Street Fighter V: Karin Makes a Return and The Capcom Fighters Network Announced

At the Tokyo Game Show Capcom Revealed another fighter who will be playable in Street Fighter V and is non other the snobbish and dismissive Fighter Karin. The Japanese Fighter who cling the 7th position worldwide (1st in Japan)as one of the fighters fans wanted to see in the next Street Fighter game will be making a return after making her debut in Street Fighter Alpha 3.

With Karin making her second appearance in the franchise this is like a reintroduction.

About Karin:

Karin back in Street Fighter Alpha 3

Karin battling in Street Fighter Alpha 3 /Credit to Capcom Unity for this images above.

Karin Kanzuki made her first appearance when she was integrated into the series as a playable character in Street Fighter Alpha 3. Born into a wealthy family and being the only daughter of her parents, her regal and pampered upbringing makes her to look down on others by referring to people around her as ''commoners''. The fighter who is the heiress apparent of a global financial conglomerate that possess a vast majority of wealth and resources, has a martial art skills under her sleeves and holding on to a family motto ''in all things be victorious''. Karin is more skilled in various martial arts, which she and a her family unite to create a unique ''Kanzuki style'' of fighting.

In Street Fighter V Karin is more skilled boasting a wide array of strikes and moves at her disposal in any situation she finds herself.
Bringing into play her new dash moves allows her to close the distance quickly between her opponents and go in for a quick high-low attack or throw.

Karin's V-trigger completely changes when opponents figure out how to deal with the pressure, this allows her to perform her signature Guren Ken multi-string attacks and variations. Gamers who enjoy attacking with pace and large variety of tools will find her exceptionally enjoyable to utilize.

Karin's V-Skill: Meioken

Karin rush forward with a severe palm strike that dissipates projectiles and knocks down the opponent if it connects, this builds her V-Trigger gauge. By holding down the buttons, players can charge the move for a split second, giving it better hit and block properties.

Karin's V-Trigger: Kanzuki-Ryu Guren No Kata

With Karin's Guren Ken she is able to transition immediately into an overhead attack a low sweep, a flying throw, a quick set of strikes to bait counterattacks at opponents.

Karin's Reveal Trailer:

With a reveal of Karin joining the SFV roster Capcom also announced The Capcom Fighters Network.

Work in progress logo via Capcom Unity blog

The Capcom Fighters Network is a community building tool that will be directly built into the online infrastructure of Street Fighter V. This will allow players to see all battles happening all over the world on a map. Players will also be able to send online battle invitations to battle other players, register friends and follow your favourite players.

Here is a list of some of the things we will be able to do in-game via CFN:

See where battles are happening all over the world in a ''heat map''
View player profiles and detailed match statistics
Designate ''rivals'' through out the world and monitor their performance
Register friends and follow your favourite players
Search and watch replay files
Send online battle invitations
Check out the latest patch and tournament news

With the above mentioned a work in progress screenshots posted via Capcom Unity blog showing the CFN map with a search rival icon and users that are engaged in online battles. With the heat map players will be able to see where all the action is taking place and even drill down to the individual players who are fighting in order to check out their profile information. You can see the work in progress screenshots below.

Work in progress screenshots via Capcom Unity

Capcom is also making sure that players get access to all statistical data to help analyze their weaknesses and improve their game upon release. The game will not track only online win/loss but detail stats such as ''how many light punches did u land'', ''how many throws did u make'', ''in what ways did u win the much''. This feature will allow players to know their weaknesses and improve
upon them.