Scotia

Scotia’s thread has our first details about Arcade mode. Will have the story for whatever character you pick.
 


 

@Scotiawith some interesting Ken and overall details:
 
 

Embrace it
 

Special artwork you get for clearing the arcade as Luke is cool. 

Side-topic: While that meme has its charm, you should watch Wild Wild Country. Ironically, he proved people are retarded himself with his own manipulations. That man was a monster.
 

I'm on board with most of those.

From SF1: I think Eagle would be incredibly unique and could easily find a place in SF6. More than any other character from this era.

SF3: Q, Necro, Twelve, and a heavily reimagined Remy would all be incredibly unique additions IMO. Necro less so because of Blanka and Sim already being in but maybe his moveset can be reworked to be more original. Remy too. Twelve on the other hand would be a visual and animation spectacle. Pure eye candy. I don't want to see Sean again tbh. Give us Laura from now on.

SF4: I don't see anyone from this game that can be salvaged besides Viper. Seth was already reworked perfectly in SF5 so I don't mind seeing him much later but if we are going to do a mimic give us Twelve.


Lastly, I'm totally cool with Maki. I feel she would've been a better addition to SF5 than Lucia but whatever.
 

The 8 World Warriors being in the base roster is good and correct and should always be the case.

With the 16 base roster that happened in SF 5 i don't think they are going to repeat the same mistake. It was also rumored that the Season 1 DLC for SFV was supposed to be base roster but they ran out of time. 
 
I believe the entire 22 leaked characters will be on launch day for SF 6.
 
PS : assuming the game releases Q1 2023  and 6 of the leaked characters will be DLC, the wait won't be long for them anyway since they will release in the same year. 

Chun-Li becoming a police officer to avenger her father than a martial arts instructor to honor her father and help the next generation is definitely logical for her character especially since part of becoming an instructor is also becoming a parent for her at about the same time.

I don't know if anyone posted this interview with the devs in this thread. It's in the story thread and I know not everyone here is into lore. It's very informative. Credit to @Scotiaand @Dragonfave723

Credit to @Scotiaover at Resetera for summarizing the devs interview provided by IGN Japan: https://jp.ign.com/street-fighter-6/60367/interview/63
 
