Tekken X Street Fighter NOT at gamescom

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 6 August, 2010

Crossover confusion reigns.

Namco Bandai's recently announced Tekken X Street Fighter gamescom event will not feature Tekken X Street Fighter, as was suggested.

Earlier today Namco distributed a press release entitled: "The giants of fighting come face to face at gamescom for Tekken X Street Fighter."

The release said Tekken head honcho Katsuhiro Harada and Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono will "clash in a public spectacle", and gamers can compete in a live on-stage tournament.

"Sparks will fly as they come face to face for a deadly Tekken X Street Fighter duel between fight game greats at this year's vast gamescom event in Cologne, Germany," the release read.

However, Namco Bandai has confirmed to Eurogamer that Harada and Ono will play each other at Street Fighter X Tekken, not Tekken X Street Fighter.

Additionally, Street Fighter X Tekken will not playable "for the masses", but people will be picked out of the audience to participate in a competition to win goodies.

It's all a bit confusing, isn't it?

Crossover fighting games Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken X Street Fighter were announced at last month's San Diego Comic-Con.

Capcom aims to release Street Fighter X Tekken in two years. Tekken X Street Fighter's release will follow.

Street Fighter stalwarts Ryu and Chun-Li, and Tekken favourites Kazuya and Nina, will be in Street Fighter X Tekken. Little is known about Tekken X Street Fighter, save for it will be a 3D Tekken game with Street Fighter characters.

Street Fighter X Tekken trailer is below.

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Comments (13) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • patchbox360 #1 2 years ago

    game isn't out for another 2 years - stop with the teasing - it hurts

  • nofear360 #2 2 years ago

    *changes the name to Street Fighter X Tekken in his schedule*

  • sfp_noodle #3 2 years ago

    Announcing 2 versions with exactly the same title with the names switched around was a terrible idea. It confuses the hell out of people! Why not call it Capcom x Namco and Namco x Capcom? All previous crossover fighting games have had the names of the developers in the title, not the actual game names. Street Fighter x Tekken and vice versa is just too much of a mouthful.

    Oh, and Capcom's version will be superior. The Tekken characters can fit into the Street Fighter universe if you only include they're signature moves, as shown by Kazuya in the gameplay vid. Seeing Ryu et al juggling opponents in Namco's version will look silly. Also, will they include Hadokens? Tekken has never had projectile attacks minus the useless ones in Tekken 6. They really should have just let Capcom make the game. Most people will buy that version anyway.

  • taurus82 #4 2 years ago

    At least in Tekken X Street Fighter I can finally be comfortable playing as Bison, Guile, Blanka etc providing they don't include that irritating charge method for executing specials.
    And I reckon that Hadoukens will be executed like the Devil (Jin)/Angel unblockable laser eye attacks.

  • Electric #5 2 years ago

    Capcom X Namco would imply characters from outside the Street Fighter and Tekken universe. So a game called Capcom X Namco would *have* to feature characters from Soul Calibur, Darkstalkers, Rival Schools and maybe even non-fighting games. Innit.

  • Vordred #6 2 years ago

    @sfp_noodle
    "Why not call it Capcom x Namco and Namco x Capcom? All previous crossover fighting games have had the names of the developers in the title"

    thats not true, it started with X-Men vs. Street Fighter then Marvel vs. Street Fighter. after that it became Marvel vs. Capcom

    and they dont Called it Capcom x Namco. because that game already exsists. and SF vs. Tekken only has Street fighter and tekken characters in it, so it does make sense.
    Edited by Vordred at 06/08/10 @ 18:36

  • Machetazo #7 2 years ago

    I can't help but feel that, with my preference for Tekken, the next year or so waiting for that game will be full of "NEWS/media!!!1 - oh (it's the other one) :/" moments. I'll look at Capcom's game, but I anticipate Namco's! :)

  • finexi #8 2 years ago

    Why NOT?

  • Machetazo #9 2 years ago

    The event at GamesCom WILL be a Tekken one - http://www.mcvuk.com/press-releases/6161... (read the text, and you will see that while lines may be crossed, the European event is focused squarely around the TEKKEN franchise!)

    Capcom's Yoshinori Ono - ftw, after reading his comments, in there, lol :D - will be participating, and RSVP'd.
    It would be a terrific error, otherwise, to write some thing like that, and everyone ends up playing Capcom's game, instead. I'm puzzled.

  • rivuzu #10 2 years ago

    OI.

    EUROGAMER.

    Any chance of this at the Expo? (:

  • 32768Colours #11 2 years ago

    Although my money is on me finding Capcom's effort more appealing upon release, I actually find Namco's game more intriguing. I think it's mainly because I can visualise SFXT(!) thanks to the teaser so it's clearly going to go with the SF4 look, whereas TXSF(!!) is still an unknown quantity.

    Obviously it's going to look like Tekken, but the last time we had a 3D Ryu in a 3D fighting game it was a less than thrilling experience. I dunno, although I love SF and am only vaguely interested in the Tekken series, bizzarely its Namco's riff on this venture that I want to play the most. To have a good 3D Street Fighter alongside the mighty SSF4 would be very cool.

  • Ryze #12 2 years ago

    It's way too early - tell me more about this in 1 years time when they've actually done more of the games.

  • solidSnake04 #13 2 years ago

    funny how everyone is counting on Namco to deliver the 3D Street Fighter that Capcom never managed to..
    Namco has got a hot potato on their hands with doing SF in 3D...I mean...Doing it well.