managed to unlock Seth with different criteria, it might be a bug (but the unlock is still valid for your profile).

- Submitted by: IGN Guides

Unlockable: Japanese Voices

Beat Arcade Mode once and the option to switch to Japanese character voices will appear in the Options menu.

Unlockable: Colors, Taunts and Titles

Complete the following challenges once with any character to unlock the following rewards:

  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)1 - Color 3
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)2 - Personal Action 2
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)3 - Title
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)4 - Title
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)5 - Title
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)6 - Color 5
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)7 - Personal Action 4
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)8 - Title
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)9 - Title
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)10 - Title
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)11 - Color 7
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)12 - Personal Action 6
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)13 - Title
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)14 - Title
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)15 - Title
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)16 - Color 9
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)17 - Personal Action 8
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)18 - Title
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)19 - Title
  • Beat Time Attack(Normal)20 - Personal Action 10
  • Beat Time Attack(Hard)1 - Letter / Character Icons
  • Beat Time Attack(Hard)2 - Letter / Character Icons
  • Beat Time Attack(Hard)3 - Letter / Character Icons
  • Beat Time Attack(Hard)4 - Letter / Character Icons
  • Beat Time Attack(Hard)5 - Letter / Character Icons
  • Beat Survival(Normal)1 - Color 4
  • Beat Survival(Normal)2 - Personal Action 3
  • Beat Survival(Normal)3 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Normal)4 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Normal)5 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Normal)6 - Color 6
  • Beat Survival(Normal)7 - Personal Action 5
  • Beat Survival(Normal)8 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Normal)9 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Normal)10 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Normal)11 - Color 8
  • Beat Survival(Normal)12 - Personal Action 7
  • Beat Survival(Normal)13 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Normal)14 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Normal)15 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Normal)16 - Color 10
  • Beat Survival(Normal)17 - Personal Action 9
  • Beat Survival(Normal)18 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Normal)19 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Normal)20 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Hard)1 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Hard)2 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Hard)3 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Hard)4 - Title
  • Beat Survival(Hard)5 - Title + Animal Icons

Additions by sean discoking and optics

- Submitted by: DweEb0

Unlockable: Prologue and Ending Movies

Beat Arcade Mode with a character to unlock his or her ending and prologue movies in the Gallery.

- Submitted by: hayhayhayhay

Unlockable: Art

Complete the Combo Challenge for a character to unlock his or her artwork for the Gallery.

- Submitted by: readyforSFV

Unlockable: Shirts for PlayStation Home

To unlock T-shirts for use in PlayStation Home, perform the actions listed below:

  • Akuma Shirt - Play 100 online battles (Ranked Match or Player Match)
  • Dan T-Shirt - Win 10 online matches (Ranked or Unranked)
  • Shadloo Shirt - Defeat Gouken on the Hardest difficulty

Additions by thegallere

- Submitted by: toasty!

Unlockable: Alternate Levels

Hold L1 or R1 while choosing a level to play a slightly alternate version of it.

- Submitted by: hayhayhayhay

Unlockable: Icons

Perform the actions below to unlock the desired icons:

