Matsumoto is still holding out hope Dr. Dre’s Detox will release eventually it seems
It may be a bit hard to imagine that Street Fighter 6 is going to soon crown its second world champion and enter its third year, but the game also isn’t anywhere close to being done in terms of content and updates yet.
Japanese publications Famitsu and 4Gamer have been running their own New Year’s tradition for quite some time now asking hundreds of game developers to reflect on the current year and look ahead to the next with the latest rounds now available as we rapidly approach 2025.
Street Fighter 6 Director Takayuki Nakayama and Producer Shuhei Matsumoto were among said developers that gave New Year’s messages to both publications to talk about the game, what they enjoyed most about this year and what they’re looking forward to next.
Starting out with Famitsu, Nakayama offered deep meditation / consideration as his keyword entering the new year while Matsumoto wrote “kotsukotsu,” which could be read as steady progress.
Both are of course looking forward to Capcom Cup 11 taking place in Japan this upcoming March though the Producer had some other media he’s watching out for.
Matsumoto wrote he has his eyes on Stranger Things Season 5, Gannibal Season 2, The Bear Season 4 and Detox by Dr. Dre, which he’s still hopeful is going to come out after 15 years.
And of course they had some things to say about SF6 itself as well as the upcoming Capcom Fighting Collection 2.
“This year we plan to bring you all a lot of updates and events for Street Fighter 6,” said Matsumoto via Famitsu that we’ve translated. “Please look forward to Mai joining the action from Fatal Fury. With SNK being synonymous with Fatal Fury, we hope you’ll enjoy the Capcom Fighting Collection 2 as well when it releases, which contains Capcom vs. SNK 1 and 2. With all that being said, there’s a lot of things we’ll be doing in 2025.”
“The Capcom fighting game team is working really hard, and we will continue to do so this upcoming year so you all can enjoy Capcom’s various fighting games.”
And this is what the Director had to say for his game.
“Thank you all so much for playing Street Fighter 6,” said Nakayama to Famitsu. “We are currently in our second year with the game and about to enter our third in 2025 where we are still planning more collaborations and events. So please look forward to them, and we appreciate your continued support.”
They had a lot more to say to 4Gamer as well.
Nakayama said the title that impressed / surprised him the most this year was actually Animal Well and that he’s a pretty big fan of Metroidvania games.
He lists the media that the most memorable to him in 2024 as the album Myrsky from the Finnish metal band Mokoma, which he describes as a masterpiece with no filler songs.
Thank you for all your help this year. Have a great New Year’s
本日仕事納め皆さま今年もありがとうございました pic.twitter.com/WtEwpSi7aM— TAKA-nakayama (@takaNakayama) December 27, 2024
As for the Producer, Matsumoto wrote Indiana Jones and the Great Circle as the title that impressed him the most this year that put a smile on his face as a fan of the film series.
He couldn’t narrow his memorable entertainment category to just one thing, so Matsumoto included The Boys Season 4, The Penguin series (that he notes had a “meh” final episode), The Crossroads album by Cordae and GloRilla’s album Glorious (though he wrote Gorgeous, so we’re not sure if he accidentally used the wrong name or it has a different title in Japan).
Matusmoto’s people he’s paying attention to most include the girl group FLO, which he says gave him nostalgia for TLC, Destiny’s Child and the Spice Girls.
And he talked about Detox there again too.
“Is Detox out yet? I’ll keep waiting forever. After Missionary, I hope he’ll do Detox.”
As for their actual games, there’s not really much more to add that wasn’t already covered by Famitsu besides Matsumoto noting how happy he is to see online and offline SF6 events pulling in big numbers this year.
Nakayama also asks fans to please not shy away from saying hello to him if they see him at events.
Unfortunately, there’s no talk or hints about more costumes or other more substantive content for SF6 beyond Mai coming in early 2025, so it sounds like players are going to need to continue waiting to learn more on that front.
It’ll have to come at some point considering how popular the Outfit 3 release was for the game, but Capcom hasn’t spoken specifically about Outfit 4 after six months since Season 2 began.
You can find all of the developer New Year’s messages on Famitsu and 4Gamer though they’re all of course in Japanese.
These also contain more messages from Arc System Works, SNK, Bandai Namco, Sega and more, so stay tuned for more developer translations soon.
Image via Game Informer.