Summary
- Year 2 DLC characters for Street Fighter 6 include Elena, classic villain M. Bison, and SNK guest characters.
- Street Fighter's first guest characters are Fatal Fury's Mai Shiranui and Terry Bogard.
- Year 2 characters M. Bison, Terry, Mai, and Elena will be released throughout 2024 and 2025, adding variety to the game's roster.
Summer Game Fest reveals the second year of DLC characters for Street Fighter 6, which brings back a fan favorite, a classic villain, and two guest characters from SNK's Fatal Fury franchise. It's been a whirlwind year for Capcom's Street Fighter 6, a game which has seemingly managed to restore the fan's faith in the franchise after the rocky start that impacted the previous game.
In fact, Street Fighter 6 has just released Akuma, a highly popular character from past games, which also ended the first year of planned content. Capcom has continued to tease more content, but in the meantime, the developer has laid out plans to celebrate Street Fighter 6's first anniversary with a new fighting pass, new events, and items for purchase. However, fans finally got the news they've been waiting for as Capcom fully revealed the four new characters arriving in year 2.
During Geoff Keighley's annual Summer Game Fest event, Capcom released a new animated trailer showcasing Luke and Jaime playing a game. However, as they're playing, a character walks up to them and before long, it is revealed to be none other than Terry Bogard from SNK's Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series. However, Terry is also joined by Mai Shiranui as another popular SNK character making the jump to Street Fighter 6. Year two also rounds out the DLC cast with Street Fighter 3's Elena, as well as the return of the iconic villain M. Bison, who appears to be a bit more disheveled than fans may remember.
When Are Street FIghter 6 Year 2 Characters Releasing?
In addition to the trailer reveal, Capcom provided a bit more information as to when each of these characters would be available, including Mai and Terry, the first guest characters that the mainline Street Fighter games have had. In fact, fans won't have to wait too much longer as classic Street Fighter villain M. Bison is launching first this Summer.
- M. Bison - Summer 2024
- Terry - Autumn 2024
- Mai - Winter 2025
- Elena - Spring 2025
It'll be interesting to see how Bison fits into the current meta, especially since Street Fighter 6 received a fairly big balance patch at the start of Season 2. Not only were certain characters adjusted, but Capcom also made changes to some fighting mechanics in general like giving all characters a Drive Reversal on their wake-up recovery. Input recognition was adjusted along with parrying, and every character on the current roster was adjusted in some capacity outside the just released Akuma. For now, players will need to continue testing to see how the newly balanced roster of Street Fighter 6 pans out, with some of the weaker characters getting a few much needed buffs.
Street Fighter 6
- Released
- June 2, 2023
WHERE TO PLAY
Play legendary masters and new fan favorites like Ryu, Chun-Li, Luke, Jamie, Kimberly and more in this latest edition with each character featuring striking new redesigns and exhilarating cinematic specials.
Dominate the Fighting Ground: Street Fighter 6 offers a highly evolved combat system with three control types - Classic, Modern and Dynamic - allowing you to quickly play to your skill level.
The new Real Time Commentary Feature adds all the hype of a competitive match as well as easy-to-understand explanations about your gameplay. The Drive Gauge is a new system to manage your resources. Use it wisely in order to claim victory.
Explore the Streets in World Tour: Discover the meaning of strength in World Tour, an immersive, single-player story mode. Take your avatar and explore Metro City and beyond. Meet Masters who will take you under their wing and teach you their style and techniques.
Seek Rivals in the Battle Hub: The Battle Hub represents a core mode of Street Fighter 6 where players can gather and communicate, and become stronger together. Use the avatar you create in World Tour to check out cabinets on the Battle Hub floor and play against other players, or head over to the Game Center to enjoy some of Capcom's classic arcade games.
- ESRB
- T For Teen Due To Mild Blood, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Capcom
- Publisher(s)
- Capcom
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer
- Franchise
- Street Fighter
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC, Arcade
- Genre(s)
- Fighting