  • 1 // Street Fighter IV Logo - Already unlocked
  • 2 // Green Shoot - Get 1 Online win
  • 3 // Green Stem - Get 5 Online wins
  • 4 // Green Flower - Get 10 Online wins
  • 5 // Pinkish Flower - Get 30 Online wins
  • 6 // 3 Pink Flowers - Get 50 Online wins
  • 7 // Orange Flowers - Get 75 Online wins
  • 8 // Various Flowers - Get 101 Online wins
  • 9 // Floral Wreath - Get 151 Online wins
  • 10 // Star in Wreath - Get 301 Online Wins
  • 11 // Crown - Get 506 Online Wins
  • 13 // Red Silouhette - Beat 30 Chip Damage Rounds
  • 14 // Gold SFIV Record - Get Ultra! Title
  • 15 // Silver SFIV Record - Get Super! Title
  • 16 // Bronze SFIV Record - Get Normal Fighter Title
  • 17 // Blue SFIV Record - Get Bitter Victor Title
  • 18 // Pink Balled Joystick - Get Technician Title
  • 19 // Japanese Scroll - Get the Not On My Watch Title
  • 20 // Angry Eye - Get title Saw That Coming
  • 21 // Sakura Blue Background - Get the 1st Come 1st Served Title
  • 22 // Chick with Bandana - Get Dizzy Chicks Title
  • 23 // Chick with Sunglasses - Get Chick Pea Title
  • 24 // Chick with Cowboy Hat - Get Chick'n Noggin Title
  • 25 // Chick with Crown - Get Legendary Chick Title
  • 26 // SF4 Cube Ryu - Complete all of Ryu's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 27 // Monochrome Ryu - Complete all of Ryu's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 28 // Cartoony Head Ryu - Complete all of Ryu's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 29 // Character Flag Ryu - Complete all of Ryu's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 30 // SF4 Cube Ken - Complete all of Ken's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 31 // Monochrome Ken - Complete all of Ken's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 32 // Cartoony Head Ken - Complete all of Ken's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 33 // Character Flag Ken - Complete all of Ken's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 34 // SF4 Cube Chun Li - Complete all of Chun Li's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 35 // Monochrome Chun Li - Complete all of Chun Li's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 36 // Cartoony Chun Li - Complete all of Chun Li's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 37 // Character Flag Chun Li - Complete all of Chun Li's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 38 // SF4 Cube E.Honda - Complete all of E. Honda's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 39 // Monochrome E.Honda - Complete all of E. Honda's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 40 // Cartoony Head E.Honda - Complete all of E. Honda's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 41 // Character Flag E.Honda - Complete all of E. Honda's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 42 // SF4 Cube Blanka - Complete all of Blanka's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 43 // Monochrome Blanka - Complete all of Blanka's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 44 // Cartoony Head Blanka - Complete all of Blanka's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 45 // Character Flag Blanka - Complete all of Blanka's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 46 // SF4 Cube Zangief - Complete all of Zangief's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 47 // Monochrome Zangief - Complete all of Zangief's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 48 // Cartoony Head Zangief - Complete all of Zangief's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 49 // Character Flag Zangief - Complete all of Zangief's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 50 // SF4 Cube Guile - Complete all of Guile's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 51 // Monochrome Guile - Complete all of Guile's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 52 // Cartoony Head Guile - Complete all of Guile's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 53 // Character Flag Guile - Complete all of Guile's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 54 // SF4 Cube Dhalsim - Complete all of Dhalsim's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 55 // Monochrome Dhalsim - Complete all of Dhalsim's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 56 // Cartoony Head Dhalsim - Complete all of Dhalsim's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 57 // Character Flag Dhalsim - Complete all of Dhalsim's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 58 // SF4 Cube Balrog - Complete all of Balrog's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 59 // Monochrome Balrog - Complete all of Balrog's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 60 // Cartoony Head Balrog - Complete all of Balrog's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 61 // Character Flag Balrog - Complete all of Balrog's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 62 // SF4 Cube Vega - Complete all of Vega's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 63 // Monochrome Vega - Complete all of Vega's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 64 // Cartoony Head Vega - Complete all of Vega's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 65 // Character Flag Vega - Complete all of Vega's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 66 // SF4 Cube Sagat - Complete all of Sagat's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 67 // Monochrome Sagat - Complete all of Sagat's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 68 // Cartoony Head Sagat - Complete all of Sagat's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 69 // Character Flag Sagat - Complete all of Sagat's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 70 // SF4 Cube M. Bison - Complete all of M. Bison's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 71 // Monochrome M. Bison - Complete all of M. Bison's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 72 // Cartoony Head M. Bison - Complete all of M. Bison's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 73 // Character Flag M. Bison - Complete all of M. Bison's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 74 // SF4 Cube Crimson Viper - Complete all of Crimson Viper's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 75 // Monochrome Crimson Viper - Complete all of Crimson Viper's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 76 // Cartoony Head Crimson Viper - Complete all of Crimson Viper's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 77 // Character Flag Crimson Viper - Complete all of Crimson Viper's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 78 // SF4 Cube Rufus - Complete all of Rufus's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 79 // Monochrome Rufus - Complete all of Rufus's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 80 // Cartoony Head Rufus - Complete all of Rufus's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 81 // Character Flag Rufus - Complete all of Rufus's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 82 // SF4 Cube El Fuerte - Complete all of El Fuerte's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 83 // Monochrome El Fuerte - Complete all of El Fuerte's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 84 // Cartoony Head El Fuerte - Complete all of El Fuerte's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 85 // Character Flag El Fuerte - Complete all of El Fuerte's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 86 // SF4 Cube Abel - Complete all of Abel's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 87 // Monochrome Abel - Complete all of Abel's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 88 // Cartoony Head Abel - Complete all of Abel's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 89 // Character Flag Abel - Complete all of Abel's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 90 // SF4 Cube Akuma - Complete all of Akuma's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 91 // Monochrome Akuma - Complete all of Akuma's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 92 // Cartoony Head Akuma - Complete all of Akuma's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 93 // Character Flag Akuma - Complete all of Akuma's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 94 // SF4 Cube Gouken - Complete all of Gouken's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 95 // Monochrome Gouken - Complete all of Gouken's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 96 // Cartoony Head Gouken - Complete all of Gouken's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 97 // Character Flag Gouken - Complete all of Gouken's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 98 // SF4 Cube Seth - Complete all of Seth's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 99 // Monochrome Seth - Complete all of Seth's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 100 // Cartoony Head Seth - Complete all of Seth's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 101 // Character Flag Seth - Complete all of Seth's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 102 // SF4 Cube Cammy - Complete all of Cammy's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 103 // Monochrome Cammy - Complete all of Cammy's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 104 // Cartoony Head Cammy - Complete all of Cammy's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 105 // Character Flag Cammy - Complete all of Cammy's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 106 // SF4 Cube Fei Long - Complete all of Fei Long's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 107 // Monochrome Fei Long - Complete all of Fei Long's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 108 // Cartoony Head Fei Long - Complete all of Fei Long's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 109 // Character Flag Fei Long - Complete all of Fei Long's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 110 // SF4 Cube Sakura - Complete all of Sakura's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 111 // Monochrome Sakura - Complete all of Sakura's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 112 // Cartoony Head Sakura - Complete all of Sakura's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 113 // Character Flag Sakura - Complete all of Sakura's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 114 // SF4 Cube Rose - Complete all of Rose's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 115 // Monochrome Rose - Complete all of Rose's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 116 // Cartoony Head Rose - Complete all of Rose's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 117 // Character Flag Rose - Complete all of Rose's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 118 // SF4 Cube Gen - Complete all of Gen's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 119 // Monochrome Gen - Complete all of Gen's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 12 // Trophy - Unlocks with 30 'Perfect' Rounds
  • 120 // Cartoony Head Gen - Complete all of Gen's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 121 // Character Flag Gen - Complete all of Gen's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 122 // SF4 Cube Dan - Complete all of Dan's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 123 // Monochrome Dan - Complete all of Dan's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 124 // Cartoony Head Dan - Complete all of Dan's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 125 // Character Flag Dan - Complete all of Dan's Trials on Normal and Hard
  • 126-175 // Japanese Text - All of these unlock after finishing Time Attack on Normal and Hard
  • 176-239 // Animal Silhouettes - All of these unlock after finishing Survival Mode on Normal and Hard
  • 240 // StreetFighter.com - Beat all Trials on Normal with every character

