Ed Arrives in Street Fighter VI + Patch Notes

Street Fighter VI players can start off the day today with Ed as a new playable character, along with a host of other changes and additions to the game.

Ed is the 21st character to join the Street Fighter VI roster, and there are multiple ways of obtaining him. If you have the game’s deluxe or ultimate edition, you’re free to unlock Ed today. Otherwise, you’ll need a Year 1 Character or Ultimate Pass to unlock him at no extra cost. The last option would be to pay 350 Fighter Coins to unlock Ed, along with his outfit and alternate colors. And if you don’t want to commit to such a purchase yet, you can use a Rental Fighter ticket to play as Ed for an hour.

You can watch Ed’s launch trailer below.

Ed’s arrival also means additional content in World Tour and Fighting Ground. Ed’s Master Missions and sub-missions are now available to play, along with his story in Arcade Mode. You’ll also start hearing Ed-related commentary from other characters occasionally.

There are also new items added to the Goods Shop, such as the “Ruined Lab” stage and the “Cute” challenge customization options. Two avatar gear bundles are also available – the Racer bundle and the Wild Gunslinger bundle. Items in each bundle are available for purchase individually, so don’t worry about having to buy the entire thing.

The other changes in this patch are mostly fighting ground and battle adjustments, so let’s dive into the patch notes to see what changed. And if you haven’t played the game yet, make sure to check out our Street Fighter VI review to help you decide.

Street Fighter VI Patch Notes

Year 1 additional character, Ed, is now available.

Ed-themed Goods Shop Items Added

• Playable Character, ‘Ed’
• Ed: Outfit 2
• Ed: Colors 3–10
• Challenge Customization, ‘Cartoonish: Ed’

Note: To play as Ed, you must have purchased the character from the Goods Shop, or have either the Year 1 Character Pass or the Year 1 Ultimate Pass.

You can also use a Rental Fighter ticket to try out the character for one hour.

The following Ed-related content has also been added as part of this update:

• World Tour
  • Ed’s Master Missions and sub-missions have been added.

• Fighting Ground
  • Ed’s story has been added to Arcade Mode.
  • Ed-related commentary lines have been added.

• Fighter Profile
  • Ed-related Avatar poses have been added.

• Clubs
  • Ed-related club uniform and club emblem parts have been added.

Other Goods Shop Items Added

• New “Ruined Lab” stage
•  “Cute” Challenge Customization options
• Avatar Gear: Racer Bundle, Wild Gunslinger Bundle
  • Please note, the items in the above bundles are also available as individual items.

Fighting Ground

• Training Mode – The dummy’s control type will now be reflected when recording inputs for the dummy.
• Character Guides and Combo Trials
  • Shortcut Settings have been added to the pause menu.
  • The character’s name will now play when selecting a character via the Change Character option in the pause menu.

• Versus – The game will now temporarily remember your outfit and color choices on the Character Select screen.

• Battle Settings – It is now possible to select a Search Range for matchmaking.

Battle Adjustments

• A dedicated throw button has been added for Modern Controls.
• In addition, various tweaks have been made.

Warning Regarding Replays

After updating, you won’t be able to play back replays from earlier versions.

CFN > Replay

• Replays saved to your Replay List will remain saved, but cannot be played back.
• Replays from earlier versions will not turn up in search results when using the Search function.

Fighter Profile

• History data from earlier versions will not be displayed.

Battle Hub

• Options
  • A “Player Side Notification Sound” option has been added to In-Battle Accessibility Settings under Audio.
  • A “Battle Hub Background Music Settings” option has been added to Other Settings under Audio.
  • A “Game Pad Button Icon Type” option has been added to Other Input Settings under Controls. (For the Steam version only)
  • An “Output Display” option has been added under Graphics. 

• Tournaments
  • You can now view details of the rewards available for a tournament you have entered via a preview window on the Tournament Overview screen.

• Arcade Link
  • A feature to display a Link Code has been added. With the Link Code you can unlock outfits, colors, and titles that you own in Street Fighter 6 for use in Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade.
    • Please note: This feature will be enabled in Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade at a later date via an update. For anything that remains unclear about this feature, please contact Taito’s Customer Support. https://support.taito.co.jp/

• Camera
  • An “Extra Lighting” feature has been added.

• Chat
  • An Ed graffiti sticker has been added.
  • 24 new Pockest stickers have been added.

Network Related

• Online
  • Fixed an issue which made it difficult to operate the Custom Room Battle Cabinet UI in cases where the UI refreshed as the number of spectators increased.
  • It is now possible to claim and clear rewards in cases where doing so would result in having more than the maximum number of Rental Fighter tickets allowed. (The reward will be counted as claimed, but the excess Rental Fighter tickets will be discarded.)
  • Some connection error messages have been adjusted.

• Kudos
  • When spectating multiple matches in succession, Kudos will now be added appropriately for the number of matches spectated.

• Challenges
  • Adjusted so that completed challenges will now move to the bottom of the challenge list.
  • A new type of challenge, consisting of multiple tasks, has been created. For these new challenges, finishing any one of the tasks will result in the challenge being completed.
  • It was previously possible to clear World Tour battle related challenges through Avatar battles online, but this has now been fixed.
    • These challenges will be replaced by the new multi-task challenges mentioned above.

• Shop
  • Time information (in hours and minutes) will now be displayed on the Fighter Coin Details screen for elements like purchases on the Purchase Details tab.

• Clubs
  • If you enter a name for your club that cannot be used, you will now be given a reason for why it cannot be used.

• Street Voters
  • You will now be automatically placed in a conversation with Eternity when entering the Battle Hub for the first time during an active Street Voter.

Bug Fixes

• Emotes
  • The “Glide” emote had unintentionally been set as a potential Cheering emote when spectating in the Battle Hub. It can no longer be used as a Cheering emote.
  • The “Street Dance,” “Cameraman,” “Cheer 4,” “Laugh,” and “Cheer 5” emotes have all been added to the list of possible Cheering emotes.

• Training Mode
  • Fixed an issue where the damage display would show more damage than intended in cases where one of A.K.I.’s poison applying attacks and one of her strikes landed at the same time.

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