Capcom has announced four of the five new characters coming to Street Fighter V for its aptly named Season V, and there are some definite crowd-pleasers in here. First up, Dan's finally back. Next, Rose makes a return. And then we've got Oro -- the weird and wonderful master mostly remembered for his appearance in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.
The big surprise here, though, is Akira Kazama from Rival Schools. Capcom's long dormant fighting game franchise was a fan favourite on the original PlayStation, and to see the company acknowledge its existence in Street Fighter V is a big deal.
Here are all of the character arts that were revealed as part of Capcom's livestream:
The only catch is that it sounds like Capcom's only just started working on these new characters. Dan arrives in Winter 2020. Rose in Spring 2021. Oro and Akira are set to launch Summer 2021. And the final fifth character is aiming for Fall 2021. So we've got a whole year to wait before all of these fighters are made available.
Still, big news for Street Fighter V fans. Are you looking forward to these new characters? Dream about a new Rival Schools in the comments section below.
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This is fantastic! All great additions but I'm particularly hyped for Akira
Surprised to see a Rival Schools character.
I'm shocked C Viper doesn't look like she's making it, also this drawn DLC makes me think that Capcom has gotten so far behind due to Covid-19 or it's such a skeleton crew because the main team has moved onto something else.
You guys should check-out Matt Mcmuscles's recent video on SFV, it gives a clearer indication on why development was messed up and had so little content at launch.
Rose 😁. Throwing in a Rival School character too. Nice.
Rose! And coming back with a stage. MAINING her! Such a long wait though 😭
Good picks overall. And wow hat a surprise with Akira!
@Bliquid it would be nice to have them announce a Darkstalker character for last...as an appetizer for a new Darkstalker game!
Does Akira in this image remind anyone else of Kairi from Kingdom Hearts? 🤔
They finally put our lord and saviour Dan Hibiki in
A year wait huh?.... Sigh. Oookkkaayyy.
Wish they were starting with akira and oro. Shame such a cool character like akira is only showing up for the end of the games life time.
Edit: same with oro, im VERY happy mind you, ive always loved oro and he was on my wish list, i forgot about akira but i absolutely adore her design and have a soft spot for tough tom boys so i can def see myself maining her!!
I loved rival schools on PSX! Guess I'll be waiting couple more years for the complete edition though:(
@Smiffy01 That's Capcom back when the Alpha Series was out you didn't pay for extra characters back then you for loads. Why Alpha 3 is my personal favourite of the entire franchis
Would love to see them at least remaster Rival Schools and Project Justice
Dan was actually a main from my SF4 days. Along with Fei Long, Makoto, Dee Jay, El Fuerte and Chun Li.
Couldn't bring much to SF5.
so champion edition of street fighter v does not include these characters for FREE? do we need to wait for yet another "complete" edition to get the REAL "complete" edition? lol
@porco I don't think Capcom planned more fighters going into this year but for whatever reason they've had to change tack. Champion Edition includes so much as it is anyway.
Arcade sticks will work on PS5, correct? I still have and use my MadCatz fightstick from PS3 that works with the PS4, I hope to be able to take it with me to PS5 as well, since this game will definitely be backwards compatible on PS5.
Great announcement, Capcom has done an amazing job improving the game all these years.
I bought the base SFV for £5 and was going to buy the Champion Edition upgrade for it, but at this point, I feel like I should just wait and get whatever the Final Ultra Turbo Super Champion Hyper Arcade Edition is.
This now confirms that Rival Schools is officially part of the Street Fighter universe after all as Sakura was originally in the first RS game. Now if only they could include Skullomania or Garuda from Street Fighter EX as future DLC that would be great also.
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