Akuma has been in Street Fighter 6 for below a day, however followers have already found two secret tremendous strikes he can use. The catch? You possibly can solely use them after his secret taunt – the one which includes Akuma sitting on the bottom, chomping on a rice ball for 30 seconds.
Most characters solely have three tremendous strikes, however Akuma has a whopping seven, though that features the 2 hidden ones that are not included on the transfer checklist. Regardless of that secrecy, numerous fans on social media had been fast to find each the hidden taunt and the supers that include them, which IGN has verified independently.
As talked about, all of it begins with the key taunt. To tug that off, carry out Akuma’s again taunt by holding again and urgent all six buttons, then mash down on all these buttons. That’ll result in a taunt that sees Akuma consuming a rice ball, and as soon as he is completed his snack, you’ll be able to carry out the 2 hidden supers, which you’ll be able to see beneath (together with some useful directions from my colleague Mitchell Saltzman):
The primary is finished by doing two quarter circles again and urgent kick. This one is definitely a name again to Kage’s V-Set off 1 in Street Fighter 5, Rikudo Osatsu. The opposite one is carried out by urgent down, down, and all three punch buttons, and it is primarily his tremendous transfer from Street Fighter 5.
That’s not all, although! Whereas in this state, he can even unleash his traditional double air fireballs by doing quarter circle again and two punches whereas leaping ahead in the air, and it would not even value meter.
Though, as fans were quick to point out, the strikes aren’t tremendous viable on the subject of aggressive play, because the taunt actually leaves the warrior sitting together with his again turned to his opponent for 30 seconds. Nonetheless, it is a enjoyable Easter Egg – and, as well-liked preventing recreation streamer Maximilian Dood notes, it offers Akuma gamers a method to open Evo matches in the funniest method doable.
If two Akuma gamers at @Evo begin the set with this taunt, the roof will blow off the conference middle. https://t.co/w8BDsKG2Ds
— Maximilian Dood (@maximilian_) May 22, 2024
As talked about, Akuma entered the Street Fighter 6 fray in an replace simply earlier in the present day, which has led to a spike in curiosity for the preventing recreation. In line with SteamDB, there have been 70k gamers on Steam simply earlier in the present day, fairly the leap from the 5k-25k that had been enjoying in the times previous to the replace. Akuma’s a little bit of a traditional boss for the Street Fighter collection, having been launched all of the again in Street Fighter II, so it is little shock the see followers psyched for his addition.
IGN gave Street Fighter 6 a 9/10 a 12 months in the past, with Saltzman writing on the time, “Street Fighter 6 is probably the most feature-rich a Street Fighter has ever been at launch, however even past that, it is roster of 18 characters is superb, the brand new mechanics revitalize the one-on-one preventing method, and it completely nails all the little issues that make for a stellar preventing recreation.”
Alex Stedman is a Senior Information Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or enhancing, yow will discover her studying fantasy novels or enjoying Dungeons & Dragons.