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The Street Fighter shared universe refers to the various series that take place within the same collective continuity of the Street Fighter series, crossing over common plot elements, settings, and characters.

According to Takayuki Nakayama, director of Street Fighter V and Street Fighter 6, there are currently six series that officially encompass the universe; Street Fighter, Final Fight, Slam Masters, Rival Schools, Captain Commando and Strider.[1]

List of series set within the shared universe

Street Fighter

The origin series of the namesake series, centered around the inspiring famous worldwide fighting tournament that draws fighters of many disciplines and backgrounds to compete against all odds for the ultimate title that one can achieve through the might of their own fists: the title of "The World's Strongest".

Final Fight

A spinoff series originally intended as Street Fighter '89 (1989), this series is centered on the wild disparate American metropolis of Metro City. Featuring 2D beat 'em up gameplay, Final Fight focuses on the heroes of Metro City as they personally take it upon themselves to clean the streets of both its violent gangs and criminal activities.

It is the series with the most direct connection to Street Fighter, with its cast members, including its protagonists and enemy characters, regularly being a part of the playable roster ever since Street Fighter Alpha. Playable Final Fight characters sorted by Street Fighter series include:

Slam Masters

A series similar to Street Fighter but with a wrestling twist, Slam Masters focuses on the explosively popular professional wrestling scene within the Street Fighter world, and the inner federation wars between two of its greatest organizations: the Capcom Wrestling Association (CWA) and the Blood Wrestling Association (BWA).

The series has been connected to Final Fight since its first release, with Haggar being a playable character in all its entries, before he became the mayor of Metro City. References to Slam Masters in the Street Fighter games have been scarce, with its characters and the CWA being mentioned primarily in supplemental material.

Rival Schools

Set in the Tokyo area municipality of Aoharu City, Rival Schools is a fighting game series evocative of school setting martial arts shounen manga and anime. A city renowned for its youth education and schooling, Aoharu soon becomes the center of a great battle between high schools regarding mysterious kidnappings and assaults on its students, and the quest of its students in turn aiming to unravel a great mystery to bring the perpetrators responsible to justice.

Sakura was playable in the original Rival Schools game, and Akira would eventually join the cast of Street Fighter V, solidifying their connection.

Captain Commando

Captain Commando is set within a futuristic Metro City[2] and follows the titular character and his three faithful Commando Companions as they rise up and defend the planet against a horde of Super Criminals led by a maniacal tyrannical alien known as Scumocide.

Asides from sharing the same setting as Final Fight, one of the playable characters, Ginzu the Ninja, is trained in Bushinryu Ninjutsu and will eventually become the 42nd Grandmaster of the discpline. The father of Ginzu, Gou, also makes an appearance in Street Fighter 6.

Strider

Set in a dystopian futuristic setting, Strider follows Hiryu, a high-tech ninja agent who has been tasked with the assassination of a mysterious dictator known as Grandmaster Meio.

The most notable connection between Strider and Street Fighter is the character of Zeku from the latter series. In Street Fighter V, Zeku is revealed to be the founder of the Striders, the same clandestine group of freelance mercenaries that employs Hiryu.[3]

Series possibly set in the same shared universe

Darkstalkers

Darkstalkers felicia ending

Felicia's ending in Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors mentioning Blanka.

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"All About Street Fighter III: The Fighting Bible" confirming Felicia's identity.

While the Street Fighter and the Darkstalkers comics from UDON are part of the same universe, this is yet to be completely confirmed for the games. Minor connections include:

Street Fighter Capcom Expo Timeline

Street Fighter series timeline at the Capcom Expo. Photo taken by Justin Wong.

Another apparent connection is a timeline of the Street Fighter series depicted within an exhibition at the Capcom Expo in Osaka which lists the Darkstalkers series alongside Final Fight and Rival Schools as being connected to the main Street Fighter series.[4]

This timeline, however, should be taken with a grain of salt, as it doesn't appear to be a history/lore timeline, but a development timeline (note the position of Street Fighter II before the Alpha series and Street Fighter III in-between Alpha 2 and 3, which is the release order of the series instead of the correct chronological/story order). The connection to Darkstalkers and Rival Schools is likely because both series were inspired/spun-off as fighting games from Street Fighter II's success, with Darkstalkers being Capcom's 2nd fighting game series, and popularly called "Street Fighter with Monsters".

Likewise, a floor decoration in Street Fighter 6's World Tour mode with the text "our way" lists several games from the Street Fighter, Final Fight, and Slam Masters series alongside Rival Schools, Pocket Fighter, the Darkstalkers series, Cyberbots, Red Earth, Plasma Sword, and Tech Romancer in the order the games were released.

Red Earth

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"Street Fighter V Arcade Edition - A Visionary Book II" detailing Menat's connection to Red Earth.

