‘Both sides’ are interested in reviving SNK vs. Capcom, says producer
The producer behind SNK’s biggest fighting franchises has claimed there’s interest from “all sides” in reviving the cult-classic SNK vs. Capcom series.
The classic crossover fighting game, which sees characters from The King of Fighters duke with familiar Street Fighter combatants, hasn’t seen a proper instalment since 2003, partly due to SNK’s bankruptcy in the early 00s and pivot to pachislot machines.
Capcom released two arcade and console fighting games featuring its one-time genre rival in 2000 and 2001, while SNK released portable games, card game spin offs, and one arcade fighter during the same era.
Speaking to VGC, Yauyuki Oda, the producer and designer who has spearheaded SNK’s fighting game revival in recent years (he directed King of Fighters 16 and produced Samurai Showdown, plus this year’s KoF XV), has now suggested that a new instalment in the crossover series could finally be feasible.
Oda referenced collaborative promotional posters which were released at this month’s 2022 Evo fighting game tournament, featuring artwork from both SNK and Capcom games. Unsurprisingly, the nostalgic merch was well received by fans, and SNK’s Oda told VGC it “reconfirmed” the public’s huge interest in a potential SNK vs. Capcom revival.
Asked if he was interested in creating a new SNK vs. Capcom game, Oda said: “Definitely in the future, that’s something that I think everybody on all sides, in both parties, are interested in making a reality.
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“Especially after we saw the reaction to the [EVO posters]… it helped us reconfirm that that is probably one of the most wanted things from the fighting game community across the entire world.”
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