Video game developer and publisher Capcom owns several video game franchises, including theStreet Fighterseries that started as an arcade game in 1987. Since it first came out, theStreet Fighterfranchise has continued to grow and develop into a popular fighting game series for over 30 years now, adding new things along the way. That trend may soon continue.
Capcom has consistently added new characters and stories to theStreet Fighterfranchise with each new game release. The most recent entry in the series wasStreet Fighter 5, which was developed by Capcom and Japanese game developer Dimps and was released in 2016. Now that it’s 2022, Capcom has some news to share with itsStreet Fighterfans.
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Capcom recently tweeted saying that it will be celebrating the 35th Anniversary of theStreet Fighter franchise. To go with the announcement, Capcom made a new image that celebrates 35 years of theStreet Fighterfranchise and all of its iconic characters, likeStreet Fighter’sRyu, M. Bison, and Akumawith their various fighting moves and special abilities. However, this wasn’t the only news shared about theStreet Fighteranniversary.
TheStreet FighterJapanese Twitter account also made a tweet celebrating the franchise’s anniversary with similar text as the Capcom USA Twitter Account, but it had a little bit more information in an extra sentence. This extra detail from theStreet FighterJapanese post roughly translates to, “Please look forward to the future development oftheStreet Fighterseries.” Unlike the Capcom USA post, this tweet teases that there might be more news forStreet Fightercoming soon that fans can look forward to.
While Capcom is celebratingStreet Fighter’sanniversary, it has another game anniversary to look forward to in the next few years. Capcom is also preparing for theMonster Hunterfranchise’s Anniversary in 2024as revealed by series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto in an interview with the Japanese news publication Famitsu. Tsujimoto said at the time that Capcom would have a special event to celebrateMonster Hunterand that he would need to make preparations in 2022 to get work started for the anniversary event.
ForStreet Fighter’s35th Anniversary, Capcom could release a new anniversary compilation, like theStreet Fighter 30th AnniversaryCollectionfrom 2018, to celebrate the event. It came with twelve entries from theStreet Fighterfranchise, including the originalStreet Fighteras well asStreet Fighter 2,Street Fighter Alpha, andStreet Fighter 3. The previous anniversary collection before that was theStreet Fighter 25th Anniversary - Collector’s Set. Whatever it could be, fans will have to wait and see what Capcom has in store for them when it makes the new announcement on the next developments for theStreet Fighterfranchise.
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