MAX REACTS: Street Fighter 6 - Costumes & Balance Changes

[@ademirmochi5423]

The best comment i've seen about these costumes was, "akuma's regular face in sf6 looks way scarier than him with that oni mask"

[@zerumsiru5204]

I just imagine it as Akuma trying to not look nearly as scary on a grocery run or something

[@arpadszabo661]

Lol, true. That’s the mask Akuma wears when he goes to hado pizza.

[@MrMooMoo088]

The mask is for parties so he don't stand out in the fgc. It's fine but you gotta have FOMO to buy it imo.

[@muhammadkhairanrozan9428]

​@@zerumsiru5204 Usually they give background stories for the 3rd costumes on the base characters, have they done that on the dlc characters already?

[@PoojaMan64]

I think that was broski lmao

[@tippydood]

Ed's trench coat is carrying that costume. It actually doesnt look half bad now. But that AKI costume??? GOD DAMN they were cookin

[@kayla8402]

and some of the other colors bump Ed's higher

[@GreenMask-XRGM-27]

It’s also surprising that Devs literally called A.K.I.’s third outfit is known as Fashionista.

[@Maki_Moon]

It's covering most of it, so you can't see his terrible original outfit. That's why it's better than the sfv version.

[@braydenleaderofthetirkins1143]

Nah, it’s very mid

[@Linkinsaiga]

If they gave AKI a different hairstyle, it would have been a 10/10

[@rlskymind]

Aki looks like she's attending the premiere of her modern art exhibit. It's her magnum opus.

[@dee_dee4640]

What makes Ed’s old costume better in here than in sf5 is the fact that he is now wearing a trench coat with it, which makes it better than just wearing the sleeveless costume.

[@UltimateRosen]

His intro is like 'Let's go 😊' doo doo dodododododo doo!

[@user-tzzglsstle585e38]

And the weird gloves are now gone, and he's wearing a dress shirt + tie as a cherry on top.

[@Miguel206._]

His hat always bothered me in 5 with the way it was angled and how it went down with his hair. Now it sits straight and centered and looks like an actual military hat this time.

[@habijjj]

​@Miguel206._ yeah they were trying to emulate how ball caps are worn it just doesn't work for that kind of hat.

[@MoonlightStrider]

A.K.I's Outfit 3 is totally a fit inspired by F.A.N.G, considering her story and character being that she's a total simp for him

[@mikaelamonsterland]

a little bit yea

[@mawk2722]

I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere, but the trench coat on Ed's new costume is heavily inspired by Bison's coat from his SFV battle costume. It was a dope jacket for Bison, and it looks dope on Ed too. I also think Ed's skinnier proportions make his old design look better.

[@Rough_Estimates]

But did they Balance the prices?

[@S_P_A_C_I_F_Y]

Yes sir they Buffed the Prices by 25% 😂😂😂

[@luisrb2112]

What?!?! But i expected a nerf??

[@Kaiklianshorty]

Yeah fr we need a patch for that asap

[@FlareBlitzGamez]

Nah, I'd overcharge.

[@cheezusdood]

Prices still OP

[@ThatGuyCalledSteeve]

I love how max paused on Ryu and pointed out the target combo change when everyone was probably expecting him to talk about being able to regular hadoken when he has a denjin charge

[@LakeEarth]

Yeah, he glossed over what was probably the biggest buff in the video.

[@thant0s]

I thought I was taking crazy pills! So that IS new, right? I hadn't just somehow completely missed Ryu being able to do that since launch or something?

[@LakeEarth]

@@thant0s yup, only heavy fireball and heavy hashogeki use the denjin charge. The rest work like normal. Which means you don't have to stop using fireballs if you want to land a fat denjin hasho combo.

[@baconbuster9651]

Everyone’s been talking about that change since we knew about it from the Japan play tests, but I think the TC change went unnoticed, so that’s probably why he focused on it.

[@LakeEarth]

@@baconbuster9651 I think he straight missed it. But at least he caught one of them, he was too busy talking about boxing to notice any of Aki's changes.

[@blackmanta2527]

Rashid's sf6 default is still his best costume

[@MrKevin486]

Agreed. And its not even close.

[@ncluc3434]

Lucio looking ass costume 😭

[@johnjone965]

Agreed both of his other costumes E kinda bad in my opinion

[@darknesswave100]

As a Rashid main I concur. All the other ones look goofy as hell to me. That's why when I see somebody in a tournament rocking some weird colors it's hard for me to watch lol

[@nicorobin7762]

default from sfv is the only one I use. looks more like an actual classic street fighter design.

