On April 20, theStreet Fighter 6Showcase aired, giving fans a better look of the game and its three primary game modes: World Tour, Battle Hub, and Fighting Ground. Battle Hub is the center for online battles, while Fighting Ground is a collective of all casual fighting modes such as 1v1 fights, practice, and the returning Arcade Mode. However, World Tour seems to be the big talk of the game, as it’s a whole new mode in theStreet Fighterseries that introduces an RPG story where players travel around the world ofStreet Fighter 6to become the strongest.
What makes World Tour so special is not only the RPG aspect, but it’s the first game mode in theStreet Fighterseries where players can create their own fighters.Street Fighter 6brings in the Avatar Creator, where players create their own characters to not only roam the streets in World Tour, but also tobrawl against other players' OCs in Battle Hub.Street Fighter 6’s Avatar Creator seems to take inspiration from RPG character creators likeElden Ring’s, as there are many different options for players to customize, promoting creativity in designing their fighters.
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The Demo’s Avatar Creator Provides A Bunch of Customization
Following theStreet Fighter 6Showcase, theStreet Fighter 6Demo released as well, giving players access to the prologue of World Tour and a few game modes in Fighting Ground. Players can get into the Avatar Creator in the beginning of World Tour, where players' avatars enroll into Buckler Academy and meet their coach Luke. Like most character creators, presets are available for those struggling with creativity or effort, butStreet Fighter6’s Avatar Creator gives players the necessary tools to create unique characters,resembling character creators in RPGs likeElden Ring,minus the class and attributes system.
Players can shape their fighters however they’d like and craft their faces into unique appearances, although the size of fighters actually affects their gameplay. There are all sorts of body and face modifications, including makeup, body/face paint, tattoos, or scars to show of players' wild or battle-scarred fighters. Players can also modify their body composition to appear more muscular, ripped, or soft and also burly or slim, and also morph their body disproportionately. There are diverse options of hairstyles and facial hair that can be colored in interesting ways such as glowing or dual-colored hair. Furthermore, player’s can save and share their fighter’s body and makeup recipes, just in case others want to build the same character.
Customizable Movesets Will Take Character Customization to Another Level
In World Tour, players are able to become students of Legendary Fighters likeRyu, Chun-Li, and moreStreet Fighter 6charactersto learn their unique fighting style with custom characters. This is an exciting feature that will allow players to adopt their master’s basic attacks and learning their more advanced attacks as players get more experience. Players can mix-and-match moves from variousStreet Fightercharacters, but players should find some styles more appealing than others.
With all sorts of options to modify, players have the potential to create all sorts create a perfect-looking fighter or the most obscure character they could think of. With the addition of fighting styles, customization goes up a level with special flashy moves to compliment appearance. Players could even design theiravatars to resemble characters from other fighting gamesand media as well. For example, with the right customization, players could create a fighter resembling Luffy fromOne Piece, using an irregular body shape combined with Dhalsim’s stretchy fighting style.
Players can only hope the full versionStreet Fighter 6offers a lot more with custom characters because it’s a fresh feature with exciting possibilities. Hopefully the full release will introduce more hairstyles, makeup, and, especially, clothing for more expression and diversity.With every new character introduced intoStreet Fighter 6, the more fighting styles players could adopt as well. The possibilities for character creation are thrilling, and players should be excited to show off their fighters on the big stage.
Street Fighter 6will be released on June 2 for PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
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