 
Development of Street Fighter 6 began in 2018. Nakayama (who was directing SF5 at the time) created a 92-page proposal booklet for what he envisioned SF6 being that included FIGHTING GROUND, BATTLE HUB AND WORLD TOUR. Nakayama says that while what's in these proposals usually change significantly during the middle of development, the 92-page booklet for SF6 has mostly stayed the same since he created it in 2018 and still continues what he calls the three pillars of the game; the Fighting Ground, Battle Hub and World Tour modes. With the Drive System, they started with the idea of making it easy to experience strong actions and defences using the Drive gauge. Several aspects of the Drive System has been noted to have similarities to systems and gameplay mechanics from Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter III, but according to Nakayama, the aim was not to introduce elements from past titles. Jamie came about due to there having never been a Drunken Fist character in the series prior to SF6. Because he is also young, Nakayama wanted to add current culture to him and thus made Jamie a breakdancer and set him up to be Luke's rival. The drink in Jamie's jug is called Yakuyu which is more like a medicinal tea and not actually alcohol. Matsumoto followed up by calling it 'a special drink' and everyone in the room started laughing. As for the existing Street Fighter characters, they are trying to keep the good parts of each character while making adjustments to the game as a whole. Nakayama uses an example of Ryu's electric blade Neriki V-Trigger from SF5 is now back with a different input. They don't think of World Tour Mode as an extra mode but rather a single game's worth of content. They think the same about Fighting Ground and Battle Hub and say that it feels like they've been making three games instead of one, which has been trouble for the producers. Matsumoto says he did not intend to depict the country of America in particular with World Tour mode and its focus on Metro City; "I don't think street culture has anything to do with countries, so I'm not really conscious of that," Nakayama slips up and reveals that Metro City is actually just the first stage of World Tour mode. The interviewer notices and digs further in for more comments from Nakayama; "Well, it's the 'WORLD TOUR'. I can't say for sure yet, but I hope you'll look forward to hearing more about it. We're aiming to create an experience where you can travel the world and become stronger." The interviewer harkens back to Ryu's old words in the series; "I'm going to meet someone stronger than me." and feels that World Tour mode will be the embodiment of that. Matsumoto points out that Luke's words at the start of the State of Play trailer; "There's probably no end to the journey to find out what strength is." also describe the adventure of World Tour mode. "There are many hardcore fighters and casual fighters out there, but there are also people who like the world view and characters of Street Fighter. It would be good if you could imagine an approach that could reach out to them as well." - Matsumoto After Matsumoto says this; the interviewer is reminded of his favourite game Shenmue and notes that World Tour mode and Shenmue have something in common due to their origins of stemming from well-known fighting games (Virtua Fighter for Shenmue). While the interviewer was hesitant to compare this new work to something as well known as Shenmue, the first think Nakayama said upon seeing him was for him to try World Tour mode as he knew he liked Shenmue. Upon being asked if they were influenced by Shenmue, Nakayama laughs and says they should have put in a gacha machine. The interviewer confirms there is no gacha machine in World Tour mode. "We're not just making a fighting game, we're making 'Street Fighter' itself." - Nakayama on World Tour mode. Matsumoto says that when they started discussing what the world-view of Street Fighter was, they began discussing hip-hop, urban tastes and graffiti art. "The UI and direction of the game uses subjects that go well with Street Fighter, as the hip-hop and graffiti style was also the taste of Street Fighter 1 and 3rd Strike." - Nakayama The interview feels the above statement by Nakyama shows that World Tour mode (as well as SF6) will be faithful to the history of the series while expanding on from the starting point of 3rd Strike. And like 3rd Strike, SF6 and World Tour will also have someone other than Ryu as the protagonist. While Luke is already confirmed to be the protagonist of 6, it appears that players will be able to create their own avatar to use throughout World Tour mode. Nakayama doesn't outright confirm it, but says "There's a story to be told, and I think that if you follow it, you'll find your own values and ways to enjoy it". Nakayama also wouldn't confirm if main characters from Street Fighter would appear in World Tour mode, but the interviewer feels like they will given Nakayama's earlier comments ("well, we're making Street Fighter"). The interviewer then gets excited at the idea of flying to Japan in World Tour mode and fighting Ryu and E. Honda, then flying to China to fight Chun-Li and Fei Long. He also ponders the idea of exploring Suzaku Castle or entering a bath house and finding a sumo ring. The interviewer wonders, however, that with the scale of the game getting bigger and bigger by the minute, with Fighting Ground and Battle Hub each being its own game, are they being too ambitious? Matsumoto disagrees; "While we're making a fighting game, we're also trying to make a new Street Fighter game, so we're saying, 'For that, we need something like this. We kept saying, 'This is the kind of person we want to reach, so this is what we need'. Nakayama adds: "We've been saying it for a long time. Of course there were concerns, but the team worked as one and kept saying, 'This is really the new Street Fighter, and it's absolutely necessary to broaden the base of fighting games and make them playable once more for all kinds of players'. The team's hard work and creativity in keeping that ambition alive made it even better" Nakayama talks about the development team for 6: "The development team members were all motivated and sincere, and they came up with new ideas and suggestions on a daily basis on how to make the game more interesting, so the functions and modes kept getting better and better." He also says that he's never had such a positive development system in his entire development career and that, while it's been tough, everyone is eager to deliver a new Street Fighter experience. Matsumoto says that everyone has worked hard on the game and they want to release new information bit-by-bit. The interviewer already felt that SF6 was an ambitious project from the State of Play trailer, but after this interview they got the sense that there are projects in the pipeline that are far beyond their imagination. They tip their hat to Capcom for allowing such a project to go ahead and giving the developers the freedom to create a new Street Fighter game as fast as they can. Final quote from Matsumoto; "I think we need to do this at this point, not just for 6, but for what's ahead. I don't want to see the Street Fighter brand disappear, so the biggest thing is that I want to challenge myself now to do everything I can for it."  

I genuinely never thought I'd see this day. This has been something I've been wanting for YEARS and I'm so glad it's finally happening. Outside of no SF3 characters in the base roster, I couldn't be more excited for SF6 right now.

