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Meet Necalli, Street Fighter V’s Newest Character

by Tony Polanco2

During the Ken Masters reveal trailer for Street Fighter V, we saw a glimpse of a mystery fighter who no one could identify. The reason for that has been revealed today: it’s a completely new fighter to the franchise. Meet Necalli, everyone!

Necalli can be seen in the video from this year’s EVO which was uploaded to YouTube thanks to user XusesGB. To quote our friend Avion Foster-Jarvis from Twitter, he looks like “a fusion of Blanka, Evil Ryu, and Wolverine.”

Street Fighter V will be released in Spring of 2016. An open beta will go live this Thursday for those who pre-ordered the game.

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