A female fighter will join the already-confirmed cast of characters

Dec 17, 2013 00:31 GMT  ·  By

Capcom has confirmed that Ultra Street Fighter 4, its next expansion for the Street Fighter 4 fighting game, will bring a fifth new character, besides the four already-confirmed ones, and that the new one is a female, leading many to speculate that it could be Karin.

Ultra Street Fighter 4 was revealed to the world earlier this year, and Capcom has said that the huge add-on will bring new modes, experiences, and actual fighters, in the form of Elena, Poison, Rolento, and Hugo.

Since then, quite a few rumors have appeared concerning a fifth character that might be included in the DLC.

At the Capcom Cup event over the weekend, Ultra Street Fighter 4 producer Yoshinori Ono has confirmed that a fifth fighter will join the game next year.

The developer has, however, played coy with the identity, going so far as to say that it won't be previously rumored ones like Hagar, R. Mika, or Retsu, and that it's a female fighter.

According to new rumors, via Destructoid, the fifth character might be Karin, but it's still a bit unclear.