[@ThatRedHusky]

Akuma's costume is quite literally a representation of a Japanese Oni. A Demon.

[@thewhitewolf4968]

Thank you! I was going to write this! He does an akuma legacy and doesnt do know about a little bit of japanese lore

[@GreenMask-XRGM-27]

Now I know everyone is saying the Ed’s third outfit is similar to the SFV Outfit but there are a few changes to Ed’s Uniform besides the trench coat and white gloves. Ed is wearing a different commander blouse, he is wearing a different white tie, his white belt has no icon on the buckle indicating that his white belt is different, and he is wearing a different Overseas Hat. And his look is based off of Ed’s Commander outfit seen in 100 bond. All the outfits looks good have only 710 coins to get Ed’s outfit and Akuma personally.

[@sloesty]

Do you have the season pass? Because costume three is free for the dlc characters if you do (well, i mean you paid for it already not rly free)

[@GreenMask-XRGM-27]

@@sloestyNo. I sadly don’t.

[@nahuel3433]

@@sloesty Oh shit that's good to know. I was considering opening up the wallet for that A.K.I. one

[@quantruong9078]

It's still the same shit

[@vandagylon2885]

23 dollars is crazy

[@TalesofDawnandDusk]

As a translator of 1000 year old Japanese folktales, I'm here for the Akuma costume.

[@silenttakuza]

What is the deal with the one horn?

[@vegas3352]

It's good but not THAT different from his default. Still topless and a mask, that's it Still more efforts than blanka chan

[@tre2636]

Me too, I like the grotesque vibe from his costume

[@Ginsufe]

@@silenttakuza It's a Oni mask, which is basically a japanese folklore demon. They're often depicted with horns. Pretty common to see them in various media. This particular case it's just one of the horns is broken off, but they've also been shown to have just a single horn by itself as well.

[@pn2294]

@@silenttakuzaHe’s a Duke Org.

[@NegoClau]

Akuma is Mr. Karate with this 3rd costume.

[@krle7970]

He just needed the mask in tourbo….

[@Dhampire1976]

Oni had a similar variant of this costume in SF4,so this is most likely just a reference to that

[@maninredhelm]

It's not Akuma's fault, he has to wear the mask because Eagle is holding Sakura hostage. Hopefully Ken and Dan can save her.

[@Dhampire1976]

@@maninredhelm erm. What the schizophrenia?

[@NegoClau]

@@Dhampire1976 Art of Fighting plot, but it's Street Fighter

[@volktol4432]

13:43 the reason that Ed isn’t the same type of boxer as Dudley and Balrog is because he’s a different type of boxer. Balrog is more of an infighter, Dudley is more of a counter hit kind of boxer. Ed is an out fighter, he uses his flicker jabs and quick footwork to control space and take advantage of an opening for the kill. Ed is a boxer and gladly like one we haven’t had in SF before

[@moloko912]

Exactly.

[@kidvex5741]

SF6 dlc character costumes in a nutshell Rashid: baseball lover A.K.I : " Pull the lever kronk" Ed: throwback costume Akuma: definitely not akuma

[@crawlingboy]

She does remind me of yzma or principal amzy

[@David_TheSuperior]

Akuma is supposed to b an Oni, but not thee Oni of SFIV

[@biscuits2652]

Rashid's costume feels like something he would wear to sneak out or to something like a rave which feels fitting

[@Mechheadgzx5]

WRONG LEVER!!!!!!!!

[@GreenMask-XRGM-27]

Street Fighter 6 depicted outfits like this. Rashid: Athlete A.K.I.: Fashionista Ed: Commander Akuma: Shura

[@IfYouWantBlood1]

Trenchcoats/dusters are always sick no matter what

[@mas8705]

“Why does Ed look cool?” Simple: They removed the dumb half-cape he had and put him in a coat to make him look like a boss. Definitely an improvement over the SFV default.

[@actuallynotsteve]

Rashid out here looking like it's Space Jam

[@icebread123]

Come on & JAM!

[@KaminariHouse]

LOL. I like his look tho, I'm guessing it's similar to Arab futuristic or techwear?

[@actuallynotsteve]

@@KaminariHouse oh I'm not hating, I actually think Rashid being a streamer is super hilarious. But him having a corny ass 90s jock costume is so fuckin funny. This design team deserves the biggest raise

[@lyrand6408]

Rashid went 90s mode on that costume, love it for that reason.

