I find this one hard to believe for several reasons. For one, Street Fighter and Tekken play nothing alike, so combining them would surely necessitate the alienation of one or both of the series's fan-bases. Secondly, Capcom doesn't generally announce a new Vs. game until the last one they've announced has been released. Why should they compete against themselves by announcing Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and Tekken Vs. Street Fighter in the same time-frame?
Also, Tekken? Really? Does anyone play Tekken anymore?
Still, I hope this rumor is true. The more Capcom fighting games that get brought into existence, the better. If this game does come to be, I hope it doesn't get landlock to Japan like Namco and Capcom's last collaboration, Namco X Capcom.
How about you? Do you want some Devil Kazuya Vs. Evil Ryu action up in this piece?
Namco and Capcom working on Tekken Vs. Street Fighter- [The Kartel]
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How do you even? There are fireballs and...
NO.
that out of the way, I don't believe this until I see something actually revealed. this is just... weird. there are so many other cross-overs that come to mind over this one. has anyone ever asked for this?
Give me Capcom vs SNK, not this crap.
Keep that Tekken trash away from my Street Fighter.
Also, just cause you never got into Tekken enough to still play it doesn't mean there aren't Hardcore Tekken players out there that play on a daily basis.
Also, whats the entire source on this? Someone at the site you linked just said it was "a reliable source". I mean, I highly doubt this would ever come into fruition even based on how extremely different the games are. A crossover wouldn't work well at all, and it'd be damn near impossible to find a halfway point between the two series that actually results in something good.
tl;dr version. No.
That said, I'm still gonna hold onto my 90's crossover dream of a 2D Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat.
How about Capcom Vs. Komami? Marvel Vs. DC? I'd buy those. I've loved Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom so far and can't wait for MvC3.
Let's not revisit CvSNK, though, that shit was boring.
Or no one would buy it assuming it's shit.
If this game happens, I would be surprised if it were another turn-based strategy game like Namco X Capcom.
Also, no. This won't happen, and it shouldn't happen. I like my Tekken and my Street Fighter segregated. More Capcom Vs. SNK would be welcome, though. Vanessa needs to kick C. Viper's ass for stealing her style.
When I got tired of SFIV my buddy bought me Tekken6 and I fell in love with the Raven character. So with that knowledge my answer is now:
No. Tekken thrives in a full 3D/side-stepping plane. Street Fighter should never leave the 2.5D plane of existence. Also, shoto-scrubs would own any character who isn't Devil Jin.
That said, I would love to see BOB versus RUFUS! FATSO FIGHT! (Spoiler, Bob wins)
Raven would rape (who in SF is a ninja? Ibuki I guess?) Ibuki, as well. :D
In the latest issue of EGM there is a giant love-fest over Street Fighter(it spans like 20 pages) and everyone respects everyone, most notably Ono-san saying Mortal Kombat "it's really an entertaining fighting game" So I would rather see a SFvMK, I would make sweet, sweet love to my inner child if that were to ever happen.
This whole VS thing is getting ridiculous.
C'mon, it's just begging to happen!
That'd be one great taste and one so-so taste coming together to make something that would be better off not existing.
I am more on the side of "I hope they don't" than "They aren't going to".
As for the mash up? I vote NO. Because they wouldn't (and really can't) make all of the SF movesets more complex and combo oriented. Or they could dumb down Tekken's movesets.
Yeah... no thanks
That said, I'd like to just see a versus game that's just a huge mash up of fighting games. Characters from Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Guilty Gear, Tekken, etc. -That- would be awesome.
Tekken has HUGE movesets, SF has much smaller movesets.
Tekken has no projectiles (except for lameasses like devil and ogre). HADOUKEN!
Different blocking systems. Tekken has low-mid-high, duck dodges throws. SF has Low/Standing blocks, ducks do not dodge throws.
What in the fuck are the Tekken characters going to have for their super moves?
NOT.HAPPENING.
I have no idea how it would work mechanically, but if it could...this would be very cool.
Namco Vs Capcom would be awful, especially if it was like Capcom vs SNK 2 (A.K.A. Street Fighter vs King of Fighters), as it would just be Street Fighter vs Tekken - which, as many above have mentioned, would not work because of various technical reasons.
However, here's how you could make it work... as a 2D Fighter.
Limit the Tekken characters to 4 or less. Jin could work in a 2D Fighter similar to Kyo. King could work like Tizoc. Things like that - think logically.
Limit Soul Calibur characters, also to those that would work in a 2D Fighter. Kilik could play a decent Billy Kane impression. Mitsurugi could be like Haohmaru. Taki has magic abilities - just enhance that a bit.
Focus on every other Namco property. Any of the "Tales of..." characters? Perfect. Xenosaga? Also good. Klonoa? He'd be great. Taizo Hori (A.k.a. Dig Dug)? If you played Namco X Capcom, you'd know that'd be the most bad-ass thing ever.
Tekken for GBA was not completely awful, they could make it more 2D-ish and... OK, no, it would simply not work.
It's like trying to mash TF2 and MW2's mechanics together. Not only are they different in gameplay philosophies, but each has their own way they approach the similar genre.
If they actually do this, they have to decide what route to go in terms of both games' wildly different engines.
If it was Virtua Fighter vs Tekken, fine.
on that note....lmao@ this idea.
on another note. Tekken is still big in Asia. But that's cause they have the arcades to play other people with. Online doesn't cut it for Tekken.
plus people don't want to learn a technical fighter. Think Virtua Fighter's mindset but not that steep of a learning curve.