Street Fighter and Tekken battle it out in 2 different games @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on July 24, 2010

News: Street Fighter X Tekken from Capcom and Tekken X Street Fighter from Namco Bandai.

While Ed Boon has been hoping to make a Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter game for years now, Capcom has decided to have The World Warriors challenge a different fighting franchise as the publisher announced Street Fighter X Tekken at Comic-Con today. Namco Bandai will release their own take on the crossover, aptly titled Tekken X Street Fighter.

Capcom's version of the game will use the Street Fighter IV to bring the two franchises together in a 2D fighting game with "fully realized 3D character models." Ryu and Chun Li are the first two fighters announced to represent the Street Fighter side while Kazuya Mishima and Nina Williams will make the jump to 2D for the first time. Street Fighter X Tekken will also include a Tag Team mode where players can select two fighters "to deliver knockout assist attacks and special combos." With Street Fighter X Tekken using the art and gameplay style of the Street Fighter world, Namco Bandai's Tekken X Street Fighter will instead feature the 3D battling found in the Tekken series.

Commenting on the origins of this project Yoshinori Ono, Producer of Street Fighter X Tekken, said: УThis is history we're making. Two fighting games that have rivalled each other are finally standing on the same stage. This isn't just a showdown between Tekken and Street Fighter, but a decisive battle for Capcom and Namco Bandai Games. So I'm going to give it my all.Ф

Neither game has a release date as of yet, but both are in development for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. To get an early look at Street Fighter X Tekken, check out the debut trailer right here: