Street Fighter 6: A New Era of Fighting Games?

Times have really changed. I can’t imagine telling the seven-year-old me playing Street Fighter II Turbo that one day, I won’t have to learn all those complex button combinations to pull off fancy moves. Or that moral lessons like learning the answer to “what strength is” will be part of my goal, right alongside side jobs such as making pizza. You might be asking yourself, what happened to the series where folks yelled “Hadouken!” and wrecked sports cars for points? It’s still here, but it’s definitely evolved with the times.

Street Fighter 6 has come a long way. It features a 18-character roster of both new and returning fighters rendered in new Full 3D art style that looks much closer now to contemporaries like Tekken, than the classic 2D or artistic visuals of Street Fighter, however, the spirit of Street Fighter is still felt here. Street Fighter 6’s roster of 18 characters is mostly familiar, with 12 returning characters and six being entirely new.

Street Fighter 6 is a 2023 fighting game developed and published by Capcom and the sixth main entry in the Street Fighter franchise, it was recently released and now available for PC, Playstation, and Xbox. 🟩Pros +The action-packed catchy soundtrack +World Tour single player “RPG” game mode +A new stellar mechanic called the Drive System +Very newcomer friendly with new control mechanics +Commentary option capturing the feel of a highly competing esports environment