Looks like Kokonoe learned the hard way about Nox Nyctores. In order to make Nirvana complete she had to sacrifice all of her previous subordinates it seems.
Relius is a dick.
They're just supplementary material. DLC characters have no story modes of their own. Think of the Arcade stories for those characters as additional possibilities of the Continuum Shift that weren't shown.
Arcade Edition rated by British ESRB. Release date June 24 (in the UK).
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2011/mar/28/bbfc-confirms-ssf4-arcade-edition-uk-release-date-june-24/
Event Mode is out now. Unfortunately, it's fucking stupid. All you get is a series of Call of Duty-style challenges to unlock titles. They're ridiculously easy as well. There are only 17 challenges at this point and will either involve you playing Arcade with special conditions or winning Xbox Live matches either cumulatively or in a row. Note that it says "Xbox Live", meaning you can grind in lobbies for the challenge.
I'm sure this patch is just Capcom trolling. After a while they'll actually listen to the complaints and get to it eventually like the vague bastards they are.
But now that Sentinel is nerfed I actually feel like playing him.
Phoenix is nice and all, but no love for Haggar?
Shame on all of you. SHAME I SAY!
Oh, who am I kidding? Phoenix is fucking awesome. My team is now complete: Wesker, Phoenix, Dormammu - Team Unholy Trinity.