Last week Capcom hosted the Capcom Grapple Festival (full title = “Capcom Grapple Festival: I Will Go to Meet Someone Stronger than Myself” (!!)) in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Intercity Hall. 

Grapple Fest featured freeplay on SFIV, Tatsunoko Vs Capcom, and Fate: Unlimited Codes, and was also the first round of the National Street Fighter IV arcade tournament, set to conclude on January 18, 2009.

In addition to all the top-quality fighting action, early attendees also scored this bizarrely awesome commemorative Dhalsim hand-towel!

Stay tuned here for an upcoming in-depth report on Grapple Fest, but in the meantime, remember the widely circulated SFIV rankings chart ?  According to the chart, Dhalsim is one of the weakest characters in the game. 

I’m not saying these towels control tournament results, but keep an eye on the Dhalsim players–they are beasts!  Hit the jump for a little taste of what Dhalsim is capable of…