Street Fighter 6: Fans Are Fascinated by This Newly Revealed Detail in the Upcoming Title

Published 03/08/2023, 9:10 AM EST

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The upcoming mainline entry in the Street Fighter series has the fans hyped to the brim. The classic fighting franchise is back with modern visuals and effects. With each passing day until its release, the early playtesters in the community are sharing new details and revealing fascinating information about the innovation that the game is about to bring. 

Revealed in PlayStation State of Play, Street Fighter 6 will be available in mid-2023. The game plans to revolutionize the series with a brand-new art style and features that “reimagine the fighting game experience.” With new looks to classic characters to brand new faces, the game is on its way to becoming a new statement for the series. 

Street Fighter 6’s fascinating attention to detail

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The latest installment plans to introduce fresh features in the game to spice up the experience. Among them will be a new and improved ‘Drive Meter’ that will let the players stitch better combos and perform devastating finishers. However, this meter also has an effect on the character models. 

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Players have to build up their ‘Drive meters’ to perform better moves. Building up the drive meter and using it in the fight also changes the character’s expression, depending on the amount of energy it has. The energy players use from the Drive meter will make their characters more and more exhausted. 

Burning the meter halfway would make the characters’ expressions to be very apparent of their exhaustion and completely burning the meter will make the character look burned out. Even in the video above, the visual details can be clearly seen where the YouTuber showcases it with the recently released character, Juri. 

Character guide for SF 6

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In the initial launch of the game, there would be around 18 characters available to the player. Among them, there will be some of the classic characters from the franchise, as well as brand-new faces. Even the cover art character of the game, Luke, was recently introduced into the franchise. 

Luke is a young, rebellious martial artist who likes to spend his time eating junk food, playing video games, and fighting in the streets. Luke is the embodiment of the new style Capcom has decided to go with for the new game.

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SF 6 is filled with vibrant colors, artwork, and much more. Other than Luke, the base game will include Zangief, Lily, Cammy, Ryu, Chun-Li, Jamie, Guile, Kimberly, Juri, Ken, Blanka, Dhalsim, E. Honda, Dee Jay, Manon, Marisa, and JP.

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Rituraj Halder is an eSports writer at Essentially sports. Residing from Kolkata, India, he holds a graduate degree in world literature. With 500+ hours in League of Legends, Rituraj claims to be a MOBA veteran.
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