During Capcom’s Tokyo Game Show 2022 live stream, Capcom announced several new playable characters for Street Fighter 6.
Ken, E. Honda, Blanka, and Dhalsim are all joining the playable roster. A new trailer featuring gameplay for all four was shown.
Capcom’s Street Fighter 6 segment kicked off with a quick teaser for Ken. In a cinematic portion of the trailer, a construction site was shown in which beams being carried by a crane hit a storage container and started to fall.
Ken appeared and kicked a falling sandbag away to save one of the workers. Following that, full-on segments revealing and showcasing Ken, Dhalsim, E. Honda, and Blanka were shown.
New stages for Dhalsim and Blanka were also revealed. Both backdrops appear to take heavy inspiration from their original Street Fighter 2 stages.
Each fighter has an updated design for Street Fighter 6. Dhalsim’s outfit and accessory on his chest have been changed, and Ken now wears a coat.
Blanka has a new hairdo in Street Fighter 6 and is now wearing overalls, while E. Honda also has a new sumo getup.
These legacy fighters appears to have several of their classic attacks back in Street Fighter 6. We see Blanka firing off Beast Balls, Dhalsim spitting Yoga Flame, Ken hitting Hurricane Kicks, and E. Honda slamming foes with his Ochio Throw.
New maneuvers were also showcased during the trailer. Blanka has the ability to bring out a small Blanka-Chan doll that he can electrocute and make move forward, allowing him to create interesting mix ups and traps.
Blanka also has a new move in his Aerial Rolling Attack, which sees him perform a Beast Ball diagonally down from the air. Here in Street Fighter 6, Blanka is now working as a tour guide in the Amazon, which explains his new outfit.
Ken has a new attack called “Jinrai Kick” that has several variations to it. He also comes equipped with a new jumping “Dragonslash Kick” that unleashes sharp kicks, and when the EX version is performed bounces the opponent off the ground and allows Ken to juggle afterward.
In Street Fighter 6, the game’s director Takayuki Nakayama describes Dhalsim as “a tricky fighter with extremely long reach” who is also a master of controlling fire. His classic headbutt dive kick makes a return here, as well as his bouncing EX Yoga Fire from Street Fighter 5.
E. Honda now fights with “incredible strength and powerful charges.” In Street Fighter 6, Honda has opened the Chanko House Edomon in Metro City where folks can watch sumo battles and eat chanko hot pot.
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