Another big fighting game event, another Capcom cock-up. This time, just days ahead of Evo 2019 -- which takes place this weekend -- three new DLC characters for Street Fighter V have leaked via a trailer that's now been removed.
As you can see from the image above, the "Summer 2019 Character Bundle" includes returning fighters E. Honda and Poison, as well as guest character Lucia from Final Fight. They'll be on sale starting from the 4th August, while the aforementioned bundle arrives on the 5th August.
As alluded, this certainly isn't the first time that Street Fighter V's upcoming content has leaked ahead of an official reveal. If these three characters are all that Capcom has up its sleeve for Evo 2019, then be prepared for a very lukewarm reception during the tournament's final day.
Indeed, you can expect a number of announcements at this year's event. Evo is essentially the E3 of fighting games these days, with the likes of Street Fighter, Tekken, and other popular properties bring big surprises to the venue. Here's hoping that Capcom hasn't blown it already.
[source kotaku.com]
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Lucia from Final Fight 3? Ok, not a bad pick there. And my boy E.Honda is back. The original 8 SFII characters are now in. I liked using Poison in IV some I’m glad she’s back. Not really liking her hairstyle though. Kinda sucks for Cap that this got leaked but I like this news. Hopefully they have more in store.
Dang it, so much for surprises. Still pleasant though.
@ShogunRok The video isn't working.
@Tasuki it was working earlier, I wonder if it was taken down. Have you gotten around playing Street Fighter V yet?
E Honda wasn’t already in the game? Man, this is why I’ve just stuck with USF4 for the past however many years.
@shonenjump86 @Tasuki Yeah it seems all the videos have been taken down now.
Dang, no Viper! But maybe there’s something more that hasn’t been leaked? Regardless, I love me some cop characters, so hopefully Lucia delivers the goods!
EDIT: just saw the video elsewhere, and it looks like that’s all there is to this announcement! However, Lucia looks especially good to me, kinda fights like Blair from Fighting EX Layer with a ton of sweet kicks. Definitely picking up her set, and maybe all of the characters if the price is right!
@shonenjump86 Nah. I am not big on online fighting games, prefer more of the story ones like Tekken or Soul Calibur. The fact that SFV had no story mode made me pass on it.
Looks like Capcom have given SFV a deadly dose of poison. Can of Coke to who gets that reference.
Also they could do with doing a Marvel vs Capcom collection.
@Tasuki SFV totally has a story mode! And I’m not talkin’ about the individual character stories! A fully animated, hours long story with fights interspersed! Check it out!
@AdamNovice That would mean Disney and Capcom.working together again.
Granted they had been spoiled to me by someone else but can you please not put spoilers in article headers. :/
@Tasuki Which they still are, their releasing a special arcade cabinet that has Marvel Super Heroes, X-Men Children of the Atom and The Punisher so their still on speaking terms.
Yea okay but I've only been able to purchase just about 3 characters since I bought the game in 2018
Why did Capcom removed the 2,500 fight money weekly rewards? It started since last December.
Dan? Fei Long? El Fuerte? Makoto?
Only Chun-Li from my SF4 mains is available still!!!
@GealachNua I guess we will see what happens, but I’m happy for this update too.
Happy for the update but I hope Capcom has more in store for us!
Sigh... Happy for the people who are happy about this but sadly i couldnt care less. Honda makes sense though he should have been with the cast to begin with.
I need my MAKOTO! 😖
And if i had my way the other 5 would be
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