Street Fighter 6 Gets New DLC Character A.K.I, TMNT Collaboration Announced

Capcom has announced a collaboration with Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the Street Fighter 6 DLC character A.K.I. The collaboration will begin on August 8 and the character will launch sometime this fall. A teaser trailer for the character was also released. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collaboration “invites players to show off their Turtle fandom in various fun ways, while also decking out the in-game social center—Battle Hub—-with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles banners, signage, and trailers.”

The full details via Capcom:

Starting on August 8, 2023, Street Fighter 6 players will be able to style their custom avatars with new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gear and emotes, apply fun new Titles, send Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stamps to the chat, customize their in-game mobile wallpaper and camera frames, and even turn their World Tour and Battle Hub custom avatar into their favorite Turtle! High Three!

Evo also marked the captivating debut of the mysterious A.K.I., soon to be the 20th playable Street Fighter 6 character, with her first in-game cinematic footage from the single-player World Tour mode as a surprise stinger for the crowd. A.K.I. will be released in Fall 2023 and we’ll have much more to share about her at a later date.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collaboration is the second branded partnership within Street Fighter 6 since its release in June 2023, following a collaboration with Onitsuka Tiger at launch. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collaboration invites players to show off their Turtle fandom in various fun ways, while also decking out the in-game social center—Battle Hub—-with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles banners, signage, and trailers. The heroes in a half shell are also starring in their latest movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, in theaters now from Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, and Point Grey Productions, and produced by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and James Weaver.

Street Fighter 6 is the latest game in the storied Street Fighter franchise, representing the next evolution of the series with an all-new single player World Tour mode, a community-focused Battle Hub mode, and the culmination of core gameplay modes present via Fighting Ground. The game has already sold more than two million units worldwide.

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