{"id":31976,"date":"2024-06-05T13:18:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T04:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=31976"},"modified":"2024-06-05T13:18:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T04:18:16","slug":"street-fighter-6-director-says-capcom-will-continue-to-announce-dlc-characters-early-to-avoid-player-frustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6-director-says-capcom-will-continue-to-announce-dlc-characters-early-to-avoid-player-frustration\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Fighter 6 director says Capcom will continue to announce DLC characters early to avoid player frustration\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/article\/202406\/6601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In a Famitsu interview<\/a> celebrating Street Fighter 6\u2019s first anniversary, director Takayuki Nakayama explained Capcom\u2019s approach to the game\u2019s DLC characters and why the company reveals them as early as possible. The direction was born from lessons Nakayama learned from working on Street Fighter 5 as well as his commitment to reducing player frustration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Street Fighter 6 - Year 1 Character Reveal Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IKU3ZOvYHnk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike other fighting games that leave the mystery of who will join the playable roster to the last possible moment (this includes Street Fighter 5), Street Fighter 6 has announced and will be announcing the contents of its yearly character passes as soon as possible for the foreseeable future. This is so that players can be better informed before purchasing yearly passes and their content, as was the case with Year 1. Rashid, A.K.I., Ed, and Akuma were all given estimated release dates on top of their associated outfits, colors, and maps.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince Street Fighter 5, I\u2019ve felt really bad about players purchasing Character Passes without knowing what they include. There are surely players who\u2019d get disappointed if they bought a Character Pass only to realize it was full of obscure characters. With Street Fighter 6, I set out to eliminate anything that could cause frustration to players. The decision to announce new characters at once was a direct result of this effort.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Street Fighter 6 - Akuma Gameplay Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_DSF87l8C8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While announcing characters in advance takes away some of the surprise and anticipation, Nakayama states that this drives the developers to create unique and informative promotional material as each character nears their release. Showing how character models and movesets fit into Street Fighter 6 are some of the best ways Capcom has generated hype for an upcoming character that has already been announced months prior.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To give a more concrete example, Nakayama draws attention to Akuma\u2019s unveiling at EVO Japan 2024. \u201c\u2026we premiered a trailer for Akuma before the finals. As the crowd went wild, I even heard women cheering and I remember thinking how we\u2019ve finally reached an era where even Akuma receives cheers from women.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back at his decision, Nakayama is satisfied with Capcom\u2019s current approach. \u201cWhile things aren\u2019t set in stone yet, I believe we will continue doing things this way in the future,\u201d he comments. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that all the Year 1 characters have been released, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/like-a-dragon-yakuza-live-action-drama-to-premiere-on-october-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Street Fighter 6 is now focused on celebrating its first birthday<\/a> and the developers are most likely hard at work on the next year of content. Players can expect a Year 2 character pass to be announced soon along with more news regarding the future of the game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Street Fighter 6&#8217;s director Takayuki Nakayama commented in an interview that he wishes to continue announcing DLC characters as early as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":31980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-31976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Street Fighter 6 director says Capcom will continue to announce DLC characters early to avoid player frustration\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Street Fighter 6&#039;s director Takayuki Nakayama commented in an interview that he wishes to continue announcing DLC characters as early as possible.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6-director-says-capcom-will-continue-to-announce-dlc-characters-early-to-avoid-player-frustration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Street Fighter 6 director says Capcom will continue to announce DLC characters early to avoid player frustration\u00a0 - 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