Current Events > Capcom turned down a Street Fighter x Mortal Kombat game

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https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1192211577178595329

Capcom turned down a Street Fighter x Mortal Kombat collaboration, allegedly because the two franchises simply didnt mix.

Smh would have been dope
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I think capcom mentioned something in the past about the violence

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I don't think either franchise/company needs to bother tbh.
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You really think Capcom wants to have Ryu and Chun li get their heads ripped off or set on fire?

They're right though, SF has always been cartoony. If mk mixed with any franchise it'd be killer instinct. SF has crossed over with marvel, snk. MK is having their own little cross overs with their games.
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The MK stuff would have to be toned down so much that far too many people that are into MM would likely be turned off by it.
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Neither franchise could be true to itself in terms of violence.
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Just let both franchises do fatalities. that would be dope.
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I am still waiting on

TEKKEN X SF Game
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At least we have the flash animations.
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Makoto using Seichusen Godanzuki
Sonya Blade with Ronda Rousey using Seichusen Godanzuki

I need a MK version of this.
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Most crossover fighting games are shit
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Wow. Only a few days ago there was a topic on the fighting games board about SFxMK.
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MK games are so gross.
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that would be weirder than negan and noctis in tekken

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Irony posted...

Most crossover fighting games are shit

Ah, it had mvc2 which is still my favorite fighting game ever. Then if you consider smash a fighter they have like the ultimate fan service with the latest game.
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KillerKhan420 posted...

Irony posted...

Most crossover fighting games are shit

Ah, it had mvc2 which is still my favorite fighting game ever. Then if you consider smash a fighter they have like the ultimate fan service with the latest game.

UMvC3, TvC, and Jump Ultimate Stars are some of my favorite games ever. Not just fighting games. In general.
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Not in a million years would Capcom release a game where Scorpion shoves his fist into Chun-Li or Cammy and rips out their organs while they scream and bled to death.

Guille didn't suspend M.Bison above his head with hell tentacles, slit his throat and take a shower in his blood.

These crossovers don't work. Remember how bad the MK vs DC crossover was? The one were they didn't even have the balls to have the heroes kill people?

Even fucking Injustice has the heroes kill people. But a Mortal Kombat game? noooo
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King Rial posted...

The MK stuff would have to be toned down so much that far too many people that are into MM would likely be turned off by it.

People bought MK vs DC and that was toned down.
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Ain't nobody got tahme for that.
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ViewtifulGrave posted...

King Rial posted...

The MK stuff would have to be toned down so much that far too many people that are into MM would likely be turned off by it.

People bought MK vs DC and that was toned down.

And it was Midway's final release before closing up shop. Your point?
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I would be fine with MK characters as guests on the SF engine, but not the other way around. I never, ever want to see the likes of SF's legacy characters fighting their way through the pig-slop engine that modern NRS uses in their trash fighting games.

Eh

I was never a fan of either series tbh, and I also don't consider this an interesting crossover.

Crossovers are mostly interesting because they bring IPs to genres they don't often see otherwise, like having Spider-Man in a fighter or Mulan in an RPG.
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Zack_Attackv1 posted...

ViewtifulGrave posted...

King Rial posted...

The MK stuff would have to be toned down so much that far too many people that are into MM would likely be turned off by it.

People bought MK vs DC and that was toned down.

And it was Midway's final release before closing up shop. Your point?

This is kind of a bad point. It sold well and made them money.

They were just already in $250 million dollars of debt.

So it was like pissing on a housefire.

Not defending the game it was so-so but it wasn't what caused Midway to close down, Midway was fucked. It actually was successful
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Leave in fatalities, but only let players do them on cars in the bonus level. Simple!

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Shotgunnova posted...

Leave in fatalities, but only let players do them on cars in the bonus level. Simple!

Ok

Suddenly this is an interesting crossover
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that woulda been broken, the street fighter characters wouldn't be able to do their mixups anymore because the MK karacters just hold the block button
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The biggest issue is trying to work it out between the two companies who both make fighting games.

The Street Fighter X Tekken experiment didn't exactly work out and that was with two Japanese companies.
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I agree with Capcom on this, they don't seem compatible from a gameplay standpoint and visually one of these IPs would have to be compromised hard
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Darmik posted...

The biggest issue is trying to work it out between the two companies who both make fighting games.

The Street Fighter X Tekken experiment didn't exactly work out and that was with two Japanese companies.

