Ryu now feels odd WITHOUT his beard?
The JapaneseStreet Fighter 6Twitter accounthas released a short video, ostensibly focusing on the upcoming fighter’s new “Battle Damag”e feature — Sneakily, however, the clipalsogives us our first look at a brand new stage, as well as a handful of characters’ classic, or “nostalgia”, costumes.
Kicking things off, we see Family Man Guile in his old-school,Street Fighter IIcombat fatigues, squaring off against the Big Red Pants of The Iron Body, Zangief. Later on in the video, we also see Chun-Li, in the split dress that made her a superstar, battling a white Gi-wearing Ryu. Curiously, after not sporting a beard and moustache for literaldecades,Street Fighter‘s original poster boy now looks practicallynakedwithout one.
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Also of note, the same sequence that sees Ryu and Chunners duking it out takes place on a brand new stage, which appears to be a beautiful, ornate arena, set seemingly within a palace of some sort. It’s similar to the sort of over-indulgence seen in some of the Capcom Pro Tour stages ofStreet Fighter V, except without all the cartoonish idiots dancing away in the background.
Of course, we are still yet to discover quitehownostalgia costumes will fit into theStreet Fighter 6plan. Will they be day one DLC? or will Capcom follow my suggestions, (not implying that they, in fact, have), and make the nostalgia costumes unlockable upon the completion of Arcade Mode? This latter option will at least offer players a smart reward for their efforts, far divided fromSFV‘s obnoxious “Win the right to purchase” routine.
Regardless, it’s great to see the classic duds in action. One more exciting element for this red-hot-looking release.
Street Fighter 6launches June 2 on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox platform. While you wait, be sure to check out our previous articles, including the50 things I loved about the beta,myimpressions on the sequel so far, as well as suggestions on the10 World Warriorswho would fit right into the new title as post-launch DLC.
