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SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos promotional art.
The SNK vs. Capcom (or alternately Capcom vs. SNK) series is a collection of fighting games by either Capcom or SNK featuring characters that appear in games created by both of these two companies.
The games in this series either contain SNK vs. Capcom or Capcom vs. SNK, the first company name (in these cases) denoting the company behind the game's development. Games in this series appear for various platforms, including the Sega NAOMI (arcade), Neo*Geo (arcade and home system), PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Xbox, Neo Geo Pocket Color, and Dreamcast.
History[]
The supposed origin behind this series was an issue of the 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.[1] Readers had misread the cover, which said KOF vs. SF, suggesting that there was a fighting game that would pit characters from the Street Fighter and The King of Fighters series. Because of this uproar, Takashi Nishiyama contacted Yoshiki Okamoto as SNK was struggling financially. Takashi Nishiyama tried to come up with a project that utilized both companies' assets.[2] Capcom and SNK supposedly signed a deal that would allow them to produce only two fighting games concerning both franchises in 1999 (the Card Fighters series were not fighting games and therefore were exempt from the rule).
It is possible that SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos was made in order to fulfill the contract obligations[citation needed] that SNK made prior to the company filing bankruptcy and their eventual closing in 2000. If one company was the main developer of one game, the distributing company would gain the profits and not the company that licensed the characters for use. SNK gave the rights to use their characters to Capcom for the first Capcom vs. SNK game although SNK didn't profit from it.
There were interviews which SNK stated that it would be possible to renew their contract with Capcom to make new SNK vs. Capcom games[3] but in an another interview, both companies stated that they would not do any further collaboration with each other, SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS may possibly be the last crossover game between both companies.[4] However, in an interview from January 2009, Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono expressed interest in a possible third game if fans demand it.[5]
According to an interview with former The King of Fighters director Toyohisa Tanabe, Capcom vs. SNK 3 was actually in development, but ultimately cancelled, at some point.[6] The interview, originally shared on Capcom's Shadaloo C.R.I. website back in November 2017,[7] features Capcom developer Takayuki Nakayama speaking with Tanabe about the cancelled Capcom Fighting All-Stars game. Tanabe mentions that he was brought in to lead the Capcom Fighting All Stars team after leaving SNK of employment in 2001 when it "fell apart for a number of reasons.", and notes that former Capcom director Yoshiki Okamoto was also working on an another fighting game (Capcom vs. SNK 3) at the time. Nakayama stated that he saw several designs and models of the game.
In a 2018 interview with TheHeartOfGaming, SNK producer Yasuyuki Oda denies the possibility of collaborating with Capcom ever again.[8] However, in August 2022, Oda stated that "both parties" are interested in a potential revival of the series.[9] Before that statement, during the 2022 EVO, Oda released two posters (drawn by Shinkiro) featuring KOF and Street Fighter characters (Ryu, Cammy, Menat and Luke on the Capcom side, and Ryo Sakazaki, Isla, Rugal Bernstein and Shermie on the SNK side); both posters received positive reception.
In a June 2024 interview by Justin Wong, Street Fighter 6 director Takayuki Nakayama and producer Shuhei Matsumoto stated that they would that a new Capcom vs. SNK title is something that they would "love to make" and that they would "love to continue talking to SNK and see what they can do to make it happen". But they note that no decisions have been made just yet.[10]
Legacy[]
While no new SNK vs. Capcom titles have been released since Card Fighter DS, the Capcom and SNK characters have appeared together in several collabrations past the crossover series.
Akuma and Geese Howard both appeared as playable guest fighters in the 3D fighting game Tekken 7: Fated Retribution; while obviously not a SNK vs. Capcom game, it did mark the first time in ten years (after Card Fighter DS' release) SNK and Capcom's characters clashes. In addition, characters from both companies have since then appeared together in a handful of other titles, such as Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Furthermore, Ryu, Chun-Li, Luke, Akuma, M. Bison, Guile, Ken, Juri, Cammy and Jamie appeared as two of the many crossover collaborations in SNK's free-to-play mobile game The King of Fighters All Star. Ryu, Chun-Li, Guile, Cammy, Akuma, Terry and Mai appeared in Mediatonic's Fall Guys. Street Fighter 6 features the addition of Terry and Mai as the mainline Street Fighter entry's first two playable 3rd-party fighters. In a similiar fashion, Ken and Chun-Li would later be featured as guest fighters in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.
