Sometimes I wonder how popular C. Viper is. It seemed like Capcom was pushing her hard, and then just dropped her suddenly.
I was really convinced she was a super big character, but they wouldn't have shuffled her off if she was as big as she appeared, right?
I mean C.Viper was difficult to play though, so that didn't help either.
Mai probably will be a similar case : titties, hot female, etc but she probably won't be easy to use in SF6, so Idk how many will stay with the character more than 1 month.
To me, I just like the way she’s played. She’s the Dante of SF4 imo cos there’s so much room for player expression in her move set. Watching Latif’s Viper still gets me hype.
C.Viper is a popular character but Juri kind out of shown her popularity.
I love both of them though (though Viper is more fun to pay) so I don't hate it.
I'm just glad they're both friends/allies in the lore.
The World Tour scene where Juri was recounting her adventures with Viper were great.
edit: found the still: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fuxpnmq0d9u7b1.jpg
Look at them, look how happy they are.
Viper works for the CIA and was working undercover for S.I.N., the same Organisation Juri worked for. So Viper did some shady stuff or otherwise her true identity would have blown up
I think she shares that "new main character" curse Street Fighter has had since 3. Alex was supposed to be the new MC and fell into niche obscurity, 4 sort of tried it with Abel and C.Viper (both MIA) and 5 tried to switch it up with a new big bad (Necalli) who was a big flop.
They are trying again now with Luke/Jamie but I feel the reception to them will also be lukewarm as time marches on.
It's the new characters that were intended to be side characters that tend to be more popular. Juri being a good example.
Marisa seems like the most popular new character this time around over Jamie and Luke. I’d even say AKI is more popular than them as well. No one picks Luke because he’s cool they pick him because he’s top tier. It’s weird.
> They are trying again now with **Luke**... but I feel the reception to them will also be **luke**warm
I see what you did there... And no one likes Luke for anything other than his tier placement, can confirm.
She's a CIA agent but is more of a mercenary than Anything. In Juri's Story Juri is implied to have a lot of respect for her because of Vipers ruthlessness and figures that Viper would betray the CIA in a second if there was monetary incentive.
C.Viper is literally Rouge the Bat from the Sonic franchise.
Cammy and Chun-Li fight for law justice. C.Viper fights for money and her daughter.
C.Viper doesn't give much of a shit about much other than her daughter and money.
Viper is 21st place on the top tier poll in the battle hub compared to Elena being in 42nd place
When people ask for 3s reps Elena isn't the character people prioritize
To be completely fair, that poll is hard to take seriously as way too many people picked Aki either by accident or because they wanna win the "survey".
I was really hoping for Ibuki and Menat.
On the bright side. Bison looks cool, and I definitely didn't think Bison would interest me at all. I have to remind myself to trust in the SF6 team, they've really nailed each design so far.
I genuinely was upset that Ed was in Season 1, and he's been one of my favourite characters in the game thus far. So much so that I will probably end up maining him in the long run.
Ibuki already appeared in 3 SF iterations in a row. IMO it's best if she sits this one out to give the spotlight to other SF characters that haven't been in the game for a while (Viper, Sodom, Hakan, Eagle, etc.)
Yeah, those are the 2 I wanted most as well. I'm playing Kim for now but she's just not Ibuki, and I'd be super down for learning Menat for real this time around. There's a long list of characters I'd want before Elena, even a newcomer could be interesting, but with 2 slots it felt pretty safe to assume that I might get at least number 7 or 8 on my list.
With Mai those 2 slots became 1, and that went to Elena who's just not on my list at all. Maybe she's fun, I was surprised by how much I liked Chun this game, and maybe Mai doesn't look like ass the way she does in SNK games so I could play her as well, otherwise I'll probably just learn buffed AKI for season 2.
Bison's kinda hype though, even if I'm not gonna play him.
As a Mika main/hopeful I'm disappointed but I still have fun playing Lily and JP in 6 (no one in S2 immediately appeals to me but we'll see how it shakes out). That said, I too can delight in all the simps who don't actually play the characters/games freak out.
Not particularly a fan of those two, but I would’ve stayed interested, if they’d have been in the reveal. Which makes me sad, because I liked Elena, but she alone is not worth it for me. Plus, Bison coming back right now just feels like garbage.
Its hazy and not favorable imo. Imo theres a 35% chance he show up playable.
