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Announced back in 2010, the crossover fighting game is currently in development hell.

In a recent interview with GameSpot, Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada had the following to say about the game in question:

It’s pretty difficult to answer. Because when we develop fighting games, we try to keep the core community in mind and the general audience who likes to play these games. But, currently, the situation is with fighting games, you have Street Fighter V that was just released and a lot of people are playing that fervently. We have a large crowd out there that is waiting for Tekken 7. So, we don’t want to split these communities. So, the window that is a good window to release Tekken X Street Fighter is something that has become much more difficult. So, it’s kind of on hold for the moment, I guess you could say.

Although on hold, there is still hope for a future release of the game as Harada adds:

It might seem like we haven't started on it at all, but the character lineup has been decided upon since a very long time ago. And we've already finished the polygon models, moves, and systems.

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[ieatpixels]

It's a shame, I was looking forward to this game. I've always preferred Tekken over SF.

 

[Deleted User]

By the time this game releases it will be a completely different game called Jin's Bad Hairgel Day, chock full of gore, poop, alcohol and bleeped out swear words.

 

[Pleng]

I imagine it would be hard to market this because of the popularity of Street Fighter 5 at the moment. That and the fact that they still have to finish Tekken 7.

You don't really need to imagine that at all, considering that's *exactly* what the OP says!

 

[GuyInDogSuit]

Wait, this was already released on PS3 and Xbox 360, wasn't it?

 

[Prans]

Wait, this was already released on PS3 and Xbox 360, wasn't it?

That was Street Fighter X Tekken by Capcom following SF mechanics. This one is Tekken X Street Fighter by Bandai Namco, following the Tekken mechanic.

 

[GuyInDogSuit]

That was Street Fighter X Tekken by Capcom following SF mechanics. This one is Tekken X Street Fighter by Bandai Namco, following the Tekken mechanic.

Ohhh. Is there really a need for this?

 

[Prans]

Ohhh. Is there really a need for this?

It was announced waaaay back in 2010 and as you can read from the interview, the current state of fighting games does not call for an immediate release of the game. With SFV just released and Tekken 7 coming, it'll be hard to justify a crossover of the 2 games coming after those two releases.

 

[GuyInDogSuit]

It was announced waaaay back in 2010 and as you can read from the interview, the current state of fighting games does not call for an immediate release of the game. With SFV just released and Tekken 7 coming, it'll be hard to justify a crossover of the 2 games coming after those two releases.

That's what I'm saying. It won't sell well due to the competition already coming out.

 

[Foxi4]

That's what I'm saying. It won't sell well due to the competition already coming out.

I don't know if that'll affect sales all that much - cross-over games like this are novelties, main series entries are for competitive play. They can always stagger the release, too.

 

[GuyInDogSuit]

I don't know if that'll affect sales all that much - cross-over games like this are novelties, main series entries are for competitive play. They can always stagger the release, too.

Maybe not. I dunno.

 

[Prans]

That's what I'm saying. It won't sell well due to the competition already coming out.

Releasing now most probably wouldn't be the best option, it could conflict with their audiences. But it's not that it won't sell nor that it won't appeal to any public. I for one really appreciate the concept of crossover between 2 major fighting games and would give it a go. And as Foxi put it, the main titles are for competitive play and/or die-hard fans. After the major releases have been around for some time would be a good time for a release. And since it's on hold and work has actually been done, a release is plausible.

 

[T-hug]

It has already been done and is working as of Tekken 7. Akuma here is your Tekken VS SF template. Probaby similar to how Omega SF4 was the testbed for Street Fighter 5.

I've seen that and it kind of backs up my worries.. he can't jump lol

 

[Clydefrosch]

well, maybe they should've worked on it back around 2010 then.

seriously, them saying its on hold is probably just cause they cant actually cancel the game due to some binding contract with capcom... it'll be on hold for the next decade

 

[FAST6191]

Damn, guess I am going to have to continue on with Virtua Fighter vs Taken 2

 

[leon315]

SFxTekken compares to this one was easier to develop since it's 2D and honestly has less movesets required for single character...

So creating a whole completely new high quality movesets for such large SF's roster IS A HELL-LIKE-CHALLENGE, and Bandainamco seems donesn't have enough of (human)resource to keep both project up to date at same time.

 

[Brunho]

The west just loved to take Japanese game's box art and Americanize it. This wasn't just a thing with Mega-Man, but with plenty of games at the time.

This is so true. Just take a look at the american and japanese Breath of Fire 1 (and 2) box arts. The american one seems something straight out of a Conan movie while the japanese is all colorful with cute girls.

Also, Kirby always gets angry in the box arts when he comes to the West.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

This feels like Mighty No. 9 v1.0 but back then I don't recall Bandai giving an estimate year of release so at least the customers never knew when to expect the game. Anyhow, if "Tekken X Street Fighter" is never released then they could still add SF characters to Tekken 7 via DLC.

Edit:

Also, Kirby always gets angry in the box arts when he comes to the West.

Not so.

 

[Brunho]

Not so.

Omg, I´ve just noticed that he isn´t angry on Epic Yarn´s box too! Maybe Kirby thought there was already enough hate on the Wii and WiiU...