Unlockable: Official Artwork

You can unlock the artwork listed below for the Gallery by beating trials in Challenge Mode.

  • Official Artwork 3 - Already Unlocked
  • Official Artwork 3 - Beat Ryu and Ken's trials in Challenge Mode
  • Official Artwork 4 - Beat C. Viper's trials in Challenge Mode
  • Official Artwork 5 - Beat Abel's trials in Challenge Mode
  • Official Artwork 6 - Beat Chun-Li's trials in Challenge Mode

- Submitted by: Kung Food

Unlockable: Challenge Mode Character Titles

You can unlock certain titles by playing Challenge Mode and meeting the requirements outline below:

  • Amigo - Beat El Fuerte's Hard Challenge 1
  • Anti ShoRyuKen - Beat Sagat's Hard Challenge 1
  • Bath Time - Beat E.Honda's Hard Challenge 1
  • Delta Red - Beat Cammy's Hard Challenge 1
  • Gotta Quit Smoking - Complete C. Viper's Hard Challenge 1
  • Hitenryu Kung fu - Beat Fei-long's Hard Challenge 1
  • Hope You're Ready! - Beat Chun Li's Hard Challenge 1
  • I'm Ready for Ya! - Beat Ken's Hard Challenge 1
  • Jungle Boy - Beat Blankas Hard Challenge 1
  • MESSATSU!! - Beat Akuma's Hard Challenge 1
  • Rice for the Win - Beat Sakura's Hard Challenge 1
  • Rightous Avenger - Beat Guile's Hard Challenge 1
  • Samurai Fighter - beat Ryu's Hard Challenge 1
  • Seriously Emo - Beat Abel's Hard Challenge 1
  • Not Really Dead - Beat Gouken's Hard Challenge 1
  • Taunt Master - Beat Dan's Hard Challenge 1
  • Working up a Sweat - Complete Rufus's 1st Hard Trial
  • You Are Beneath Me - Beat M.Bison's Hard Challenge 1
  • Spin It Again - Beat Zangief's Hard Challenge 1
  • Target Acquired - Beat Cammy's Hard Challenge 2
  • Eyebrow Man - Beat Gouken's Hard Challenge 2
  • I love Candy - Complete Rufus's 2nd Hard Trial
  • Lame Duck - Beat Dan's Hard Challenge 2
  • Lightning and Fire - Complete C. Viper's Hard Challenge 2
  • Like My Shorts? - Complete Blanka's 2nd Hard Trial
  • Love Picaru - Complete Blanka's 3rd Hard Trial
  • Mission Start - Beat Cammy's Hard Challenge 3
  • Doofus - Complete Rufus's 3rd Hard Trial
  • Furious Death - Beat Gouken's Hard Challenge 3
  • I Love Lauren - Complete C. Viper's Hard Challenge 3
  • In The Pink! - Beat Dan's Hard Challenge 3
  • Kung Food - Complete Rufus's 4th Hard Trial
  • Nice Shades - Complete C. Viper's Hard Challenge 4
  • Not Alone - Beat Cammy's Hard Challenge 4
  • Blonde Arrow - Beat Cammy's Hard Challenge 5
  • Deadly Beauty - Complete C. Viper's Hard Challenge 5
  • Family Man - Beat Guile's Hard Challenge 5
  • Fists of Fire - Beat Ken's Hard Challenge 5
  • Fists of Wind - Beat Ryu's Hard Challenge 5
  • Flashy Fighter - Beat Fei-long's Hard Challenge 5
  • Heavenly Sky - Beat Akuma's Hard Challenge 5
  • High School Girl - Beat Sakura's Hard Challenge 5
  • I wish I had a family - Beat Abel's Hard Challenge 5
  • I'm Number One - Complete Rufus's 5th Hard Trial
  • Invincible Tiger - Beat Sagat's Hard Challenge 5
  • Jimmy - Beat Blankas Hard Challenge 5
  • Legs of Legend - Beat Chun Li's Hard Challenge 5
  • Red Cyclone - Beat Zangief's Hard Challenge 5
  • Ruler of Darkness - Beat M.Bison's Hard Challenge 5
  • Sumo Slammer - Beat E.Honda's Hard Challenge 5
  • Viva Mexico - Beat El Fuerte's Hard Challenge 5

- Submitted by: Kung Food
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