On September 26, SNK announced Street Fighter‘s Ken Masters and Chun-Li are joining the roster of its upcoming Fatal Fury title. The announcement was made during the developer’s block at Tokyo Game Show along with a teaser trailer.
Coming just days after Fatal Fury protagonist Terry Bogard’s release in Street Fighter 6, the news that Capcom characters are crossing over into SNK’s intellectual properties as well, lit the fighting game community on fire.
Beloved YouTuber Maximilian Dood’s hilarious reaction to the trailer is already being memed into oblivion, and questions of what’s next in this working relationship between two fighting game titans are swirling in the rumor pool.
Fighting game players, especially of the older generation, are familiar with past crossovers between Capcom and SNK, such as the Capcom vs. SNK games and SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos. These crossover titles hold a legendary reputation and were foundational in the development of the FGC. They run so deep in the community that the CvS games held spots at EVO when it was still called Battle by the Bay.
2003 was the last time gamers received a full crossover fighting game from the two developers, but with Terry and Mai Shiranui in SF6 and Ken and Chun in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, it’s very likely one is in the works. But the Street Fighter crossover isn’t the only one SNK is working on presently, as the company strangely announced soccer star Ronaldo’s involvement in its new title just one day before that.
Fatal Fury is available for pre-order on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC before its release on April 24, 2025.
Published: Sep 27, 2024 03:29 pm