SNK vs. Capcom

SNK vs. Capcom
SNK vs. Capcom
Genre(s)	Collectible card game ; Fighting
Developer(s)	Capcom Production Studio 1 ; Dimps ; SNK
Publisher(s)	Capcom ; SNK ; SNK Playmore
Platform(s)	Arcade, Dreamcast, Windows, Neo-Geo, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Nintendo DS, GameCube, Switch, PlayStation ; PlayStation 2, Xbox
First release	SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash ; November 21, 1999
Latest release	SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium (Nintendo Switch); February 17, 2021

Last updated March 15, 2024

SNK vs. Capcom, or alternately Capcom vs. SNK, is a series of crossover video games by either Capcom or SNK featuring characters that appear in games created by either company. Most of these are fighting games, and take on a similar format to Capcom's own Marvel vs. Capcom series, in which the players create teams of fighters and have them fight each other. Games in this series either contain SNK vs. Capcom or Capcom vs. SNK in their titles, with the first company named denoting the company behind the game's development.

History

Release timeline
2002
1999	SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash
1999	SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium
2000	Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000
2001	Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
2001	SVC: Card Fighters 2 Expand Edition
2003	SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos
2004
2005
2006	SVC: Card Fighters DS

The supposed origin behind this series was an issue of Arcadia magazine in which there were articles covering both The King of Fighters '98 and Street Fighter Alpha 3 , both of which were released at around the same time. Readers had misread the cover, which said KOF vs. SF, to mean that there was a fighting game that would pit characters from Street Fighter and The King of Fighters . Because of this uproar, Capcom and SNK supposedly^{[ by whom? ]} signed a deal that would allow them to produce only two fighting games concerning both franchises in 1999 (the Card Fighters series (see below) were not fighting games and therefore were exempt from the rule). It is highly suggested^{[ by whom? ]} that SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos was only made in order to fulfill the contract obligations that SNK made prior to the company filing bankruptcy and their eventual closing in 2000. Also, if one company was the main creator of one game, the distributing company would gain the profits and not the company that licensed the characters for use (although SNK gave the rights to use the SNK characters to Capcom for the first Capcom vs. SNK game, SNK did not profit from the game, which did not help their financial problems).

While no new SNK vs. Capcom titles have been released since Card Fighters DS, characters from both companies have appeared together in a handful of other titles, including Bandai Namco's Tekken 7 , Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , Cygames' Granblue Fantasy , and Netmarble/SNK's The King of Fighters All Star .

Future

In a 2021 interview with Polygon , director Hideaki Itsuno confirmed that at one point, there had been plans for a new, 3D installment in the series, but that it had been cancelled due to SNK's bankruptcy. The 3D assets created for Capcom vs. SNK 3 were later repurposed for the cancelled Capcom Fighting All-Stars ;^[1] said project was set to include The King of Fighters protagonist Kyo Kusanagi as a guest character during its planned release after a deal was struck with the then-reformed SNK Playmore.^[2] There were interviews with SNK that it would be possible to renew their contract with Capcom to make new SNK vs. Capcom games,^[3] but in another interview, both companies stated that they would not do any further collaboration with each other, claiming SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS would probably be the last crossover game between both companies.^[4] However, in an interview from January 2009, Yoshinori Ono, the producer of Street Fighter IV , expressed interest in a possible third game if fans demanded it.^[5]

In August 2022, SNK and Capcom artists Eisuke Ogura and Shinkiro created special promotional posters featuring both companies' characters to celebrate the 2022 Evolution Championship Series tournament. In a subsequent interview, SNK producer Yasuyuki Oda stated that "both parties" were interested in a potential revival of the series.^[6]

SNK-produced games

SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium – A portable fighting game developed by Dimps and released for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. The game features three different playing rules to choose from (Single Battle, Tag Match, and Team Battle). The game also features an "Olympic Mode" with themed minigames.
SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash – Also released for the Neo Geo Pocket Color, a digital collectible card game featuring trading card based on SNK's and Capcom's properties. Two versions were produced; the SNK Supporter's Version and the Capcom Supporter's Version.
SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters 2 Expand Edition – The sequel to Card Fighters Clash, released on the Neo Geo Pocket Color in Japan and Asia only. Includes cards based on Capcom vs. SNK 2.
SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos – Released for the Neo Geo (both arcade and home versions) and ported to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. A one-on-one fighting game featuring 36 characters.
SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS – A Card Fighters Clash sequel released for the Nintendo DS.^[7]