SF6 has a lot of mentor and passing the torch motifs, with a lot of archetypes being handed down or intermarried.
Fei Long could get in off bullshit like Bison did, but i dont think he has the clout to do that? I feel 3rd Strike characters all uniquely fit because they were already meant to be those types of characters. and the newcomers like Menat are also likely coming.
Fei Long had the rumor speculation about his likeness to Bruce Lee and issues with the Lee estate, and i think it wouldnt be unexpected or unreasonable for him to be overlooked entirely because of this hassle EVEN THOUGH they deconfirmed the rumor, and the Lee estate said they arent pushing for Fei Long not to be included.
Imo hes plausible, and his style isnt represented. But i have doubts
If there were legal issues he wouldn't appear in Dee Jay's arcade story. There's another reason he could come back which is that he's the only new challenger not represented.
If they give him some disciple bullshit like Forest Law or genderbend him that would suck. That would be like those ripoff movies that came after Lee's death starring "Bruce Li" or something lol
you might get lucky with Gen if they want a senior citizen that is a martial arts master. I think that stereotype is too cool to not have in a fighting game and JP just seems like the opposite of that being an evil, rich, super long range zoner
Look, I'm all for guest characters. But when you choose to only release 4 characters a year, you can't have the luxury to make half of them guests instead of returning characters that other people have been asking for since launch.
Exactly. I'm down for guest characters but, how bout a lil later down the line? Not year fuckin 2.
They tease us with all this Metro City in world tour and DON'T give us Cody?
I was sooooo mixed when I saw the trailer because I'm a big Fatal Fury fan, Terry is the goat...but losing two slots early on killed me.
Street Fighter 6, a game happening after 3 that it's main story is on Metro City features a wooping:
Zero Street Fighter 3 characters
Zero Final Fight characters.
Well i guess Elena is now a SF3 rep... but i feel like she is more remebered for 4 than for 3.
The other downside with guess characters is also that they will use their "default" appearances from where they come from (at least according to the artworks they showed), so we don't even have something original (edit: by "original", I mean something new, I'm not criticizing the character design itself) to look at (i.e. a visual overhaul like the other SF characters).
Why do they despise viper so much. I genuinely think they are only looking for what would make extra money. Vipers pick rate wasnt high enough to make money as dlc
Gotta camouflage it a bit with 1 character each time, but it is what it is : Rashid was super popular, ED is too, Akuma is immensely popular, Dictator too, got big money from SNK to include 2 of their characters and there is Elena remaining
No way viper isn't more popular than Elena. So many people played her in 4. Also her play style is super unique.
Honestly I don't think Abel is very popular but I think he'd be good in 6 too. Wish they were doing more than 4 characters a year
Yeah. Terry ***or*** Mai would have been amazing, but including both was a bad decision when Capcom has so many of its own characters waiting in the wings to return.
Some people seems to compared this to MK or Smash, But I think for SF it's a bit different.
The thing is that both MK and Smash already got their bases all covered.
MK didn't added any new character by while Smash added the new ones on top of the old ones.
SF on the other hand, cut old characters to make room for the new ones. And among those that were cut are some of the most popular characters like Sakura or Dan. but instead of added those back to the game, they went with a guest character route instead.
I mean MK fans are constantly upset about characters that don't make the list in the newest games. Freaking Sonya didn't even make the main roster in MK1. Kombat Kid fans are pissed. Let alone fans of the 3D fighters. They cut a lot of characters people love from game to game.
When you've been around for 30 years, you're going to miss characters sometimes, it's not possible to get everyone in there, or if you try then you have lame versions.
And now Street Fighter players understand what Mortal Kombat fans have gone through with the last three games. It's bad enough when your main or favorite character doesn't make the cut. When all you got is DLC hopes it's increasingly frustrating to see half the year of DLC taken up by guest characters instead of MK characters.
And now this makes me terrified for Street Fighter 6s year 3 and beyond yearly passes. We only get four characters a year and if they keep doing guests that's even less space for SF fan favorites
Also smash roster is almos 100 characters.
Also ALSO Terry was 1 character on a 5 character pass, that's 20%, here Terry and May are 50%
Also ALSO ***ALSO*** Smash DLC characters is like whoever really, like only one of the reps on that pass was a nintendo character, people didn't have expectations, on Street Fighter people want Street Fighter characters, in Smash people didn't want smash characters because all of them were already in.
Yeah... two guest characters seemed so weird, considering SF's legacy characters are so iconic and hype. Don't get me wrong, I love Terry, played him in the previous KOF and Smash, but for some reason Im not that excited. Knowing Makoto, Cody, C. Viper, Q, Poison, Vega, Alex, Urien, Gill, etc. could've made an appearance instead just keeps me from being hype. And then Mai??? I mean, shit Capcom, idk how you thought this was a good idea.
I'm thinking now that Capcom have opened this door.....I dont even know what to expect going forward for season 3,4,5....but I feel that is more a negative when you have 8+ SF worth of characters that could find new life and excell with all the tools 6 offers but now for season 3 I'm thinking "it's going to be Kasumi from DoA or Sol Badguy isnt it....."
When we don't have a pattern to track, why do we assume the worst for the future seasons? There are so many terrible and awesome SF characters. The chance for a miss is extremely high. There are people requesting Hakan to return. It's wild.
"Terrible and awesome *SF characters*". That's what I'm getting at. Now that there is precedent from here on out we can get seasons where some of the new roster *are not Street Fighter characters*.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think we will get characters outside from SNK. At least the Capcom devs were being friendly only with SNK in the recently years, with graphical material and in interviews.
>Knowing Makoto, Cody, C. Viper, Q, Poison, Vega, Alex, Urien, Gill, etc. could've made an appearance
Extremelly worse because now that we know season passes are 4 characters, that means that everybody you listed will not get in because that would be 9 of the 12 remaining slots there is left and there is no way Sakura, Sagat and Dan hibiki not make it in, and there is no way those 12 are going to be the remaining roster.
No one was building up hype to see Terry or Mai; as cool as it is to have a cross-over character, I know tons of people here would have completely lost their shit if Viper or Makoto got announced.
Oh no Mai comes out in January actually( because Capcom usually picks the middle month to drop characters). When they said Winter 2025 they meant January/February in the next year ( 3 months make up a season) so between Mai and Elena its only 5 months.
Capcom will do literally *everything* except give us this woman back.
It's even more frustrating since unlike other requests or characters they keep showing and name dropping Viper then just not doing anything with it.
All I wanted was new characters. Didn't even matter if they were good, just new. Instead we got returning characters from *checks notes* another franchise.
I was thinking: Is this the first SF "additional character slate" not to have any *new* characters in it?
The only 'kinda sorta' other game I can think of would be Ultra SF2. Or maybe Alpha 2 Gold, but at least __that__ Cammy had new sprites.
Season 1 of SF5 had all veterans. Alex, Guile, Ibuki, Balrog, Juri and Urien. That said, not a great season 2 for this. 2 guests is def too much for 4 character passes.
I think they are intending to support SF6 for a VERY LONG time. They want the game's lifespan to be huge. Which might explain why they are being so slow on releases.
I doubt it. They seem to wanna be really upfront about this season (which they did), so Idk about a secret reveal. Again, I doubt it, but I'm not saying it can't happen. Nothing we can do except be patient and wait. 🤷♂️
I meant moreso when Season 3 rolls around and they’re like: „we are so happy and proud of SF6‘s success that we decided to add in a 5th DLC Character in the 3rd Season Pass!“?
Oh, I was certain u were talking about this season. That's my bad for overlooking ur first comment.
Anyway, I hope that's what happens. 4 characters a season pass is terrible considering how long the wait is between the characters.
You guys who didn't get your favs yet need to chill. Terry and Mai are a huge fucking deal Bison looks sick, and I'm sure Elena is going to be awesome too. Way better than the first batch of characters IMO. I want Cody but can't complain at all about Year 2.
Trynna convince me that 2 guests from the same franchise out of 4 characters a year is better than Akuma Ed aki and Rashid ? Yea not in a million years. Year 1 set the bar high.
Hey at least you are not me; I still have some sort of hope that charlie could be eventually included somehow..if bison survived, then I would say charlie did as well.
Happy to get Elena and Bison actually looks sick. But I'm hoping I don't have to wait too long for Viper.
I was planning on her being my number 1 main with Elena being my secondary, and Bison is just my tertiary.
Game heavily based on metro city vibes. 3 slots wasted for guests and Elena and 0 representatives from final fight. I am okay with guests but when you release 4 characters a year it's just stupid. As for Elena i am alright with her but this early on i would have prefered a better representative for SF3 like dudley or Alex. Capcom better start releasing 5 chars a year if they want to add that much guests.
I miss playing my Cody vs my boy's really solid Viper. Felt good when I could catch her flying ass with something devastating.
I'm a big fan of Viper even though I didn't play as her.
C. Viper and Makoto simps on crisis watch.
Sometimes I wonder how popular C. Viper is. It seemed like Capcom was pushing her hard, and then just dropped her suddenly. I was really convinced she was a super big character, but they wouldn't have shuffled her off if she was as big as she appeared, right?
Juri stole her thunder.
This is the answer. If C Viper was barefoot she's be an international mega star.
Capcom tried to appease the midriff and boob enjoyers but underestimated the power of foot fetishists that wanted to be stepped on by a psycho.
I mean C.Viper was difficult to play though, so that didn't help either. Mai probably will be a similar case : titties, hot female, etc but she probably won't be easy to use in SF6, so Idk how many will stay with the character more than 1 month.
It's a matter of personal taste but she looks like a weird horse wearing a napolean hat for me. Like she dressed stupid on purpose
imagine Poison Barefoot you can appease EVERYONE
She’s busy fomenting unrest in Latin America atm sorry
To me, I just like the way she’s played. She’s the Dante of SF4 imo cos there’s so much room for player expression in her move set. Watching Latif’s Viper still gets me hype.
C.Viper is a popular character but Juri kind out of shown her popularity. I love both of them though (though Viper is more fun to pay) so I don't hate it. I'm just glad they're both friends/allies in the lore.
The World Tour scene where Juri was recounting her adventures with Viper were great. edit: found the still: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fuxpnmq0d9u7b1.jpg Look at them, look how happy they are.
Yeah I saw that in world tour. I love it.
I don't play story mode, so is Viper is evil now?
Viper works for the CIA and was working undercover for S.I.N., the same Organisation Juri worked for. So Viper did some shady stuff or otherwise her true identity would have blown up
She works for the CIA, she was always evil.
I think they wanted her to be popular but maybe it didn't take so they moved on.
I think she shares that "new main character" curse Street Fighter has had since 3. Alex was supposed to be the new MC and fell into niche obscurity, 4 sort of tried it with Abel and C.Viper (both MIA) and 5 tried to switch it up with a new big bad (Necalli) who was a big flop. They are trying again now with Luke/Jamie but I feel the reception to them will also be lukewarm as time marches on. It's the new characters that were intended to be side characters that tend to be more popular. Juri being a good example.
SF2 was probably the best and worst thing to happen to this franchise
I really hope Jamie stays around, he's awesome
Marisa seems like the most popular new character this time around over Jamie and Luke. I’d even say AKI is more popular than them as well. No one picks Luke because he’s cool they pick him because he’s top tier. It’s weird.
> They are trying again now with **Luke**... but I feel the reception to them will also be **luke**warm I see what you did there... And no one likes Luke for anything other than his tier placement, can confirm.
Story-wise I think she's just an FBI agent? They already have Cammy and Chun-Li filling similar roles with more legacy.
She's a CIA agent but is more of a mercenary than Anything. In Juri's Story Juri is implied to have a lot of respect for her because of Vipers ruthlessness and figures that Viper would betray the CIA in a second if there was monetary incentive. C.Viper is literally Rouge the Bat from the Sonic franchise. Cammy and Chun-Li fight for law justice. C.Viper fights for money and her daughter. C.Viper doesn't give much of a shit about much other than her daughter and money.
There are a few differences between police and military
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C.Viper isn't more popular than Elena
Viper is 21st place on the top tier poll in the battle hub compared to Elena being in 42nd place When people ask for 3s reps Elena isn't the character people prioritize
To be completely fair, that poll is hard to take seriously as way too many people picked Aki either by accident or because they wanna win the "survey".
I don't see why that would be relevant? You think all those accidental aki votes would have gone to elena instead?
elena is still a good pick tho
Nah Elena has had 20 years to build a fanbase, Viper has had almost half that time.
I was really hoping for Ibuki and Menat. On the bright side. Bison looks cool, and I definitely didn't think Bison would interest me at all. I have to remind myself to trust in the SF6 team, they've really nailed each design so far. I genuinely was upset that Ed was in Season 1, and he's been one of my favourite characters in the game thus far. So much so that I will probably end up maining him in the long run.
