It isn’t until 2014, again at SDCC, that we will hear more about the game’s development. It’s clear from this statement that the game was not enormously high on the priority list. In an interview about the game at the Independent, series director Katsuhiro Hirada claimed, “We’ve made some progress, a lot actually, not quite 10% but almost!” This statement was also made in 2012, two years after the game’s announcement. Yep, just a Facebook poll on Tekken’s page, asking players what characters they’d like to see in the game. While SFXT launches in 2012, TXSF launches… a Facebook poll. There’s a lull in development announcements for the next two years.

This will be a trend throughout the game’s ten year development. SFXT being developed by Capcom in Street Fighter’s 2D style, and Tekken X Street Fighter (TXSF) being developed by Namco in Tekken’s 3D style.Īt SDCC that year, Street Fighter X Tekken was revealed with a trailer, while Tekken X Street Fighter was too early in development to show anything off. See, both Tekken X Street Fighter and Street Fighter X Tekken were announced at the San Diego Comic Con in 2010. So what happened to it? Where did it go? Is it ever coming out? Well, let’s start with those first questions. Since it’s announcement in 2010, we have seen nor heard hardly anything about Namco’s counterpart to Capcom’s SFXT, but it hasn’t been cancelled after these 10 long years. We are here to talk about Tekken X Street Fighter. However, we aren’t talking about Street Fighter X Tekken. Despite performing under Capcom’s expectations, the game was received with generally favorable reviews.

This collection of Capcom and Namco characters released in 2012, boasting a roster of 26 Street Fighter characters and 26 Tekken characters (as well as 3 Sony characters exclusive to the PS3 and Vita versions of the game).ĭeveloped by Capcom in the 2D fighting style of Street Fighter, the game celebrated the characters and histories of the two franchises through both its characters and maps. One of these crossover games combines to time-honored masters of the fighting genre: Street Fighter X Tekken (SFXT for brevity).

From Spider-Man web-kicking Phoenix Wright to Kirby inhaling Bayonetta, it’s endless fun to pit your favorite franchises against each other to see who comes out on top. The fighting genre is notoriously filled with crossover games both because it’s awesome, and because it’s the best way to fill out a large roster. Seeing characters from your favorite franchises all in one game is an undeniably exciting prospect, and there is no better genre for it than the fighting game, home of the Tekken and Street Fighter franchises. It’s no big secret that crossover games are awesome.

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