The release of Street Fighter V Arcade Edition, coming this January on PC and PlayStation 4, is going to be accompanied by the return of one popular character.
The first Season 3 character to join the roster will be Sakura, who has been a fan favorite character since her debut in Street Fighter Alpha 3. Her usual fighting style will be augmented by a new special move, Tengyo Hadoken, as well as the two V-Triggers Haru Kaze and Sakura Senpu.
First appearing in Street Fighter Alpha 2, Ryu’s number one fan returns to the series with a new outlook on life. After graduating high school, Sakura now works part-time at an arcade, but wonders what decisions she needs to make in order to be satisfied with her future.
This time, Sakura has a new move, Tengyo Hadoken, where she fires a fireball diagonally into the air that can act as an anti-air. In addition, her V-System that is detailed below gives her more tools to open up opponents. Overall, Sakura’s fighting style remains similar to her past appearances as she pummels opponents with flurries of quick attacks along with her trademark Hadoken, Shouoken, and Shunpukyaku.
Additionally, Capcom also showed the Street Fighter V Arcade Edition opening cinematic, which confirmed all of the Season 3 characters. Following Sakura, Blanka, new character Falke, Cody, new character G and Sagat will join the roster.
Street Fighter V is now out on PC and PlayStation 4. The Arcade Edition will release on January 16th.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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