[Console Games] Street Fighter 6: release date, trailers, gameplay, and more

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Street Fighter is officially returning with Street Fighter 6. Ryu, Chun-Li, and new and old friends will take center stage, along with a whole new look for the classic fighting game’s graphics. It’s good timing, too, as the Street Fighter franchise just turned 35 last year, and is ready for a big comeback (Street Fighter 5 launched more than six years ago in 2016).

Street Fighter 6 is set to release on June 2, 2023.

Unlike Street Fighter 5, the new entry in this series will no longer be a console exclusive. Street Fighter 6 will launch on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC simultaneously, which is great news for Xbox players in particular who missed out on the last entry.

Trailers

Following a brief countdown in February 2022, Capcom released a teaser trailer officially announcing the upcoming Street Fighter 6 that featured a pose-off between Ryu and Luke, presumably before a battle. For longtime fans of the series, the trailer was particularly interesting for a few reasons, notably:

• New character Luke gets a lot of screen time in the teaser. That may be confusing since he was only added in one of the last updates made to Street Fighter 5 in late 2021. However, the DLCs have given Luke a lot of attention and were clearly setting him up to be a part of Street Fighter’s future, possibly with a major storyline moving forward. That seems even more likely now, but don’t worry — Ken and the gang will all still be there at launch.
• It’s unclear if the graphics used in the trailer reflect the graphics that will be in gameplay (there seemed to be slightly too much detail, but it’s possible). Either way, it indicates a shift. The models are more realistic, Ryu looks older (and bearded, a look Capcom has tried out before), and the franchise as a whole seems to be moving on from the ink-brush style that defined many previous entries.

The next look at Street Fighter 6 came at Sony’s June 2022 State of Play, where we get a good vibe of the hip-hop/neon/street art style this game will have. It shows off a couple of characters, including returning fan favorites like Chun-Li and Ryu, but the big reveal was the open-world World Tour mode taking place in Metro City. There are a few clips of character intros before a match, and quick cuts of some moves, combos, and specials in combat, but with no HUD shown just yet.

The 2022 Summer Game Fest followed up the State of Play with the first individual character reveal trailer for Street Fighter 6 featuring the man whose theme goes with everything, Guile. Sporting a new goatee, we see Guile go up against Luke and Ryu on his iconic airship stage. He shows off his iconic Flash Kick and Sonic Boom moves, plus a bunch of new techniques and a supe,r before closing out the match by fixing up his hair.

The final core characters on the roster were given a trailer, includingZangief, Lily, and Cammy. The latter in particular struck a chord with the internet thanks to her new design and  display of flexibility with her stretch. Aside from that, she also has a move taken directly from the Street Fighter II movie from 1994.

Gameplay

The core of Street Fighter 6 should come as no surprise — it’s a fighting game. You will engage in fights, pulling off combos, doing super moves, shooting projectiles, and all the typical things you expect. However, an interesting new feature that can help newcomers is the addition of a second control scheme. Classic controls will work in the traditional six-button layout the series has always used, with button combinations pulling off special moves, but a new modern control scheme simplifies that.

Modern controls don’t require players to memorize or practice complex motions to pull off moves. Instead, special moves are mapped to a single button, and by changing what direction you’re moving or the situation you’re in when you press it, you will pull off a different special move.

The new Dynamic control type allows for auto-attacks to be performed with a single button, but the actual attack used will depend on your character’s position. As detailed in a tweet from the official account, “Unleash combos at close range with one button! At mid-range, the AI could choose a jump Attack! Projectiles and dashes are performed at long range!” A short video shows off these dynamic attacks in action, such as close-range combos leading into supers, jumping over projectiles into attacks at midrange, and shooting off projectiles while at long range.

It is important to note that Dynamic Controls are only available during offline play and certain Fighting Ground modes.

The main new mechanic to Street Fighter 6 is something called the Drive System, which looks a bit like the Focus mechanic from Street Fighter 4, at least visually. Drive is a meter you can use to do one of five things: Drive Impact, Drive Parry, Overdrive, Drive Rush, or Drive Reversal. These all have different inputs but all draw from the same Drive meter, meaning you will need to ration it depending on whether you want to use it for defense or offense.

Preorder

If you want to reserve your copy of Street Fighter 6, you have four different editions to pick from on the official site. Here’s how they compare.

Standard Edition ($60):

• A copy of the game
• Outfit 1 Color 10 for six characters
• Special Titles and Stickers

Deluxe Edition ($85):

• Everything from the Standard Edition
• Year 1 Character Pass, which includes four characters, four character colors, and 4,200 Drive Tickets

Ultimate Edition ($105):

• Everything from the previous editions
• four more character costumes
• two additional stages
• 7,700 Drive Tickets

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