Additionally, Capcom is bringingDevil May Cry-themed costumes to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition in celebration of the recent Devil May Cry 5 announcement.
Get the details below.
Survival Mode Improvements and Fighting Chance Mode
Cody has heard the calls of the citizens and has decided to start his job as mayor one day early on June 25! Also coming with Metro City’s New Mayor are improvements to Survival Mode and introducing the Fighting Chance mode, including new obtainable skins! Learn more about these features below and how they work.
Current Survival Mode
As you likely know, Survival Mode is a single-player mode where you’re challenged to fight a consecutive number of CPU opponents until you either beat them all or are defeated – if you fail, you must start from the very beginning. There are four separate difficulty settings with different rewards:
Easy
10 consecutive opponents
Unlocks Color 3 for Default, Story, and Extra Battle Costumes
EXP awarded for the first time completed with each character
Normal
30 consecutive opponents
Unlocks Colors 4, 5, and 6 for Default, Story, and Extra Battle Costumes
EXP awarded for the first time completed with each character
Hard
50 consecutive opponents
Unlocks Colors 7, 8, 9, and 10 for Default, Story, and Extra Battle Costumes
EXP awarded for the first time completed with each character
Extreme
100 consecutive opponents
Unlocks a title
EXP awarded for the first time completed with each character
As you progress in each attempt, you’ll rack up score depending on how quickly you defeat the opponent. In between rounds, you have the option of spending some of your score to purchase a Battle Supplement, which will help you against the next opponent in various ways.
But this much you may already know, so what are these improvements we speak of? There are quite a few, so let’s start with the addition of Battle Goods!
Battle Goods
Similar to Battle Supplements, Battle Goods can be used to give you advantages or improve your chances of winning the next round. Unlike Battle Supplements, Battle Goods are consumables, meaning they will disappear once you use them. You can also use up to five of them between rounds whereas you can only use one Battle Supplement.
Once this update goes live, you’ll automatically receive some Battle Goods in your inventory to get you started. You can obtain more Battle Goods by completing Survival Mode – the higher the difficulty, the more rewards – or by participating in the new Fighting Chance mode, which will be discussed below.
Care to Continue or Save Your Progress?
Currently, once you are defeated in Survival Mode, you must start from the very beginning. With this update, you can now spend Fight Money to continue after a loss. If you are defeated, you can spend 1,000 Fight Money to continue without losing progress. When continuing, you will start with a full health bar, EX Gauge, and V-Gauge to make the match fair.
100 consecutive matches can take a while! That’s why we’re adding the ability to save your progress so you can resume at a later date. After clearing a stage, you’ll have the option to open the Save Menu at the Battle Supplements screen. Upon doing so, you’ll be prompted with the ability to Save and Quit. Once you decide you’re ready to continue, you can head to Survival Mode again where a prompt will ask if you’d like to resume play.
Other Improvements
When playing Survival Mode, you can now select Standard or Random, which will affect the CPU opponents. In Standard, only the initial 16 characters will appear in a predetermined order. In Random, all currently-released characters, including those from Season 1-3, will appear in random order – except for the “boss” character that appears every 10 stages.
Finally, any unused V-Gauge will also be carried over into the next stage giving you more options as you take on the increased CPU difficulty..
Introducing Fighting Chance
Battle Goods are potent items that can greatly increase your chance of completing Survival Mode, especially with the increased difficulty. This brings us to Fighting Chance, a new system where Menat will open up shop to tell your fortune! By spending 500 Fight Money, you can obtain a Fantasy Fortune Reading, which Menat can help you decipher. These readings contain multiple items, including some exclusive to Fighting Chance.
Battle Goods for Survival Mode
New colors only obtainable in Fantasy Fortune Readings
Rare costumes only available via Fantasy Fortune Readings
Cammy’s Cannon Spike costume below is one of these rare costumes
We’ll introduce more rare costumes as time goes on!
Classic pieces of Street Fighter art from across the series
Upon logging in once the update is live, you’ll receive one free Fantasy Fortune Reading that will walk you through this process!
Devil May Cry Costumes
After the announcement of Devil May Cry 5 at E3 2018, it’s time to bring the party to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition with three different Devil May Cry costumes for Ken, Ed, and Laura!
Dante Costume (Ken)
Dante is the main protagonist of the Devil May Cry series, who serves as a private investigator and Devil Hunter at his very own shop. Throughout the series, he meets mysterious allies while hacking and slashing through formidable foes – all while being stylish, of course. This particular costume is inspired by Dante’s outfit in Devil May Cry 4, which was released in 2008, and includes his trademark sword Rebellion on Ken’s back.
Using the alternate code will equip Ken with Gilgamesh, a set of armor that includes gauntlets, greaves, a mask, and back armor. In Devil May Cry 4, Gilgamesh focused on slow, but potent attacks.
Nero Costume (Ed)
Nero first appeared as the main protagonist in Devil May Cry 4. He is a Holy Knight in the Order of the Sword, which serves to fight demons and protect the world. Unlike Dante’s carefree attitude, Nero is distant and cynical. Nero acquires the Yamato, a blade that belonged to Dante’s brother Vergil, which then manifests itself as a spectral demon floating behind Nero. This is reflected in Ed’s costume!
Ed takes off Nero’s jacket when using the alternate code to reveal his whole Devil Bringer arm, which can pull in enemies to himself and vice versa – perfectly matched for Ed’s V-Skill!
Both the Dante and Nero costumes will be available for purchase for MSRP $3.99 each on PlayStation 4 and Steam the same day Cody arrives on June 25. This brings us to the Gloria costume, which can be obtained in Extra Battle Mode.
Gloria Costume (Laura)
Appearing in Devil May Cry 4, Gloria is an executive in the Order of the Sword. Her true identity is Trish, Dante’s work partner, from previous games in the series who possesses supernatural abilities of her own. Trish / Gloria is able to use the element of electricity in various ways to aid in combat or even teleport. As an electricity user herself, Laura is the perfect character to wear the Gloria costume. Using the alternate code will replace Gloria’s hair with Laura’s hair.
How Does Extra Battle Mode Work?
Every month, there will be at least one unique costume like a Crossover Costume up for grabs, which can only be obtained by playing Extra Battle Mode with Fight Money. Here’s the flow of how to go about getting these costumes:
Each costume requires you to complete four challenges that take place over the span of a month – one challenge per week.
Each time you attempt one of these challenges, you will need to spend 2,500 Fight Money. So if you successfully complete each of the weekly challenges in one go, you can get that Extra Battle Costume for 10,000 FM!
Once you complete all four challenges, the costume for that month is yours!
These challenges are time exclusive, so make sure to log in each week to complete them, especially if you have your eyes on that month’s unique costume.
Gloria
Name
Date (starts 9:00 p.m. PT and ends 8:00 p.m. PT)
Cost
Reward
Challenge 1
July 5 to 12
2,500 FM
Boots
Challenge 2
July 13 to 19
2,500 FM
Gloves
Challenge 3
July 20 to 26
2,500 FM
Torso
Challenge 4
July 27 to August 2
2,500 FM
Head
Air Man Costume (Rashid)
Anxious for the next Crossover Costume after Gloria? With Mega Man 11 sliding on to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on October 2, we wanted to pay homage to the series by turning our very own master of wind into Air Man, a Robot Master who made his debut in Mega Man 2. If you can’t wait to defeat Air Man, pick up Mega Man Legacy Collection, out now on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC!
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition is available now for PlayStation 4 and PC.