[@Link-Ling]

Rashid looks like he’s sponsored by Adidas

[@Rodriguezjr]

It's nice to see Oni back.

[@TheGraveKnight]

I imagine part of the reason Akuma has that Oni mask was bc otherwise it wouldn't look that different from his default

[@kazrko]

Thanks for always being so consistent with content

[@brandonsellers1076]

Trench coat. Closed shirt. Nect tie. White gloves. Ed's a gentleman!

[@KevinRobertsArt]

'how does just a trench coat make him look dope??' max... Trenchcoats are DOPE. Matrix came out and every millennial teen downloaded it to their personalities for a reason.

[@FoxeyeValkyrie]

AKI's outfit is what people in the 80s thought people in the year 2000 would wear.

[@librarygary1618]

There were definitely mfs wearing matrix-core shit like that in the year 2000

[@mikoxmas6122]

AKI looks like Giovanni Giorno with FANG's sunglasses

[@DayFul]

The drive reversal change was sorely needed it absolutely sucked playing a character without a reliable get off me tool. The Lily clip is potentially 3 separate buffs her frame data must have got a lot better for that combo to work. Her stand light kick could do with a bit more range still.

[@LakeEarth]

It's probably 3 buffs, the stLK doing more hitstun, crMK being faster, and crMK comboing into OD wind.

[@mikaelamonsterland]

the reason Akuma's mask has horns is bc it's an Oni mask, i really like it bc it gives me similar vibes to like Mr Karate with his Tengu mask

[@187not]

Akuma looks like Mr. Karate from KOF

[@Tech_Support404]

Ed with the military uniform and coat gives me Roy Mustang vibes I'm definitely picking that up

[@prismaticowl]

What do you mean indifferent?! Akuma's literally an ONI. It's the most fitting costume in the world.

[@emangillespie]

Like he said, he hates horns

[@juliocortez3757]

Exactly, that’s what makes it “meh” it’s a very safe option

[@ArchsSpace]

The oni mask and the beads are the part that makes sense. The towl hanging out of a fundoshi on his nude ass body is where it starts to feel weird for Akuma, the unmatched fist. Man looks like he's about to step into a sauna and doesn't want anyone to know he enjoys luxuries, so he wears an oni mask.

[@0_Null]

Just because something fits doesn’t make it inherently great. It’s a pretty boring costume if you ask me.

[@pkkiller_apathy4568]

I am still calling him a unicorn 🦄.

[@thisismybassgun]

Sweet, hopefully we can get Ed's Kujo color scheme from SF5, too James Chen has an hour long breakdown of all the changes shown in the trailer, with current gameplay comparisons, if anyone wants a good deep dive.

[@Egotolegend2]

My Costume Rank 1. Aki - very stylish 2. Ed - looks more like a General, the a Boy Scout 3. Akuma - not bad, but not great either 4. Rashid - his style is for a particular group but I not one of them

[@arg9469]

I actually really dig Akuma's costume. Its giving masked martial artist who is looking for a challenge vibes. And I really enjoy oni designs

[@florianfischer5593]

Ed's costume is straight fire 10/10 im gonna buy it the second it comes out

[@woof9408]

Rashid looking simple and clean

[@andrewg9107]

He looks pretty cringe

[@Nazarus1983]

Max is like if Ed has this costume in sfv he would of been better and that's literally his battle outfit from sfv lol

[@taylorbeichler]

Been watching you for years keep up the amazing work

[@driftingswordsmanzer]

Akuma outfit 3 looks like a homage to takuma’s Mr. Karate. Takuma is a tengu where akuma’s is a oni mask. I like it! 👍🏾

[@ero0senin100]

It's funny you mentioned the more traditional boxers when compared to Ed longer range when his boxing stance(irl) is for more longer ranged and swifter fighters.

[@palatonian9618]

Coming from the smash community, its so wild to imagine the dev's making serious efforts to balance the game and also to communicate those changes to the community. Like I'm sure there's plenty to complain about with devs in other fighting games but goddam if Nintendo couldn't care less

[@HappyRatKaiser]

Yeah, unfortunately at the heart of it the problem was always going to be that Nintendo never wanted Smash to be a serious, competitive game, and was never going to support it to that degree regardless of what the community wanted. Most, if not all, 2D fighting games at this point are made with a tournament scene in mind. The communities may not always agree with how they handle it, but it's at least always a concern. It's a shame cause Smash is a really strong series for that kind of play, but yeah, Nintendo couldn't care less.