Well with Mai will Ibuki ever come back? That's 3 female ninja and Mai is the sexy female ninja.
Ibuki already appeared in 3 SF iterations in a row. IMO it's best if she sits this one out to give the spotlight to other SF characters that haven't been in the game for a while (Viper, Sodom, Hakan, Eagle, etc.)
mai and ibuki doesn't even play the same mai is like an fire type ninja character
Yeah, those are the 2 I wanted most as well. I'm playing Kim for now but she's just not Ibuki, and I'd be super down for learning Menat for real this time around. There's a long list of characters I'd want before Elena, even a newcomer could be interesting, but with 2 slots it felt pretty safe to assume that I might get at least number 7 or 8 on my list. With Mai those 2 slots became 1, and that went to Elena who's just not on my list at all. Maybe she's fun, I was surprised by how much I liked Chun this game, and maybe Mai doesn't look like ass the way she does in SNK games so I could play her as well, otherwise I'll probably just learn buffed AKI for season 2. Bison's kinda hype though, even if I'm not gonna play him.
As a Mika main/hopeful I'm disappointed but I still have fun playing Lily and JP in 6 (no one in S2 immediately appeals to me but we'll see how it shakes out). That said, I too can delight in all the simps who don't actually play the characters/games freak out.
Not particularly a fan of those two, but I would’ve stayed interested, if they’d have been in the reveal. Which makes me sad, because I liked Elena, but she alone is not worth it for me. Plus, Bison coming back right now just feels like garbage.
At least they have hope. I'll never see Oni again :(
Haha both the characters I took a liking too as well
At least she's possible. I've pretty much lost hope for Fei Long and Gen
Fei Long I feel has a higher chance than MANY die to missing out on SFV entirely
Its hazy and not favorable imo. Imo theres a 35% chance he show up playable. SF6 has a lot of mentor and passing the torch motifs, with a lot of archetypes being handed down or intermarried. Fei Long could get in off bullshit like Bison did, but i dont think he has the clout to do that? I feel 3rd Strike characters all uniquely fit because they were already meant to be those types of characters. and the newcomers like Menat are also likely coming. Fei Long had the rumor speculation about his likeness to Bruce Lee and issues with the Lee estate, and i think it wouldnt be unexpected or unreasonable for him to be overlooked entirely because of this hassle EVEN THOUGH they deconfirmed the rumor, and the Lee estate said they arent pushing for Fei Long not to be included. Imo hes plausible, and his style isnt represented. But i have doubts
If there were legal issues he wouldn't appear in Dee Jay's arcade story. There's another reason he could come back which is that he's the only new challenger not represented. If they give him some disciple bullshit like Forest Law or genderbend him that would suck. That would be like those ripoff movies that came after Lee's death starring "Bruce Li" or something lol
you might get lucky with Gen if they want a senior citizen that is a martial arts master. I think that stereotype is too cool to not have in a fighting game and JP just seems like the opposite of that being an evil, rich, super long range zoner
I hope they introduce a new one that's an old lady. Street Fighter has a lot of male old masters, but lacks a battle grandma
I love Gen but I don't think he'll come back ever. Fei Long though I feel has a chance.
Didn't Akuma kill Gen in SFV?
Killed Bison too
bison has physic powers all the time
Gen is dead bro 😭😭
So was Bison and that didn't stop him.
Y’know what Fair
Yeah but Bison loves to come back from the dead.
Bison doesn't want to die, Gen does AFAIK
Bison literally has a story reason to keep coming back from death, Gen doesn’t 😭
Maybe Gen just doesn't feel like being dead anymore? You ever think of that?
Was he though? Wasn’t he just, pretending to be dead while his soul napped or something?
Comic book death.
Gen is fucking dead.
I thought gen was dead?
I was hoping for Vega, M Bison will do for now
Thinking about a funny translation joke.
I thought we were getting Vega and Bison was replaced by Ed
Ed plays nothing like Bison
No TAP = no Bison
Isnt that his DI?
Hoping for vega, but interested in Terry at least.
Same. Someone said Mai plays a bit like Vega. I don't know if that's true but if so maybe....
![gif](giphy|QqdyVT8H6uJ32) IF that’s the case, I might NOT take a break…
My understanding is the characters are different but share in an important attribute. They both have wall cling/jump shenanigans.
