Overwatch 2 Reveals Which Street Fighter 6 Characters…

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Overwatch 2 unveiled skin ideas that didn't make it into the Street Fighter 6 collab.
Some of the collab skins Overwatch 2 that didn't make the cut included Ken Hanzo, Ken Genji, and Dee Jay Lucio.
The Street Fighter 6 collab in Overwatch 2 is arriving May 20 and includes 8 skins.

Overwatch 2 recently shared a few hero skin ideas that didn’t make the cut during the Street Fighter 6 collaboration, including Ken Hanzo, Ken Genji, and Dee Jay Lucio. Though these combinations didn't make it into this collaboration, Overwatch 2 is not against doing so if it has the chance to do a second crossover with Street Fighter.

The Street Fighter 6 collaboration is set to arrive in Overwatch 2 on May 20. Featuring eight different skins – Chun-Li Juno, Ryu Hanzo, Dhalsim Zenyatta, M. Bison Sigma, Juri Kiriko, Cammy Widowmaker, Blanka Winston, and Guile Soldier: 76 – the Overwatch 2 x Street Fighter 6 crossover is Blizzard’s largest external IP collab to date.

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Just ahead of the event’s arrival, Overwatch 2 has revealed even more information about the crossover – including which Street Fighter characters weren’t able to be included. During an interview with ComicBook, Overwatch 2 art director Dion Rogers brought up Ken as a character he would have liked to add in some form. “Maybe Ken would have been an awesome one to get to,” he admitted. “A cool recolor for Hanzo or at least explore Genji.” As Ryu’s mirror since the original Street Fighter, Ken Genji would have been a natural fit to face off against his brother's collab skin.

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ComicBook also cited Dee Jay Lucio as an idea the community had rallied behind when the collaboration was first announced due to the similarities between Street Fighter 6's Jamaican dance music superstar and Overwatch 2's Brazilian audio medic. While the combo was not considered at the time, Rogers admitted it “sounds awesome.” The art director went on to say, “We’ll get there, maybe one day,” implying a second collaboration in the future is not off the table.

We’ll get there, maybe one day.

Regardless, as far as Overwatch 2 collaborations are concerned, Street Fighter seems to be a natural fit. To create the crossover, Blizzard enlisted Arnold Tsang – art director of Azuki and formerly of both Overwatch and Overwatch 2 – to assist. An avid Street Fighter fan, Tsang cited the fighting game as a major inspiration during the development of the original Overwatch. Even the worldbuilding had a lot of similarities, with both games featuring heroes from different nations, along with matching maps. Though they had to pick and choose for this collab, Tsang joked that there are enough characters in both games that one “can literally make a [Street Fighter] skin for every single hero in Overwatch.”

Of note, this crossover is not only the largest Blizzard has ever done for the FPS, but also one of the swiftest. Overwatch 2 only just finished its Gundam Wing collaboration less than a month ago, only to roll out the Street Fighter crossover in nearly half the time that would normally be found between these events. While this quickened timeline is a result of Overwatch 2 getting better at putting together collaborations, players shouldn’t expect two crossovers a season to be the new norm, even if the team would love to make that happen. “If we can, we’ll do it,” Rogers said. “We’ll try.”

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