I guess the plastic screenshots do the game no justice in action... I think the game simply looks better than SD4, and it makes WM XIX's animation look like a complete joke.
http://sports.ign.com/articles/436/436820p1.html
You should be able to find the videos from that link, and um, just as a warning, when I tried to play some on WMP it would stop pre-maturely, on a 5mbit connection that isn't supposed to happen... so if you have insider watch the QT videos instead of the WMP ones.
it's a bit slower than SD and WM XIX, but that's a good thing imo... I can't wait to play it to pass final judgement.
-EDIT-
Oh, and Penguin, you can interfere with intros still
Check out eddie's intro
and pay close attention to the corner where it says press A to skip, it will change for a second.
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Raw 2 is set to release on the 16th (ships the 15th)