Apart from breathing life into the fighting game franchise, Capcom is also hoping that "Street Fighter 5" can help them connect with a younger audience.
In an interview with MCV UK, Capcom's EMEA brand manager Brian Ayers said that the hope for the new game is that it will once again make the franchise more "approachable and accessible."
Ayers revealed that Capcom is attempting to connect with more players by designing the characters to stand out more as individuals so that fans can subsequently find and align themselves with the ones who feel are best suited for them.
The hope is that the renewed efforts to effectively reinvent the franchise will help "Street Fighter 5" reach out and create a younger audience, or at least that's what Capcom is hoping for, revealed Ayers.
Aside from possibly creating a younger audience for the franchise, Ayers revealed that Capcom is also hopeful that "Street Fighter 5" can develop a kind of following that is similar to the ones enjoyed by many of the major eSports titles out today.
Whether or not "Street Fighter 5" can turn into the next big thing in eSports or simply perform as Capcom hopes it can will be revealed when the game launches next year.
For now, however, it appears as though some changes that have been made to character animations inside "Street Fighter 5" are causing some controversy.
According to Gamespot, Capcom has tweaked some of the cinematics involving the female characters in the game after they were cited by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, otherwise known as the ESRB.
Some of the characters that have been affected by the tweaks include R. Mika, the flamboyant pro-wrestler, as well as Cammy, a popular fighter who has appeared in many iterations of the franchise.
Fans online have debated whether the changes should have been made, although it appears the tweaks will remain in "Street Fighter 5."
