When does Street Fighter 6 take place? Timeline placement explained
While Capcom has shared quite a bit of information regarding Street Fighter 6, one question that has been on plenty of fans’ minds is its placement in the series timeline. The Street Fighter series hasn’t always had a heavy focus on story, but there have been significant events that affected the world and characters, which have carried over between games. Capcom has, surprisingly casually, provided an answer to that question, and we’ll be explaining what it means for Street Fighter 6’s story, its cast of fighters, and the series’ future.
When does Street Fighter 6 take place?As stated in an official tweet, Street Fighter 6 takes place after the events of the Street Fighter 3 series of games. Although those games released in the late 90s, they were the “end” of the Street Fighter timeline, as the events of Street Fighter 4 and Street Fighter 5 took place beforehand.
Although those games did introduce new characters and plot details to the world of Street Fighter, Street Fighter 6 will finally be advancing the overall storyline for the first time since 1999. For the sake of simplicity, this is the chronological order of the mainline games:
Street FighterStreet Fighter AlphaStreet Fighter 2Street Fighter 4Street Fighter 5Street Fighter 3Street Fighter 6What’s the story of Street Fighter 6?Exactly what Street Fighter 6’s plot will entail is anybody’s guess. A few familiar faces are poised to return, but their personal arcs can only be speculated thanks to what we know from previous games and the trailers.
Ryu, for example, is continuing his personal journey of becoming the strongest warrior he can be (as suggested by the aforementioned Twitter post), while Luke (who debuted in Street Fighter 5) has quit the military to
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