During the live stream of Summer Games Fest yesterday, CAPCOM revealed what Season 4 will look like for Street Fighter 6. We were greeted to 4 newcomers to the Street Fighter series; 3 brand new original characters and Tifa Lockheart from Final Fantasy VII.
Below I will give you the official trailer, as well as the information given to me by CAPCOM via a Press Release. Don’t worry, I’ll also give my impressions after that.
- Yasmine (Summer 2026) — A high schooler hailing from the Philippines joins the fight to search for her long-lost brother. Despite her shy and gentle demeanor, Yasmine beams with confidence whenever she uses her crescent-shaped karambit knife to dance around her opponents at high speed just like her Lolo taught her.
- Arjun (Autumn 2026) — Uses extraordinary lung capacity combined with yogic breathing to unleash explosive power with his unique Bare-knuckle Yoga techniques. While working as a police officer in India Arjun was accused of killing a colleague and now lives on the run while he searches for the true culprit.
- Tifa (Early 2027) — A highly skilled practitioner of Zangan-ryu Martial Arts and a member of the “Avalanche” resistance group. During her journey with her companions, she is unexpectedly transported to another world where she encounters and bonds with new fighters. Tifa excels in close-range combat, combining martial arts techniques with unique powers called Abilities.
- Bosch(Spring 2027) — Departed his home nation of Nayshall to pursue the true meaning of strength and eventually wins the sacred martial arts tournament. His travels brought him to Metro City where he trained under Luke to incorporate modern combat methods into the ancient techniques of Nayshall’s warrior faith.
I find it rather bold that CAPCOM would choose to bring in THREE brand new original characters considering there are still SO many characters people want in Street Fighter 6. There’s only two representatives for Street Fighter III: Third Strike, and that doesn’t include some of the most popular characters like Sean or Makoto.
Tifa Lockheart is a surprising pick considering the advocates badly wanting her for TEKKEN. However, she has been someone we wanted to see ever since Noctis was placed in TEKKEN 7 and we knew the possibility was there. I guess if Arc System Works is going to snatch MARVEL away from CAPCOM, then in turn they will take Tifa away from Bandai Namco. Very fitting.
Overall, I am interested to see how Yasmine, Tifa, and Bosch play. I am not interesting the least in Arjun considering he’s not my type of character, but you never really know. Let’s hope for a fantastic year!
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