Street Fighter 6’s Wacky Single-Player World Tour Mode Detailed

One of the most exciting and mysterious elements of Street Fighter 6 has been a World Tour, a single-player open-world exploration mode Capcom had previously only shown glimpses of. Thankfully, today’s Street Fighter 6 Showcase finally pulled the curtain back on what World Tour entails and it looks delightfully bonkers.

World Tour begins with players creation a custom fighter that serves as the mode’s protagonist. Upon creating your avatar, you’re dropped into Metro City from the Final Fight series, one of the World Tour’s many explorable city hubs. Nayshall, a city in Asia is another destination. 

As a fledgling fighter, you’ll embark on a quest to become a world warrior. You’ll accomplish this by running around and picking fights with citizens, who all happen to martial artists, or getting jumped by silly enemies ranging from thugs with boxes on their heads to literal refrigerators, depending on which city you’re in. The game seamlessly transitions from exploring to 1v1 battles. Some fights offer additional rewards for completing certain objectives, like performing specific moves. Drive Stall is a powerful ability that allows you to slow time down to avoid pursuing enemies and get the upper hand before a battle. 

The world map allows you to travel around and see familiar and surprising faces in different cities. You can become students to legendary fighters, which consist of all 18 launch fighters such as Chun-Li, which allows you to adopt their fighting styles in combat and acquire special signature moves used for exploration. For example, you can learn Ryu/Ken’s hurricane kick which can let you soar over gaps while platforming. Your bond grows stronger with legendary masters the more you train them. As you raise your bond with a master, new story missions and content are unlocked. Bringing them gifts will also increase their affinity towards you.

In-game vendors allow you to purchase items and gifts. Additionally, you can buy food that restores health or grants temporary stat buffs/debuffs in and out of fights. Winning fights awards XP as well as skill points used to unlock permanent stat boosts from a skill tree, as well as special traversal abilities. 

World Tour looks as robust as it does absurd (in a good way), and we’re excited to get our hand on it. Thankfully, a demo lets players take an abbreviated stroll through these dangerous streets. Street Fighter 6 is released for PlayStation consoles (Xbox Series X/S and PC) on June 2. You can also read about the game’s first wave of DLC fighters here.