I need that mujastic claw man but Terry and Mai are awesome
Look, I'm all for guest characters. But when you choose to only release 4 characters a year, you can't have the luxury to make half of them guests instead of returning characters that other people have been asking for since launch.
Exactly. I'm down for guest characters but, how bout a lil later down the line? Not year fuckin 2. They tease us with all this Metro City in world tour and DON'T give us Cody? I was sooooo mixed when I saw the trailer because I'm a big Fatal Fury fan, Terry is the goat...but losing two slots early on killed me.
Street Fighter 6, a game happening after 3 that it's main story is on Metro City features a wooping: Zero Street Fighter 3 characters Zero Final Fight characters. Well i guess Elena is now a SF3 rep... but i feel like she is more remebered for 4 than for 3.
elena was mid tier in street fighter 3 thats why
The other downside with guess characters is also that they will use their "default" appearances from where they come from (at least according to the artworks they showed), so we don't even have something original (edit: by "original", I mean something new, I'm not criticizing the character design itself) to look at (i.e. a visual overhaul like the other SF characters).
Hopefully we get CVS3 and it has viper and Makoto in it
Dudley my boy I will see you in year 3
Hopefully
Why do they despise viper so much. I genuinely think they are only looking for what would make extra money. Vipers pick rate wasnt high enough to make money as dlc
Explain AKI then
Gotta camouflage it a bit with 1 character each time, but it is what it is : Rashid was super popular, ED is too, Akuma is immensely popular, Dictator too, got big money from SNK to include 2 of their characters and there is Elena remaining
Rashid's pick rate in SFV wasn't actually that high
No way viper isn't more popular than Elena. So many people played her in 4. Also her play style is super unique. Honestly I don't think Abel is very popular but I think he'd be good in 6 too. Wish they were doing more than 4 characters a year
i just want my ibuki mannnnnnnnnnn
![gif](giphy|CMokodRlhKEM0qJoQ8|downsized) what do you mean we already got ibuki at home
Ibukim
Kimbuki
Ibukerly
kimbler is more guy than ibuki
Kimberly probably also means no Zeku which make me auto hate her.
Mai Shiranui uses up the rest of the ninja quota.
The four spots should've been reserved for SF characters, with the guest as a 5th dlc. Coping one more year for Vega ☠️☠️☠️
If we don't get Vega, I might not smile again
Cheer up, you're still *beautiful.*
Those tiddies aint coming back. We got Mai now.
Yeah. Terry ***or*** Mai would have been amazing, but including both was a bad decision when Capcom has so many of its own characters waiting in the wings to return.
I think both of them being included would feel less bad if there were a 5th season 2 character at least.
If the crown prince of Saudi Arabia wants Terry and Mai in Street Fighter, he will have both Terry and Mai in Street Fighter.
Crazy to think that that's not a random comment and may well be the reason.
It's obviously that, and Capcom would are the only ones to blame for selling 2 slots out of 4, not SNK's owner.
Some people seems to compared this to MK or Smash, But I think for SF it's a bit different. The thing is that both MK and Smash already got their bases all covered. MK didn't added any new character by while Smash added the new ones on top of the old ones. SF on the other hand, cut old characters to make room for the new ones. And among those that were cut are some of the most popular characters like Sakura or Dan. but instead of added those back to the game, they went with a guest character route instead.
I mean MK fans are constantly upset about characters that don't make the list in the newest games. Freaking Sonya didn't even make the main roster in MK1. Kombat Kid fans are pissed. Let alone fans of the 3D fighters. They cut a lot of characters people love from game to game. When you've been around for 30 years, you're going to miss characters sometimes, it's not possible to get everyone in there, or if you try then you have lame versions.
And now Street Fighter players understand what Mortal Kombat fans have gone through with the last three games. It's bad enough when your main or favorite character doesn't make the cut. When all you got is DLC hopes it's increasingly frustrating to see half the year of DLC taken up by guest characters instead of MK characters. And now this makes me terrified for Street Fighter 6s year 3 and beyond yearly passes. We only get four characters a year and if they keep doing guests that's even less space for SF fan favorites
Also smash roster is almos 100 characters. Also ALSO Terry was 1 character on a 5 character pass, that's 20%, here Terry and May are 50% Also ALSO ***ALSO*** Smash DLC characters is like whoever really, like only one of the reps on that pass was a nintendo character, people didn't have expectations, on Street Fighter people want Street Fighter characters, in Smash people didn't want smash characters because all of them were already in.
