Capcom has announced that the upcoming March Update for “Street Fighter V” is dropping next week, and it contains a lot of updates and content that players will be happy to have.
The March Update will come in two parts, reports GameSpot. The first part, which will be released March 28 Monday, will contain new features such as the Challenge Mode, Trials, an online rematch option (for those who want payback), tweaks in the Battle Lounge, as well as various bug fixes.
The second part, to be dropped March 30, will bring Alex into the existing roster of characters, as well as the in-game shop.
Capcom said that it is not adding Zenny in the upcoming update because it is not yet ready. Zenny is the in-game currency that uses real money for transactions, and Capcom wants to ensure that “it's fully tested an optimized before launching it.” Capcom is taking extra care to make the system gets ready, and promises to launch it when it becomes ready, although at an unknown date.
For those that don't own the Season Pass, this means that Alex and additional costumes that could be purchased in the in-game shop will need to be purchased with Fight Money, which can be garnered through grinding fights. To make up for this, Capcom said it is offering a free trial for Alex until the Zenny shop is launched. Players will also be able to try other DLC characters for free if they are released before the Zenny shop launches.
However, once the Zenny shop launches, all characters on free trial will need to be purchased. Any DLC-related content, such as costumes, that are purchased with Fight Money during the trial will remain, but players will need to purchase the character related to resume using the content.
Additionally, Capcom is making Ryu's and Chun-Li's story mode costumes available for free on March 30.
Here are the March Update details, as seen in the Capcom Blog:
March 28 (Monday) Release:
Challenge Mode
- Demonstrations: Learn the ins and outs of Street Fighter V through helpful demonstration and tutorial content. Contains content for each of the 16 characters, as well as advice geared towards players of all skill levels:
- Beginner Tutorials: 12 lessons covering, movement, normal attacks, special attacks, V-System, throws, counter hits, chip/recoverable damage, etc.
- Intermediate Tutorials: 11 lessons covering projectiles, invincibility frames, armor and armor break, recovery, cross-up attacks, anti-air options, etc.
- Advanced Tutorials: 4 lessons covering back dashing, frame advantage/disadvantage, combo potential, button priority, etc.
- Character Tutorials: 16 lessons covering each individual character.
- Trials: Put your skills to the ultimate test with combo trials for all 16 characters, ranging from basic to pro combos. Completing Trials will also earn you some extra Fight Money.
- Online Rematch Option
Salty from a close loss online? Want revenge? Players can now play a 2/3 set in Ranked Match and Casual Matches, provided both players accept the rematch.
- Battle Lounge Improvements
Enjoy up to 8 person lobbies, complete with match spectating.
- Bug fixes and gameplay balancing
Various game bugs have been fixed, along with minor gameplay balancing. For more details please check this post.
March 30 (Wednesday) 10AM PT Release:
- Alex + related character story content
- In-Game Shop
Fight Money Expenditure: Spend your hard earned Fight Money to purchase extra game content, such as DLC characters (100,000 FM each) and the Story Mode Costumes (40,000 FM each).
