Tekken X Street Fighter

This article is about the 3D Namco game. For the 2D Capcom game, see Street Fighter X Tekken.

Tekken X Street Fighter
Promotional image from Gamescom 2010
Developer(s)	Namco Bandai Games
Publisher(s)	Namco Bandai Games
Producer(s)	Katsuhiro Harada
Platform(s)	Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Release date(s)	2013
Genre(s)	Fighting game
Media/distribution	Blu-Ray Disc, DVD-DL

Tekken X Street Fighter (pronounced Tekken Cross Street Fighter) is an upcoming crossover fighting game being developed by Namco Bandai Games. It crosses the universes of Tekken and Street Fighter into one game creating a roster from both franchises. The game was announced at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International by Namco producer Katsuhiro Harada. The gameplay of Tekken X Street Fighter will continue to feature the same 3D fighting game engine of the Tekken franchise, as opposed to Street Fighter X Tekken, which will feature the 2D styled gameplay and ink-styled art of Street Fighter IV.

Namco's crossover fighting game is still in its early stages of development. No images or videos were released at the 2010 Comic-Con. As of May 2011, Katsuhiro Harada has stated that his staff hasn't started Tekken X Street Fighter yet.

Characters

Tekken characters	Street Fighter characters
Jin Kazama	Ryu
Devil Jin	Evil Ryu

Ken Masters and Chun-Li have been hinted to be in the game due to a Tekken Tag Tournament 2 joke video posted on Katsuhiro Harada's Twitter account. Jun Kazama is also suspected to be included, as Ono said during an announcement interview with Harada that she was the character from Tekken he most wanted to make an appearance - though her actual appearance is yet to be confirmed. Chun-Li has been shown in concept art on Harada's Twitter account.

Development

Yoshinori Ono (left) and Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada (right) talking about the plans of the crossover games at San Diego Comic-Con International 2010.

Tekken X Street Fighter was announced on July 24, 2010 at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con along with the Capcom-produced Street Fighter X Tekken. The gameplay of Tekken X Street Fighter will be featuring the same 3D fighting game engine of the Tekken franchise as opposed to Street Fighter X Tekken which will feature the 2D styled gameplay and ink-styled art of Street Fighter IV. The two games are planned to be released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. Ryu and Jin Kazama appear on the game's promotional poster (shadowed by their alter-egos "Evil Ryu" and "Devil Jin" respectively).

Katsuhiro Harada did reveal some concepts at Gamescom 2010 such as a prototype model of Ryu, with the gi of Tekken's Paul Phoenix. He said the team has yet to finish the model as details and lighting were not completed. Harada also said at Gamescom that he has no plans to release Tekken X Street Fighter until after the Capcom project has launched.

This is not the first time Namco and Capcom have made a game together as they released a Japan-only crossover game in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 titled Namco × Capcom. However, this game consisted of characters outside of the Street Fighter universe as well as the Tekken universe and instead included various characters from Capcom and ones from Namco (like the Darkstalkers and Soul series, for example), and at least two characters exclusive to the game. Namco × Capcom was a role playing game, thus making Tekken X Street Fighter and Street Fighter X Tekken the first games in the fighting game genre to be made by Namco and Capcom.

See also

• Street Fighter X Tekken, another fighting game featuring Street Fighter and Tekken characters currently being developed by Capcom.
• Namco × Capcom, Namco's previous strategy RPG crossover released in 2005 with Capcom's franchises.