SEGA turned down a request to include Shinobi's Joe Musashi in Streets of Rage 4

Streets of Rage 4 packs in a number of unlockable characters, but they all come from the Streets of Rage franchise. If the devs behind Streets of Rage 4 had their chance, the game would have also snuck in a tribute to Shinobi.

According to and interview with Streets of Rage 4 Game Designer Jordi Asensio, his team put in a request with SEGA to include Joe Musashi of Shinobi fame in the game as an unlockable character. Unfortunately, SEGA didn't seem to care for that idea, as they turned the request down. Asensio didn't elaborate on why SEGA said no, so all we can do is be upset that they turned the idea down!