I genuinely never thought I'd see this day. This has been something I've been wanting for YEARS and I'm so glad it's finally happening. Outside of no SF3 characters in the base roster, I couldn't be more excited for SF6 right now.

Finally the fight of the future has arrived! No more interludes we finally have a story sequel. SF6 officially placed after SF3

Have you seen that mug of his? I'd vote for him in a heartbeat! 

We had a mayor here that was mayor for years, went to jail for corruption, got out of jail and immediately won re-election
 
Now imagine his only crime had been beating the daylights out of violent street thugs that included a guy WITH GRENADES AND TANKS.
 
Yeah Cody becoming mayor actually makes all the sense in the world, especially in the SF-world

RE Blanka: He's built on the Wild Child/ Tarzan archetype. He's come back from the jungle and is ready for his next phase. Many Tarzan properties do have him eventually going back to society and embracing some of "civilized" life, while keeping his wild heart. Having Blanka do the same would move things forward. Dude's already got Blanka-chan as a business venture that was rough in the start, but could go somewhere (as indicated that it eventually became really popular down the line in his storymode). It could be something different and fun to shake things up instead of going back to the same ol' same ol. He already made his mom proud, his community likes him, so why not do something fun with contrasts?
 
RE Cody: It's the natural evolution of his Hero>Fallen Hero>Redemption arc. He cleaned up the streets, got too reckless because of a void in his life, went down into a spiral, finally got his act together and wanted to give back to Metro City and ensure it stayed stable after Haggar left. Makes sense to me.

Imagine thinking Cody becoming the mayor of Metro City is against his character instead of it being the natural conclusion to his entire character arc and the only direction the character could have gone without reverting back to recycled plot threads. Couldn’t be me. 
 
And let’s not act like Blanka is some fucking sacred cow that’s meant for serious business only. Just look at the guy and tell me putting him in a suit is ‘too much’ for him. 

Imagine thinking Cody becoming the mayor of Metro City is against his character instead of it being the natural conclusion to his entire character arc and the only direction the character could have gone without reverting back to recycled plot threads. Couldn’t be me. 
 
And let’s not act like Blanka is some fucking sacred cow that’s meant for serious business only. Just look at the guy and tell me putting him in a suit is ‘too much’ for him. 

Imagine thinking Cody becoming the mayor of Metro City is against his character instead of it being the natural conclusion to his entire character arc and the only direction the character could have gone without reverting back to recycled plot threads. Couldn’t be me. 
 
And let’s not act like Blanka is some fucking sacred cow that’s meant for serious business only. Just look at the guy and tell me putting him in a suit is ‘too much’ for him. 

Imagine thinking Cody becoming the mayor of Metro City is against his character instead of it being the natural conclusion to his entire character arc and the only direction the character could have gone without reverting back to recycled plot threads. Couldn’t be me. 
 
And let’s not act like Blanka is some fucking sacred cow that’s meant for serious business only. Just look at the guy and tell me putting him in a suit is ‘too much’ for him. 

Imagine thinking Cody becoming the mayor of Metro City is against his character instead of it being the natural conclusion to his entire character arc and the only direction the character could have gone without reverting back to recycled plot threads. Couldn’t be me. 
 
And let’s not act like Blanka is some fucking sacred cow that’s meant for serious business only. Just look at the guy and tell me putting him in a suit is ‘too much’ for him. 

Imagine thinking Cody becoming the mayor of Metro City is against his character instead of it being the natural conclusion to his entire character arc and the only direction the character could have gone without reverting back to recycled plot threads. Couldn’t be me. 
 
And let’s not act like Blanka is some fucking sacred cow that’s meant for serious business only. Just look at the guy and tell me putting him in a suit is ‘too much’ for him. 

Okay, suit Blanka is neat, but you people saying it should be his new default need to calm the fuck down.

It doesn't fit his character.  Just like stupid mayor Cody.

Would not be opposed to suit-Blanka being his default in SF6 and his story being that Blanka-chan took off and Blanka is basically a major businessman now...
 
...and of course Dan is still poor and comes begging for money.