Street Fighter 6 Earns a Perfect 40/40 from Famitsu
Street Fighter 6 became the first entry in Capcom's fighting series to earn a perfect 40/40 from Famitsu's four-reviewer panel.
Street Fighter 6 received a perfect Famitsu score
Famitsu awarded Street Fighter 6 a 40/40 review score. The magazine uses four reviewers who each score a game out of 10, so the result meant that every member of the panel gave Capcom's fighter full marks.
It was the first Street Fighter game to receive that score and one of a small number of games to earn a perfect result from the Japanese magazine.
Why the review stood out
Fighting games have to serve players with very different levels of experience. Street Fighter 6 paired competitive systems with World Tour, Battle Hub, tutorials, and multiple control options intended to make the game easier to enter.
The score reflected how complete the package appeared at launch. It covered more than match mechanics: onboarding, presentation, character design, responsiveness, and the game's ability to support both casual and competitive play all shaped its reception.
The release reached beyond veteran players
Street Fighter 6 arrived during a busy period for fighting games, with Mortal Kombat, Tekken, and several anime fighters competing for attention. Capcom's advantage was a release that gave newcomers structured ways to learn without removing the precision expected by experienced players.
Modern controls lowered the execution barrier for some players, while Classic controls retained the traditional input system. World Tour supplied a single-player route through the mechanics, and Battle Hub gave the online community a visible social space.
What a perfect score does and does not mean
A magazine score cannot settle questions about long-term balance or years of competitive updates. It can establish how strongly a game was received at launch.
Famitsu's 40/40 placed Street Fighter 6 among the magazine's most highly rated releases and confirmed that Capcom's attempt to serve new and veteran players had landed with all four reviewers.
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