This year’s Street Fighter 6 has been a huge success for Capcom. Currently, EVO 2023 is taking place. The most important professional fighting game event of the year. A blind player achieved the impossible and won a match on the main stage.
What happened? EVO 2023 is the most important fighting game event of the year. At the professional level, players compete in various fighting games for the 1st place. Just to participate, one must play at an extremely high level.
The player BlindWarriorSven achieved the impossible and won a match against his opponent. And that blind. BlindWarriorSven lost his sight due to cancer at the age of 6. Nevertheless, he loves fighting games, and as you can see, he performs incredibly well.
Capcom is not just a simple publisher, but for many, it is an important icon and still successful today:
The man who made the impossible possible
How did he achieve this? Street Fighter 6 offers many options for accessibility. Sound also plays a role. The game enables the player to understand what is happening through acoustic signals. For people who see poorly or not at all, this is a way to play the game. BlindWarriorSven has been playing fighting games since Street Fighter 2.
BlindWarriorSven played the sumo wrestler E.Honda and defeated EternalPancake, who played Luke. In the final fight, he attacked his opponent with his super move and ended the battle with Honda’s classic headbutt. After his victory, he celebrated with the crowd, and both players thanked each other respectfully and were visibly happy for the game.
You can watch the video of the match here:
How does the community react? Under the YouTube video of the match, the community celebrates his great victory.
- bf_peitho4226:
Congratulations, Sven! It was a great match. […] You have given everyone a challenge and a passion. The man who made the impossible possible.
- CleoKujo:
That was fantastic and nice to watch, I’m glad I found you, congratulations Sven!
- Extragear-gv8qq:
The match was fantastic to highlight accessibility. Huge thanks.
This is an example of how important accessibility in games can be. Even if the majority does not need these features, they allow people with physical limitations to pursue their hobby. And as we can see, one can even compete professionally.
Fans of Street Fighter 6 are currently facing issues with the platinum trophy of the game:
