Street Fighter V

Street Fighter V (ストリートファイターV) is the upcoming newest main installment in the Street Fighter series. It will be released exclusively on the PlayStation 4 and PC, on which cross-platform multiplayer will be available. There has been no mention of an arcade version so far.

Gameplay and Features
The overall gameplay appears to be toned down from Street Fighter IV: attack animations appear a bit more slower, and the character art and models are redesigned to feel more realistic. Revenge Gauges and possible Super Arts were features originally shown at the Capcom Cup; the latter appears to have been scrapped, while the Super Art appears to have been retooled in the form of the Critical Art.

The current features as shown at E3 place are closer in style to the Street Fighter Alpha series. EX Special moves return from the most recent games, along with a Guard Break meter like the one seen in the Alpha games. New features include the V-Gauge, a separate meter used for attacks such as the V-Skill, V-Trigger and V-Reversal, which are unique to each character. Another new addition to the series is the presence of destructible walls and other similarly interactive elements, such as a bus that characters can be knocked into.

Unlike Street Fighter IV, gameplay expansions and changes will not come in new installments but rather gradually be added to the game over the long term. Players will have the choice of paying for new characters as they are added via in-game Fight Money or by purchasing Zenny currency.

Characters
At launch, the game will include 16 fighters including four new ones, with more to be added later.

Plot
At the moment, exact plot details have yet to be released. However, the first gameplay trailer shows Ryu with his usual outfit in its most battered condition yet. In addition, some of the currently revealed characters appear older: M. Bison is seen with white hair, Birdie is shown to have gained significant weight, Ken Masters now has medium-length blonde hair with a topknot ponytail and wears a new main outfit, Vega is now seen wearing a frill shirt and his hair is now blond like his appearance in Alpha 3, and R. Mika's physical appearance has minor changes since her debut in Alpha 3. Most of Charlie's outfit and appearance has remained the same, despite his aging; though he now has a Frankenstein-like appearance with a forehead gem similar to Gill and Urien's, In Charlie's SFV artwork it has statues similar to that of Gill's stage from Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact implying that, Illuminati from the Street Fighter III series will be back. Rashid is revealed to be the wind-based user after Ono showed two screenshots where he hits Ryu with a wind-based attack before being unveiled as one of the new characters after Necalli. Prior to Rashid's unveil, Ono also shows two screenshots where Ryu in his alternate appearance was hit by an air spiral attack similar to Dudley's Corkscrew Cross and the other being blasted by a powerful cyclone as part of its Critical Art. Implying that Dudley will appear in this game or another new character will unveil. But it turns out to be Karin, revealed in Tokyo Game Show.

Taking these hints in consideration, it is reasonably believed that the game will chronologically take place after Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter III. Possibly taking place in the new millennium a year after Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

Development
In 2011, former Capcom employee Seth Killian suggested that Street Fighter V would arrive before 2019, saying "If I have anything to say about it, and I do, you will not have to wait ten years for Street Fighter 5". In July 2013, Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono commented that while he desired to make a Street Fighter V for an eighth-generation console, such as the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, a next-generation game would require a large staff and a large budget. He also stated that making the game a free-to-play title was an option, though he was not fully open to it, and confirmed that the game was currently not in development. In June 2014, Ono refuted claims that Street Fighter V would include a "pay to win option", citing that Street Fighter V is still in the early planning stages.

On December 5, 2014, a teaser trailer for Street Fighter V was unintentionally released by Capcom to the public before being taken down again. The official announcement was made at Sony's PlayStation Experience event on December 6.

The first gameplay demonstration of Street Fighter V took place at the Capcom Cup grand finals tournament on Saturday, December 13 2014 in San Francisco, CA. In the gameplay trailer presented at the end of the Cup, Street Fighter Alpha character Charlie was hinted at during a quick sequence, appearing at the trailer's end. Yoshinori Ono also dressed up as Charlie to further promote his appearance in the game.

On February 24, 2015, Capcom released a new gameplay trailer that demonstrated Charlie's moveset for the first time. It also announced the forthcoming beta test for the game's online function, as well as teasing M. Bison as a future character.

M. Bison's official reveal occurred on May 19, 2015. There was not a new character teased at the end of M. Bison's trailer, but at E3 2015 on June 15, Capcom revealed two characters simultaneously: Cammy and Birdie, who is making his first appearance since 1998's Street Fighter Alpha 3.

On July 9, 2015 at the San Diego Comic-Con, Capcom revealed Ken as the seventh returning character. Featuring a changed playstyle from his traditional "Shoto" roots, Ken plays faster and more aggressively than past iterations of the character. His appearance appears to have undergone a change as well. At the end of his reveal trailer, the first new character for Street Fighter V was teased (a gruff-looking Aztec man with gray skin and markings on his face). This character would be officially unveiled at the Evo 2015 tournament and goes by the name "Necalli". Vega would be revealed as the next character on the inital roster on August 3, 2015. R. Mika was officaly revealed as the next character in August 27th. On September 11, 2015 at Dubai Game 15, the second new character, Rashid got revealed. Karin got revealed in the Tokyo Game Show 2015 on September 16.

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Street Fighter V - Gameplay Trailer (2014)

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