{"id":1848041,"date":"2026-03-26T10:57:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1848041"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:57:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:57:31","slug":"after-fan-outcry-capcom-is-patching-alexs-incest-storyline-in-street-fighter-6-yes-you-read-that-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1848041","title":{"rendered":"After fan outcry, Capcom is patching Alex&#8217;s incest storyline in Street Fighter 6 (yes, you read that right)"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/street-fighter-6\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Street Fighter 6<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">After fan outcry, Capcom is patching Alex&#8217;s incest storyline in Street Fighter 6 (yes, you read that right)<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Groomerang raid.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/street-fighter-6-alex.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Street Fighter 6 Alex screenshot showing the fighter pointing downwards, smiling.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"street-fighter-6-alex.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Capcom<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-26T10:57:31+00:00\">March 26, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/street-fighter-6-alex-dlc-incest-patch?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          16 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"2492ac43-4ff8-4e1d-8ff6-eef3d413eddd\" data-name=\"Street Fighter 6\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Street Fighter 6\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Street Fighter 6\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Street Fighter 6\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Street Fighter 6\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Street Fighter 6\" title=\"Follow Street Fighter 6\"><br \/>\n  Follow Street Fighter 6<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Capcom announced a future patch for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/street-fighter-6\">Street Fighter 6<\/a>, revising some of the text passages added with the latest DLC character, Alex. This comes after players on social media mocked the New York fighter for marrying and impregnating his second cousin and step-sister, Patricia, who he knew as a baby.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/takaNakayama\/status\/2036971223486497258\"> posted to social media<\/a>, Street Fighter 6 director Takayuki Nakayama wrote: &#8220;We apologize for any confusion that recent topics regarding Alex&#8217;s story may have caused.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Street Fighter 6 - Official Alex Teaser Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rZYxkO0LGng?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/rZYxkO0LGng\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Street Fighter 6 &#8211; Official Alex Teaser Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the Street Fighter 6 Alex teaser trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rZYxkO0LGng\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;While we have not changed the characters&#8217; backstories, after internal review by the development team, we plan to revise certain text passages that may have been misleading in the near future. Additionally, we have published a supplementary episode on &#8220;Buckler&#8217;s Boot Camp&#8221; to provide further insight into the characters&#8217; emotions and backstories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This supplementary episode is called &#8216;A Toast Between Fathers&#8217; and is written by the Street Fighter scenario team. It is a follow-up from Alex and Patricia&#8217;s wedding and establishes that while they <em>are<\/em> still step-siblings, they weren&#8217;t close growing up and only became close later in life. So, that means it&#8217;s still official canon that Alex marries his step-sister and has a relationship with his second cousin. People are speculating &#8211; or hoping &#8211; the cousin aspect will also change per these updates, but there&#8217;s no confirmation yet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Releasing an emergency patch where Alex unfucks his cousin is one of the funniest things to happen in the FGC in a while.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J I Y U N A (@jiyunaJP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jiyunaJP\/status\/2036982099119624436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>The response to this statement has been pretty intense. Del on Twitter posted the Alex story mode image of Alex marrying Patricia <em>and<\/em> holding her as a baby, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheCartelDel\/status\/2036993279292785065\">writing<\/a>: &#8220;There&#8217;s no confusion LMAO. You made Alex&#8217;s sibling-like relationship with his second cousin go from him holding her as a baby to marrying, and getting her pregnant. The emotion you&#8217;re seeing from Street Fighter fans is not CONFUSION, it&#8217;s something else &#8211; I promise&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Shuckle on X made some custom art to celebrate the occasion, which you can see below. They also expressed their thoughts on the matter, writing: &#8220;We do not want Alex and Patricia to be in a romantic relationship, that is the entire problem. Alex can marry anyone else, it&#8217;s fine, but having his step-sister as his wife is the problem. How was this missed in the writing process? Did nobody speak up about it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">sigh <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wk7yS52Rab\">pic.twitter.com\/wk7yS52Rab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 shuckle (@ssshuckle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ssshuckle\/status\/2037037926010200332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Street Fighter has had retcons in the past, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/StreetFighter\/comments\/1d0dzpg\/akumas_gradual_fall_from_grace\/\">such as Akuma constantly having his accomplishments changed through Street Fighter 2 onwards<\/a>, but this is the first ever incest patch in Street Fighter&#8217;s history. Maybe gaming history. Keep breaking new ground, Capcom.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Capcom announced a future patch for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/street-fighter-6\">Street Fighter 6<\/a>, revising some of the text passages added with the latest DLC character, Alex. This comes after players on social media mocked the New York fighter for marrying and impregnating his second cousin and step-sister, Patricia, who he knew as a baby.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/takaNakayama\/status\/2036971223486497258\"> posted to social media<\/a>, Street Fighter 6 director Takayuki Nakayama wrote: &#8220;We apologize for any confusion that recent topics regarding Alex&#8217;s story may have caused.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Street Fighter 6 - Official Alex Teaser Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rZYxkO0LGng?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/rZYxkO0LGng\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Street Fighter 6 &#8211; Official Alex Teaser Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the Street Fighter 6 Alex teaser trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rZYxkO0LGng\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;While we have not changed the characters&#8217; backstories, after internal review by the development team, we plan to revise certain text passages that may have been misleading in the near future. Additionally, we have published a supplementary episode on &#8220;Buckler&#8217;s Boot Camp&#8221; to provide further insight into the characters&#8217; emotions and backstories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This supplementary episode is called &#8216;A Toast Between Fathers&#8217; and is written by the Street Fighter scenario team. It is a follow-up from Alex and Patricia&#8217;s wedding and establishes that while they <em>are<\/em> still step-siblings, they weren&#8217;t close growing up and only became close later in life. So, that means it&#8217;s still official canon that Alex marries his step-sister and has a relationship with his second cousin. People are speculating &#8211; or hoping &#8211; the cousin aspect will also change per these updates, but there&#8217;s no confirmation yet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Releasing an emergency patch where Alex unfucks his cousin is one of the funniest things to happen in the FGC in a while.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J I Y U N A (@jiyunaJP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jiyunaJP\/status\/2036982099119624436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>The response to this statement has been pretty intense. Del on Twitter posted the Alex story mode image of Alex marrying Patricia <em>and<\/em> holding her as a baby, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheCartelDel\/status\/2036993279292785065\">writing<\/a>: &#8220;There&#8217;s no confusion LMAO. You made Alex&#8217;s sibling-like relationship with his second cousin go from him holding her as a baby to marrying, and getting her pregnant. The emotion you&#8217;re seeing from Street Fighter fans is not CONFUSION, it&#8217;s something else &#8211; I promise&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Shuckle on X made some custom art to celebrate the occasion, which you can see below. They also expressed their thoughts on the matter, writing: &#8220;We do not want Alex and Patricia to be in a romantic relationship, that is the entire problem. Alex can marry anyone else, it&#8217;s fine, but having his step-sister as his wife is the problem. How was this missed in the writing process? Did nobody speak up about it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">sigh <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wk7yS52Rab\">pic.twitter.com\/wk7yS52Rab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 shuckle (@ssshuckle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ssshuckle\/status\/2037037926010200332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Street Fighter has had retcons in the past, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/StreetFighter\/comments\/1d0dzpg\/akumas_gradual_fall_from_grace\/\">such as Akuma constantly having his accomplishments changed through Street Fighter 2 onwards<\/a>, but this is the first ever incest patch in Street Fighter&#8217;s history. 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