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Guile, as usual, is waiting<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n As the cultural anthropologists who make up SoraNews24\u2019s readership are well aware, autumn is tsukimi\/moon-viewing burger season in Japan, when the nation\u2019s hamburger providers serve up sandwiches topped with fried eggs that resemble a beautiful full moon.<\/p>\n However, it\u2019s specifically early autumn that\u2019s moon-viewing season, coinciding with the timing for the moon-viewing parties which courtly nobles use to hold. That means, sadly, that it\u2019ll soon be time to say goodbye to this year\u2019s tsukimi burgers<\/a>, as the official McDonald\u2019s Japan<\/strong> Twitter account reminded us on Tuesday.<\/p>\n \u25bc \u201cIt\u2019s almost time for them to go back to the moon.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u305d\u308d\u305d\u308d\u6708\u306b\u5e30\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002 pic.twitter.com\/CtXBBSWbZR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u30de\u30af\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9 (@McDonaldsJapan) October 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n It\u2019s a bittersweet moment, to be sure, but the very next day McDonald\u2019s Japan gave us something new to get excited about.<\/p>\n \u25bc \u201cWaiting for something\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u4f55\u304b\u3092\u5f85\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u2026\u3002 pic.twitter.com\/802TOIfDSi<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u30de\u30af\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9 (@McDonaldsJapan) October 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n So just what\u2019s being waited for, and who, for that matter, is the shadowy figure doing the waiting? The first clue is the detailed pixel-art aesthetic, evoking memories of a pre-polygon era of video games, but not so far back as to be taking inspiration from the earliest days of the medium. But the more telling clue? Well, they say that one mark of good character design is when you can recognize who the character is from their silhouette alone, and that silhouette clearly belongs to Guile<\/strong>, from the Street Fighter<\/strong> franchise.<\/p>\n \u25bc You might think Guile\u2019s hair is the most \u201ccould only work in a video game\u201d thing about him, but that distinction actually goes to his crouching block, as we painfully found out<\/a>.<\/p>\n And it doesn\u2019t look like Guile is the only one getting set for a round at the Golden Arches, as the McDonald\u2019s Japan Twitter account then posted another teaser featuring even more members of the Street Fighter<\/em> cast, along with the name of series developer Capcom<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u660e\u65e5\u767a\u8868\u3001\u3084\u3064\u3089\u304c\u4f1a\u3044\u306b\u304f\u308b\u3002 pic.twitter.com\/cT0kcD69zL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u30de\u30af\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9 (@McDonaldsJapan) October 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Street Fighter<\/em> franchise spans nearly 40 years, with six mainline numbered entries and dozens of spinoffs and semi-sequels. For this collaboration with McDonald\u2019s Japan, though, the focus looks to be on Street Fighter II<\/strong>, as the silhouettes in the tweets are all exact matches to poses the characters strike in its entries (though the second tweet\u2019s use of the original 12 Street Fighter II<\/em> characters suggests that the new challengers added for Super Street Fighter II<\/em> and Super Street Fighter II Turbo<\/em> won\u2019t be part of the festivities). The second tweet also includes the message \u201cThey are coming to meet you,\u201d<\/strong> a play on Street Fighter II\u2019s<\/em> tagline in Japan, \u201cI\u2019m off to go meet someone stronger than myself.\u201d<\/p>\n As to what exactly the team-up is going to entail, a Street Fighter<\/em>\u00a0Happy Meal would seem like the most obvious choice, but McDonald\u2019s Japan has been running into some problems with its high-profile Happy Meal collaborations as of late<\/a>, so we might be getting special Street Fighter sandwiches like McDonald\u2019s made for Godzilla<\/a>, or they could be releasing sold-separately merch like the McDonald\u2019s Evangelions<\/a>. More info is expected to be announced later this week.<\/p>\n Source: Twitter\/@McDonaldsJapan<\/a><\/em> Guile, as usual, is waiting. 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