Alternate Costumes/Street Fighter IV series

Snapshot 20141218 231053 — Original costume (left) vs. Alternate costume 1 (right) for Ryu

Street Fighter IV, like many 3D fighting games, features alternate costumes for the playable characters. The game also continues the tradition of using alternate colors for these characters, allowing the player to select a color for both original and alternate costumes.

All characters in Street Fighter IV and its updates have 6 or 7 costumes with 10 colors each (plus two "stylized" versions of color 1). Costumes from the Vacation, Wild, and Horror packs have 20 colors each.^[1]

Releases[]

Street Fighter IV Costumes[]

Each character has one alternate costume in the original Street Fighter IV.

Super Street Fighter IV Costumes[]

In Super Street Fighter IV, the returning characters have three costumes, and the characters introduced in Super and Arcade Edition have two.

Ultra Street Fighter IV Costumes[]

In addition to every previously released costume, the new characters of Ultra Street Fighter IV were given two costumes each. They have their Alternate 1 costumes locked. The player must have save data from Street Fighter X Tekken to use them.^[1] Their Alternate 2 is either available by pre-ordering the game or as DLC. Three new sets for every character were also introduced as DLC: Vacation, Wild, and Horror.

List of alternate costumes[]

Abel[]

Adon[]

Akuma[]

Balrog[]

Alternate 3 -- A formal suit and a fedora, which is reminiscent of Cracker Jack.

Blanka[]

Alternate 2 -- Dan's outfit.

C. Viper[]

Cammy[]

Alternate 2 -- A variation of M. Bison's uniform, wearing a red leotard instead of his suit.

Chun-Li[]

Alternate 3 -- Her tracksuit from Street Fighter Alpha.

Cody[]

Alternate 1 -- A modern take on his outfit from Final Fight.

Dan[]

Alternate 3 -- A green variation of his outfit with a sideways Tengu Mask, inspired by his late father Go Hibiki.

Decapre[]

Alternate 1 -- A skirtless variation of Cammy's Alternate Costume in Street Fighter X Tekken.

Dee Jay[]

Dhalsim[]

Alternate 1 -- Color 10 references Oro.

Dudley[]

E. Honda[]

Alternate 1 -- Similar to an outfit worn by Honda in promotional artwork for Street Fighter II: The World Warrior.

El Fuerte[]

Alternate 6 (Horror) -- A skeleton outfit, similar to Skullomania, except that his face isn't completely covered.

Elena[]

Alternate 1 -- Her school uniform; originally seen in her Street Fighter III: New Generation ending, it also appeared as her Alternate Costume in Street Fighter X Tekken.

Evil Ryu[]

Alternate 5 (Horror) -- Resembles Fujin, the god of wind in the Shinto religion.

Fei Long[]

Alternate 1 -- The scars on his face and chest are reminiscent of the late real-life martial artist/actor Bruce Lee from the 1973 martial arts action film Enter the Dragon.
Alternate 2 -- Similar to Bruce Lee's portrayal of Kato, the sidekick of the Green Hornet in the 1966 television series.

Gen[]

Gouken[]

Alternate 4 (Vacation) -- Reminiscent of the Greek God of the Sea, Poseidon.

Guile[]

Alternate 1 -- Charlie Nash's outfit from Street Fighter Alpha.
Alternate 3 -- A formal military uniform, seen in his Capcom Fighting Evolution ending.
Alternate 4 (Vacation) -- Resembles Doctrine Dark.

Guy[]

Hakan[]

Hugo[]

Alternate 1 -- His Alternate Costume in Street Fighter X Tekken.

Ibuki[]

Juri[]

Ken[]

Alternate 1 -- From King Cobra, a character design that was scrapped in favor of Rufus.
Alternate 3 -- His training gear seen in his Street Fighter Alpha 2 ending.

M. Bison[]

Makoto[]

Alternate 2 - Resembles Lady from Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening.

Oni[]

Alternate 5 (Horror) -- Resembles Raijin, the god of thunder in the Shinto religion.

Poison[]

Alternate 1 -- Her Alternate Costume in Street Fighter X Tekken.

Rolento[]

Alternate 1 -- His Alternate Costume in Street Fighter X Tekken.

Rose[]

Alternate 3 -- A dress similar to the one she wears in one of her win poses in the Street Fighter Alpha series.

Rufus[]

Ryu[]

Sagat[]

Alternate 3 -- Younger appearance. Based on an official piece of artwork.

Sakura[]

Alternate 1 -- A variation of Ryu's uniform.

Seth[]

T. Hawk[]

Vega[]

Yang[]

Yun[]

Zangief[]

Alternate 1 -- Mike Haggar's outfit from Final Fight.
Alternate 2 -- A redesign of Mech-Zangief from the Marvel vs. Capcom series.
Alternate 3 -- One of his outfits from Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix.