Street Fighter: Duel launches on iOS and Android February 28

Pocket Punchers

At the finale of this weekend’s Capcom Cup IX festivities, Capcom and Crunchyroll Games announced that mobile RPG title Street Fighter: Duel will make its global debut on February 28, bringing its pocket-sized scrapper action to iOS and Android devices. Pre-registration is available now on both platforms.

Set against the backdrop of the Super Street Fighter IV timeline, Street Fighter: Duel tasks players with building up a faction of fighters with which to take on both Shadaloo and S.I.N. — led by the all-consuming CEO/Naked Puppet Man, Seth. The pint-sized RPG first launched in China back in 2020, so it’s certainly taken its sweet time to make its way overseas to western shores. Street Fighter: Duel will launch with a huge roster of 40 unlockable characters, with future updates on the books.

Street Fighter: Duel looks to offer up typical mobile action, built around leveling up characters, mashing through battles, and unlocking further characters, buffs, and abilities — punctuated by a slew of microtransactions. While the gameplay and format can be expected to be typically divisive, I do dig the cartoony alternate takes on the World Warriors’ classic appearances. I’ll be sure to check out the game upon launch, and we’ll see whether Crunchyroll is headed for a K.O., or whether it’s lining up to be another popular franchise that fails to translate to the mobile RPG market.

Street Fighter: Duel launches February 28 on iOS and Android. A PC and console port is planned for the summer.