Street Fighter V Arcade Edition will be released on the 16th of January 2018, now many fans who want Arcade Mode have their dream comes true: http://shoryuken.com/2017/10/05/street-fighter-v-arcade-edition-spotted-on-amazon-scheduled-for-a-january-16th-2018-release/
I love how the Arcade mode path is planned, kinda remind me of Fighters' Megamix's course select:
I could guess the opponents of the Arcade Mode path:
Street Fighter 1: Ryu, Ken, Birdie, bonus stage?
Street Fighter 2: Ryu, Ken, Guile, Chun-Li, Dhalsim, Zangief, Boxer, Claw, Dictator, Cammy, Gouki?
Street Fighter Zero: Ryu, Ken, Nash, Chun-Li, Birdie, Dhalsim, Zangief, Boxer, Claw, Dictator, Cammy, Gouki, Mika, Karin
Street Fighter 3: Alex, Ibuki, Urien, Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Gouki
Street Fighter 4: Ryu, Ken, Guile, Chun-Li, Dhalsim, Zangief, Boxer, Claw, Dictator, Cammy, Gouki, Ibuki, Juri
Street Fighter 5: Every casts of Street Fighter V
For me, I don't usually play Arcade Mode, I play vs CPU mode most in some fighting games if I play offline. I wish Capcom would add a hidden Arcade mode where after player has completed all Arcade mode path, a hidden Arcade mode is unlocked and player can customized their own Arcade Mode such as having any amount of battle, having their own final boss in beef up enhancement and so on. For instance,
example 1: I could set to fight all twenty-eight characters in any order and no final boss
example 2: I set to fight only 8 characters and the final boss can be any character I want such as I can set Ken to be the final boss and he will always be in his v-trigger mode, infinite CA gauge and his attacks cause huge damage etc
This would be interesting if Capcom add a hidden customized Arcade Mode