Capcom-produced games

Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 – Released for Sega 's NAOMI arcade hardware in 2000 and ported to the Dreamcast during the same year, the original Capcom vs. SNK features 28 characters (evenly divided between Capcom and SNK properties), two selectable fighting styles or "grooves" (based on the gameplay systems featured in The King of Fighters and Street Fighter Alpha series) and a ratio-based character selection system that determines the number of characters in a player's team based on their strength.
- An updated version titled Capcom vs. SNK Pro, released for the arcades and Dreamcast in Japan in 2001 and ported to the PlayStation in 2002, which adds Dan Hibiki and Joe Higashi to the character roster (they originally appeared only in the ending sequence of the original game). The Dreamcast version of the game also discards the shop option to earn extra characters and colors, having all of them available by default.
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001 – Titled Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001 in Japan. Released for the NAOMI hardware in 2001 and ported to the Dreamcast (in Japan only) and PlayStation 2 during the same year. The game expands on the "Groove" system from the previous game by featuring six different fighting styles or "Grooves" and adds twelve new characters in addition to the ones featured in Capcom vs. SNK Pro.
- The Nintendo GameCube and Xbox versions were released under the title of Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO. According to the Japanese official website for the GameCube version, EO stands for Easy Operation, because of a new feature that allows the player to assign special techniques to the right analog stick (C Stick for the GameCube version).

Characters

List of characters
Character	Side	SNK-developed		Capcom-developed
Character	Side	MotM	Chaos	CvS	CvS2
Akari Ichijou	SNK	Yes	No	No	No
Akuma	Capcom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Athena	SNK	No	Yes	No	No
Athena Asamiya	SNK	Yes	No	No	Yes
Baby Bonnie Hood	Capcom	Yes	No	No	No
Balrog	Capcom	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Benimaru Nikaido	SNK	No	No	Yes	Yes
Blanka	Capcom	No	No	Yes	Yes
Cammy	Capcom	No	No	Yes	Yes
Chang Koehan	SNK	No	No	No	Yes
Choi Bounge	SNK	No	Yes	No	Assist^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Chun-Li	Capcom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dan	Capcom	Yes	Yes	Pro	Yes
Demitri Maximoff	Capcom	No	Yes	No	No
Dhalsim	Capcom	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
E. Honda	Capcom	No	No	Yes	Yes
Eagle	Capcom	No	No	No	Yes
Earthquake	SNK	No	Yes	No	No
Evil Ryu	Capcom	Yes	No	Yes	Home
Felicia	Capcom	Yes	No	No	No
Geese Howard	SNK	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Genjuro Kibagami	SNK	No	Yes	No	No
God Rugal	SNK	No	No	No	Yes
Goenitz	SNK	No	Yes	No	No
Guile	Capcom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Haohmaru	SNK	Yes	No	No	Yes
Hibiki Takane	SNK	No	No	No	Yes
Honki ni Natta Mr. Karate	SNK	No	Yes	No	No
Hugo	Capcom	No	Yes	No	No
Iori Yagami	SNK	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Joe Higashi	SNK	No	No	Pro	Yes
Kasumi Todoh	SNK	No	Yes	No	No
Ken	Capcom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kim Kaphwan	SNK	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
King	SNK	No	No	Yes	Yes
Kyo Kusanagi	SNK	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kyosuke Kagami	Capcom	No	No	No	Yes
Leona Heidern	SNK	Yes	No	No	No
M. Bison	Capcom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mai Shiranui	SNK	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maki	Capcom	No	No	No	Yes
Mars People	SNK	No	Yes	No	No
Morrigan Aensland	Capcom	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Mr. Karate	SNK	No	Yes	No	No
Nakoruru	SNK	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Raiden	SNK	No	No	Yes	Yes
Red Arremer	Capcom	No	Yes	No	No
Rock Howard	SNK	No	No	No	Yes
Rolento	Capcom	No	No	No	Yes
Rugal Bernstein	SNK	No	No	Yes	Yes
Ryo Sakazaki	SNK	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ryu	Capcom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ryuhaku Todoh	SNK	No	No	No	Yes
Ryuji Yamazaki	SNK	No	No	Yes	Yes
Sagat	Capcom	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sakura	Capcom	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Shiki	SNK	No	Yes	No	No
Shin Akuma	Capcom	No	Yes	No	Yes
Terry Bogard	SNK	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tessa	Capcom	No	Yes	No	No
Vega	Capcom	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vice	SNK	No	No	Yes	Yes
Violent Ken	Capcom	No	Yes	No	No
Wild Iori	SNK	Yes	Yes	Yes	Home
Yun	Capcom	No	No	No	Yes
Yuri Sakazaki	SNK	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Zangief	Capcom	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Zero	Capcom	No	Yes	No	No
Total		22	36	35	48

