Midt i alle annonceringerne under Summer Game Fest-ugen er det let at se, hvordan selv ting, der normalt ville få opmærksomhed, nu synes at gå tabt i mængden. Et sådant eksempel er den kommende tilbagevenden af heltinden Tifa fra Final Fantasy VII og vi taler ikke om Final Fantasy VII: Revelation, men snarere om hendes optræden i Street Fighter 6.
I et interview med IGN forklarer instruktør Takayuki Nakayama, at samtalerne begyndte for tre år siden med en ven, der arbejder hos Square Enix og er fan af Street Fighter. De ønskede at skabe et samarbejde, hvor en gæstekarakter virkede som et naturligt match:
"And around that time the Final Fantasy 7 remake series was very active, and looking at the character background, a character like Tifa, who has a heavy martial arts style, we thought that it would be perfect for Street Fighter 6. So it kind of organically led to this happening."
Producer Shuhei Matsumoto forklarede også processen med at integrere en så ikonisk Square Enix-figur i Street Fighter og bemærkede, at Final Fantasy-veteranen Tetsuya Nomura selv er involveret:
"A lot of things were taken into consideration, like the exaggerations that are required for, for example, when a punch or a kick lands. Ultimately that gets reviewed by the team at Square Enix, including [Tetsuya] Nomura-san from the Final Fantasy 7 team. And then once that's approved, then it's up to the developers on the Capcom side to implement into the game."
De nævner også, at vi ikke bør forvente Street Fighter 7 foreløbig. Den sjette udgivelse sælger rigtig godt og den interne plan er at holde spillet kørende i ti år.