Games[]
SNK-produced[]
- SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters 2 Expand Edition (Japan-only, 2001)
- SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos (2003)
Capcom-produced[]
- Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 (2000)
- Capcom vs. SNK Pro (2001)
Characters[]
SNK Characters[]
| Character | SvC | CvS | CvS 2 | SVC Chaos | Game/series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bao | No | No | Stage Cameo | in Hugo's pre-fight | The King of Fighters |
| Benimaru Nikaido | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Chang Koehan | No | No | Yes | in Kim Kaphwan and Choi Bounge's ending | |
| Chin Gentsai | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| Chizuru Kagura | Error messages cameo | No | No | in Goenitz's ending | |
| Choi Bounge | No | No | part of Chang's moveset | Yes | |
| Chris | Error messages cameo | No | No | No | |
| Goenitz | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Goro Daimon | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| Heavy D! | No | No | No | in Wild Iori's ending | |
| Iori Yagami | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| K' | Error messages cameo | No | No | No | |
| Kyo Kusanagi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Leona Heidern | Yes | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| Lucky Glauber | No | No | No | in Wild Iori's ending | |
| Mature | No | part of Vice's moveset | part of Vice's moveset | No | |
| May Lee | No | No | No | in Kim Kaphwan's ending | |
| Wild Iori | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Rugal Bernstein | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Shermie | Error messages cameo | No | No | No | |
| Serious Mr. Karate[Note 1] | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Vice | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Yashiro Nanakase | Error messages cameo | No | No | No | |
| Billy Kane | Yes (DC LINK) | No | Stage Cameo | in Geese Howard's ending | Fatal Fury |
| Geese Howard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Hokutomaru | No | No | No | in Mai Shiranui's ending | |
| Joe Higashi | No | Yes | Yes | in Terry Bogard's ending | |
| Li Xiangfei | Error messages cameo | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| Kim Kaphwan | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Lilly Kane | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| Mai Shiranui | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Terry Bogard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Raiden | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Rock Howard | No | No | Yes | No | |
| Ryuji Yamazaki | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Karman Cole | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | Art of Fighting |
| Kasumi Todoh | No | No | No | Yes | |
| King | Error messages cameo | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Lee Pai Long | No | No | No | in Serious Mr. Karate's ending | |
| Mr. Karate | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Robert Garcia | No | No | No | in Ryo Sakazaki and Mr. Karate's endings | |
| Ryo Sakazaki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Ryuhaku Todoh | part of Akari's moveset | No | Yes | in Kasumi Todoh's ending | |
| Takuma Sakazaki | No | Stage Cameo | No | No | |
| Yuri Sakazaki | Yes | Yes | Yes | in Ryo Sakazaki and Mr. Karate's endings | |
| Earthquake | No | No | No | Yes | Samurai Shodown |
| Gandara | No | No | No | During Shiki’s transformation by lose to Red Arremer | |
| Genjuro Kibagami | Error messages cameo | No | No | Yes | |
| Half-Shaded Shiki | No | No | No | During Shiki’s transformation by Demitri's Midnight Bliss | |
| Haohmaru | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| Jubei Yagyu | Olympic Mode | No | No | No | |
| Kyoshiro Senryo | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| Kuroko | Olympic Mode cameo | No | No | No | |
| Mizuki Rashojin | part of Akari's moveset | No | No | No | |
| Nakoruru | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Rimururu | Olympic Mode | No | No | No | |
| Shiki | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Shiro Tokisada Amakusa | part of Akari's moveset | No | No | No | |
| Akari Ichijou | Yes | No | No | No | The Last Blade |
| Hibiki Takane | No | No | Yes | No | |
| Kaede | Error messages cameo | No | No | No | |
| Mukuro | part of Akari's moveset | No | No | No | |
| Eri Kasamoto | No | No | No | in Mars People's ending | Metal Slug |
| Fiolina "Fio" Germi | Olympic Mode | No | No | in Mars People's ending | |
| Marco Rossi | Olympic Mode | No | No | in Mars People's ending | |
| Mars People | Olympic Mode | No | No | Yes | |
| Tarma Roving | No | No | No | in Mars People's ending | |
| Clark Still | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | Ikari Warriors |
| Heidern | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| Ralf Jones | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| Athena | No | No | No | Yes | Athena |
