Super Street Fighter 4 Profiles: Juri
Written by Dan Hsu   

Today, Capcom Special Advisor to Super Street Fighter 4 Seth Killian introduces us to Juri, one of the new faces in the World Warrior lineup. Unlike T. Hawk and DeeJay, she doesn't have a Super Street Fighter 2 background for players to look into. No problem, though -- Killian gives us the inside scoop on the versatile (and limber) fighter. Read on to see what the SF expert likes about the newest addition to the series and what her potential weaknesses are.

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On what he likes about Juri:

Seth Killian: Juri is probably one of the most versatile characters. She's very dynamic with a lot of movement -- that's one of my favorite things about her. She's a threat from up close, she's a threat from mid-range...even from across the screen with her dive kick. She doesn't hit that hard, so you sort of have to string together a few guessing games.

Creative players who like to try new things will have a lot of fun with her. But it's not like she's going to get in your face and land one giant combo that ends your whole life. So it's not like she's going back and forth waiting for her one big opportunity. With Juri, you're going to need 3...4...5 opportunities in a round before you can kill someone. But you have a lot more options to create those opportunities.

She's a very mobile character, with a lot of interesting options from different ranges -- she's just creative with a lot of different moves and setups.

Her fireball is particularly interesting. You can sort of hold it and surprise people or do trick setups with it.

On the troubles Juri might face:

SK: Still TBD but basically, she'll have trouble with characters that hit hard. She has slightly lower health than some of the other characters, so she takes slightly more damage. So characters like Sagat or Zangief -- well, she might be able to keep Zangief away -- but those who are mobile enough to get close to her and hit really hard are going to be rough for Juri.

Ryu is able to do a lot of damage off some of his setups -- he and Sagat can do pretty juicy damage off an uppercut -- so Juri, because she has to take more chances, is at risk to get hit more. Characters that can make the most off of one hit will be her hardest opponents.


Previously: T. Hawk, DeeJay

Next up: We will have more analysis from Killian when Capcom reveals the next wave of new characters for Super Street Fighter 4 later this month.

Note: Killian's comments are based on Super Street Fighter 4 as it stands today in its development cycle. Keep in mind the game will go through many balancing tweaks leading up to its spring 2010 release, so his opinions are subject to change.


Comments (6)

What did Seth mean by slightly lower health? Is her health bar shorter? She reminds me of Vega from the way she is described.

This is an awesome series of posts by the way. It's like something you would find in an awesome video game magazine!!!!
Lance Darnell , November 19, 2009
The existing characters have variations in health. Their health bars are all the same length, but when hit, more of the bar will be depleted. Akuma is a good example of this - if you hit him with any given move, more of the bar will be depleted than, say, if you hit Sagat with the same move.
Gary Lu , November 19, 2009
Thanks, Gary. I spend about 5 minutes looking at the health bars and seeing if either is shorter.
Lance Darnell , November 19, 2009
Don't listen to Gary Lu. I know him, and he doesn't know anything about SF4. (Sadly, I'm just making that up...I'm just angry I can't beat him.)
Dan Hsu , November 19, 2009
There's a great set of screenshots on eventhubs.com showing how every character's stamina (or health rating) did against Ryu's full Super. It was an excellent guide to showing what characters were more really vulnerable, like Akuma and Seth. I always played with Akuma and would just play as defensively as possible (I wasn't half-bad) but once I saw that graph I switched to Sagat.
Tom Heistuman , November 19, 2009
For once I would really like to see a female Street Fighter character who doesn't have reduced health and damage. Each one in SFIV, at least, seems to suffer from this.
Ari Zirulnik , November 22, 2009

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