{"id":135608,"date":"2026-01-09T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-196037"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:15:00","slug":"alex-turns-heel-as-the-man-with-no-allies-in-street-fighter-6-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/09\/alex-turns-heel-as-the-man-with-no-allies-in-street-fighter-6-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Turns Heel As &#8216;The Man With No Allies&#8217; In Street Fighter 6 Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1d2b9509ab7eb\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1d2b9509ab7eb\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"uaGvmRTUUvU\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uaGvmRTUUvU?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Capcom has released a new teaser trailer for Alex, the latest addition in the Year 3 Character\/Ultimate Pass for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/street-fighter-6-years-1-2-fighters-edition\">Street Fighter 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no raw gameplay here, but if you ever wanted to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/final_fight\">Final Fight<\/a>&#8216;s Andore (Hugo) get beaten to a pulp, this trailer has you covered. Alex fully turns heel for this one, becoming &#8216;The Man With No Allies&#8217; as he taunts his opponent and rebukes the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>From this short teaser, we&#8217;re not overly keen on Alex&#8217;s look, but it&#8217;s at least much, <em>much<\/em> better than his appearance in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps4\/street_fighter_v\" class=\"external\">Street Fighter V<\/a>. Jesus, that was <a href=\"https:\/\/game.capcom.com\/cfn\/sfv\/as\/common\/character\/bustup\/l\/alx.png?h=eb260947df38fcec30440acb79613441\">rough<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for when fans will finally get to play as Alex, there&#8217;s no firm release date, but the trailer ends to confirm that he&#8217;ll be available in &#8216;Early Spring&#8217;. So we&#8217;re potentially looking at a release in March, perhaps.<\/p>\n<p>Alex will join Sagat and C. Viper in the Year 3 Character\/Ultimate Pass, with Ingrid making her mainline series debut at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols cols-2\">\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Alex SF6 2\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/85ad9e82fdc34\/alex-sf6-2.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/85ad9e82fdc34\/alex-sf6-2.445x249.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"249\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Alex SF6 2\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Alex SF6 3\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/86099c97bbf08\/alex-sf6-3.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/86099c97bbf08\/alex-sf6-3.445x249.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"249\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Alex SF6 3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Capcom<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch-2\/street-fighter-6-years-1-2-fighters-edition\">our review<\/a> for Street Fighter 6 on Switch 2, we said it&#8217;s &#8220;crisp, clean, and as slick as we could have ever hoped&#8221;, awarding it a score of 9\/10. It also featured as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/games-of-the-year-2025-nintendo-life-staff-picks\">one of our personal Game of the Year choices<\/a> for 2025, so do check that out if you have a moment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:182899,194331 @ 1768037702 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Are you looking forward to Alex&#8217;s debut in Street Fighter 6? What do you make of this teaser trailer? Let us know with a comment.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Capcom has released a new teaser trailer for Alex, the latest addition in the Year 3 Character\/Ultimate Pass for Street Fighter 6. There&#8217;s no raw gameplay here, but if you ever wanted to see Final Fight&#8216;s Andore (Hugo) get beaten to a pulp, this trailer has you covered. 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