Thus, when fans asked the company en masse to revive Capcom Vs SNK 2 the company responded with, “Don’t worry, we’re already on it.” The recent Darkstalkers Resurrection is a perfect example of this. In our modern console generation, Capcom has made beaucoup bucks by reviving its older fighting game franchises for newer hardware. It's difficult to say what exactly we should expect to come out of these deals, so we'll need to play more of a waiting game until there's something new to get excited about.Capcom has almost completed work on bringing its PlayStation 2 incarnation of Capcom Vs SNK 2 to the PlayStation 3. Takayuki Nakayama appears to be a longtime fan of SNK fighting games, and he's even been releasing new joke sketches each week to go along with The King of Fighters 15's silhouette character teasers.Ĭollaboration looks to be the name of the game now in the realm of Japanese fighting games, but we'll all be waiting to see if all of these partnerships evolve beyond singular guests like they are now. On the Capcom side of things, we do seem to have someone in a fairly high position who'd probably be ecstatic to make more SNK crossovers a reality with Street Fighter 5's Director. Ultimate, Fighting EX Layer and Million Arthur Arcana Blood.
They've allowed their characters to be used as guest fighters in titles like Tekken 7, Super Smash Bros. There's also nothing limiting SNK to just Capcom either, and they've been exploring partnerships for quite some time now. Capcom Card Fighters titles from the NeoGeo Pocket Color as well and probably have the best chance of showing up considering the company labeled the first collection as Volume 1, so more releases are likely planned at some point. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001 was re-released as a PlayStation 2 Classic title on the PlayStation 3 back in 2013 though it didn't come packing any new features.Ī newly updated version of CvS2 with good online play would be a no-brainer to go with and push sales, and Match of the Millennium's release makes that sound like a real possibility now. The iconic crossover fighting game Capcom vs. There's plenty of SvC and CvS titles to pull from that fans have been asking for, and it's something they did as recently as eight years ago.
Those type of deals would absolutely put more strain on getting an agreement worked out that both sides could be content with signing on the dotted line, even if both parties involved do want to make new crossover titles a reality.įor now it's probably best not to get overly hyped at the prospect, but even some more re-releases would be very welcome to play on modern hardware. SNK 3, which was once in development before, would be the absolute best case scenario here though it'd be interesting to see how a new versus title like this would work in the modern gaming landscape with so much emphasis being placed on DLC, continuous updates and eSports. We wouldn't have been able to bring SvC: MotM to the Switch if not for our good friends at #Capcom ! Thank you 海より深い感謝！😊 #SNK /POU6rUSe8e- アダムA February 17, 2021 It's interesting to note that Laatz specifically says "releases" in both instances, leaving the door open to new projects and not just ports like we've seen for the past decade plus. He'd previously had another interview with Siliconera a few weeks before in which he shared almost the exact same sentiment, which I'm sure everyone would be more than okay with both of these developers working together even more now. Much as the spirit of these collaborative titles had back in the day in bringing both companies and players together in a sense, we hope that re-releasing this SvC title after so many years will serve as an opportunity for more releases to come in the future!" "While it can be a challenge licensing games and working with third parties at times, we’re very grateful that our good friends over at Capcom helped us make porting this title a reality. "Capcom was integral in allowing us to re-release SvC: The Match of the Millennium on Nintendo Switch," said Laatz when speaking to Nitnendo Life. Adam Laatz, Producer of the NGPC and other SNK collection titles, gave multiple interviews where he spoke about his experience working with Capcom on the release and what he hopes it could mean moving forward.
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