Capcom has introduced that Avenue Fighter 6 has now bought over 5 million models since its preliminary launch in 2023; a milestone helped significantly by the latest launch on the Nintendo Change 2.
This makes it the third best-selling Avenue Fighter recreation of all time on the time of writing. Avenue Fighter V is presently within the lead with a complete of 7.8 million gross salesand Avenue Fighter II for the SNES sits at 6.3 million.
The corporate states it “goals to maximise the sport’s userbase” by bringing the sport to the Change 2, and has helped to facilitate this by together with cross-play, an initiative that enables gamers to hitch on-line fights throughout a number of console platforms.
The sport hasn’t arrived with out some controversy, nevertheless. Like many third-party releases for the Change 2, Avenue Fighter 6 is a Sport-Key Cardthat means customers might want to obtain the title from the eShop regardless of proudly owning a cartridge.
The extra content material for the Years 1-2 Fighters Version additionally is not included within the obtain as commonplace, however moderately through a separate code. It is as a consequence of expire in two years too, which signifies that those that purchase the ‘bodily’ launch in some unspecified time in the future within the latter half of 2027 and past will not get the entire content material marketed.
Capcom has additionally confirmed that it considers gross sales of Sport-Key Playing cards to be digital gross saleswhich actually is smart since customers are downloading the sport from the eShop.
Regardless of the controversy, Avenue Fighter 6 is a rattling good fighter for the Change 2. We’re not all too eager on the unique like gyro controls, however the core gameplay is great. We awarded it a well-deserved rating of 9/10.
