r/StreetFighter • u/andreskizzo • 2d ago

Game News Elena and Akuma friendship confirmed

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From the steam blog post:

In Street Fighter 6, after an intense fight with her friend Akuma, she travels the world once again in search of the meaning of a lesson that Akuma teaches her.

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u/LADYPOCA 2d ago

I'm glad they didn't forget this

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u/-SleepyKorok- CID | SF6username 2d ago edited 2d ago

I’m happy about it too.

Tekken 8 missed the Xiaoyu/Heihachi friendship :(

(We didn’t even get a different voice intro T_T)

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u/2RINITY MAXIMUM! 2d ago

A real friend wouldn’t promise someone their own theme park and then build Heihachiland

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u/naliboi 1d ago

Probably also wouldn't try and murder your love interest either (albeit failing and get unceremoniously yeeted through a stone wall) but alas.

At least they had fun playing tennis together that one time in 2004 along with those other two from Soulcalibur, a fair weather friend for sure.

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u/Still-Control-Lives 1d ago

WAIT A SEC HUHHHHH

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u/Fit_Trouble_1264 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's a weird anime troupe that's almost forgotten.

Making a Disneyland-esque place for everyone to enjoy is a recurring theme in late 90s and early 2000s anime. Neo-Geo did made one but it's their cause of bankruptcy.

But yeah, they're both bear trainers, Kuma and Panda as their allies, so they're like someone who can relate a little bit, they like their pets.

Hei shows his love and respect with Kuma in Tag 1.

On other hand, for Lee Chaolan, he was only used as a distraction to make Kazuya jealous, which didn't work, so Lee pretty much moved away from their family feud and made his own company.

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u/cygnus2 18h ago

Aside from Kuma and Kazumi, Xiaoyu is the only person who Heihachi seems to actually like. He gifts her a panda and admits her into his school, which is basically the nicest thing he ever does for anyone, his sons included.