↑ In Capcom vs. SNK 2, Choi is not playable separately, but constantly accompanies Chang during battle and will attack opponents as part of Chang's moveset.

Reception

Card Fighters DS and SVC Chaos had a polarized, mixed reception, with a Metacritic score of 48%^[8] and 57% respectively.^[9] The two Capcom-developed games and Match of the Millennium have fared better, with Capcom vs. SNK 2 achieving a Metacritic score of 81%.^[10]

In 2012, Complex ranked Capcom vs. SNK at number 38 on the list of the best video game franchises.^[11]

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References

↑ Leone, Matt (January 7, 2021). "Capcom vs. SNK: An oral history". Polygon . Retrieved January 1, 2024.
↑ "Guests – Round 5: Toyohisa Tanabe". Street Fighter V: Secret File. 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
↑ "KOF Game Videos: Interview with SNK Playmore". Cyberfanatix.
↑ "KOF Game Videos: SNK related news". Cyberfanatix.
↑ Capcom vs. SNK 3 Is Very Not Impossible?
↑ Robinson, Andy (August 30, 2022). "'Both sides' are interested in reviving SNK vs. Capcom, says producer". Video Games Chronicle . Retrieved August 30, 2022.
↑ Orlando, Greg. "SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS". (January 2007) Newtype USA. Volume 6 Number 1 page 131.
↑ "SNK VS. CAPCOM CARD FIGHTERS DS". metacritic. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
↑ "SVC CHAOS: SNK VS. CAPCOM". metacritic. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
↑ "CAPCOM VS. SNK 2: MARK OF THE MILLENNIUM 2001". Metacritic. CBS Interactive Inc.
↑ "The 50 Best Video Game Franchises". Complex.

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[8] In Capcom vs. SNK 2, Choi is not playable separately, but constantly accompanies Chang during battle and will attack opponents as part of Chang's moveset.

[1] Leone, Matt (January 7, 2021). "Capcom vs. SNK: An oral history". Polygon . Retrieved January 1, 2024.

[kof-2] "Guests – Round 5: Toyohisa Tanabe". Street Fighter V: Secret File. 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

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[7] Orlando, Greg. "SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS". (January 2007) Newtype USA. Volume 6 Number 1 page 131.

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[10] "SVC CHAOS: SNK VS. CAPCOM". metacritic. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[11] "CAPCOM VS. SNK 2: MARK OF THE MILLENNIUM 2001". Metacritic. CBS Interactive Inc.

[12] "The 50 Best Video Game Franchises". Complex.

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v t e SNK vs. Capcom series
SNK games	Card Fighters series SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos
Capcom games	Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Capcom vs. SNK 2
Related	Tekken 7 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

v t e Capcom's Versus series
Marvel Comics	X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes 2: New Age of Heroes 3: Fate of Two Worlds Ultimate Origins Infinite
SNK	Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 2: Mark of the Millenium 2001
Tatsunoko Production	Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
Related games	X-Men: Children of the Atom Marvel Super Heroes Marvel vs. Capcom series SNK vs. Capcom series
See also	Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix Capcom Fighting All-Stars Capcom Fighting Evolution Namco X Capcom Street Fighter X Tekken Project X Zone Project X Zone 2 Tekken X Street Fighter

SNK vs. Capcom
Genre(s)	Collectible card game Fighting
Developer(s)	Capcom Production Studio 1 Dimps SNK
Publisher(s)	Capcom SNK SNK Playmore
Platform(s)	Arcade, Dreamcast, Windows, Neo-Geo, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Nintendo DS, GameCube, Switch, PlayStation PlayStation 2, Xbox
First release	SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash November 21, 1999
Latest release	SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium (Nintendo Switch) February 17, 2021