TheStreet Fighterseries isn’t one to partake in guest characters, andStreet Fighter 6’sfirst season of DLC characters seems to follow that trend. But what if they decide to shake things up a bit with the following seasons, opting to add a character from another world and game?
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While guest characters can be enormous for a fighting game’s audience,they must fit the part and gel well with the game’s mechanics and other fighters. Street Fighter is a particularly grounded series, so our options will have to make sense in gameplay and overall stylistic sense unless we want to see our favorite’s arsenal get entirely gutted to appear in Street Fighter 6.
8Rock Howard - The King Of Fighters
Rock Howard kicks things off as the safe shoto-clone character to representThe King of Fightersseries. While we could have easily gone with his mentor Terry Bogard here, Rock’s flashiness and style perfectly match the presentation that Street Fighter 6 commands.
If there were to be any character that could be slotted into a Street Fighter title that wouldn’t completely break the experience, it would be Rock Howard, especially with the addition of the Drive Gauge and all the monstrous combos and damage it can help dish out.
7Sub-Zero - Mortal Kombat
Another safe choice,with the immense amounts of violence aside,is Sub-Zero fromMortal Kombat.While he’s not a shoto-clone, Sub-Zero, his gameplay is relatively straightforward and grounded, making him one of the best picks from the series to jump to Street Fighter 6.
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Sub-Zero is as by the numbers as it gets, and his abilities aren’t too over-the-top to prevent him from mixing well with the rest of the cast. However, seeing Sub-Zero not be gruesome and relentless in battle will be a bit off-putting in an odd way.
6King - Tekken
Grapplers are the bane of most newcomers' existence, but Street Fighter 6 needs more, despite Zangief and Manon being surprisingly good right out of the gate. So, King is our go-to guest character representingTekkenand the grappler archetype.
Heihachi, Kazuya, and Jin would also be solid choices, but they’re a bit too obvious and fit the general ‘safe’ style that Sub-Zero and Rock Howard already cover. Having King utilize the Drive Gauge would be marvelously frustrating to witness, and we’d absolutely love it.
Leifang is our next choice and embodies the more defensive, systematic approach of combat that can be beneficial in some situations in Street Fighter 6. She has fast and deceptive kicks and thrives on punishing her opponents for making a mistake.
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Despite most characters inDead or Alivebeing grounded with a strong focus on hand-to-hand combat, the more methodical approach Leifang has easily makes her the most transferable to Street Fighter 6, even if she will be losing a whole dimension along with it.
4Yuel - Granblue Fantasy: Versus
Time for one that will likely make some people implode, and that’s Yuel, the fox-like Erune girl that wields dualblades and dominates the field with her stance-based archetype.
Even with weapons largely being a ‘no-no’ in Street Fighter, Yuel’s playstyle is calculated and grounded, making her a shoo-in for the spot when considering the other characters inGranblue Fantasy: Versus.With Menat and her catgirl outfit gone in Street Fighter 6, Yuel would nicely fill that void in our hearts.
3Chipp Zanuff - Guilty Gear
Not manyGuilty Gearcharacters could work in a Street Fighter game, and even Chipp Zanuff is pushing the envelope a bit far. Still, we feel he plays relatively similarly in Strive to Ibuki, making him an excellent guest character considering her absence in Street Fighter 6.
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Ignore the fact that Kimberly is essentially an Ibuki-like character and embrace the Godspeed Ninja. While his speed would obviously have to be toned down a bit, what he has access to in Strive would translate rather well to Street Fighter 6, making him the best choice from the series.
2Mai Shiranui - The King Of Fighters
Surprise, another King of Fighters character enters the list! While Rock Howard is an excellent character to represent the series, Mai Shiranui is one of the most recognizable characters in the genre.
She is nearly just as popular as Chun-Li in terms of playable female charactersand is one of the best rushdown fighters across the genre.Even with her dual tessens, Mai would fit in the roster quite nicely and could make quick work of the new Drive Gauge.
1Morrigan Aensland - Darkstalkers
Last and certainly not least is Darkstalkers' own Morrigan,an obvious choice for anyone who dabbled in any Capcom fighting game outside of Street Fighterback in the day. Morrigan is easy to pick up and play and relatively straightforward but can be devastating in the right hands.
While she is a shoto-clone, Morrigan is a beloved character with tons of potential, and the new systems and mechanics at play in Street Fighter 6 will do more than enough to elevate her to new heights, potentially placing her even above Modern Ken…
