The Street Fighter Crossover You Probably Weren't Expecting

Capcom and mobile gaming giant DeNA on Thursday announced a partnership to bring the Street Fighter and Blood Brothers franchises together for the first time. Starting December 3, a variety of iconic Street Fighter characters will come to DeNA's free-to-play mobile game, Blood Brothers 2.

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As you can see, the Street Fighter V characters--Ryu, Cammy, and M. Bison--have been reimagined in the art style of Blood Brothers 2. More characters will follow sometime after December 3, though no specifics about the exact characters or timing were provided.

There's a story reason for why this crossover is happening, too.

"M. Bison has inadvertently opened a portal from Earth to the Blood Brothers' world of Arnashia," DeNA said. "Seizing the opportunity, M. Bison hatches a plan to bring the most powerful entities from Arnashia back to Earth to fight alongside him. The Blood Brothers have another idea--they open their own portal, sucking in Street Fighter's Ryu who awakes to find legions of unspeakable creatures."

The Street Fighter characters will be playable in Blood Brothers 2 by way of in-game live events. As mentioned earlier, these begin on December 3, at which time you can add Ryu, Cammy, and M. Bison to your roster. Though the events are held for a limited time only, the characters are yours to keep "indefinitely."

DeNA has also announced a special giveaway promotion where you can win an iPad Pro or the Street Fighter V collector's edition for PlayStation 4, among other things. Visit the Blood Brothers 2 website to learn more. In other DeNA news, the company is working with Nintendo on new smartphone games.

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