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Capcom backing off classic fighters for a bit photo

All is quiet on the "historic fighters" Capcom front. In a conversation with VG247, US business chief Chris Svennson said that Capcom is thrilled with the performance of their recent fighting game titles, but they are not working on anything -- a follow-up or DLC -- at the moment. Of course, the developer is open to doing more with the successful titles in the future.

“I’ll be honest: right now we have nothing in development,” Svennson said, “but we’ve been pleased with how our fighting games have performed and our re-releases have performed, so I’d be shocked if we didn’t explore that further.”

Capcom showed us what it was like to live in a time warp with a recent deluge of fighting game releases, kicking off in late 2008 with the lauded downloadable Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and ending, temporarily, with the upcoming release of Tatsunoko versus Capcom. Svennson called this a “very short window.”

“We had HD Remix, Street Fighter IV, MvC2, we’ll have Tatsunoko in the pipeline, and we have who knows what’s coming that we can’t talk about yet, but suffice to say there’s been a lot of fighting activity out of Capcom in the last year-and-a-half, and we probably need to give all of those products a little room to breathe and perform before we do some more,” Svennson said.

Good plan, Svennson. But when it is time to revisit, please consider Zangief mini-skirt downloadable content for both SF IV and HD Remix. Call us weird, but we just really want to see the rough Russian's feminine side.

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Gen Eric Gui's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 08:49
Gen Eric Gui
There's no Tatsunoko vs. Capcom 2, it's the first game getting upgraded for US release is all.

Anyway, good for them. It's nice to see a company that has the gumption to do what it's fans ask, but enough common sense to know when to put on the brakes. That's such a rare quality in devs these days.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 08:50
Xzyliac
Svennson? That's the fun pronounce name I have in my dreams.

I still need to buy one of the new old Street Fighter games. :/
Everyday Legend's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 09:15
Everyday Legend
Tatsunoko VS Capcom 2? Early morning slippage confirmed.

Bastards. No Project Justice online for 360/PS3...bastards.
Brad Nicholson's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 09:39
Brad Nicholson
Whoops. I apologize. Had Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on the brain.
Everyday Legend's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 09:50
Everyday Legend
"Take U 4 A Ride" to the 2nd Gatchaman theme would rule. Your brain fart has resulted in unexpected genius.

"Take you for, take you for, TAKE YOU FOOOORR...woooah, for a ride, FOR A RIIIIIIDE!"

YouTube it if you don't get the reference.
Zero_armada's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 10:21
Zero_armada
Nope, sorry Capcom, you're not done with classic fighters until we get Rival Schools 1 & 2 redone in the States.

Get to it! *cracks whip*
Solidus187's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 10:45
Solidus187
"... and we have who knows what’s coming that we can’t talk about yet"

Street Fighter 4: Championship Edition?
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 10:53
Los255
STREET FIGHTER 3RD STRIKE.

GET ON IT CAPCOM!
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 11:03
mrplow8
I want Marvel Vs. Capcom Vs. Disney! Wtf was the point of Disney buying Marvel if I can't have a game where Wolverine fights Snow White?
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 11:08
CelicaCrazed
What about PowerStone!? T_T
Henker's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 11:19
Henker
So that means we shouldn't be expecting Darkstalkers 4 for a while?
Inmortal2k9's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 11:19
Inmortal2k9
give me Darkstalkers¡¡¡¡
Danmartigan's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 11:48
Danmartigan
3rd Strike is retarded, just spend time playing IV and get better.

Also, I wish they would call it SFIV: Champion Edition for old boners sake.
Hammersmith's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 11:49
Hammersmith
Darksiders 4 w/ Street Fighter 4 engine. Do it.
Genius's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 11:53
Genius
Well if that's the case, Id like to see them bring back Breath of Fire.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 12:16
Dan CiTi
We need a new DarkStalkers and Rival Schools...as well as a new version of SFIV with characters people like.
Everyday Legend's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 12:40
Everyday Legend
Rival Schools, goddammit. Do it!

My Kyosuke/Hideo/Gan squad needs a new lease on life!
Vitamin Awesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2009 13:02
Vitamin Awesome
Dammit, Capcom, needs moar JoJo.
fundando's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/05/2009 00:52
fundando
So know that Disney owns marvel they should do Capcom vs Disney.
liquidcola's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/05/2009 01:15
liquidcola
Now that they're taking the time off, maybe they can develop my dream game. Street Fighter RPG! (Which would be everything that Dragon Quest VIII is, set in the Street Sighter universe, but instead of turn based battles there's Street Fighter matches.)
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