An SNK vs. Capcom revival might be coming

While this was more about welcoming the return of the event after the pandemic from the past couple of years prevented it from happening, fans of both franchises took it to mean that a new SNK vs. Capcom was in the works.

In an interview with

VGC

, Yasyuki Oda, SNK producer and designer opened up that there is a high potential for the fighting game crossover revival. Oda has been the man behind the recent resurgence of the SNK fighting game franchises, such as King of Fighters (with

KoF XV

) and Samurai Shodown.

The aforementioned EVO posters were apparently a good indicator of the interest to do so. As Oda stated: Definitely in the future, that's something that I think everybody on all sides, in both parties, are interested in making a reality. Especially after we saw the reaction to the Evo posters… it helped us reconfirm that that is probably one of the most wanted things from the fighting game community across the entire world. But while fans have shown interest and the companies are willing to work on a revival, no actual plans are in place as of yet: We haven't really talked in detail with anybody at Capcom about it. It might have come up as a vague comment. However, we have a lot of experience [in crossovers] with things like Akuma and Geese in Tekken, Terryin Fighting EX Layer, Terry in Smash Bros., and Baiken in Samurai Showdown. But recently, we haven't actually done anything with Capcom, even on character collaboration stuff. So that poster, in our sense, was the first step towards maybe something like that happening in the future. However, Istuno may be preoccupied with other projects for the foreseeable future, including Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma. So a third SNK vs. Capcom might not be for a while.

But how long will fans of the two franchises have to wait? Yasyuki Oda says "We'll try and get it done in 10!"

For the meantime, fans of SNK fighting games can whet their appetites by playing King of Fighters XV Sony Playstation 4 and 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows PC. KoF XV is currently available through the SNK home site, the Epic Games Store, and Steam.