Capcom Confirms Second Round of Post-Release Street Fighter V Characters

After revealing the return of Dhalsim in Street Fighter V at Paris Games Week, executive producer Yoshinori Ono joined brand director Matt Dahlgren in sitting down for an interview with GameSpot. While much of their discussion revolved around topics that have been brought up before, the Capcom representatives did stray into post-release territory to discuss additional characters.

Many fans will be happy to know that the next six characters Capcom has in store for Street Fighter V–most likely Alex, Guile, Ibuki, Balrog, Juri, and Urien–are still in development instead of being held aside for after the official launch. “They’re actually going to be released once they’re finished,” Dahlgren said of these characters. “What we’re working towards internally is about one character every two months. So we’ve been able to map out that we’re going to have six within the first year and plan to continue to build after that.”

Latching onto that last point, GameSpot’s Tamoor Hussain asked for clarification on the possibility of a second wave of characters after the first six, which Dahlgren confirmed. After that, however, the developers plan to see how things progress. “We don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves. We do have very ambitious plans for Street Fighter V and a very long term strategy,” Dalhgren said. “We’d like to continue as long as we can, but we’ll have to see how the product does.”

For more on Street Fighter V’s in-game currency, Capcom’s character selection process, and more, be sure to check out GameSpot’s full interview here.

Street Fighter V will be available for PlayStation 4 and PC on February 16.

Source: GameSpot via NeoGAF