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!
After promising some big announcements for their "Summer Update" live stream showcase for Street Fighter V, Capcom kept their word and revealed four of the five new characters that will be appearing in the fifth and final season pass of "Street Fighter V: Champion Edition". Three of these fighters are very familiar to fans of the series... While the fourth one is an unexpected yet very welcomed entry into the saga that finally brings a character from one of Capcom's fan favorite brawler into the Street Fighter canon!
Street Fighter V Summer Update
The four characters revealed are as follows -Dan Hibiki, Rose, Oro, and surprise entrant Akira Kazama of Rival Schools fame! Dan will be the first to arrive and he actually had test footage shown in the stream presentation (which also featured AEW star Kenny Omega - who's a Street Fighter player himself!). Rose and Oro were no brainers as they appeared in the story mode of SFV... But Akira's inclusion is a welcomed one - as it marks the first time a Rival Schools character is crossing over to Street Fighter instead of the other way around as Sakura did!
UPDATE: Here's Dan gameplay test footage straight from Capcom and Playstation!
Street Fighter V - Season V: Dan Hibiki Developer Footage | PS4
More than 10 years after its release on arcades and the PS1, many Capcom fans and fighters like myself were hoping that 3D Brawler classic Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Legion Of Heroes, aka Rival Schools: United By Fate, would be getting the Playstation Network treatment and be rereleased as a PSOne Classic downloadable purchase.
Rival Schools: United By Fate Cinematic Intro, Ending, and Gag Reel
This is just classic, and so is the gameplay below.
Rival Schools: United By Fate Taiyo High School Gameplay
Despite being set in the Street Fighter universe and including Sakura Kasugano in its roster, Rival Schools became a unique slobber knocker of its own, producing a character roster composed of student fighters representing different schools around Japan. Playing just like street fighter but regulated to four buttons only, it was pretty much established as another Tag Team fighting game. Players picked two characters to represent their side, but unlike the 2D VS games at the time, RS concentrated on one on one fighting per round, and only included the "tag assist element" as a double attack team up special the player could use when two stocks of the super meter was filled. Each round allowed players to switch to the next character, and the moves and double attack special would change as a result. Team up possibilities were endless in Rival Schools, and that, next to the amazing story and awesome soundtrack, made the game so endearing to fans. How I miss playing this game already.
