Three seasons of DLC in and Capcom appears to be moving away from adding new characters to the franchise for the foreseeable future, instead focusing on celebrating different aspects of Street Fighter history. Crimson Viper is the next character slated for season 3, the first original character introduced in the base version of Street Fighter IV, added to SF6. Alex, the protagonist of Street Fighter III, will be the first character added to the roster in 2026 and the second Street Fighter III currently included in SF6 overall.
The biggest surprise in Street Fighter 6 Season 3 is the inclusion of Ingrid, a character with a complicated history within Capcom originally intended for the crossover game Capcom Fighting All-Stars. Following that game’s cancellation in 2003, Ingrid made her official debut in the following year’s Capcom Fighting Evolution, which was widely lambasted during its initial release. Other than a guest appearance in 2006’s Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX and this year’s re-release of Capcom Fighting Evolution as part of Capcom Fighting Collection 2, Ingrid has remained a largely obscure footnote in Capcom history.
Capcom knows that Street Fighter purists are expecting the return of classic characters to be added to Street Fighter 6, as it had with Street Fighter V’s own DLC. But the inclusion of characters like Ingrid, or last year’s Fatal Fury guest fighters, proves that Capcom’s DLC rollout will not proceed exactly as fans expect, with plenty of tricks up the developers’ sleeves. And Ingrid underscores the fact that Capcom is shying away from the franchise’s most divisive moments, but instead reinventing them for modern audiences in their own way.
If there was ever a character to add into Street Fighter 6 to celebrate the franchise’s roots, it doesn’t get much more foundational than Sagat, who has been the only constant presence, in addition to Ryu and Ken, outside of Sagat’s glaring omission from Street Fighter III. Judging by the hands-on preview, and the sheer popularity of Evo attendees looking to try out the character nearly a full week in advance, players are excited for the King of Muay Thai’s return. Street Fighter 6 continues to build towards its future by honoring its past and Sagat is ready to catapult the title to new heights and keep its momentum coming out of its second year.
Street Fighter 6 is developed and published by Capcom, and is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Sagat will be added to the game on August 5, with Crimson Viper added in Autumn 2025, Alex added in early Spring 2026, and Ingrid added in late Spring 2026.
