Published Mar 26, 2026, 11:29 AM EDT

Capcom won't change the relationship, but will 'revise certain text passages' that may have been confusing

Street Fighter 6 incest patch will still keep the incest in the game

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On March 17, Capcom's fighting game Street Fighter 6 received a new DLC fighter, Alex , and players were quick to point out there was something a bit odd about his storyline in the game. After finishing Arcade Mode with Alex, players learn he has married his younger adoptive sister/second cousin, Patricia. Worse yet, they're expecting a baby.

Unsurprisingly, Alex's ending made plenty of fans feel quite icky over the incestuous direction Capcom took his character. Alex and his now-wife Patricia were always depicted as members of a found family; Alex was orphaned as a boy and taken in by his mother's cousin Tom, which meant he and Patricia were raised as adoptive siblings.…