Street Fighter 6: Juri Returns Alongside Ninja Newcomer Kimberly

Capcom announced that Juri, along with Kimberly, will be joining Street Fighter 6’s roster.

Returning competitor Juri is a “sadistic thrill seeker who enjoys the suffering of others, taking immense joy in obliterating her foes,” according to PlayStation. Super Street Fighter IV is her debut film. Prior to SF6, she was motivated by revenge against M. Bison. But, after Street Fighter V’s defeat, she waits for a fresh motivation. If you’re a fan of Juri, don’t sweat – she retains many of her past moves in Street Fighter 6, although you can expect them to have “different properties” now. 

Fuhajin sees Juri return to perform an up-kicking move that stocks Fuha’s stock. Saihasho, Ankensatsu, and Go Ohsatsu are new special moves but “may be visually familiar in the form of the low projectile or jumping axe kick,” PlayStation writes in a blog post. These moves can be performed by players without needing to use Fuha stocks. However, they can be linked together and power up if there is a Fuha stock. 

“Finally, Juri’s Shiku-sen, a flying dive kick, returns from Super Street Fighter IV, which can be followed up with a series of flashy airborne kicks,” the blog post reads. “This opens up more creative options for Juri’s playstyle and can catch an opponent off guard.” 

Street Fighter newcomer Kimberly is an ‘80s pop culture-infatuated ninja who is the student of Guy. 

“Kimberly invited herself to become Guy’s student, who is the 39th successor to Bushinryu after defeating his master Zeku, the 38th successor,” PlayStation writes. “Kimberly had an ordinary upbringing, but she’s a prodigy who graduated college early and now wants to be a full-fledged ninja. She is infatuated with ‘80s pop culture when the portable cassette player was at its peak popularity, hence why she always carries one with her.”

Game director Takayuki Nakayama says Kimberly listens to music from a particular person, but we’ll have to wait to find out who. Nakayama also says that Kimberly’s arsenal of techniques uses her high physical strength and allows her to open up opponents in various ways. 

“Being a spunky new ninja, Kimberly incorporates an urban twist to reimagine what Bushinryu means to her,” the blog post reads. “She uses Genius at Play to stock up on a spray can, which can then be thrown to the ground as a Shuriken Bomb. Hidden Variable sees Kimberly disguise herself with colorful smoke, before appearing to an opponent and performing a surprise attack. Finally, she has the trademark ninja Sprint, which can be followed up with kick options or Arc Step where Kimberly launches herself off from the opponent.” 

Check out Street Fighter 6 PlayStation’s full blog post for more details. Make sure you check out Game Informer’s exclusive interview with Nakayama and Street Fighter 6 producer Shuhei Matsumoto and then watch these five minutes of hands-on gameplay with Street Fighter 6’s Chun-Li. Learn why you should be one Game Informer editor believes Street Fighter 6’s modern controls make it fun to play against rookies after that. 

Street Fighter 6 will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 4 in 2023. 

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