SNK vs. Capcom

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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 and PC)
February 17, 2021

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.

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Reception to the series has been varied; the Capcom-developed titles were the most positively-received, while the SNK-developed installments received more mixed reviews.

History

Release timeline
1999 SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash
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
SVC: Card Fighters 2 Expand Edition
2002
2003 SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos
2004
2005
2006SVC: 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

Capcom-produced games

Characters

List of characters
CharacterSide SNK-developed Capcom-developed
MotM Chaos CvS CvS2
Flag of Japan.svg Akari Ichijou SNKYesNoNoNo
Flag of Japan.svg Akuma CapcomYesYesYesYes
Flag of None.svg Athena SNKNoYesNoNo
Flag of Japan.svg Athena Asamiya SNKYesNoNoYes
Flag of Europe.svg Baby Bonnie Hood CapcomYesNoNoNo
Flag of the United States.svg Balrog CapcomNoYesYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Benimaru Nikaido SNKNoNoYesYes
Flag of Brazil.svg Blanka CapcomNoNoYesYes
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cammy CapcomNoNoYesYes
Flag of South Korea.svg Chang Koehan SNKNoNoNoYes
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Bounge SNKNoYesNoAssist [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chun-Li CapcomYesYesYesYes
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Dan CapcomYesYesProYes
Flag of Romania.svg Demitri Maximoff CapcomNoYesNoNo
Flag of India.svg Dhalsim CapcomNoYesYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg E. Honda CapcomNoNoYesYes
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eagle CapcomNoNoNoYes
Flag of the United States.svg Earthquake SNKNoYesNoNo
Flag of Japan.svg Evil Ryu CapcomYesNoYesHome
Flag of the United States.svg Felicia CapcomYesNoNoNo
Flag of the United States.svg Geese Howard SNKYesYesYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Genjuro Kibagami SNKNoYesNoNo
Flag of Germany.svg God Rugal SNKNoNoNoYes
Flag of None.svg Goenitz SNKNoYesNoNo
Flag of the United States.svg Guile CapcomYesYesYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Haohmaru SNKYesNoNoYes
Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Takane SNKNoNoNoYes
Flag of Japan.svg Honki ni Natta Mr. Karate SNKNoYesNoNo
Flag of Germany.svg Hugo CapcomNoYesNoNo
Flag of Japan.svg Iori Yagami SNKYesYesYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Joe Higashi SNKNoNoProYes
Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Todoh SNKNoYesNoNo
Flag of the United States.svg Ken CapcomYesYesYesYes
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kaphwan SNKNoYesYesYes
Flag of France.svg KingSNKNoNoYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Kyo Kusanagi SNKYesYesYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Kyosuke Kagami CapcomNoNoNoYes
Flag of None.svg Leona Heidern SNKYesNoNoNo
Flag of None.svg M. Bison CapcomYesYesYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Mai Shiranui SNKYesYesYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Maki CapcomNoNoNoYes
Flag of None.svg Mars People SNKNoYesNoNo
Flag of Scotland.svg Morrigan Aensland CapcomYesNoYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Mr. Karate SNKNoYesNoNo
Flag of Japan.svg Nakoruru SNKYesNoYesYes
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raiden SNKNoNoYesYes
Flag of None.svg Red Arremer CapcomNoYesNoNo
Flag of the United States.svg Rock Howard SNKNoNoNoYes
Flag of the United States.svg Rolento CapcomNoNoNoYes
Flag of Germany.svg Rugal Bernstein SNKNoNoYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Sakazaki SNKYesYesYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Ryu CapcomYesYesYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuhaku Todoh SNKNoNoNoYes
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuji Yamazaki SNKNoNoYesYes
Flag of Thailand.svg Sagat CapcomNoYesYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Sakura CapcomYesNoYesYes
Flag of Japan.svg Shiki SNKNoYesNoNo
Flag of Japan.svg Shin Akuma CapcomNoYesNoYes
Flag of the United States.svg Terry Bogard SNKYesYesYesYes
Flag of Iceland.svg Tessa CapcomNoYesNoNo
Flag of Spain.svg Vega CapcomNoYesYesYes
Flag of None.svg Vice SNKNoNoYesYes
Flag of the United States.svg Violent Ken CapcomNoYesNoNo
Flag of Japan.svg Wild Iori SNKYesYesYesHome
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Yun CapcomNoNoNoYes
Flag of Japan.svg Yuri Sakazaki SNKYesNoYesYes
Flag of Russia.svg Zangief CapcomYesNoYesYes
Flag of None.svg Zero CapcomNoYesNoNo
Total22363548
  1. 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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<i>SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos</i> 2003 video game

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<i>The King of Fighters 2002</i> 2002 video game

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">K'</span> Video game character from The King of Fighters fighting game series

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