October is Street Fighter Month!!!

From: A-F.com


Our friends at Udon send us this press relase to tell us it's Street Fighter month. We never knew, must have missed the memo. Oh wait, this IS the memo...Capcom and all of its Street Fighter licensees are proud to announce that October 2005 is Street Fighter Month! Fans of Capcom's legendary franchise will have much to cheer about as a vast array of exciting new Street Fighter products will be hitting store shelves like a multi-hit combo. With everything ranging from comics and action figures, to anime and trading card games, there will be something new for Street Fighter fans of all tastes.

"Street Fighter remains an 'evergreen' property for Capcom with the support of enthusiastic licensees and loyal fans, and right now is a great time to be a Street Fighter fan as the latest wave of licensed products may be some of the best Street Fighter items ever released," stated Shu Tanaka, Capcom licensing manager.

Organized by Shu Tanaka, Most Management's Marc Mostman and UDON's Erik Ko at E3 and the San Diego Comic-Con International, Street Fighter Month will be the largest multi-pronged cross-promotion of Street Fighter in recent memory.

"Street Fighter is a property that really has such a passionate fan-base. Capcom has been very fortunate to have found licensees just as passionate who are willing and able to coordinate their product releases this October for a coordinated Street Fighter assault," stated Marc Mostman, president of Most Management, Capcom's licensing agency.

"This incredible promotion has only been made possible through the support of CAPCOM and the passion that all the SF licensees have for this classic franchise," adds UDON's Erik Ko.

Companies participating in this SF Month cross promotion include UDON Entertainment, Diamond Select Toys, Sota Toys, Score Entertainment, Blockbuster, Manga Entertainment, Nubytech, Ripple Junction and Ultracade.

The following is a list of products that will be offered in SF Month:

STREET FIGHTER II #0 COMIC(Diamond Order Code: AUG053241):The fan-favourite comic series returns with a splash in this special all-newRyu origin issue that is a perfect introductory jumping-on point for newreaders and sets the stage for the full re-launch of the monthly series nextmonth! This introductory 32-page, full-color issue will be specially pricedat $1.99 and will also include behind-the-scenes articles, a sneak peek atUDON's upcoming RIVAL SCHOOLS series and a brand-new, exclusive interviewwith the CAPCOM Design Team!

AKUMA Collectors Bust - limited to 2500 copies!(Diamond Order Code: AUG053242)UDON's brand new addition to its line of collector's busts features the mostpopular villain in the Street Fighter universe: AKUMA! With every ounce ofhis dark power captured in this expertly sculpted and ultra-detailed bust,Ryu's arch-nemesis never looked so intimidating! Standing at approximately 8inches tall, each piece is individually hand cast and painted, and islimited to 2500 numbered copies.www.capcomcomics.com

STREET FIGHTER MINI-MATES WAVE 1(Diamond Order Code: AUG053788):The first set of Diamond Select's CAPCOM mini-mates includes diminutiverenditions of Street Fighters, Ryu, Akuma, Chun-Li and M. Bison, andpocket-sized versions of the supernatural Darkstalkers, Morrigan andDemitri!www.diamondselecttoys.com

STREET FIGHTER ACTION FIGURES SERIES 4(Diamond Order Code: AUG053789):Sota's popular line of Street Fighter action figures launches its latestseries featuring fan favourite characters Birdie, Fei Long, Akuma, Ibuki andRemy.www.sotatoys.com

STREET FIGHTER EPIC BATTLES TRADING CARD GAME:Score Entertainment launches its Epic Battles TCG featuring Street Fighterexclusively at Blockbuster. Now fans can experience all the strategy andaction that has been faithfully transferred from videogame screens to acollectible trading card game! Also on sale in October is the November issueof GamePro that will have an exclusive Street Fighter promo card from theEpic Battles TCG (Made possible by Capcom and Score Entertainment).www.epicbattlestcg.com

SF ALPHA GENERATIONS ANIME DVD (Diamond Order Code: AUG054434):In this thrilling prequel to Street Fighter Alpha DVD, Ryu returns to payhomage to his deceased mentor, but is tormented by disturbing memories ofhis master's killer. In a quest to become a true martial arts master, Ryusets out to hone his street fighting skills and to deliver himself from thehaunting legacy of the Dark Hadou. But the ultimate test of his new powercan only be accomplished through one last fateful confrontation with hisarch-nemesis, Gouki.www.manga.com

STREET FIGHTER CONTROLLERS Nubytech is offering again their infamous Street Fighter Controllers, thatfeatures exclusive Linticular Animation art done by the artists at UDON.PS2 compatible controllers includes -RYU (Diamond Order Code: AUG054220),KEN (Diamond Order Code: AUG054219),CHUN LI (Diamond Order Code: AUG054218),and AKUMA (Diamond Order Code: AUG054217),while X-Box controllers featureGUILE (Diamond Order Code: AUG054227),BISON (Diamond Order Code: AUG054226,and AKUMA (Diamond Order Code: AUG054225.)Look out for the limited numbered edition wireless controllers coming out bythe end of the year!www.streetfightercontroller.com

STREET FIGHTER II KO T-SHIRTS (Diamond Order Code: Size M-AUG053772 / Size L - AUG053773 / Size XL -AUG053774)www.ripplejunction.com

STREET FIGHTER ANNIVERSARY EDITION ARCADEUltraCade Technologies is offering an arcade product called Street FighterAnniversary Edition, featuring 8 classic Street Fighter games in onecabinet!http://www.ultracade.com/