Isn't it kind of clumsy for a crossover to have two games at one time?

I made a similar thread on the Tekken X Street Fighter board, but seeing as actual commercials have been released for this, there's a little more to address.

A crossover is a delicate thing to market. In contrast to other games, it's not just about the game, it's about the crossover experience. And it might be a little weird for there to be two games crossing over the same thing, despite the game mechanics being different.

"Worlds Collide is the tagline for this game. That's the premise they're serving up for this game. This is the game where the worlds of Street Fighter and Tekken collide. So what purpose does Tekken X Street Fighter serve? It serves no purpose except to also include the other kind of gameplay that wasn't included in the first game. But people who are there for the crossover? They don't really care about that. In fact, I'm willing to wager that once Tekken X Street Fighter is released, Joe Casualgamer will get the two mixed up at his local Best Buy.

Why? Because he wants to buy that one game where Street Fighter and Tekken fight each other. That's what a crossover is for, right?

I did add, however, that there's a good amount of years between Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken X Street Fighter. So the Tekken X Street Fighter game feels... kinda like a sequel, which is legit and isn't forced or anything. It could easily be marketed with the feel of a sequel. Sequels are fine.

Huh? But it's not about playing as Street Fighters in Tekken, or Tekken characters in Street Fighter, or at least that's not what crossovers normally are. It's both sides mixed together in one game.

But that's not what a crossover is for. Or at least, that's not what people expect of a crossover. When you mix two colors, you only get one color.

As for Capcom and SNK, there was a decent amount of time between each game. Plus from then on, all SNK released were those Card Fighter games. Which is different enough in genre to not be weird.

If you're there for the two gameplay styles, fine. But that's not really what a crossover is, by common definition. You're there to see Heihachi fight Chun-Li. It's about the characters crossing over, not the two game design styles.

I'm not saying Street Fighter X Tekken is better or anything, I'm just picking that one because it's available now. Because it's not about the Street Fighter gameplay. It's about the crossover. I'm here to play as Heihachi and fight Chun-Li. Not play as Heihachi in a 2D sidescroller fighter. That's what I'll be doing, but that doesn't matter.

People get Smash games because of the premise of Nintendo people fighting each other. Not because it's a casual brawler that anyone can pick up and play. It is that, and that's an okay thing, but the major MAJOR thing people care about, is that it's Mario and Sonic in one game.

But it's not about hosting styles, Keyes, it's about hosting characters. That's ALL that matters, the characters meeting up.

And Eurashal, if both games have different rosters, why not just make one game with both rosters combined? If having different rosters is a way to get people to buy both games, that's kind of a cheap trick.

Robert Soopa, that's what I said in my second post. By the time Tekken X Street Fighter is released, Street Fighter X Tekken will be old. So Tekken X Street Fighter is like the sequel. But I wouldn't say it's Street Fighter 4 and Tekken 6, I'd say it's like MvC2 and MvC3.

Also, Joe Casualgamer does play fighting games a lot, it's just that he doesn't follow gaming news or care about play styles. He's in it so that his favorite characters can fight. He doesn't care where they fight, he just cares that they're all in one place and fighting.

But Joe Casualgamer knows of and enjoys crossovers, Mortal Kombat has only had two crossover events in recent memory.

He plays Marvel vs. Capcom, and enjoys fighting as Wolverine against Capcom fighters.