Up till per week in the past, it was thought that Elena was going to launch in some unspecified time in the future in April or Could for Street Fighter 6, however seems that is not the case in any case.
We now know because of the teaser trailer that Elena is coming because the final Season 2 DLC character on June 5, which has implications for the Road Fighter scene as a complete.
Presumably, Capcom can also be going to launch the large Season 3 stability replace similtaneously Elena like they did final 12 months for Akuma.
Now that the patch is probably going not coming till June as nicely, that can produce some points for the aggressive scene of SF6 particularly.
A part of the rationale many believed Elena would are available in April or Could was the truth that the Capcom Professional Tour 2025 season is beginning up in lower than a month.
It seems to be like at the moment, nevertheless, the third aggressive 12 months goes to start whereas nonetheless taking part in the second season of the sport.
And it isn’t only for one occasion both.
There’s Evo Japan 2025 with the second largest Evo bracket ever happening from Could 9–11 after which Combo Breaker 2025 on the finish of the month too.
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That is two of the restricted offline occasion Capcom Cup slots up for grabs operating on the “outdated” model of the sport whereas the remainder of the season will presumably be run on Season 3’s updates.
This exhibits now there’s a fairly clear disconnection between the content material side of Road Fighter 6 and the aggressive scene.
We did get a style of this final 12 months when Akuma and the Season 2 update came right before Combo Breaker 2024, after which it occurred once more with M. Bison’s launch and CEO 2024.
That was a bit completely different, nevertheless, since these majors weren’t a part of the CPT circuit, however now we’re seeing it at a much bigger stage.
That is all plans from Capcom instantly, and it is bizarre that they’d be apparently out of sync like this.
So far as we all know, a Capcom Professional Tour season (a minimum of since Road Fighter 5) has not begun operating on the earlier 12 months’s model of the sport.
We’re unsure after all what’s inflicting this disconnect whether or not or not it’s an inside delay of Elena and the Season 3 patch or different scheduling conflicts, however there’s one thing happening behind the scenes.
This desync may even be seen within the content material reveals too with Elena’s teaser skipping Capcom Cup 11 for some motive and as a substitute dropping on a seemingly random Thursday linked to nothing — and that goes for just about all occasions now outdoors of Evo.
Clearly, the brand new content material is the place Road Fighter 6 goes to make just about all the sport’s cash now, however the Capcom Professional Tour additionally positions itself because the chief of FGC professional circuits.
And we’re not likely seeing every other combating video games have this difficulty both.
We have seen earlier than how the event pipeline for SF6 doesn’t seem like transferring as quick as followers anticipate contemplating how lengthy it is taken to get Outfit 4 choices within the sport — and we nonetheless have not seen these but after virtually a 12 months and a half since Outfit 3 dropped.
Video games are dearer and sophisticated to develop than ever earlier than, however once more, it simply feels bizarre that it is taking the staff this lengthy to get content material out the door in comparison with Road Fighter 5 and their present competitors.
Mortal Kombat 1 dropped like six new fighters within the time it took SF6 to get one, and Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves has committed to releasing new characters every two months earlier than the sport is even out.
In the meantime, there is a four-month hole between Mai and Elena.
And now that is bled over into the aggressive scene as nicely.
It simply seems like a little bit of a disservice now to the rivals who put extra time into the sport than anybody else.
However who is aware of, possibly Capcom has some extra surprising selections they will be rolling out.
There’s nothing technically stopping them from dropping the Season 3 stability replace earlier than Elena although we’ve our doubts that might truly come to move.
As a substitute, it seems to be like Road Fighter 6 goes to be beginning the following leg of its journey with a disconnect to the devoted group supporting the sport most.
Hopefully, the Road Fighter 6 staff begins to speak extra about what is going on on and what their plans are for the sport like they did in the direction of the tip of the final entry.
We’re all ears right here.
