Capcom Made A Massive Mistake With This Character

0:00 Hey, Saki. I appreciate you, man. You do a lot for me, man. You I You're really looking out. You You're like family to me. You I could treat you. You're you're you're like a cousin to me. No, that's not That's not what I meant. Alex Winger is back. The powerbombing grappler in yet another game, engraving his size 12 Tims on your cranium. I guess I have to uh address that. This is by far the worst monkey

0:30 pot in history. Imagine having the opportunity to flip a character's image. And you deliver. You green that delivery and representation so [music] well, it becomes one of your best reveals to this day. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is hyped for Alex. March 17th rolls around the corner. Everybody is indulging in the grappler activities until someone goes around and plays World War and

1:00 arcade mode and we find out [music] that this man Alex marries his adopted sister cousin. My goat is washed. The LDR Alex's parents died and left Alex the orphan. But Alex's dad had a family friend known as Tom and he took the role as the adoptive father and trainer to Alex. raising him like his own. Tom also did have his own child, Patricia, his daughter. Throughout his previous inclusions in other Street Fighter games, Alex's relationship with

1:32 Patricia has been more represented [music] as like an older brother looking out for her little sister, making sure she's safe, and Patricia just rooting for Alex in his journey for strength. So, excuse me for feeling a little bit off when I see this guy, Alex, marry her after holding her as a baby, which apparently they had like a 2-year age gap, but there's no way you're holding a child and you look at them like, "Yeah, I'mma wife that." No, I mean, we had hoped for so much.

2:04 Being the second Third Strike character to be added to the game next to Elena, I was hoping for a big push in the story. Tell us what happened. What was the outcome of the fight between Alex and the Illuminati? What happened? Why even commit PR suicide? Why set him up as the upandcomer with the goal to have his faded rematch with Ryu as one of the multiple protags that showed such promise with their goals to discover their own self strength. Yeah, Street Fighter 3 flopped on initial

2:35 launch. People weren't really messing with Alex initially, but over time, people loved that and this was one of his biggest returns. But I digress. They tried, they really tried to fix it by patching the cousin dialogue, but the damage has been done. Now, Alex is forever known as the cousin love, and there's nothing nothing they can do that can fix it. Honestly, my head cannon is this is Alex's evil doppelganger, Alejandro. The real Alex would never would never do something so heinous or

3:05 any heinous deeds at all. Or maybe nah. Minus the lore. Capcom put their foot in this design. I just can't help but just stank face. They kind of cooked with this. Completely revamping the look and reinventing the wheel with this kid. Alex on his NWO vibes with this new look. Honestly, this outfit is tough. I cannot lie. Albeit inspired by Hulk Hogan. Ultimately, before his release, this concerned a lot of people,

3:36 most of them being longtime [music] Alex players, as these changes could change his identity for the better or the worst. As of today, honestly, it's probably the best decision they possibly could make. In my opinion, in Street Fighter 5, the running gag was that Alex was so bad after his release. Every patch, people were saying, "Today's the day." They're finally [music] adding Alex to the game. My man was just garb. Alex players were begging each patch for

4:07 just an ounce of sauce. A buff if you may. And Capcom really turned around and said, "Oh, y'all want buffs?" and proceeds to buff Lariat. And only Lariat until season five patch, the final patch of Street Fighter 5. Alex got the buffs that he finally needed to put him up the viability scale. Before I give you the rundown, can I just gush over Alex's animations real quick? Cuz Capcom was in

4:37 their bag. Had the dev team working like Napa. And they weren't allowed to see their families the way they were working. Every move just animates beautiful, ranging from the motion of the move and the raw impact. I mean, look at his level two. At what point is it that serious to send someone flying three stories tall? And don't get me started on his OD power bomb. Who jumping that high? Who jumping that high

5:09 just to stop you out? Speaking of power bombs. That was one of the many defining things about Alex [music] in general. In Street Fighter 5, Alex players were famously known for clip farming, doing anything to get the clip playing wildly. I get it. The character was bad. And when you know what happens when a character is bad, you going to play just a little bit crazy. A little a little bit crazy just to get your dub. And as

5:39 of today in 2026, I can finally say with full confidence that we Alex players did not change a damn thing. That's because of Prowler, the new move that redefined Alex's kit. A whole Swiss Army knife of options with the ability to also lowprofile certain normals. It's also equipped with a lot of Alice's old moves. Crouching heavy punch flash elbow

6:11 lariat also with armor and the pest viz stomp. That move alone has held Alex players back already. Stomp is back but now it's locked behind prowler stance. And man, the sheer dopamy of hitting that move is a problem. Not only is it plus, not only that if you block it, I can take command grab, but somehow someway it beats you. Yes, you

6:44 for trying to do the proper thing and anti me because once that boot hits the ground, Alex is considered grounded. So, it either beats your antire option or trades with it. And it's very funny to me. But I'll say Alex players will be flipping burgers once it gets nerfed. So Capcom didn't nerf. Oh, right. Almost forgot. DDT is still in the game. That

7:15 move is still ass like buns. But that move still calls to Alex players like the Green Goblin mask. So many reasons why you shouldn't do it, but you got to try at least once. Cope aside, Capcom smeared all their efforts at revamping this character because of one detail, and the FGC never forgets. Alex will forever be stained with this [music] blemish on his lore. Now, Alex

7:47 players can't confidently say they they claim or play the character without getting weird stairs. Y'all better sub to this video or your favorite character is next and they better not touch Sean.