Overview
- Street Fighter 6 director Takayuki Nakayama, who apologized Thursday on X, said the team will revise “misleading” text but will not change the characters’ backstories.
- The backlash began after players finished Alex’s new DLC Arcade ending and found he married Patricia, who is both his adoptive younger sister and his second cousin, and that she is pregnant.
- Capcom posted a short story titled A Toast Between Fathers to add context, and coverage notes the Japanese version appears to downplay Alex living with Patricia by stressing years of distance.
- Many players say the promised edits do not address core concerns such as the sibling-like upbringing and age gap, and they remain skeptical without concrete patch details or a timeline.
- Earlier games framed Alex and Patricia as a found family under Tom’s care, and outlets note that second-cousin marriages can be legal yet carry strong social taboos in Western markets.