Capcom's "Street Fighter and beyond" panel at SDCC is going on as we speak. News from the panel has just leaked out that the rumored Street Fighter/Tekken crossover titles are for real. Just like we heard, there will be two games in this crossover, one that plays like Street Fighter, and the other that plays like Tekken. Some sort of tag-team gameplay will be involved in at least one of the two games. Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken X Street Fighter are their titles.
The "X' is pronounced "cross". Why couldn't they just call it "Street Fighter Cross Tekken"? Why must they confuse me so?
No release dates have been announced, but we're hearing that the games aren't coming until after Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is released, don't expect anything until after Spring 2011.
That's all I got for now. Expect this post to be updated as more news trickles in.
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I'm not a huge Tekken fan, so the crossover aspect isn't too exciting for me, but I really like the idea of having two separate games. Definitely going to keep an eye on these two.
I'm loving this news. Tekken and Street Fighter have always been two of my favorite franchises, and in terms of prominence and popularity, are the top dogs of 2D & 3D, so it makes perfect sense. Can't wait to play both versions! I also love the other news and hints at the press conference.
I love how people are already pretty much saying "One fighting game I've never played, is better then two fighting games I've never played based on a single screen shot!"
It'll be interesting to see how they price these them both and how they'll go about there release. I'm assuming simultaneous and I'm praying for a discounted bundle.
Awesome I love cross overs I'll be buying both. All I need now is a capcom bs shonen jump and capcom vs capcom with like every capcom character and I'll die happy as can be
This looks much more to my tastes than Marvel 3. I liked CvS2 more than Marvel 2, and I have faith that both games will be great games. And since I enjoy both Tekken 6 and Street Fighter 4, I'll likely end up with both of these.
@roager How can you compare Capcom vs SNK 2 to this? SNK has a group of characters that mesh well with Street Fighter characters. Tekken has juggling and fail.
This looks much more to my tastes than Marvel 3. I liked CvS2 more than Marvel 2, and I have faith that both games will be great games. And since I enjoy both Tekken 6 and Street Fighter 4, I'll likely end up with both of these.
I'm not so sure if I really see their relevance. In the end... this just might their competition more relevant and thus pose a challenging conflict of interest.
@cleaningguy
Tekken has been garbage to me since 4. As a hardcore dissapointed fan who sunk hundreds of hours of play for tekken tournies, I'm done with the series.
Street Fighter hasn't had a bad main series game yet. Hell I even liked the externally developed EX series.
Lol, it's funny how you guys claim MvC 3 will be so much better than these games, even though nobody here has played any of these crossovers. I have a crazy idea:
Why don't we actually play these games before we act like we know what they will be like? I know it sounds crazy, but it makes sense.
I don't know, it all seems weird to me, I used to think that both games would suck, but after watching that video, I get the strange feeling that it might work.. At least, the Capcom version.
that trailer is so epic. there is like a zero crowd response when kazuya shows up on screen, I think everyone in the room's heart sank when they saw him other than the one guy filming it. LOL,
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Day one trash can: Namco version.
my crossover dreams have been realised.
Capcom, where is Dark Stalkers ?
So from the two, I'll take the one by Capcom, but I'll probably take MvC3 over both. It has Amaterasu, Dante and Wolverine in it.
Yes, I'm baiting. Both games are decent.
I like Street Fighter.
Two new games that I like are coming out.
Yay.
Awesome. Any new fighting game is always good.
This news makes me happy.
i.e. Not Tekken.
This news makes me happy.
Stupid firewall.
soooo many fighting games this gen jesus. SSFTHDremix, street fighter 4, ssf4, tats vs cap, mvc3, now these two fighters?
Chill... take a breath. Let us enjoy the games you just got out or just announced before announcing some more.
Also...
Not on the wii. I have no surprise. :\
Tekken? Really???
I'm not so sure if I really see their relevance. In the end... this just might their competition more relevant and thus pose a challenging conflict of interest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9EpHRdlI3M
Tekken has been garbage to me since 4. As a hardcore dissapointed fan who sunk hundreds of hours of play for tekken tournies, I'm done with the series.
Street Fighter hasn't had a bad main series game yet. Hell I even liked the externally developed EX series.
Why don't we actually play these games before we act like we know what they will be like? I know it sounds crazy, but it makes sense.
That would include common sense, which anonymous internet posters seem to lack. lol