| Athena Asamiya | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Psycho Soldier |
| Miss X | No | No | No | During Wild Iori’s transformation by Demitri's Midnight Bliss | SNK Gals' Fighters |
| Ultimate Rugal (God Rugal) | No | No | Yes | No | Original |
Capcom Characters[]
| Character | SvC | CvS | CvS 2 | SVC Chaos | Game/series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akuma (Gouki) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Street Fighter |
| Alex | Error messages cameo | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| Balrog | Error messages cameo | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Blanka | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Cammy | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Chun-Li | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Dan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Dhalsim | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Dudley | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| E. Honda | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Eagle | No | No | Yes | No | |
| Elena | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| Evil Ryu | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Go Hibiki | part of Akari's moveset | No | No | No | |
| Guile | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Juli | No | No | No | in M. Bison's ending | |
| Juni | No | No | No | in M. Bison's ending | |
| Karin | Olympic Mode | No | No | No | |
| Ken | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| M. Bison | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Rose | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| Ryu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Sagat | Olympic Mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Sakura | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Shin Akuma | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vega | Yes (DC LINK) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Violent Ken[Note 2] | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Yang | No | No | part of Yun's moveset | No | |
| Yun | No | No | Yes | No | |
| Zangief | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Baby Bonnie Hood (Bulleta) | Yes | No | No | No | Darkstalkers |
| Demitri Maximoff | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Dhylec | part of Akari's moveset | No | No | No | |
| Felicia | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Hannya | part of Akari's moveset | No | No | No | |
| Hsien-Ko | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| Huitzil | part of B.B. Hood's moveset | No | No | No | |
| Lilith | Error messages cameo | No | No | No | |
| Lord Raptor | Olympic Mode cameo | No | No | No | |
| Morrigan Aensland | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Damnd | No | No | No | in Chun-Li's ending | Final Fight |
| Hugo | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Maki | No | No | Yes | No | |
| Poison | No | No | No | in Hugo's pre-fight, winning and ending | |
| Rolento | No | No | Yes | No | |
| Sodom | No | No | No | in Chun-Li's ending | |
| Batsu Ichimonji | No | No | part of Kyosuke Kagami's moveset | No | Rival Schools |
| Hinata Wakaba | No | No | part of Kyosuke Kagami's moveset | No | |
| Kyosuke Kagami | No | No | Yes | No | |
| Arthur | Olympic Mode | No | No | No | Ghosts 'n Goblins |
| Astaroth | No | No | No | in Akuma and Demitri Maximoff's endings | |
| Red Arremer | Olympic Mode | No | No | Yes | |
| Mai-Ling | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | Red Earth |
| Tessa | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Ciel | No | No | No | in Zero's pre-fight, taunt and ending | Mega Man Zero |
| Zero | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Falcon | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | Power Stone |
| Rouge | No | No | Stage Cameo | No | |
| Gore | part of Akari's moveset | No | No | No | Star Gladiator |
| June | No | No | Stage Cameo | No |
Notes:
[Note 1] Serious Mr. Karate is original character, but later added to The King of Fighters series.
[Note 2] Violent Ken is original character, but later added to Street Fighter series.
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131020192734/http://www.arcade-gear.com/Press/Gamest/Gamest.htm
- ↑ - The Man Who Created Street Fighter Archived from The original
- ↑ http://www.cyberfanatix.com/index.php?m=single&id=606
- ↑ http://www.cyberfanatix.com/index.php?m=single&id=635
- ↑ http://www.gamercenteronline.net/2009/01/17/capcom-vs-snk-3-is-very-not-impossible
- ↑ https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2018/may/09/capcom-vs-snk-3-might-have-actually-been-development-some-point/
- ↑ https://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column/132053
- ↑ - Enjoy my interview with Yasuyuki Oda! Archived from The original
- ↑ Gematsu - SNK’s Yasuyuki Oda: ‘Both parties interested’ in SNK vs. Capcom revival
- ↑ https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2024/jun/14/sf6-devs-cvs-interview/
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