New SNK vs. Capcom Game Possible
Crossover fighting games are nothing new. Since the early days of arcade fighters, developers were pairing their games with other franchises and even with one another, creating a cool clash of worlds for fans of different studios. These days, most crossovers tend to happen in platform fighters like Super Smash Bros. and MultiVersus, but it sounds like one of the classic arcade crossover franchises, SNK vs. Capcom, may potentially make a grand return.
19 years have passed since SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos, the last proper entry in the series that pitted characters from franchises like The King of Fighters and Street Fighter against one another. That’s a long time for a franchise to lay dormant, but according to SNK producer Yasuyuki Oda, interest in reviving SNK vs. Capcom (or Capcom vs. SNK for the games developed by Capcom) has been growing since the EVO 2022 fighting game tournament earlier this month.
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During that event, promotional posters were shared featuring SNK and Capcom characters together, and it seems the general reaction among fans has been very positive. So much so that Oda told VGC that it “reconfirmed” the public’s interest in a new crossover game. He even went so far as to call it “probably one of the most wanted things” from the entire worldwide fighting game community.
When asked if SNK and Capcom are interested, Oda stated that he is “definitely” interested in making a new game at some point, adding that he thinks “everybody on all sides, in both parties, are interested in making a reality.” Despite this, SNK apparently hasn’t had any serious talks about it with Capcom yet, so it sounds like plans aren’t in motion so far. But Oda stressed that
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