Pro players mostly have the opinion that Street Fighter characters are better at zoning and "footsies" while the Tekken characters have more punishing chains and combos (as a consequence, this is the first Street Fighter-produced game with bound combos, including wall bounces). Also, the inputs for select Tekken moves have been changed to quarter-, half- or full-circle inputs that are prevalent in Street Fighter and numerous other fighters. Some Tekken fighters also gain Street Fighter-like mechanics - for example, Jin and Raven both obtain projectile attacks. Each of them has their own reasons, but everyone wants to win.īecause of its developer, the core gameplay is similar to that of the Street Fighter series, incorporating elements such as a meter than enables Super Arts as well as EX Attacks from Street Fighter III: Third Strike and Street Fighter IV. Tekken characters fight Street Fighter characters for the Pandora box. No one knows what's inside it, but everyone wants to get it.
Rumors around a mysterious box called Pandora. However, this game did not exclusively consist of characters from the Street Fighter universe and Tekken universe but instead included various characters from the entire Capcom universe and entire Namco universe. 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 X Capcom. As Namco is in charge of production of that game, the gameplay will be similar to that of Tekken. During the announcement, Harada also revealed that he had a related project underway, which was to be developed by Namco. Both the teaser trailer and early gaming footage of Street Fighter X Tekken was also shown at Comic-Con. Ono and Harada then confirmed the existence of Street Fighter X Tekken. Before EVO 2010's Super Street Fighter IV finals, Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada confronted his opposite number on stage after teasing more of the game that would officially be announced at the 2010 Comic-Con.ĭuring the Super Street Fighter IV panel at Comic-Con, Harada appeared out of the crowd and went towards the stage while handing out free copies of Tekken 6. Prior to EVO 2010 - the annual fighting game world championships in Las Vegas, Nevada - Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono was teasing a yet announced game which was initially believed to be a new Darkstalkers entry.