{"id":64084,"date":"2026-03-26T13:40:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T04:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=64084"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T04:40:38","slug":"street-fighter-6-director-addresses-alex-backstory-controversy-announces-revisions-to-certain-text-passages-in-a-future-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6-director-addresses-alex-backstory-controversy-announces-revisions-to-certain-text-passages-in-a-future-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Fighter 6 director addresses Alex backstory controversy, announces\u00a0revisions to certain text passages\u00a0in a future update\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following mixed reactions to Alex\u2019s&nbsp;developing&nbsp;story in&nbsp;<strong>Street Fighter 6<\/strong>, game director&nbsp;Takayuki Nakayama has announced that the developers are planning to \u201crevise certain text passages that may have been misleading\u201d in a future patch. In addition,&nbsp;a&nbsp;short story featuring Tom&nbsp;(Alex\u2019s first cousin once removed, adoptive father, and father-in-law rolled into&nbsp;one)&nbsp;was released to shed some more light on the two\u2019s unique relationship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We apologize for any confusion that recent topics regarding Alex&#39;s story may have caused.<br>While we have not changed the characters\u2019 backstories,after internal review by the development team, we plan to revise certain text passages that may have been misleading in the near future.\u2026<\/p>&mdash; TAKA-nakayama (@takaNakayama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/takaNakayama\/status\/2036971223486497258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cconfusion\u201d that Nakayama refers to in his X post\u00a0largely has\u00a0to do with\u00a0Alex\u2019s\u00a0marriage\u00a0to his second cousin\u00a0and\u00a0adoptive sister\u00a0Patricia.\u00a0While\u00a0the Japanese text describes Tom as Alex\u2019s\u00a0\u201csodate\u00a0no\u00a0oya\u201d\u00a0(an ambiguous term that could refer to a\u00a0parent-child adoption, \u201ca person who raises a child,\u201d\u00a0or\u00a0\u201ca person who has devoted themselves to nurturing someone (such as in a sport),\u201d\u00a0the English text is more explicit in saying that the former is the latter\u2019s adoptive father. Regardless of the translation, both texts\u00a0explicitly\u00a0state\u00a0that Tom is Alex\u2019s first cousin once removed, making Patricia (Tom\u2019s biological daughter) Alex\u2019s second cousin.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though\u00a0marrying your second cousin is technically legal in the US (where Alex and Patricia come from), it is\u00a0often\u00a0frowned upon by\u00a0society, and\u00a0did not sit right with\u00a0a\u00a0portion\u00a0of the\u00a0English-speaking\u00a0Street Fighter fandom.\u00a0This may not have been the intention of the developers,\u00a0but it has nevertheless caused some confusion within the fanbase\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ryo_redcyclone\/status\/2034053218783949251?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some Japanese fans<\/a>\u00a0suspect that the decision to make\u00a0Tom and Alex blood-related was to justify the\u00a0former\u00a0taking in Alex at a young age after the latter\u2019s parents died).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1581\" height=\"872\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1581px) 100vw, 1581px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260318-63434-header.jpg\" alt=\"Alex and Patricia in Street Fighter 6\" class=\"wp-image-63437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260318-63434-header.jpg 1581w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260318-63434-header-380x210.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260318-63434-header-768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260318-63434-header-1536x847.jpg 1536w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new short story \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.streetfighter.com\/6\/column\/detail\/shortstory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Toast Between Fathers<\/a>\u201d\u00a0confirms Tom\u2019s status as Alex\u2019s father-in-law, as\u00a0it takes place just after Alex and Patricia\u2019s wedding.\u00a0The biggest takeaway from the story is that Tom is a\u00a0divorc\u00e9, having separated from Patricia\u2019s biological mother years before\u00a0(this does not nullify Tom\u2019s blood relationship to Alex, as the former is the biological cousin of Alex\u2019s mother). Given the growing rift between Tom and Patricia after the divorce, Alex\u00a0was\u00a0the one who saved Patricia after she got herself into some trouble with the wrong people.\u00a0Though the two adoptive siblings grew apart,\u00a0the rescue\u00a0seemed to\u00a0kindle\u00a0a desire to repair their relationship\u00a0and turn it into something romantic.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex\u2019s narrative is integrated quite heavily in Street Fighter 6, with&nbsp;his&nbsp;World Tour&nbsp;section&nbsp;focusing on his backstory and his Arcade mode ending with a night at home with Patricia and their unborn daughter. Some of the victory screens&nbsp;in standard fights&nbsp;even mention Alex and Patricia\u2019s relationship, provided he is one of the characters&nbsp;participating.&nbsp;While Capcom has yet to unveil how&nbsp;they\u2019re&nbsp;going to retcon Alex,&nbsp;it seems that developers&nbsp;have their work cut out for them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<br><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tokyo-metropolitan-government-hosts-street-fighter-6-tournament-but-bans-specific-outfits-to-keep-things-family-friendly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tokyo Metropolitan Government hosts Street Fighter 6 tournament, but bans specific outfits to keep things family-friendly<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6s-latest-fighting-pass-trailer-hints-at-possible-returning-characters-and-summer-costumes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Street Fighter 6\u2019s latest fighting pass trailer hints at possible returning characters and summer costumes<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Street Fighter 6 director\u00a0Takayuki Nakayama has apologized for the &#8220;confusion&#8221; surrounding Alex&#8217;s story, announcing future revisions to in-game text.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":63439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-64084","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 v27.4 - 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