
For fans of Streets of Rage 4, it was pretty exciting earlier this month when the rumoured 'Mr X Nightmare' DLC was confirmed. In the initial details we were told the paid content would include three new characters along with a survival mode, and tough cop Estel Aguirre was confirmed as the first of the new fighters.
Now Dotemu has confirmed fan-favourite Max Thunder as the second new playable character for the DLC, and he has some fun moves both old and new. Check out the trailer below:
Max Thunder finally joins the fight with his powerful moves and awesome wrestling techniques!
Streets of Rage 4 DLC: Mr. X Nightmare is adding three new playable characters and a special Survival game mode later this year on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. A separate free update is arriving alongside the DLC on all platforms with additional content.
Mr. X Nightmare includes lively new original music from Tee Lopes, a composer and arranger previously featured in Sonic Mania, League of Legends, and Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom among other titles.
Dotemu is remaining tightlipped on a release date, and we're yet to learn more about the new Survival mode. As previously confirmed and in the tweet above there will also be additional content for free, as well.
Are you pleased to see Max Thunder as a DLC character?
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Making a great game even better
I'm going to assume Skate is the third person; it looks like the rim of a ball cap sticking out to the top right of the silhouette.
Excited for this DLC!
As for the last character, Shiva has been pretty heavily hinted at and he looks like he could fit the silhouette; I'm gonna guess him.
I think this team should work on a new Metal Slug game!
Wouldn’t it be great if they released the DLC without any spoilers!
Agree with Shiva guesses. The hair in the silhouette is luscious, like his. A little bummed all the characters are reappropriated bosses. I'm still excited overall, love SoR4, but a bit underwhelmed with what we know about the DLC.
I’m gonna go with Shiva as the 3rd DLC character here. Max looks great
I would have liked Roo. I don't think PETA is a valid reason with hunting games, AC Odyssey and NieR allowing you to kill realistic looking animals
@MatthewTaranto shiva is already in it as playable character on xbox any way?
@niggyt2004
Retro Shiva is playable but not a "modern" version.
Great game already. It’s max great
I absolutely loved the game and every non gamer friend of mine had fun with it! My nephews aged 4 and 7 are playing it right now and having a blast!
So... how about we bring in the Yakuza boys into this game as crossover characters?
Great game. If the final fighter would turn out to be Roo, then I could probably be convinced to splurge on the DLC. Short of that, though, I'm happy with the game as it is.
Brilliant. The announcement a few weeks back got me back into this. Day One for me. This team should be rewarded for their work.
I am going to seriously doubt LRG's continuous shortcomings if this gets a "complete" physical later.
See this right here? This is how you bring an old retro franchise back.
That's one rock hard germen suplex.
I have the game but didn't beat it yet. Max and Skate should have been in the game to start as unlockables.
@HamatoYoshi I knew it is cool to buy toys and other crap without knowing what you are going to get these days, but please keep it away from games I like.
The 3rd character Is Ash....or maybe not!
@Zorox88 Well they are, but in their older incarnation!
Yeah I’m glad modern max is in. I feel like there has to be more characters in the pipeline, Roo has been teased, modern skate makes too much sense, and dr. Zan is pictured in this dlc.
How much does this DLC cost? I think the game was a little steep for what it was in the first place. I seriously think, 3 characters and some bonus levels are worth a maximum of $5. I don't care about the music.
@Zorox88 agree! In the 80s and 90s this would have all been unlockable content, not paid dlc. When I saw the moves from max and the police woman, it was obvious they could be playable if dotemu wanted them to be. Much of the coding for the moves and art of these 'dlc' characters is clearly inside the base game already, but we must pay to have it utilised.
Game of the Year for me. Happy to pay for DLC.
@Moistnado No, if this were the '80's or '90's, it would be cut content that never makes it into the game at all, and all we get later is some development art.
You can argue whether stuff like this should be a free update or paid DLC, but a big advantage of post-release updates (besides fixing bugs and re-balancing gameplay) is to add extra content to a game that was unable to be included by the original release date (just as long as it's not stuff that was already done by the time of release and purposely held back, but I haven't heard anything suggesting that to be the case here).
Pretty cool but I don't think I'll do any paid dlc, even though max was possibly my favorite, If not axel.
@BulbasaurusRex I suppose they could have fixed streets of rage 3 if it was released in the age of updates. On Genesis, with good games, they ensured the game was finished before selling it. I think there is evidence that things were held back because Max and the police woman had a clear move set and art when in the original game, they could have been playable characters by merely linking that to a controller. Instead, we pay to 'unlock' this content. You don't need to download max, he's already in the original game. Anyway, if it is very cheap, I'll probably get it.
@Moistnado Are you saying Max and Estel appear as CPU fighters at some point of the base game's story? Otherwise, Estel wasn't in the original trilogy, and with Max they still had to update his design, animations, and moveset for this new game. If they were releasing the retro version of Max like with the other retro characters, then you might have had a point, but there are tons of technical differences with the new versions of these characters compared to their old versions.
@BulbasaurusRex doesn't sound like a lot of work to me. Yes they are CPU controlled characters, inthe base game, but it was clear from the design and move set that they were intended as playable. Not much to get these playable, not much work at all.
I’d really love for there to be 4 player online... 2 is great already (and I almost only play with random players), but more would be more fun! 😜
Looks a lot like Max from Advance Wars.
@Sabrewing
I'm guessing Shiva. I'd imagine Skate would be tougher since he'd be older and need almost a complete redesign
@Turbo857 And we can't have artists expending EFFORT, can we? ;P
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