History
| 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 |
| 2002 | |
| 2003 | SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos |
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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, in 1999, Capcom and SNK supposedly[ by whom? ] signed a deal that would allow them to produce only two fighting games concerning both franchises.[ citation needed ]
Series hiatus
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]
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 titles by other developers, including Bandai Namco's Tekken 7 , Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , and Cygames' Granblue Fantasy .
Crossover appearances and re-releases
SNK vs. Capcom: Match of the Millennium and SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters' Clash were re-released for the first time in 2021 and 2022 respectively on Windows and Nintendo Switch. [6] In March 2022, Street Fighter characters were added to Netmarble and SNK's The King of Fighters All Star . In August 2022, SNK and Capcom artists Eisuke Ogura and Shinkiro – the latter of whom is currently at Capcom after famously working at SNK – created special promotional posters featuring both companies' characters to celebrate the 2022 Evolution Championship Series tournament, the first live EVO since the COVID-19 pandemic. In a subsequent interview, SNK producer Yasuyuki Oda stated that "both parties" were interested in a potential revival of the series. [7] Oda stated in a later interview that the EVO artwork opened the doors for further collaboration between the two companies. [8]
Multiple crossovers between SNK and Capcom were announced throughout 2024. At Summer Game Fest in June, both Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui were revealed as part of Street Fighter 6 's second season of downloadable content, making them the first third-party guest characters in a mainline Street Fighter game. [9] The next month, during EVO 2024, a re-release of SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos for Windows, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 was announced and released that day. [10] The following August, it was announced that the Capcom-developed titles in the series would be included in Capcom Fighting Collection 2 , set for release in 2025. [11] During Tokyo Game Show in September, it was announced that Ken Masters and Chun-Li would be part of the first season of DLC for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves , similarly making them the first third-party guest characters in a Fatal Fury game. [12] These announcements sparked speculation about a potential revival of the series, an interest acknowledged by Capcom producer Shuhei Matsumoto in an interview. [13] In another interview, Oda stated that while there were certain hurdles in the way, they were aware of the fan demand and the odds of a revival were not impossible. [14]
