Not all endings are created equal in Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition. There are over 200 endings in the new Arcade Mode, and each one will unlock a special bonus piece of art. Some of the art is pretty stunning, but not all of it is easy to get — certain endings have special requirements you’ll need to fulfill.
Here, we’ll break down all the endings available to each character, and each “game” in the series. Arcade Mode is split into six sub-modes that cover the entire franchise history, from Street Fighter 1 all the way to Street Fighter 5 (and including Street Fighter Alpha) — the earlier games feature fewer current characters and endings, and each arcade mode is slightly different. If you want to know how to unlock some special hardcore bonus endings, here’s exactly how to do it.
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All Arcade Endings Unlock Guide
There are lots of endings in SFV. As of [1/18] there are 222 endings, and there will be more endings as the Season 3 characters are released. Here, we’ll break down all the endings — split into two categories.
Standard Endings are simple to unlock; all you have to do is complete the Arcade Mode with the listed characters. Special Endings are unique bonuses with unique stipulations. We’ll list how to get each Special Ending in detail.
Street Fighter 1
- Standard Endings: Ryu, Ken, Birdie, Balrog, Abigail, Zeku
- Special Endings:
- Special Artwork: Bengus – Ryu, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Tamio – Ken, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Street Fighter Artwork – Birdie, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Balrog, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Shinkiro – Abigail, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Ikeno – Zeku, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Shinkiro – Ken, Difficulty Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Bengu – Ryu, Difficulty: Hard
Street Fighter 2
- Standard Endings: Ryu, M. Bison, Chun-Li, Ken, Zangief, Dhalsim, Vega, Cammy, Guile, Balrog, Akuma
- Special Endings:
- Special Artwork: Fuzichoco – Chun-Li, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Grape Brain – Chun-Li, Achieve 1 straight victories, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Katsuya Terada – Akuma, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Akihiro Yamada – Chun-Li, Achieve 2 straight victories, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Green House Yonezawa/Hyodo – Ryu, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Green House Yonezawa/Hyodo – Chun-Li, Achieve 3 straight victories, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Misawo Akutagawa – M. Bison, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Akio – Ryu, Achieve 1 straight victories, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Krenz – Chun-Li, Achieve 4 straight victories, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Chisato Mita – Vega, No Continues
- SF Legacy: akiman – Any Character, Difficulty: Easy, Get a perfect on the bonus stage (Easy)
- SF Legacy: akiman – Balrog, Defeat the New Challenger: CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: Shoei – Any Character, Difficulty: Normal, Get a perfect on the bonus stage (Normal)
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Any Character, Difficulty: Hard, Get a perfect on the bonus stage (Hard)
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Any Character, Get a perfect on the bonus stage (Hell)
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Dhalsim, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Any Character, Difficulty: Hard, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – M. Bison, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Ken, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Cammy, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Edayan – Cammy, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Ikeno – Zangief, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Ryu, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Vega, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Shinkiro – Guile, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Ryu, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Ken, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Chun-Li, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Akuma, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: akiman – Chun-Li, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
Street Fighter Alpha
- Standard Endings: Ryu, M. Bison, Chun-Li, Ken, Karin, Zangief, Dhalsim, Nash, Vega, Birdie, Mika, Cammy, Guile, Balrog, Akuma, Sakura
- Special Endings:
- Special Artwork: Hajime Ueda – Sakura, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Namboku – Sakura, Achieve 1 straight victories, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Masahiko Nakahira – Karin, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Yomeoka – Birdie, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Daichan – Ryu, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Daichan – Ken, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Daichan – Chun-Li, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Ikeno – Ken, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Ryu, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Daichan – Akuma, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Edayan – R. Mika, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Ikeno – Akuma, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Birdie, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Edayan – Nash, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Edayan – Zangief, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Ryu, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Sakura, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Sakura, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Any Character, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Karin, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Edayan – Karin, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Haruman – Vega, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Ikeno – Guile, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Ikeno – R. Mika, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Ikeno – Balrog, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Cammy, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Daichan – Sakura, Difficulty: Hard, Achieve 1 straight victories
