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Street Fighter Ten Tekken Preview

Street Fighter X Tekken gets another batch of Comic-Con screens today, mostly of Ryu getting beaten to a pulp by Kazuya and Nina.Meanwhile Namco is working on Tekken X Street Fighter, where all characters will fight in the style of Tekken which also means we’ll be seeing them in a 3D arena


As I approach the 10 year mark as a competitive fighting game player, I can honestly say during my time, I never expected to see a crossover game between Street Fighter and Tekken. Even when rumors of the game’s development began to spread across the Internet, I still couldn’t believe it. The general tone of the rumors from players was, “how would this even work?” — and for good reason. The two games play so radically different from each other, that it’s hard to fathom how characters from each universe could even engage in battle. There are no projectiles in Tekken and, for the most part, Street Fighter characters have always fought on a 2D plane.

After watching Street Fighter X Tekken’s gameplay trailer multiple times, I am convinced that this is a collaboration that will make both Street Fighter and Tekken players happy, but with any trailer of this caliber, the first thing that comes to mind is: What can we expect to see next?

Before we get into what we hope to see in this game, let’s first go over what we already know. Outside of the characters, the trailer showcased a number of different gameplay mechanics, giving players an idea where the game is heading.

Street Fighter: Ryu & Chun-Li: Ryu and Chun-Li appear mostly the same as they do in the Street Fighter 4 series, though with the new combo system in place, we can expect them to play differently. For instance, you can clearly see Ryu perform his Joudan Kick — or Donkey Kick — which was one of his staple attacks that appeared in Street Fighter III and other games as well. The Donkey Kick, like in previous games, results in a wall bounce and will most likely be key in many of Ryu’s high damage combos. Unfortunately, Chun-Li only joins the brawl for a short moment to assist Ryu, so who knows what new moves she might obtain in the game.

Tekken: Kazuya & Nina: Kazuya fires off some of his classic combos from the Tekken series, even nailing Ryu with an Electric Wing God Fist. You can clearly see him ducking under fireballs as well, which is a strong indicator of how the Tekken characters will end up avoiding projectiles. Nina, much like Chun-Li, only makes a quick appearance to lay the smack down on Ryu, but it’s safe to assume she will retain many of her combos from Tekken.



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