Street Fighter 6 to Include SNK's Mai Shiranui on February 5

Capcom has given a good look at SNK’s Mai Shiranui in Street Fighter 6 as she’s the next DLC character to join the fighting game’s roster of characters.

Mai comes in with her original Fatal Fury outfit, and players will need to spend extra to sport her new outfit in the upcoming Fatal Fury fighting game - Fatal Fury Fury: City of Wolves, which is set to release early this year.

Here’s a quick rundown of Mai’s abilities courtesy of Capcom.

• Kachousen: Mai throws her fan like a fireball. When used normally, the fan loses to other projectiles and your opponent’s strikes can knock them down. But when you hold down the input, they can no longer be neutralized by strikes. In addition, if the fan hits an opponent, it will pop up and fall down on them for another hit.

• Ryuuenbu: Spin forward in a fiery blaze for combos or to control space.

• Hissatsu Shinobi Bachi: Perform a cartwheel and fly towards opponents to elbow them. The OD version sends Mai into the air to follow up on the attack or to surprise opponents below.

• Hishou Ryuuenjin: Mai’s dragon punch, which works as an effective anti-air as she delivers a flying upwards kick bathed in flame.

• Kagerou no Mai: Mai’s Level 1 Super Art, she sets the immediate vicinity on fire, which can be useful as an anti-air move or combo ender. The move also gives Mai five Flame Stocks which give all of Mai’s special moves and Level 1 and 2 Super Arts special properties.

• Chou Hissatsu Shinobi Bachi: Mai’s Level 2 Super Art where she rushes forward in a blaze of glory that can get around projectiles.

• Shiranui Ryuu: Enbu Ada Zakura: Mai’s Level 3 Super Art, she flies like a butterfly and stings like a bee in a series of elegant fan strikes.

Mai is the second SNK character to be introduced to Street Fighter 6 as Terry Bogard was released last year as part of the game’s Year 2 of character DLCs. Mai is also the second to the last character to be added for Year 2’s character pass as the final character to close Year 2 will be Elena sometime in Spring 2025, a character that debut back in Street Fighter III: New Generation.

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