Posted Wed Mar 30, 2016 at 08:20 AM PDT by Brian Hoss
Even brand new players can play him for free.
On Monday, 'Street Fighter V' (review here), received its most significant update to date, and as a result, I was able to get sucked into the Training mode. While I think it could use a few more tweaks, the Training mode is no joke. It's also pretty tough for imprecise player like myself. Of course, Challenges is just one of Monday's changes, which in all are just the first half of the March update. The second half hits today and with it comes the first DLC character, Alex, and the shop, which means lots of new costumes.
One thing that won't debut is the real money-based Zenny, which means that Alex and costumes need to be bought with Fight Money. Fortunately, for anyone who doesn't have the Fight Money for Alex, he can be played for free on a trial basis, and that trial will last until the Zenny shop launches.
Also, Capcom is giving all players Ryu and Chun-Li's story mode costumes for free. (Be sure to download them this week.)
As for season pass owners, they will be the only ones able to access premium costumes for now (pre-Zenny). Likewise, season pass owners will also be getting a new, free stage at some point "in the near future."
From Capcom, here's a breakdown of the two day March Update features:
March 28 (MON) update:
Challenge Mode
Demonstrations: Learn the ins and outs of Street Fighter V through helpful demonstration and tutorial content. Contains content for each of the 16 characters, as well as advice geared towards players of all skill levels:
Beginner Tutorials: 12 lessons covering, movement, normal attacks, special attacks, V-System, throws, counter hits, chip/recoverable damage, etc.
Intermediate Tutorials: 11 lessons covering projectiles, invincibility frames, armor and armor break, recovery, cross-up attacks, anti-air options, etc.
Advanced Tutorials: 4 lessons covering back dashing, frame advantage/disadvantage, combo potential, button priority, etc.
Character Tutorials: 16 lessons covering each individual character.
Trials: Put your skills to the ultimate test with combo trials for all 16 characters, ranging from basic to pro combos. Completing Trials will also earn you some extra Fight Money.
Online Rematch Option
Salty from a close loss online? Want revenge? Players can now play a 2/3 set in Ranked Match and Casual Matches, provided both players accept the rematch.
Battle Lounge Improvements
Enjoy up to 8 person lobbies, complete with match spectating.
Bug fixes and gameplay balancing
Various game bugs have been fixed, along with minor gameplay balancing.
March 30 (WED) at 10AM PT update:
Alex + related character story content
In-Game Shop
Fight Money Expenditure: Spend your hard earned Fight Money to purchase extra game content, such as DLC characters (100,000 FM each) and the Story Mode Costumes (40,000 FM each).
Source: Capcom
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