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Street Fighter 6 Game's New Trailer Unveils Mai Shiranui's February 5 Release
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
CAPCOM revealed a new gameplay trailer for Mai Shiranui, the new DLC character for its Street Fighter 6 game, on Monday. The video reveals the character's February 5 release date.
English trailer:
Japanese trailer:
Mai Shiranui is a crossover character from SNK's Fatal Fury fighting game series, and is the third character for the game's Year 2 Character Pass. CAPCOM added fellow Fatal Fury crossover character Terry Bogard to the game on September 24 as the second character for the Year 2 Character Pass. The first character, M. Bison, debuted on June 26. Elena, a returning Street Fighter character, will be the fourth character this spring.
The game launched in June 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
The game's new real-time commentary feature includes commentary from famous fighting game community commentators highlighting aspects of the match as it progresses. The feature has subtitles available in 13 languages, and includes the commentators Thea Trinidad (also known as Zelina Vega), Vicious, Aru, Japanese commentator and caster Kōsuke Hiraiwa, and Sekima II band frontman Demon Kakka (formerly Demon Kogure).
The game's returning characters includes Ryu, Chun-li, and Luke, the final playable DLC character for Street Fighter V. New to the franchise is Jamie, a breakdancing kickboxer. The launch roster also includes characters Manon, Kimberly, Marisa, Lily, JP, Juri, Dee Jay, Cammy, E. Honda, Blanka, Guile, Ken, Zangief, and Dhalsim.
The first round of DLC characters for the game include returning character Rashid, new character A.K.I., returning character Ed, and returning character Akuma. Players are able to purchase characters individually, or purchase all of them in a season pass. New costumes for 18 characters went on sale in December 2023.
Sources: Street Fighter YouTube channel, CAPCOM YouTube channel
