History VideoGame / StreetFighterV

* From ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'': Akira Kazama[[note]]With her older brother [[AssistCharacter Daigo]] [[JapaneseDelinquents Kazama]] [[/note]] (Season 5 DLC)

* From ''VideoGame/{{Street Fighter|I}}'': [[WalkingTheEarth Ryu]], [[PlayingWithFire Ken Masters]], [[ChainPain Birdie]], and [[EyepatchOfPower Sagat]] (Season 3 DLC)
* From ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'': [[KickChick Chun-Li]], [[BadPowersBadPeople M. Bison]], [[FragileSpeedster Cammy White]], [[TheFightingNarcissist Vega]], [[ProWrestlingIsReal Zangief]], [[RubberMan Dhalsim]], [[{{Eagleland}} Guile]] (Season 1 DLC), [[BoxingBattler Balrog]] (Season 1 DLC), [[BloodKnight Akuma]] (Season 2 DLC), [[WildMan Blanka]] (Season 3 DLC) and [[SumoWrestling E. Honda]] (Season 4 DLC)
* From ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'': [[BackFromTheDead Charlie Nash]], [[AssKicksYou "Rainbow" Mika Nanakawa]] [[note]]With [[AssistCharacter Yamato Nadeshiko]] [[/note]], [[{{Ojou}} Karin Kanzuki]], [[PluckyGirl Sakura Kasugano]] (Season 3 DLC), [[ReformedCriminal Cody Travers]] (Season 3 DLC), [[EnemyWithout Kage/Evil Ryu]] (Season 4 DLC), [[JokeCharacter Dan Hibiki]] (Season 5 DLC) and [[FortuneTeller Rose]] (Season 5 DLC)

* From ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'': [[CombatSadomasochist Juri Han]] (Season 1 DLC), [[WhipItGood Poison]] (Season 4 DLC) and [[PowerCopying Seth]] (Season 4 DLC)

* From ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'': [[BikerBabe Akira Kazama]][[note]]With her older brother [[AssistCharacter Daigo]] [[JapaneseDelinquents Kazama]] [[/note]] (Season 5 DLC)

** The London stage, Union Station, combines rousing classical strings with a zinging, Music/IronMaiden-esque rock guitar and the chimes of Big Ben. Birdie's theme is a post-punk rehash of his ''Alpha'' theme, in the vein of more artsy English punk bands like Music/TheDamned or Music/PublicImageLtd

* DeathbringerTheAdorable: [[spoiler:Neo Shadaloo is this. The name makes it look like a revival of Shadaloo, but it is really a group of survivors of Shadaloo's experiments whose members support each other. It was named by someone who is by all rights a child and is a child in mind but was subject to ArtificialAging, giving a child an adult's body.]]

** Balrog's High Roller Casino stage is another one, also being a recreation of his Las Vegas-set home stage from ''SFII'', and just as with Guile's Air Force Base, all of the features and people are faithfully recreated.

** Nash started off as a near direct clone of Guile in ''Street Fighter Alpha'' before diverging as Guile was brought back for ''Alpha 3''. This time, however, Nash has a much different moveset while Guile sticks to the classic two special moves formula.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The ''Street Fighter'' series has never been ''that'' light of a story. Multiple character deaths, the topic of darkness, and let's not get into the Dolls. However, "A Shadow Falls" ramps things up to 200% and doesn't look back. A good example of this is when [[spoiler:F.A.N.G melts Rashid's friend within the first 30 minutes of the story and ''licks the remains''.]]

* DeathbringerTheAdorable: [[spoiler:Neo Shadaloo is this. The name makes it look like a revival of Shadaloo, but it is really a group of survivors Shadaloo's experiments whose members support each other. It was named by someone who is by all rights a child and is a child in mind but was subject to ArtificialAging, giving a child an adult's body.]]

** When Juri showed up in Cammy's Story Mode, her costume showed a ''lot'' of skin, including AbsoluteCleavage. When she made her playable debut months later, the same costume now had a skintight black body stocking underneath it. This change was made since this is her default outfit, and would therefore need to be seen on the character select screen at some point during broadcast, even if the player switched to a different outfit. This was also deemed to be the case for R. Mika's default outfit, with one player being asked to switch to her Story Costume after playing a match in her default. However, the outfit remains unaltered, presumably because the censors problem lies with the outfit showing off too much of Mika's butt, which isn't visible on the character select screen. This is ''also'' a problem for Cammy's default outfit, with one player being asked to wear her much less revealing [[LittleBlackDress CPT outfit]].

** Laura's regular outfit shows some serious cleavage; her {{Stripperriffic}} alternate outfits takes it UpToEleven and beyond.

