If there was hope for December before
After more than 35 years, Street Fighter is doing something the series has never done before by bringing not one, but two outside guest characters to a new game.
Between SNK’s Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui, it looks like only the former is on the near horizon for Street Fighter 6 Season 2.
Capcom made a new post on social media this evening confirming that Mai, the Charming Kunoichi, will not be playable in SF6 until early 2025.
Previously, the developers stated that the Shiranui ninja was planned for a Winter 2025 release, but there was still hope that it would arrive sooner.
That’s because even though “Winter 2025” technically starts in December 2024, Mai won’t be visiting for Christmas or New Years, leaving Terry alone with the world warriors.
With Season 2 content starting the content release schedule earlier than the first year, we could still be looking at a slightly shorter wait for Mai and Elena, at least compared to Ed and Akuma.
Mai, the Charming Kunoichi.
Coming in early 2025. pic.twitter.com/q6d76gxUfb— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) June 15, 2024
M. Bison launches on June 26th, Rashid didn’t arrive until late July last year, so Capcom is keeping a similar DLC calendar, we can map out some early times for when we might see the rest of Season 2.
Moving things back a month from AKI could result in Terry being released in August with May in January and Elena in April, though that’s just speculation at this point based on last year’s schedule.
This wait between AKI and Ed was particularly long last year, as well as about five months between characters, so maybe they’ll keep Terry in September or October this time around to ensure more content spread.
It will also be interesting to see how Mai’s release coincides with Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, given that this game is slated for an “early 2025” launch window, so this cross-promotion between studios continues.
The developers of Street Fighter 6 talked a lot about the inclusion of Terry and Mai as the first guest characters in the series, how they approached bringing the iconic Fatal Fury moves to Street Fighter and Drive System.
They also answered questions about what this means for a potential Capcom and SNK revival and why the pair were chosen in the first place.
Soon, M. Bison and Terry Bogard will get at least another teaser with a real in-game look for SF6 at Evo 2024 next month, July 19-21.