In the Japanese only Street Fighter V Arcade Edition - A Visionary Book II, Street Fighter V's director Takayuki Nakayama states that the crystal ball Menat owns is called the "Left Eye of the Lion", which was created from a product of a god-beast believed to have once protected the phantom desert kingdom of Alanbird. Alanbird (Sangypt in the English version) is one of the nations in Red Earth. And the name of her crystal ball is a reference to the Egyptian deity Sekhmet, who carries a lioness appearance and the epithet "Eye of Ra". Red Earth features its own version of Sekhmet, the lion chimera-like living statue Secmeto (known as Ravange in English) whose name is just a misromanization of Sekhmet (both are written the exact same in Katakana), and official material for the game has referred to Secmeto specifically as a "god-beast", using the same kanji as in the commentary.[5]

Despite the above connection, Nakayama has stated that he's not entirely sure if Red Earth actually takes place within the same universe as Street Fighter. He also noted that he thinks Red Earth takes place on a different planet then our "Blue Earth".[6]

Capcom Fighting All-Stars

The cancelled fighting game was set to feature a storyline set in Metro City involving many characters from the Street Fighter Shared Universe alongside a group of new characters known as the Code Holders. One of them, Ingrid, joined the cast of Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX, although her backstory was notably different. Street Fighter V director, Takayuki Nakayama, has stated that Ingrid, alongside D.D. and Rook, might possibly exist within the Street Fighter canon, however their roles as "Code Holders" from their original game may not apply to the setting.[7] The three characters would also receive profiles in the Shadaloo C.R.I., but they're listed separately from the rest of the Street Fighter cast. Ingrid is set to return to the series with Street Fighter 6 as part of the Year 3 Character Pass. Wether her backstory will be based on Capcom Fighting All-Stars, Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX or something entirely original remains to be seen.

Characters adapted into the shared universe

Street Fighter spin-off characters

Multiple characters from non-canon Street Fighter related media have been adapted to exist within the mainline Street Fighter shared universe. Adapted characters include:

Capcom characters

Characters from other Capcom video games have also been adapted to exist within the Street Fighter shared universe though they are still considered distinct characters from their counterparts in their game's respective universes. As such those games are not considered canon to the Street Fighter shared universe. Adapted characters include:

In addition, series such as Mega Man exist within the Street Fighter shared universe as fictional media and vice versa. In Mega Man, Dr. Light is a fan of the Street Fighter games and eventually learned to use Hadoken and Shoryuken. In Street Fighter, Mega Man is one of the games from the CPSP. Other contents like Alternate Costumes could have been based on those games. Dr. Wily, alongside Arthur and Princess, were mentioned in the Slam Masters sports newspaper from Club Capcom that led to Antler's creation.

Arika characters

Although the Street Fighter EX series is set in a separate timeline from the mainline games, and its characters are owned by Arika rather than Capcom, they have equivalents that are confirmed to exist within the main series' canon by the Shadaloo C.R.I., which establishes their connection to existing characters. Examples include Allen losing to Ken in the Pan-American Fighting Championship, and Doctrine Dark's unit being ambushed by Rolento. Most notably, Darun is indirectly mentioned in the Story Mode of Street Fighter V as Zangief's friend from India.

SNK characters

The appearance of Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui in Street Fighter 6, their interactions and the opening of a Pao Pao Café branch in Metro City confirms that the characters from the SNK universe, specifically The King of Fighters worldview have an equivalent that exist within the Street Fighter universe. But their existence doesn't affect the story of the series.

References

  1. https://x.com/takaNakayama/status/1911952926530232430
  2. https://x.com/takaNakayama/status/1911952926530232430
  3. https://x.com/takaNakayama/status/1911952926530232430
  4. https://x.com/JWonggg/status/1902913242919473544
  5. (彼女の持つ水晶玉は「獅子の左目」と言い、幻の砂漢王国アランバードを守護していたとされる神獣から生み出された物です。諸設あるのですが、ある人物の子孫であるメナトと相性が良いの) Takayuki Nakayama's comment from Street Fighter V Arcade Edition - A Visionary Book II
  6. https://x.com/takaNakayama/status/1880082395946447067
  7. https://x.com/takaNakayama/status/780199627043680260
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Crossovers Marvel vs. Capcom series · SNK vs. Capcom series · Namco × Capcom series · Taisen Net Gimmick Capcom & Psikyo All Stars · Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo · Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix · Capcom Fighting All-Stars · Capcom Fighting Jam · Cannon Spike · Tatsunoko vs. Capcom · Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation · Street Fighter × Mega Man · Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U · Street Fighter × All Capcom · Japan Sumo Cup: Yokozuna vs. Street Fighter · Puzzle Fighter · Super Smash Bros. Ultimate · TEPPEN · Street Fighter: Duel
Compilations Street Fighter Anniversary Collection · Street Fighter Alpha Anthology · Street Fighter Collection · Street Fighter Collection 2 · Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
Shared Universe Final Fight series · Slam Masters series · Rival Schools series · Captain Commando · Strider series
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