Capcom's Fighting Game Crossovers Will Take You for a Ride in 2024 | Push Square

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Capcom has always been one for a crossover battle, but the stars have now aligned in such a way that Capcom fighting games are crossover-central for the rest of 2024. We just had the re-release of SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos, and now SNK poster boy Terry Bogard is making his way over to the Street Fighter 6 roster in September (with Fatal Fury alumni Mai Shiranui coming next year). We went hands-on with Terry Bogard at Gamescom, and he’s shaping up to inject some life into Street Fighter 6’s sometimes underwhelming DLC offerings.

We were sold on Terry’s inclusion from the moment the reveal trailer dropped, but before even booting into a match, his appearance in the game sparks joy. Capcom has included so many nods to SNK within Terry’s presentation. His character select screen animation has him playing on a Neo Geo MVS machine, Andy and Joe appear to cheer him on during his walkout if you fight on the new Pao Pao Cafe 6 stage, and his intro cutscene even changes up based on whether you’re using his Fatal Fury or Garou: Mark of the Wolves costume. We're also treated to a brand new rendition of Terry's classic banger, Kurikinton, from the Capcom sound team.

However, from what we could see, there’s no special animation when fighting Ken, meaning their Capcom vs SNK rivalry is dormant – at least in this mode. We weren’t able to check out Terry in World Tour or Arcade mode, so we’re sure there’s even more SNK reverence to go around.

As for the man himself, he plays like a dream. All of his moves are included from both his Fatal Fury and Garou movesets, and he’s a fast-paced, hard-hitting brawler. Terry’s strength so far lies in his ridiculous amounts of target combos (which is where the Power Dunk resides). Plus, for those of you who are too scrubby to pull off SNK’s pretzel motions (just like the person writing this), thankfully Capcom has given Terry standard quarter circle and dragon punch motions.

The other major facet of Terry's moveset is the variations on his special