While Capcom remains silent about the details of the upcoming "Street Fighter 5" fighting game, a leaked report recently revealed several vital information about the game's final roster, including the addition of an iconic character from the franchise.
GameRant recently posted the leaked roster of characters that will be featured in the fifth major installment of the "Street Fighter" series. It includes the popular yoga master Dhalsim, who first joined the game in 1991's "Street Fighter 2" title.
Dhalsim's announcement came with a trailer showing how the yoga master uses his flexible limbs to beat Zangief during a combat. He is also seen doing several zen-inspired movements to beat his opponent, including one that looks like he is meditating in mid-air, but would jumps to reach another place. The trailer also shows his lethal flame abilities.
The rest of the roster includes legendary "Street Fighter" characters Ryu, Chun-Li, Nash, M. Bison, Cammy, Birdie, Ken, Vega, R. Mika, Karin, and Zangief, as well as new playable characters namely Tut, Fan, Necalli, Rashid, and Laura.
The information was revealed during Capcom's presentation at the Paris Games Week, which happened during the weekend. Capcom's demo was presented by game executive producer Yoshinori Ono, who also showed a new trailer for the game.
Aside from the current roster, Ono also revealed that they will be releasing six additional characters after "Street Fighter 5" has been released. However, he did not provide any details about the names of the upcoming characters aside from an image of their silhouette.
Ono also revealed that "Street Fighter 5" will be released exclusively on PlayStation 4 and PC on Feb. 16, 2016 in North American and European markets. The game will also come out with a cross-platform play feature, which can be used between the console and the PC platform.
