IN 2010 Capcom and Namco Bandai made an announcement that would excite even the most cynical fighting game fanatic. Each developer-publisher would
make their own game featuring the characters of Street Fighterand Tekken, bringing the worlds of two of the biggest brawler IPs together in their own way for the first time. Street Fighter X Tekkenis Capcom’s take on the amalgamation, and the first of the two games. Considering Street
Fighteris Capcom’s second biggest franchise after Resident Evil, with sales of 32m units, the name alone is enough to get fans rushing to retailers. Combine this with Namco’s Tekkenseries, which boasts sales of 39m, and you have a game with strong potential. “This is the first time two of the biggest fighting franchises have come together, in what’s going to be the biggest match-up in video gaming history,” says Capcom’s Adam Merrett. “Like every other fighting fan,
I’m sure you used to dream about being able to pound Kazuya with Ryu, and now you can. No two triple-A franchises have collaborated together like this before.”
PLAYING TAG
Street Fighter X Tekkenallows players to control a tag team of two fighters, who can be called upon one at a time. Consumers can choose from heaps of characters from both IPs, including Ryu and Chun-Li from Street Fighter, and Heihachi and Yoshimitsu from Tekken. The game features a new Gem
System, where up to three crystals can be equipped in order to tailor a tag team. A total of 57 gems are included in-game.
Other features include a four- player battle royale, a training mode and Pandora mode, which lets users sacrifice one of their characters to make the other stronger. The title uses the popular Street Fighter IV game engine, while adding two-fighter Cross Assault attacks, Super Art moves and controls that promise to ‘feel familiar for fans of both series’.
36 February 17th 2012 [INFO]
Released: March 9th
Formats: 360, PS3
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
Distributor: CentreSoft
Contact: 0121 625 3388
Street Fighter X Tekken
As two of the biggest fighting franchises collide, Dominic Sacco finds out what makes this brawler a beat ‘em up fan’s dream