From 1987 through 2016, the Street Fighter games’ logo has used a combination of the name and roman numerals in black, yellow, orange, and red colors. The style has changed slightly over the years, but it’s remained instantly recognizable and reassuringly familiar. However, with Street Fighter 6’s logo, Capcom’s deviation from the previous entries is as jarring as a dragon punch from Ryu himself. It appears that Capcom was aiming for a look that’s very modern and different, something companies have been known to do when going for the ‘all-new’ approach. But fans are far from impressed. Adding to Capcom’s misery is Ars Technica’s Aurich Lawson (via Kotaku). He noticed something is amiss with the picture: the Street Fighter 6 image is almost identical to an $80 stock logo on Adobe’s stock images site. There are a few differences between the two, beyond the 6 in the corner and the (very bland) STREET FIGHTER text; the corners are rounded in parts, a few angles of the letters have been changed, and the border is thinner, but it’s impossible to deny that these look very, very similar.
There’s always the chance the SF6 logo is just a placeholder, and Capcom is still working on the real one. Even if it isn’t, don’t be surprised if the company suddenly decides that a revamp is in order, one that doesn’t resemble a stock image.
