This page explains in detail the interactions between the Red Earth series and the Street Fighter series.
Red Earth[]
November 21, 1996
Red Earth
Street Fighter
A piece of concept art created for Red Earth shows the members of the combat unit the character Mai-Ling belongs to, "Fong Wu" (Wind Dance in Chinese). In this art piece the members are revealed to be four Capcom characters, all wearing Mai-Ling's uniform: Chun-Li from Street Fighter, Hsien-ko from Darkstalkers, Tong Pooh from Strider and June Lin Milliam from Star Gladiator. Chun-Li stands in the center of the artwork doing her "Gomen ne!" taunt pose.
The concept art was published on the All About WAR-ZARD artbook. It is worth noting this is not an intended canonical tie between these series, with the art being a joke about other Capcom Chinese girls being the members of Mai-Ling's group.
Street Fighter V Patch ver.02.050[]
The commentary in question
August 29, 2017
Red Earth
Street Fighter
The design of newcomer character Menat to Street Fighter V includes a nod to Red Earth in its background, according to the game's director Takayuki Nakayama as said in commentary published in the Japanese-exclusive artbook Street Fighter V Arcade Edition - A Visionary Book II.
According to Nakayama's commentary, Menat's crystal ball is "a product of a god-beast believed to have once protected the phantom desert kingdom of Alanbird". Alanbird is one of the nations in Red Earth, known in the English version as Sangypt. This commentary indicates a Type 1 link between both series, as it is establishing the existence of an element from Red Earth in the Street Fighter setting, namely the existence of the kingdom of Alanbird.
Further references can be inferred to reinforce the link: Menat's crystal ball is known as the "Left Eye of the Lion", a reference to the Egyptian deity Sekhmet, who carries a lioness appearance and the epithet "Eye of Ra". Red Earth features its own version of Sekhmet, the lion chimera-like living statue Secmeto (known as Ravange in English) whose name is just a misromanization of Sekhmet (both are written the exact same in Katakana), and official material for the game has referred to Secmeto specifically as a "god-beast", using the same kanji as in the commentary. All this could be inferred to mean Secmeto has a part in the crystal ball's creation.
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Extra Battle Mode Vs. Leo[]
March 14, 2019
Red Earth
Street Fighter
Leo from Red Earth appears as the 19th crossover costume for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, introduced in Extra Battle Mode in a month-long Challenge series of battles. Available for Alex, this costume puts him in a full-body crossover recreation of Leo's appearance.
As all other Challenge costumes, the player needed to win 4 CPU battle challenges in Extra Battle Mode (titled "Quick & Immovable") to unlock it, each available only for a limited time. The player needed all four victories to earn the costume, otherwise the costume wouldn't be unlocked:
- Challenge 1 went from March 14 to March 21, and winning it provided the "Wind Gem", representing Leo's boots.
- Challenge 2 went from March 21 to March 28, and winning it provided the "Forest Gem", representing Leo's sword and shield.
- Challenge 3 went from March 28 to April 4, and winning it provided the "Fire Gem", representing Leo's loincloth.
- Challenge 4 went from April 4 to April 11, and winning it provided the "Mountain Gem", representing Leo's costume mask.
A second challenge event provided at the same time unlocked Leo's character theme from Red Earth as a custom BGM. This challenge ran from March 14 to April 11.
Leo's costume was later added to the "Capcom Legends Bundle 2" DLC released in September 2019. The costume was later added (alongside all other crossover costumes) by default in the 2020 update Street Fighter V: Champion Edition.
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Extra Battle Mode Vs. Kenji[]
April 11, 2019
Red Earth
Street Fighter
Right after Leo's challenge event, Kenji (Mukuro in Japanese) from Red Earth became the 20th crossover costume for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, introduced in Extra Battle Mode in a month-long Challenge series of battles. Assigned to Zeku, this costume puts him in the ninja uniform of Kenji, with the young version of Zeku appearing in a green ninja uniform with a large komuso hat, a look inspired in Kenji's intro animation in which he appears wearing a brown-ish jacket and a komuso hat.
As all other Challenge costumes, the player needed to win 4 CPU battle challenges in Extra Battle Mode (titled "Quick & Immovable") to unlock it, each available only for a limited time. The player needed all four victories to earn the costume, otherwise the costume wouldn't be unlocked:
- Challenge 1 went from April 11 to April 18, and winning it provided the "Wind Gem", representing Kenji's boots.
- Challenge 2 went from April 18 to April 25, and winning it provided the "Forest Gem", representing Kenji's gloves.
- Challenge 3 went from April 25 to May 02, and winning it provided the "Fire Gem", representing Kenji's ninja suit.
- Challenge 4 went from May 02 to May 09, and winning it provided the "Mountain Gem", representing Kenji's head gear.
Just like Leo before, a custom BGM challenge event for Kenji's character theme from Red Earth was featured for the duration of the challenge. This challenge ran from April 11 to May 09.
Kenji's costume was later added to the "Capcom Legends Bundle 2" DLC released in September 2019. The costume was later added (alongside all other crossover costumes) by default in the 2020 update Street Fighter V: Champion Edition.
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Capcom Legends Bundle 2[]
September 11, 2019
Red Earth
Street Fighter
The "Capcom Legends Bundle 2" DLC includes all Red Earth costumes, Cyberbots costumes and the Akane and Katt costumes, as well as any respective BGM offered during the month-long challenges.
The bundle also includes new custom BGM from the represented series. In the case of Red Earth, it adds "Into the Legendary Earth", the title screen BGM from Red Earth.
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition Patch ver.07.001[]
March 29, 2022
Red Earth
Street Fighter
The final balance update for Street Fighter V: Champion Edition introduced a brand new stage called "Ring of Arcade", set in what appears to be an amusement theme park with several elements and characters from old Capcom Arcade games visible in the background. Red Earth is among the represented series, with a number of references.
Behind the large background board at the center of the background there are two more boards visible, one of them is of the Red Earth character Hauzer, the large horned dinosaur. Hauzer's pose and artstyle perfectly mimics his official artwork from Red Earth.
Among the cameo characters standing in the background there are two Red Earth characters, both visible on the left side of the stage. Farthest away to the left stands Leo, the humanoid lion, as he energetically cheers on the battle. Standing a bit separate from him to the right is the ninja Kenji, observing the battle with arms crossed. Both were originally crossover costumes given to Alex and Zeku respectively, so it's assumed these here are costumed people as well.
Finally, far away in the background at the top left side of the stage, one can see a ferris wheel whose center is shaped like the lion-like emblem that's visible in the Red Earth logo.
For a list of all cameos and references in this stage, go here.
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition Extra Battle Mode Defeat Leo![]
March 30, 2022
Red Earth
Street Fighter
A day later the Extra Battle challenge "Defeat Leo!" was released. This is a battle against Alex wearing the Leo costume, and the prize for winning is an unique Fight Title (decorative titles for use on a player's account) called "Mars Slash". The title is named after one of Leo's moves, and its graphic is designed after the health bars from Red Earth.
Street Fighter 6[]
June 02, 2023
Red Earth
Street Fighter
There's a minor reference found in the Beat Square area of World Tour, where there's a list of games displayed on the ground in the style of the Walk of Fame, mostly chronicling Capcom's fighting game history. As such Red Earth is also included in this list.
License[]
Copyrights for both series are held by Capcom.