I love Street Fighter! It’s the best fighting game ever created! I started playing this game on the PS3 and I’ve got to say Capcom did a great job on this one.  The game play is just solid.  Anyways I played so much of it I figured write a small guide on how to unlock all the Street Fighter 4 hidden secret characters.  I found one earlier written by gamespot I think and it didn’t really work for me.  Anyways here one that worked for me so I hope it works for you.  Now without further adieu the steps to unlocking each of the hidden characters.

Unlock Cammy – beat the final boss in arcade mode with Crimson Viper.
Unlock Fei Long – beat the final boss Seth with Abel
Unlock Gen – beat the final boss with Chun Li
Unlock Rose – beat the final boss Seth with M. Bison
Unlock Sakura – beat final boss with Ryu
Unlock Dan – beat final boss with Sakura

Tip: For unlocking the characters above you can use any character you choose.  Just make sure you die when  you reach the final boss and continue again with the proper character to finish the game.

Unlock Akuma

• Keep game timer at 99 seconds
• Get 2 perfects and 2 ultra combo finishes (don’t go over or it won’t work).
• Don’t use any continues

Unlock Gouken

• Keep game timer at 99 seconds
• Get 2 perfects and 3 ultra combo finishes
• Don’t use any continues or lose any rounds

Unlock Seth – Beat the game with all 24 characters

Final tip I just set the game to the easiest mode with only 1 round.  This way I manage to unlock all the characters in a very short period of time.

To use the faceplates just download the images save it to a disk take it too a local printer (something like Kinko’s) print it out and if you want laminate it too.  Cut the holes out and mount it on to your Street Fighter IV Fight Stick.

I hope everyone enjoys the templates! The game comes out Feb 17, 2009.  If you haven’t ordered the game you may get them online from the following links.

Street Fighter IV for Xbox 360:

Street Fighter IV by Capcom (Xbox 360)
Street Fighter IV FightStick by MadCatz (Xbox 360)
Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition by MadCatz (Xbox 360)

Street Fighter IV for PS3:

Street Fighter IV by Capcom (Feb 17, 2009) (PLAYSTATION 3)
Sony PS3 Street Fighter IV FightStick by MadCatz (Feb 20, 2009) (PLAYSTATION 3)
Sony PS3 Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition by MadCatz (PLAYSTATION 3)

Street Fighter IV Fight Stick Faceplate:
Download: SFIV FightStick Faceplate

Street Fighter IV Fight Stick TE Faceplate:
Download: SFIV FightStick TE Faceplate