Does Street Fighter 5 need a Season 4.5 balance patch, is Capcom showing signs of better communication, and just how good or bad is G?

from EventHubs Podcast · host Jon Grey, John Guerrero

Capcom's Yoshinori Ono breaks the silence and has a bit of a Twitter heart to heart with Street Fighter fans, Street Fighter 5 is a pretty decently balanced game at this point, but is it time to shake up the top tiers and give others a chance in the spotlight? Maybe with a Season 4.5 balance patch? Finally we put G under the microscope to see if this somewhat polarizing character is as good as America thinks, as bad as Japan thinks, or somewhere in the middle. Timestamps 01:00 - Capcom communicated again! 09:56 - Capcom hiring a social media manager specifically for fighting games 14:54 - Do we expect/need a Season 4.5? 34:52 - Lightning round - Do these characters need to be changed? (Karin, Birdie, Ibuki, M. Bison) 47:40 - What's the deal with G? Good, bad, dum?

What this episode covers

Capcom's Yoshinori Ono breaks the silence and has a bit of a Twitter heart to heart with Street Fighter fans, Street Fighter 5 is a pretty decently balanced game at this point, but is it time to shake up the top tiers and give others a chance in the spotlight? Maybe with a Season 4.5 balance patch? Finally we put G under the microscope to see if this somewhat polarizing character is as good as America thinks, as bad as Japan thinks, or somewhere in the middle. Timestamps 01:00 - Capcom communicated again!09:56 - Capcom hiring a social media manager specifically for fighting games14:54 - Do we expect/need a Season 4.5?34:52 - Lightning round - Do these characters need to be changed? (Karin, Birdie, Ibuki, M. Bison)47:40 - What's the deal with G? Good, bad, dum?