Next month one of the biggest crossovers in video games will take place in the form of Street Fighter X Tekken. Today we have the final four characters that were revealed by Capcom: from Street Fighter we have M. Bison and Akuma, and Jin and Orge from Tekken. PC owners can also join in on the fun when the game launches for PCs on March 11.
Street Fighter X Tekken has been generating a lot of buzz among fighting game enthusiasts in an already plentiful year, especially after last month’s announcement of Mega Man and Pac Man as PS3 and Vita exclusives.
The reveal of the final four characters of the game will be sure to bring a smile to those who don’t own a PS3. Then again, a lot of people weren’t smiling when Capcom announced they were using the “bad box art” version of Mega Man. Also, the reveal of M.Bison isn’t much of a surprise since Capcom accidentally revealed both he and Ling Xiaoyu in a screenshot last month.
Speaking of screenshots, we have several of the new additions and some videos showing the four in action, including an epic showdown between Akuma and Orge. Check out the cinematic trailer below.
Many gamers who enjoy fighting games don’t really play them for the story, since the genre has gradually become more about the competition. However, there has to be some explanation as to why these two franchises are crossing over, so Capcom has released a story trailer to set the stage.
Fans of Dan Hibiki might want to avert their eyes – then again they might be used to him taking a pounding. Check out the Street Fighter X Tekken story trailer below:
To round out the more cinematic videos, two new videos give a good idea of how the characters will handle themselves in actual gameplay. The four fighters are more than familiar to the existing fans, so it will be interesting to see how their next incarnations will be received. Have a look:
Last but certainly not least, the announcement brings with it a plethora of screenshots, not to mention some spectacular artwork for your viewing pleasure.
Are you excited for these four characters joining the roster of Street Fighter X Tekken? Any other fighters that you would have liked to see make another appearance? Leave us your own choices in the comments.
Street Fighter X Tekken launches on March 6, 2012 for PS3 and Xbox 360, and PC on March 11, 2012. A Vita launch date will be announced at a later time.
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visuals look really nice, a smooth change from sf4′s visuals (shading in that was pretty average). can’t wait to see what tekkenXsf will look like (to be more specific what the SF characters will look like with realistic models).
Let’s see them try to throw in garbage characters like Pac-Man and fat Megaman in that game… God I hope not.
they’ll probably have more trash from namco based games… if they’ve done stuff other then tekken that is. i honestly don’t care for the additional ‘joke’ characters b/c the visuals allow for that – its not to be taken that seriously (unless you compete in tournaments).
I was going to throw my computer across the hall way if I heard that crapcom was going to release these four characters as dlc.
These aren’t the final characters being revealed for release atleast rumored now , Yoshinori Ono tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/Yoshi_OnoChin/status/169588639364419584 and later Street fighter said “@WhyDoPeopleThink #SFXTK’s roster is finalized?! It’s not! #moretocome #newnew #FIGHT!” but it was taken down. we’re still in for something!
yeh yeh yeh, I want my promised TEKKEN X SF game, I grew up with Tekken and Virtua Fighter and stuff, 3D fighting games at its best, and I remember they said the TxSF version well be with Tekken style gameplay. I’ll buy that and pass on this…though maybe I’ll pick it up on a really low sale on Steam since its on the PC also. Now make TxSF and I’ll buy it, make that for PC too and I’ll buy it DAY ONE!
12 additional characters have been revealed. Elena, Guy, Cody, Sakura, Dudley, Blanka, Alisa, Christie, Jack, Bryan, Lars and Lei. This is apparently for the PS Vita system right now.