According to Street Fighter V director Takayuki Nakayama, Birdie's SFA3 win quote portrait is an homage to The King of Fighters '96, in which the character's victory pose would be identical to their full-size portrait afterwards.

Rolento's Super Combo "Take No Prisoners" can be blocked by every fighter in the game except for Cody, because he is a prisoner and is being sought out by Rolento in the game's plot.

Cody's win quote, "After waiting for so long, it feels good to do more than two moves," is a reference to Final Fight's limited movesets.

Cody's "Final Destruction" Super Move is a tribute to a glitch in the original Final Fight known as the "infinite jab combo".

The PlayStation port of the game implements a new stage background for Karin, though her Arcade version stage remains in the game and can be activated with a cheat device.