A long time ago a famous rumor list fortold of many things that would appear in Super Street Fighter IV. The list which can be seen here at first was highly questionable, but slowly characters and Ultras from the list continued to be confirmed until the rumor list became a near for sure thing. Finally the last of the World Warriors set to return have been announced officially.

Set to return from 3rd Strike are Makoto, Dudley, and Ibuki. Three of the most popular from the Street Fighter III series which fans have been rabid for ever since not a single 3rd Strike character made it into the original Street Fighter IV. However it will be interesting to see how they will be adapted to into the Street Fighter IV system. For example Makoto relied heavily on stuning opponents and linking normals into supers but as we all know you only get one super and Ultras can not be linked off of normal and very few specials also Supers/Ultras do not stun in Street Fighter IV.

At this point there are 9 new fighters announched with another “rumored” to be on the way. Let the hype begin building for Super Street Fighter IV. Who will get buffed? Who will get nerfed? Who will suck and will become the new Sagat? We’ll all find out with the game is officially released April 27th.