Earlier today, Capcom made several announcements involving Street Fighter 5's latest update during its final season. During the Street Fighter V Spring Update broadcast, Capcom shared with its Street Fighter 5 fans information relating to returning characters Rose and Oro.
While the two fighters were the spotlight of the Spring Update live stream, Capcom revealed a teaser gameplay trailer of newcomer fighter, Akira Kazama. While Akira herself is new to the Street Fighter universe, she made her debut in Rival Schools, another Capcom fighting game series. Ever since Akira was announced, players of both titles were interested in how Akira played as Rival Schools was a 2-on-2 tag fighter with an emphasis on aerial combat.
The trailer shows Akira's fighting intro, driving her motorcycle as she takes off her helmet, facing her opponent, Dan Hibiki. While her stage is still in development, she fights in front of the Kasugano Residence, the home stage for Sakura who, coincidentally enough, was a guest fighter in Rival Schools. Akira's character theme plays, a remix of her stage in Project Justice, while demonstrating her mastery in Bajiquan, attacking Dan with a flurry of cartwheel kicks, elbow, and knee strikes.
Elements of Rival Schools are seen through Akira's attacks as she launches Dan into an air combo similar to the game she's originally from. A sneak peek of her V-Trigger bears another homage to Rival Schools, in which she calls in her tag partner to attack on her behalf. In this case, it's her older brother, Daigo Kazama.
As this is an early build of Akira, her gameplay mechanics and Critical Arts aren't as fleshed out as the other fighters yet. Akira's release date is yet to be announced, as well as the mysterious 5th character that fans once assumed was Eleven. With her character reveal trailer, Capcom has done a well enough job to keep fans interest in the fan-favorite school fighter as high as possible.
Street Fighter 5 is available now for PC and PS4.