Excited to see your favorite Tekken and Street Fighter characters mixing it up? Well hopefully that excitement will last you for the next 2 years. Famitsu.com caught up with Ono-san after the announcement and was able to get new information about the game from the Street Fighter producer.
Development for Street Fighter X Tekken began a couple of months ago but Namco and Capcom have been discussing the project for over a year. Besides Ryu, Nina, Chun-Li and Kazuya Ono wouldn’t divulge in who else will appear in SFxT. He only mentioned that they are considering including “early generation characters from each franchise” in the game.
Just as long a I can play as Tekken’s Sergei Dragonov, I don’t care who else is in the game.
Regarding game play, Ono said that the staff is thinking about making the game 2 on 2 with the basic 8-way lever and 6 button input system. Something called an “assist” feature may also be implemented in the tie-in.
Ono also mentioned that the game’s target release is two yeas after its announcement with the next major announcement no sooner than April 2011 during Capcom’s private event, Captivate. Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken X Street Fighter is being developed completely separate of one another. In the spirit of competition, both teams working on the games have agreed not share information with each other.
Street Fighter X Tekken will most likely see a release prior to Namco’s Tekken X Street Fighter. I hope they’re both worth the wait.
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