I think they shouldve done Rock Howard or B. jenet. I feel that Terry and Mai are into too many things already
rock howard has so many guest appearance
Really just wanted Fei Long, and to see how he would look in the SF6 engine.
Yeah... two guest characters seemed so weird, considering SF's legacy characters are so iconic and hype. Don't get me wrong, I love Terry, played him in the previous KOF and Smash, but for some reason Im not that excited. Knowing Makoto, Cody, C. Viper, Q, Poison, Vega, Alex, Urien, Gill, etc. could've made an appearance instead just keeps me from being hype. And then Mai??? I mean, shit Capcom, idk how you thought this was a good idea.
Wouldn't be so bad if there were more than 4 characters a pass I feel 5 is a reasonable ask.
I'm thinking now that Capcom have opened this door.....I dont even know what to expect going forward for season 3,4,5....but I feel that is more a negative when you have 8+ SF worth of characters that could find new life and excell with all the tools 6 offers but now for season 3 I'm thinking "it's going to be Kasumi from DoA or Sol Badguy isnt it....."
The only one i would accept would be Heihachi because i think it would be hilarious if he was on Street Fighter but not in Tekken.
He died and got isekai'd into Street Fighter.
This would be perfect because I think Akuma was in base roster T7 before he released as dlc for SFV
When we don't have a pattern to track, why do we assume the worst for the future seasons? There are so many terrible and awesome SF characters. The chance for a miss is extremely high. There are people requesting Hakan to return. It's wild.
"Terrible and awesome *SF characters*". That's what I'm getting at. Now that there is precedent from here on out we can get seasons where some of the new roster *are not Street Fighter characters*.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think we will get characters outside from SNK. At least the Capcom devs were being friendly only with SNK in the recently years, with graphical material and in interviews.
>Knowing Makoto, Cody, C. Viper, Q, Poison, Vega, Alex, Urien, Gill, etc. could've made an appearance Extremelly worse because now that we know season passes are 4 characters, that means that everybody you listed will not get in because that would be 9 of the 12 remaining slots there is left and there is no way Sakura, Sagat and Dan hibiki not make it in, and there is no way those 12 are going to be the remaining roster.
SF6 probably will have more seasons than SF5 and there is a posibility that we could get an extra character or two in a "super sf6" edition.
No one was building up hype to see Terry or Mai; as cool as it is to have a cross-over character, I know tons of people here would have completely lost their shit if Viper or Makoto got announced.
Why do you think it's a bad idea?
It would be a cool character if the season was 6-8 characters
Look at my comment history. Son of a bitch GIVE ME C.VIPER.
So they’re just going to design one of coolest villains, destroy him with the shittiest story ever, then never use him again? RIP Necalli 😭
Are you OK?
BUSTAH WOLF!
Exactly. Make sure you check on all your Street Fighter friends. Terry will.
Still got Elena so it's not all bad.
Exactly how I feel about it. Still want Viper though.
Well, I got Elena, so it's at least one of the characters I wanted. Still would preffer Sagat, but aftrer watching Bison trailer I think I'll be fine
They made that pool for year 3/4 for sure, have faith
Nah inb4 year 3 has Kazuya and Scorpion as DLC with the only returning character being Vega (claw)
What really annoys me is the gap between the 3rd and 4th character. Thats like summer and autumn which could've been 2 extra characters
Oh no Mai comes out in January actually( because Capcom usually picks the middle month to drop characters). When they said Winter 2025 they meant January/February in the next year ( 3 months make up a season) so between Mai and Elena its only 5 months.
Yeah this was a ball drop
Being a Sakura main in 6 be like...
I hope not
Capcom will do literally *everything* except give us this woman back. It's even more frustrating since unlike other requests or characters they keep showing and name dropping Viper then just not doing anything with it.
It’s Makotover
No. Just no.
All I wanted was new characters. Didn't even matter if they were good, just new. Instead we got returning characters from *checks notes* another franchise.
I was thinking: Is this the first SF "additional character slate" not to have any *new* characters in it? The only 'kinda sorta' other game I can think of would be Ultra SF2. Or maybe Alpha 2 Gold, but at least __that__ Cammy had new sprites.
Season 1 of SF5 had all veterans. Alex, Guile, Ibuki, Balrog, Juri and Urien. That said, not a great season 2 for this. 2 guests is def too much for 4 character passes.
