Last month, the beloved character Alex was added to Street Fighter 6, along with a related World Tour storyline where we learned more about the professional wrestler’s background and personal life. The details were… surprising, to say the least.
To catch you up: Alex is an orphaned child who’s taken in by his late father’s friend and trainer, Tom. After the death of Alex’s parents, Tom essentially becomes his adopted father. That’s all above board, but then Tom and his wife have a daughter named Patricia. Alex and Patricia grew up together, making them step-siblings, more or less. Later in life, the pair get married.
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It’s already a dubious premise, since the pair are basically brother and sister, but then a throwaway line reveals that Tom was a cousin of Alex’s mother, meaning they’re also biologically related. The pair then have a child of their own, completing the Habsburg-esque circle.
Some have theorised that Tom is related to Alex’s mother because it’s uncommon in Japan for people not biologically related to the orphan to adopt them. This can be seen in the popular movie Suzume, where the eponymous character is adopted by her aunt following the death of her mother.
Capcom then apologised for the storyline, promising to tweak the dialogue in some languages. Well, that patch has arrived, and it hasn’t really made the storyline less strange. According to Capcom, “some of Alex’s World Tour story text has been adjusted in certain languages.”
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Instead of Alex explicitly saying Tom is his mother’s cousin, he instead says, “[Tom] is a distant relative of my mother, or something.” So… the biological connection between Alex and Patricia is now more dubious, which is a plus… I guess? Capcom could have completely changed the storyline, and no one would have batted an eye, but the studio seems set on maintaining some kind of biological connection between Tom and Alex’s mother.
So, unfortunately for fans of Alex, he will remain in his loving relationship with his cousin-sister in the series’ canon. At the very least, Alex does not appear in the upcoming Street Fighter movie, so we won’t have to address this problem in cinema… yet.
Street Fighter 6
5.0/5
- Released
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June 2, 2023
- ESRB
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T For Teen Due To Mild Blood, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco, Violence