* NumerologicalMotif: The number 5 within Japanese wordplay and culture shares the same pronunciation as karma or destiny, being ''go''. A lot of the game's thematic scheming is based on destiny and fate, as evidenced greatly by sense of change much of the cast presents in the story and their character. Storywise, V comes to tie up loose ends and wrap up the Alpha/Zero, II and IV era, showing where life will now take everyone into the future. When it comes to III, everyone is beginning to pop out of the woodwork as well, helping to also emphasize its installment's theme of "Fight for the future". Additionally, the game is set to end its post-launch support with its fifth season (fittingly called Season V).

* New to ''Street Fighter V'': [[TheBerserker Necalli]], [[BlowYouAway Rashid]], [[ShockAndAwe Laura Matsuda]], [[PoisonousPerson F.A.N.G]], [[AnIcePerson Kolin]] (Season 2 DLC), [[BodyBackupDrive Ed]] (Season 2 DLC), [[BlackMagicianGirl Menat]] (Season 2 DLC), [[DualAgeModes Zeku]] (Season 2 DLC), [[BoomStick Falke]] (Season 3 DLC), [[PresidentEvil G]] (Season 3 DLC), [[DittoFighter Eleven]] (Season 5 DLC), and [[UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts Luke]] (Season 5 DLC)

* ActorAllusion: Ken's cosplay outfit puts him in [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]]'s duds. Both characters are voiced by Creator/ReubenLangdon in the English version of the games.

On February 20, 2022, ''Street Fighter 6'' was announced.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: It took until the final DLC season but ''Street Fighter V'' has finally topped ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'' as the largest cast in a single ''Street Fighter'' game at 46 characters (''Ultra'' boasted 44).

** Laura is also quite buxom and isn't afraid to show it with her top's ludicrous CleavageWindow. [[MaleGaze The camera devotes a lot of focus to her chest and rear for her intro pose]], and Laura's posing before and after battle [[ThirdPersonSeductress is very suggestive]]. Her Story Mode outfit is even skimpier, consisting of a cropped T-shirt with serious {{Underboobs}}, [[WhoWearsShortShorts a tiny pair of Daisy Dukes]], and a noticeably visible pair of {{black|BraAndPanties}} thong underwear.

** In addition to the cameos mentioned above, the Ring of Arcade stage features some non-character shout-outs, such as a piece of meat from ''Videogame/MonsterHunter'', Edward Falcon's plane from ''Videogame/PowerStone'' and Osaka Castle from ''Videogame/{{Onimusha}}.

On May 27, 2020, it was announced that the game will receive a final season of content. Billed ''Season V'', it features six additional characters and three new stages for a grand total of ''46'' fighters -- the highest seen in any previous iteration of the franchise. Of the six characters, three of them are returning from previous titles: Dan Hibiki, Rose, and Oro. The remainder consists of Akira Kazama, the first character from ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' to make a playable appearance in a ''Street Fighter'' installment, Luke, a brand new original fighter, and a mimic character named "Eleven" that takes the random fighting style and form of a member of the cast each match. The cast of ''Season V'' will be released over time between Winter 2020 and Fall 2021. Season V will also introduce another new V-System mechanic called "V-Shift", which allows a character to use their V-Gauge to evade an opponent, either to counter at range or to strike back with a V-Shift-specific move.

!!Confirmed playable characters:

On October 5, 2017, a new version of the game was announced; ''Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition'', both as a new release and as a free update for those who already have the game, allowing new players to hop in with all of the extra content and also keep their promise of players only ever needing to buy the game once. ''Arcade Edition'' not only adds in arcade mode, but ''six'' different arcade mode styles, each one themed around a past ''Street Fighter'' title.[[note]]Some select routes have [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute counterpart stand-ins]] to keep the size of the roster adequate, such as Balrog acting as Mike in the ''Street Fighter I'' route, or Laura for Sean in the ''Street Fighter III'' route.[[/note]] There's also Extra Battle mode, where players fight against unique NPC enemies for Fight Money rewards and special costumes. Additionally, there's now an art gallery, a complete revamp of the UI, and each character is now has a second V-Trigger that can be chosen before the match begins. ''Arcade Edition'' was released on January 16, 2018.

On May 27, 2020, it was announced that the game will receive a final season of content. Billed ''Season V'', it features six additional characters and three new stages for a grand total of ''46'' fighters -- the highest seen in any previous iteration of the franchise. Of the six characters, three of them are return from previous titles: Dan Hibiki, Rose, and Oro. The remainder consists of Akira Kazama, the first character from ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' to make a playable appearance in a ''Street Fighter'' installment, Luke, a brand new original fighter, and a mimic character named "Eleven" that takes the random fighting style and form of a member of the cast each match. The cast of ''Season V'' will be released over time between Winter 2020 and Fall 2021. Season V will also introduce another new V-System mechanic called "V-Shift", which allows a character to use their V-Gauge to evade an opponent, either to counter at range or to strike back with a V-Shift-specific move.

* JumpRopeBlunder: [[TheQuincyPunk Birdie's]] Super Move involves tying the opponent up in [[ChainPain chains]] and playing jump with it, slamming the opponent to the ground over and over.