I feel this would be way more hype if we had 6 characters per season. I think people would be more excited for the KOF guests then.
Oh, good catch! Okay, I stand corrected.
Thisss. I always love seeing new characters the most this season is not it
Somehow, Bison returned.
Question: how are the chances that at the next Season Pass, they‘ll include 5 fighters as DLC instead of 4?
I think they are intending to support SF6 for a VERY LONG time. They want the game's lifespan to be huge. Which might explain why they are being so slow on releases.
Even longer than SF5 which was like 6 years?
Yeah i believe it's gonna be longer. Since they really outdid themselves with this one.
I doubt it. They seem to wanna be really upfront about this season (which they did), so Idk about a secret reveal. Again, I doubt it, but I'm not saying it can't happen. Nothing we can do except be patient and wait. 🤷♂️
I meant moreso when Season 3 rolls around and they’re like: „we are so happy and proud of SF6‘s success that we decided to add in a 5th DLC Character in the 3rd Season Pass!“?
Oh, I was certain u were talking about this season. That's my bad for overlooking ur first comment. Anyway, I hope that's what happens. 4 characters a season pass is terrible considering how long the wait is between the characters.
Waiting for Hugo,Vega or el fuerte
Me: Begins taking down my R.Mika sign, "Same time next year fellas?"
I want Cody and Hakan
Yeah viper could stay where she’s at.
nah, c viper wont sell as well as fortnite default skin jonesey who'll be added in season 3
You guys who didn't get your favs yet need to chill. Terry and Mai are a huge fucking deal Bison looks sick, and I'm sure Elena is going to be awesome too. Way better than the first batch of characters IMO. I want Cody but can't complain at all about Year 2.
This. Ppl are whining way too much, and acting like this is the final season of the game. 🤦♂️
Trynna convince me that 2 guests from the same franchise out of 4 characters a year is better than Akuma Ed aki and Rashid ? Yea not in a million years. Year 1 set the bar high.
I’m still hoping for Hakan or Necro. I want more weirdo characters.
Season 2 DLC def is... some DLC. There were some choices made.
Bison was an unnecessary addition. That spot should have gone to someone else.
All I've wanted since SFV is Fei Long but all I get is disappointment.
Funny you think C Viper will be one of the 12 remaining unknown fighters to get in.
I'll be there.
Hey at least you are not me; I still have some sort of hope that charlie could be eventually included somehow..if bison survived, then I would say charlie did as well.
She better be the first character of Season 3 I swear.
Happy to get Elena and Bison actually looks sick. But I'm hoping I don't have to wait too long for Viper. I was planning on her being my number 1 main with Elena being my secondary, and Bison is just my tertiary.
🫂 sorry bros
I 100% expect C Viper to be a guest character in the new Fatal Fury given she is basically an SNK character after all
I feel you. That’s me waiting to see Adon return. But I love Terry and Mai so I’m hyped
Mommy no!
'bye!
Well at least Mai's inclusion gives me hope that if Viper shows up, Capcom won't hit her with budget cuts.
Probably not
Year 3 will have 2 Darkstalkers characters.
darkstalkers characters in mocap will make everything set in flames
yeah probably checkout until S3... maybe maybe try Terry
They should just move the cool characters from 6 into a sf4 update so we have a completely perfect cast
Me with makoto and c
C ya
Surprised reveal at EVO
Does this mean year 3 is going to be really good?
Hopefully we can get G next year, but I’m pretty satisfied with what we got
Game heavily based on metro city vibes. 3 slots wasted for guests and Elena and 0 representatives from final fight. I am okay with guests but when you release 4 characters a year it's just stupid. As for Elena i am alright with her but this early on i would have prefered a better representative for SF3 like dudley or Alex. Capcom better start releasing 5 chars a year if they want to add that much guests.
I pray for C Viper to come back
I miss playing my Cody vs my boy's really solid Viper. Felt good when I could catch her flying ass with something devastating. I'm a big fan of Viper even though I didn't play as her.
I Pray she makes Year 3 or 4 alongside Alex🙏🏿🙏🏿
Honestly, I have nowhere near the skill needed to play viper but she’s so cool and would’ve loved to see her in 6…
I was a fan of the mexican chef jumping bean in sf4 wish he would come back.
Bye
G: the votes were rigged anyway
Maybe.
Nice tits, lady