Street Fighter 6 features some of the best rollback netcode we've ever experienced in the fighting game genre, but that's not going to stop people from attempting to play against others as optimally as possible.
One feature that was previously lacking in SF6's previous betas was any way to tell if your online opponent was playing on a wired or wireless connection, but it turns out Capcom did add a Wi-Fi indicator to the game for the full release. Indicator Weight Scale
As shown off by Rooflemonger and can be seen in various review footage now on the internet, SF6 will clearly show you what type of connection both players are using.
Those playing on a wireless connection will show up with a connection icon that is pretty universally understood to represent Wi-Fi while players using a wired ethernet connection will show up as a metered bar that looks like the mobile connection on your phone.
Yes the stories are true! Street Fighter 6 will show you if someone is Wired, or on Wi-Fi online! pic.twitter.com/dnxoRXRY1i
Street Fighter 6 is far from the first fighting game to implement such a feature, but it's been a feature pushed by playerbases for a few years now to try and avoid potentially poor network experiences.
With how good SF6's rollback implementation seems to be, however, it's going to be interesting to see how much of a difference this will truly make for the vast majority of players.
Wiring up your PC or console will probably always be king in providing the best experience around, but our experience from the betas and review process showed it was hard to find a bad feeling connection in general, even if you'd expect it to.
There's some more bells and whistles that even the reviewers didn't get to mess around with yet, so we'll have to wait for the full release to see all of the features SF6 will come packing out the gate.
Wireless Transmitter And in case you didn't read it already, check out our review for the near perfect fighting game that is Street Fighter 6.