[@quantruong9078]

No1 gives a fuck about smash...smash ain't even considered a fighting game

[@TheSaviorOfLight]

Ed looks much better with the coat because he has that Hugo Boss SS vibe

[@SuperSilver7591]

wild how the power of the trenchcoat saves ed

[@TimeSplitterChimp]

Aki looks like Jango from One Piece, early One Piece from the 90's back when it was not even made for current TV sizes, love it. Rashid's is bland colour choice is not great and looks generic. Surprised at how cool Ed looks because I HATED the costume under that but now he looks like the next Bison. Akuma is great I actually love it because it's more to the realistic style than leaning to a cartoon style.

[@wynnjones2435]

As someone who actually preferred Street fighter 5 Ed's look(at least compared to the default, the alt with gym shorts is dope), I'm happy to see the outfit, can't wait to see it in white and red

[@michaelgalloway1359]

I think Ed's "new" costume is helped a lot by the contrast the trench coat gives compared to his SF5 version along with the better proportions, he doesnt have that uncanny look anymore like 99% of the SF5 cast did due to the artstyle and the clothes work a lot better thanks to it.

[@iownu92]

Akuma’s wearing an Akuma mask

[@triplet1516]

Oni mask

[@darknesswave100]

An Oni mask but okay

[@iownu92]

@@darknesswave100 I know about oni masks. It’s just that Akuma is already like the human embodiment of an oni. He’s already halfway there in terms of looks, so it’s a bit redundant to have him wear the mask, lol.

[@lampad4549]

​@@iownu92 how is it redundant when he is halfway there? Now he is full on there with the homage to the oni mask

[@mrcwillis6970]

The balance begins…

[@IndigoPhoenix21]

Aki looks like Lady Gaga Joker cosplaying as King from KOF and I'm loving it.

[@quantruong9078]

No..minon look like lady gaga

[@jonathanrivera870]

Yo!!! At 14:25 that "ULTRA COMBO!!!" scream was a perfect timing when Rashid end his super.

[@TheloneOokami13]

Wonder whats in the box labeled “ ten” in the background 👀

[@captainnavigator6534]

Sajam has gotten a similar box and opened it, its a razer kitsune and some merch

[@Twivenues]

Akuma turned into Mr. Karate

[@emperormegaman3856]

Mr. Ansatsuken

[@khalfanikeme]

The ed costume look good. The aki makes me wanna see c viper. Akuma makes me wanna see oni. Overall they need to control the visuals in this game its not smooth or construct from shot to shot a little bit like it looses perspective from the art work a little sloppy when it changes frames.

[@alistairblaire6001]

I really like Akuma’s costume 👹

[@christopherpease8998]

I cant wait to see sf6 a year or so from now.

[@Xzeihoranth]

They seem like fairly well-thought-out changes so far, thankfully.

[@All-Muscle]

Akuma outfit 3 is like reference to the Oni, and brute barbarian in those japan movies..

[@archangelx762]

The wall splat for Guiles Sonic Cross was always there, it was just useless in Mid Screen, now he Combo off it in Mid Screen instead of just in the corner

[@mappybc6097]

Still too expensive. You'll never see it in a match unless they made it like Luke's od extensions where the follow up is just 1 bar.

[@weusedtobeangels]

Max: I'm a horn hater Me: He's so ugly! I love him!

[@kristiankelloway127]

I thought they had added new moves cause I had never seen these target combos before

[@amadan4995]

Hard disagree on Ed not being a Boxer. He's not a slugger like Rog, sure. But not all Boxers are.

[@V_Blaze34]

why Rashid look like Professor Kukui from Pokemon?

[@killertails1244]

Akuma got the jago fit

[@komediankermit927]

I WANT DUDLEY IN SF6 REALLY BAD😢😢

[@LuisVazquez-ru5jl]

Rasheed looks like a foot locker employee.

[@gagtjs]

Aki looks so god damn cool i gotta pick her up now just for costume 3!

[@killahteck402]

Ryu buffs are game changers

[@NeutralDrow]

A.K.I. rocking that Vice from KoF cosplay.

[@starlitbebe3136]

3:13 I love that he just call that NPC "Chris"

[@johnodaz1273]

Nice Reaction Max. The Balance Changes I see doing much too the Gameplay Overall.

[@Kasaaz]

As someone who has the most fun playing Ranked Random w/ Modern, all of these things look fun.

[@cashordeals3672]

Low key having me wish mr karate was in this game would be 🔥 not gonna lie

[@Sp3llmen]

In my opinion, a lot of that video shows of quality of life changes across the board. Basically every single character is getting more freedom to do different combos and have better line options they can go with, along with the drive reversal change to allow a better defensive option. The top teir characters will get some decent nerfs to compensate I'm sure, but making every character across the better feel and play better to me is such a massive move to really say "season 1 was more of a test, the real game starts here"

[@Firegodot]

Love what im seeing, feels like ''Player expression: the update'' love that more silly combos are viable

[@Quchimane]

They should have just gave us an oni from sf4 costume

[@Drezha3]

I finally figured out why ed feels so weird to most of us. Dudley and balrog are infighters. Ed is an out-boxer

[@RNGwhydoihavetoregis]

Hey Max, it's possible to go frame by frame on yt player with the lesser/greater than keys on the keyboard. Hope this elevates your already great production, and content.

[@mrcauduro]

AKI, Ed and Akuma look very cool!

[@jonathanmaldonado2499]

Ed's costume actually has a few more subtle changes. For example THAT DAMN HAT, THAT STUPID GODDAMN HAT! It finally doesn't have that weird off-centered bill so that It matched his emo Bangs.

[@mappybc6097]

Gloves are gone too.

[@frankhuerta4979]

Using my favorite song Nihilistic Moment. Hope Carlos is playable soon so it can be hear that theme in standard battles.

[@Kasaaz]

Feels hard to see the Akuma one even pausing.

[@defianthound407]

All this leads me to believe they are buffing these characters so Akuma isn't the only one who has these mechanics. He's gonna be able to toast you from any hit

[@Akashityan]

I saw someone say Rashid is cosplaying as a gaming chair and I've been laughing ever since

[@EnnVP]

Looks like she’s wearing fang style sunglasses

[@bad72690]

Akuma is obviously supposed to look like an Oni with that outfit

[@Regalman]

Rashid got the Lucio costume

[@mr.13mtp]

Aki looks like a matrix character 🔥

[@TheRealCodeBlack]

Aki straight up looks like she's strolling into Gotham City, ready to start her supervillain career. There have been so many Oni costumes for so many characters across fighting game history - including several in Akuma's history - that Akuma's costume doesn't really stand out imo.

[@greatheightsu]

Rashid looks like a world tour jobber. Aki rules though.

[@mr.m4302]

2:40-I think is because is not the cape from SF5 to glitch inside ED.

[@YaGirlGumption]

Aint no fucken way he said Ed isnt a boxer because he couldnt think of the term Outboxer

[@mappybc6097]

Ain't no effing way Ed should be an outboxer when his trainer was a slugger.

[@YaGirlGumption]

@@mappybc6097 idk what to tell you dude. He uses very common out boxer stances like hitman every time he does a flicker jab or his charged purple....psycho power....rope...lasso thing.

[@thepuppetmaster9284]

@@mappybc6097 Ed never feel like a slugger to me. So either Balrog trained him as an outboxer or Ed branched out as an outboxer after he left Balrog.

[@mappybc6097]

@@thepuppetmaster9284 Nah. Balrog is not capable of putting himself on Ed shoes. He is a thug that only picked up Ed to use him. Once he found out he had his own goals he tried to clobber him into submission and bailed out when he found out Ed had surpassed him.

[@samsaravalentine8365]

Aki looks like Lady Gaga Akums is a literal Oni costume while the rest are just outfits.

[@samd1824]

That Rashid costume with the purple and gold looks solid

[@brandamation1267]

someone get this man 2 mil subscribers already HOLY

[@Hillthugsta]

If the nose on Akuma's mask was any longer, Takuma might have words with him.

[@Suavepeppa]

It would be cool they’re only calling these “outfits” for the moment, and that maybe once theres more post launch content they’ll give us the option to mix and match the different outfit parts.

[@reddragoner1932]

Regarding horns and other japanese stuff Max is actually not biased... unless he is Akuma going the Oni route and becoming Shura (or Asura) and displaying more and more an actual Oni is just a joy to watch.

[@christopherpease8998]

Punish the holy hell outa those wake up reversals 😂

[@RbtBoss]

Mr Karatê vibes