Street Fighter V Summer Update 2021 Slates Oro and Akira for August 16, Luke revealed as final Season 5 DLC character

 

Big news has arrived for those playing Street Fighter V, as the SFV Summer Update 2021 has come and gone -- and it presented some new information and details on the upcoming Season 5 fighters Oro and Akira, as well as revealing the fifth and last DLC character for the season in a new fighter called Luke!

As revealed in the Summer Update presentation, Street Fighter 3 veteran Oro and Rival Schools biker gal fighter Akira are going to be available for players to use starting August 16! You can check out the entire Summer Update presentation video below - which also features information on the new season of Street Fighter League, behind-the-scenes on the sound design of the game, and the upcoming Tournament Mode! Street Fighter V - Summer Update 2021

Of course, there's also the reveal of Luke - a MMA type brawler who is being teased as a character who will be important to the Street Fighter universe going forward!

  Street Fighter V: Champion Edition - Luke Announcement Trailer

Street Fighter V: Champion Edition is available for PS4 and PC, and the characters can be acquired individually or by purchasing the Season 5 premium pass!

TGS 2020: Dan Hibiki moves showcased in new Street Fighter V: Champion Edition character preview trailer

 

Shown during Capcom's first day of their "Capcom TGS Live 2020" presentation for Tokyo Game Show, a new trailer debuted for Street Fighter V: Champion Edition that shows off the man, the myth, and the lovable goofball fighter himself Dan Hibiki in action!

Street Fighter V: Champion Edition - Dan Hibiki Character Preview trailer

As the first DLC fighter coming out for the fifth and final season pass for the game, Dan Hibiki makes his triumphant return to the Street Fighter arena - first appearing in the Street Fighter Alpha/ Zero series and last appearing as a playable character in Street Fighter IV. He's expected to make his grand entrance for the game this Winter 2020.

Street Fighter V: Champion Edition adds Fighting EX Layer/ Street Fighter EX's Kairi as an Extra Battle Costume for Ryu

 

It's the late 90's and early 2000's all over again, as Capcom has made a surprising reunion with fellow Japanese video game developer and publisher Arika to add some content to their latest iteration of Street Fighter in "Street Fighter V: Champion Edition" - and that's in the form of a special Extra Battle costume for Ryu based on the Fighting EX Layer/ Street Figher EX character Kairi!

For those who don't remember the Street Fighter EX series, it was the first 2.5D spin-off series for Capcom that departed from their traditional 2D animated fighting games. The games were developed by Arika, and while they featured well known World Warrios like Ryu, Chun-Li, Ken, Guile, and Zangief, some new fighters like Hokuto, Allen, and the aforementioned Kairi made their debut in this series. Street Fighter EX would go on to have two sequels as well as updates in true Street Fighter fashion, but the characters developed by Arika would not return in a Capcom game after the release of Street Fighter EX3 for the Playstation 2. Instead, they would appear in their own Arika published game called "Fighting Layer", and recently in a new spiritual successor game called "Fighting EX Layer".

With many fighting game companies working together and allowing crossovers to happen in their titles, Kairi's "addition" as an unlockable Extra Battle Costume for Ryu is the first in years that the two companies are back working together to put an "active character" from the EX series in SFV CE (not counting the Shadaloo profiles database). If you're a fan of these characters and still play Street Fighter, go and log in to unlock this outfit for Ryu! It runs from now until early October!

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