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Last week, Capcom added Alex to Street Fighter 6’s playable fighter roster. However, Alex’s arrival was overshadowed by his arcade mode ending (spoilers ahead!) in which he marries his adoptive younger sister/second cousin Patricia. Not only that, they are expecting a baby! These revelations prompted a flood of critical comments from grossed-out fans.

Today, Street Fighter 6 director Takayuki Nakayama addressed the backlash, apologizing for what he called the "confusion."

"While we have not changed the characters’ backstories, after internal review by the development team, we plan to revise certain text passages that may have been misleading in the near future," he said. However, this has only prompted more criticism from fans, as Capcom shows no signs of removing Alex and Patricia’s controversial marriage.

Alex and Patricia’s marriage revelation in Street Fighter 6’s arcade ending sees a pregnant Patricia greeting Alex at the door with, “Welcome home, hon,” and commenting that their daughter will “grow up to be big and strong just like her daddy.” However, this came as a shock to fans, who are used to the pair having a purely platonic, sibling-like relationship. This is because Tom, Patricia’s dad, has been a father figure to orphan Alex since Alex’s debut in Street Fighter 3 New Generation (1997).

But that’s not all. In Street Fighter 6 World Tour mode, there’s a dialogue which states that Tom is actually a cousin of Alex’s mother, making Alex and Patricia second cousins. Also, Alex has known Patricia since she was a baby, further adding to the “ick” factor for some fans.

In his post, Nakamura also linked to a new short story, ‘A Toast between Fathers.’ Written by Street Fighter 6’s scenario team, it takes place in a bar just after Alex and Patricia’s wedding. The story explains that Alex and Patricia drifted apart for some time, but then Alex was the one who turned up and saved Patricia when she got involved with the wrong crowd. In this way, the short story tries to explain how Alex and Patricia’s once sibling-like relationship took a romantic turn.