Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono says that developing Super Street Fighter IV on the 3DS was very difficult for the development team, because the expectations were too high.

In an interview with CVG, Ono said, “In a way it was a path full of thorns, because there were established console editions of the game with internet connectivity that became what people would automatically expect.”

He said the fans did not care if it was just a portable version of the game- the wanted a version to equal the greatness of the console versions. “They don’t care if it’s a portable edition. When we say we’re going to release a Street Fighter for launch on 3DS, people are going to expect everything that currently exists for Street Fighter regardless of platform.”

Capcom had to take Nintendo’s engineers’ help to release the game before the deadline. “… The efforts put into doing that along with Nintendo engineers who have been working on the operation system in the libraries of the dev kit was difficult. It wasn’t a struggle as such, but it was difficult to meet the launch date with everything implemented so perfectly.”

In an interview with Famitsu, Ono said the PSP and DS simply cannot do justice to the game. Apart from the great graphics the 3DS will support, the fact that the 3DS has wireless capabilities and that SSFIV on the 3DS will be about players interacting with each other wirelessly is a huge plus point in favour of Nintendo’s upcoming handheld.

PSP = Meh... is that what you're saying, Capcom? IS IT?!

Ono also said that Super Street Fighter IV on the 3DS would be as good as ever, and that “the gameplay will be the same as Super Street Fighter IV” and wouldn’t be downsized for younger audiences.

“Rather than that we’d like to make it into a title that makes kids grow” he said.

More on SSFIV 3DS later.

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Said his tweet: “Super SF4 on sale!! SuperSF4 is nothing compared to what’s coming!!”

Considering that Super Street Fighter IV has largelby been regarded as one of the greatest fighters of all time, that sounds like a heavy claim, although I don’t doubt that Capcom could top its own efforts, as it has done so many times before in the past.

However, what game could it be? We got nothing in way of comments, Ono got all cagey and evasive when asked if this was a Darkstalkers sequel.

We know nothing about this new game, although Capcom has promised a big announcement for Thursday, so we should all act probably a little more patient.