It worked out just fine, the game completely failed due to the greedy bullshit of Capcom locking a dozen characters already finished and playable behind a paywall

Capcom would just never allow their characters to be brutally dismembered, decapitations are censored in Japan if I'm not mistaken so that already nerfs what they could do fatality wise
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elementary school me would have lost my shit if that came out.

Though yeah with the fatalities and etc a crossover game probably wouldn't mesh well.

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ZombiePelican posted...

Darmik posted...

The biggest issue is trying to work it out between the two companies who both make fighting games.

The Street Fighter X Tekken experiment didn't exactly work out and that was with two Japanese companies.

It worked out just fine, the game completely failed due to the greedy bullshit of Capcom locking a dozen characters already finished and playable behind a paywall

Capcom would just never allow their characters to be brutally dismembered, decapitations are censored in Japan if I'm not mistaken so that already nerfs what they could do fatality wise

You're forgetting that there was supposed to be Tekken X Street Fighter as well.

So I don't think it really worked out fine for the most part. They were more successful on their own.
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MK vs DC sucked
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Injustice

MvC

It can be done.

I support Capcom on this.

Just make another Capcom VS. SNK

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https://twitter.com/noobde/status/1191891759196000259?s=19

Weird timing
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I'd like to believe this is because Capcom doesn't want Chun-Li and Cammy censored.

I'd almost find it acceptable if it was a matter of violence.

But it's probably an ego thing or not wanting to do business with someone else kinda thing and that sucks.

Darmik posted...

https://twitter.com/noobde/status/1191891759196000259?s=19

Weird timing

What could this mean?
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ZombiePelican posted...

Darmik posted...

https://twitter.com/noobde/status/1191891759196000259?s=19

Weird timing

What could this mean?

Nothing probably
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Boon trolls on twitter hourly lol
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Smashingpmkns posted...

Boon trolls on twitter hourly lol

Yeah, probably a troll. If it's implying Street Fighter 6, then that's not gonna happen because they're still supporting 5. It wasn't abandoned like MvC Infinite was.
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Man, fuck capcom, but glad they did. They should focus on capcom VS. SNK 3, but with fucking sprites.

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Skye Reynolds posted...

I'd like to believe this is because Capcom doesn't want Chun-Li and Cammy censored.

I'd almost find it acceptable if it was a matter of violence.

But it's probably an ego thing or not wanting to do business with someone else kinda thing and that sucks.

It's almost assuredly about the violence, not the "censorship".

Most companies do not want to see their characters maimed and murdered in gory fashions.

Capcom is otherwise fine with crossovers; after all, they have worked with Marvel, SNK, SEGA, Namco, Nintendo, and Tatsunoko.

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I agree with Capcom. You would have to make compromises that would piss off one or the other fans, and fans of both would never be satisfied.

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Solar_Crimson posted...

It's almost assuredly about the violence, not the "censorship".

Most companies do not want to see their characters maimed and murdered in gory fashions.

Nah. It's definitely a style thing. Like when they put Kratos in MK he was fine.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Solar_Crimson posted...

It's almost assuredly about the violence, not the "censorship".

Most companies do not want to see their characters maimed and murdered in gory fashions.

Nah. It's definitely a style thing. Like when they put Kratos in MK he was fine.

What about SF v Tekken? Those games don't mesh well at all but the game was still made. Or are you saying aesthetically?
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Tyranthraxus posted...

Nah. It's definitely a style thing. Like when they put Kratos in MK he was fine.

Kratos kill gods in gory ways and have sex with topless women, do you really compare him with Street Fighter?

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Nah. It's definitely a style thing. Like when they put Kratos in MK he was fine.

But Kratos is already from a violent series and has brutally slaughtered tons of people and gods from his own series. He fits in Mortal Kombat; Ryu and company don't.

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Smashingpmkns posted...

What about SF v Tekken? Those games don't mesh well at all but the game was still made. Or are you saying aesthetically?

They mesh together fine. I'm talking about visuals & atmosphere & game themes, not the fighting mechanics.

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Fun fact: the last Mortal Kombat game to be released in Japan was MKII. The series is effectively banned there due to the excessive violence.
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Solar_Crimson posted...

But Kratos is already from a violent series and has brutally slaughtered tons of people and gods from his own series. He fits in Mortal Kombat; Ryu and company don't.

Yes that's my point.

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