US EditionStreet Fighter 6 Incest Storyline Will Be Changed Capcom Tells Grossed Out Fans
Capcom will revise misleading text after fans criticized the DLC storyline revealing Alex married his second cousin Patricia, prompting director Takayuki Nakayama's response.
- On Thursday, Street Fighter 6 Director Takayuki Nakayama announced plans to revise in-game text following fan backlash over character Alex's storyline involving his second cousin and step-sister Patricia.
- Earlier this month, Capcom added Alex to the playable roster, but fans took issue with his arcade mode ending revealing he married Patricia, his second cousin and adoptive step-sister.
- Capcom released a supplementary story, "A Toast Between Fathers," to explain the romance; one Reddit commenter noted, "It's way weirder that you remember changing her diapers" than their distant relation.
- Nakayama stated that while character backstories remain unchanged, the development team will revise misleading text in the near future, and Capcom published a supplementary episode on "Buckler's Boot Camp."
- Elsewhere in the fighting games space, Tekken 8 fans recently expressed frustration with update patch notes, prompting the development team to apologize because the battle experience "has not fully met your expectations.
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Street Fighter 6 stands for a questionable story development in the criticism. The focus is on Alex, whose new storyline calls for a bad feeling. Here, the focus is on his problematic relationship, which provides for proper controversy. The new story around him leaves some fans with frowns behind or just shocked that Capcom has allowed this to happen. more
The return of cult fighter Alex in Street Fighter 6 has opened up an unpleasant side issue. Fans are divided.
NewsGaming.net Street Fighter 6: Capcom urgently corrects controversy related to the story of Alex An unexpected controversy is currently shaking Street Fighter 6. Following the addition of Alex's character via a DLC, some elements of his story have provoked a strong reaction from the community. Reactions that prompted Capcom to announce an emergency change. An "incestuous nerve" for the fighting game The heart of the problem concerns narrative …
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