Capcom just lately teased SF 6, as a part of the sequence’ 35th anniversary celebrations, and has now introduced what’s going to most likely be the final main replace for SF 5. It arrives March 29 and is described because the ‘definitive replace’, and provides some sudden however great-looking options: prime amongst them being a cel-shading filter that makes the game look completely attractive and like a descendant of the much-missed Alpha sequence.

There may be additionally a pixel filter that provides the game extra of a basic look, although sadly each include a giant caveat: offline play solely, which is a bummer. That pixel filter, in the meantime, is a bizarre one, wanting extra like a washed-out CRT display. Clearly we’ll need to see it in motion correctly.

Along with the seems, the replace makes a bunch of steadiness modifications and judging on the above video provides some new combo strings for current characters. It additionally provides some new remixes of character themes, together with these of Dan, Rose and Oro, whereas Capcom has additionally added a bunch of latest colors for each character.

It is a little bit like historical past repeating itself: when Capcom wound-down improvement on SF IV, it additionally added filters and the like within the ultimate updates. The corporate’s focus is now on SF 6, although given SF 5’s considerably troubled launch it must be acknowledged the game is now, after years of considerable help, in an ideal state.