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Dhalsim, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Sakura, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Edayan – Any Character, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Togachi – M. Bison, Defeat the New Challenger CPU opponent
Street Fighter 3
- Standard Endings: Ryu, Chun-Li, Ken, Laura, Ibuki, Urien, Alex, Kolin, Akuma,
- Special Endings:
- Special Artwork: Downmansayman – Urien, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Kitasenri – Ibuki, No Continues
- Special Artwork: toi8 – Ken, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Marthe – Chun-Li, No Continues
- Special Artwork: D.Kurita – Alex, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Ryu, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Akuma, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Any Character, Difficulty: Hard, Get a perfect on the bonus stage (Hard)
- SF Legacy: Ikeno – Any Character, Difficulty: Easy, Get a perfect on the bonus stage (Easy)
- SF Legacy: akiman – Kolin, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Any Character, Get a perfect on the bonus stage (Hell)
- SF Legacy: Harumaru – Laura, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Ikeno – Any Character, Difficulty: Normal, Get a perfect on the bonus stage (Normal)
Street Fighter 4
- Standard Endings: Ryu, M. Bison, Chun-Li, Ken, Zangief, Dhalsim, Vega, Juri, Cammy, Guile, Ibuki, Balrog, Akuma, Sakura
- Special Endings:
- Special Artwork: Yusuke Nakamura – Juri, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Hiroaki – Cammy, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Sakura, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: Ikeno – Ryu, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Ken, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: Ikeno -Ryu, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Ikeno – Dhalsim, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Vega, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: akiman – Guile, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: Tamio – Ryu, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Tamio – Chun-Li, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: Polygon Pictures – Zangief, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: Ikeno – Zangief, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Polygon Pictures – Juri, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponet
- SF Legacy: Polygon Pictures – Balrog, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: Polygon Pictures – Ibuki, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: Polygon Pictures – Akuma, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: Polygon Pictures – M. Bison, Defeat the New Challenger CPU Opponent
- SF Legacy: Polygon Pictures – Dhalsim, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Street Fighter 4 Artwork – Any Character, Difficulty: Hard, Achieve 1 straight victories
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Any Character, Difficulty: Hard, Achieve 2 straight victories
- SF Legacy: Kinu Nishimura – Any Character, Difficulty: Hard, Achieve 3 straight victories
- SF Legacy: Yuri Kataiwa – Chun-Li, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Take – Any Character, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Noizi Ito – Cammy, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
Street Fighter 5
- Standard Endings: Ryu, M. Bison, Chun-Li, Ken, Karin, Zangief, Dhalsim, Nash, Vega, Juri, Birdie, Mika, Rashid, F.A.N.G., Laura, Necalli, Cammy, Guile, Ibuki, Balrog, Urien, Alex, Kolin, Akuma, Ed, Menat, Abigail, Zeku, Sakura
- Special Endings:
- Special Artwork: Kazushi Hagiwara – Sakura, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Rockin’ Jelly Bean – R. Mika, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Jun Tsukasa – Ryu, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Ahndongshik – Urien or Kolin, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Zakkun pop – Balrog or Birdie, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Mine Yoshizaki – FANG or Rashid, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Rensuke Oshikiri – Necalli, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Ippei Gyoubu – Chun-Li, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Mago – Cammy, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Marthe – Ryu, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Taro Minoboshi – Ibuki, No Continues
- Special Artwork: Kiraito – Karin, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Dhalsim or Abigail, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Juri, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Shinkiro – Vega or Necalli, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Any Character, Difficulty: Easy, Get a perfect on the bonus stage (Easy)
- SF Legacy: Bengus – Laura, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Kiki – Any Character, Difficulty: Normal, Get a perfect on the bonus stage (Normal)
- SF Legacy: Kiki – Ed, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Kiki – R. Mika, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Kiki – M. Bison, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Kiki – Menat, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Kiki – FANG or Rashid, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Kiki – Nash or Guile, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Kiki – Zanfief or Alex, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Kiki – Ken, Difficulty: Hard, No Continues
- SF Legacy: Kiki – Akuma or Zeku, Difficulty: Hard
- SF Legacy: Kiki – Any Character, Difficulty: Hard, Get a perfect on the bonus stage (Hard)
- SF Legacy: Kiki – Any Character, Get a perfect on the bonus stage (Hell)
