the Champion Edition patch), which introduced the ability to save and upload replays to the Xbox Live or Play Station Network leaderboards, and a brand-new online-exclusive 'Championship Mode,' which allows players to participate in tournament battles. In April 24, 2009, Capcom released an update for the game known as the 'Power Pack' (a.k.a. Gouken, Ryu and Ken's mysterious master, finally appears on-screen for the first time in the series.
The home console versions additionally included more returning characters from Super Street Fighter II (Cammy and Fei Long) and Alpha (namely Gen note who is actually from Street Fighter, but whose appearance is based on his Alpha series incarnation, with a few design alterations, Dan, Sakura, and Rose), along with the bosses being made playable. The original twelve characters from the original Street Fighter II and Akuma returned, along with six new warriors: American spy Crimson Viper, French martial artist Abel, Mexican luchador El Fuerte, American acrofatic Rufus, Ryu and Ken's master and Akuma's brother Gouken, and the Big Bad Seth.
