One thing the community quickly noticed about Street Fighter 6 is the push to not only revamp some of the tried and true game mechanics from past games, but to pay tribute to the previous games in the franchise. In that same vein, we could be seeing Street Fighter 6 shift the way expansions are released, mainly focusing on having fan-favorite returning fighters as those we pay for instead of a lot of newcomers that end up being more of a gamble.

Newcomers Luke and Jamie in Street Fighter 5.Ĭapcom is clearly making efforts to right the wrongs of Street Fighter 5 here with Street Fighter 6, as the company has come right out of the gate putting an emphasis on netcode, the amount of content we'll be seeing in-game, and the ability for players to express themselves - all major complaints fans had about SF5. Moreover, some seasons went heavy on the original fighters - like Season 2 that only saw one legacy character, Akuma, make the line up among 5 brand new warriors - and it felt like only a small handful of them ended up being big hits with the fighting game community. Well, looking at Capcom's most recently released Street Fighter venture for potential clues, we find that Street Fighter 5 had minimal newcomers up front, then added more in their post-launch seasons.

We haven't seen this many original fighters on a Street Fighter's base roster since Street Fighter 3: New Generation, which only included two legacy contenders (Ryu and Ken) and 9 newcomers. This is double the amount of brand new fighters that we saw in Street Fighter 5's initial cast, and double Street Fighter 4's launch newcomers - though you could unlock the newly added bosses Seth and Gouken by playing the game. It also goes without saying that the leaked roster could still be a fake, though it definitely looks like it's real not only based on the quality of the contents itself, but also due to Capcom seemingly addressing them.Īs a quick recap, Street Fighter 6's rumored launch roster contains 14 returning characters and a whopping 8 newcomers (including Luke).

Naturally, this is pure speculation as we currently do not know how Capcom intends to handle DLC for Street Fighter 6.

Street fighter 6 leaks roster