“King of Figthers” , One of the most endearing video games that especially marked the 90s, and ‘Dragon Ball’, The popular creation of Akira Toriyama, They had one shared history thanks to SNK developers, who dared to include a Goku in a version that never hit the market.
A few days ago Toyohisa Tanabe, One of the star developers of SNK, the company that created KOF, aired that Goku, In addition to Ryu i Ken of ‘Street Fighter’ they were scheduled for the 1998 version of the popular fighting game, a secret he hesitated to reveal.
“I don’t know if that’s something I should really be saying, but … Two years before I left “Capcom vs. SNK”, we did “King of Fighters” 98 “, And in fact, we had some time after finishing the development. So the team finished building the game with Ryu and Ken in it. That’s not something a lot of people know, I think only developers know, and I’ve never told anyone about it, but yes, just for fun, before ‘Capcom vs. SNK ‘was one thing, was playing as Ryu and Ken in ‘King of Fighters ’98‘”He explained on the site Polygon.
“I doubt there is still a version somewhere. We did this on the development hardware, So of course it was never in a physical cartridge. Also, I’m just remembering this now, but it wasn’t just Ryu and Ken that we ended up playing with. We also include characters from ‘Dragon Ball’“Like Son Goku,” he added.
Both Ryu and Ken appeared in the game Capcom Vs. SNK, mes not so Kakaroto, Who will stay forever as he would be seen fighting against Iori or Kyo Kusanagi.
“In many ways, it was like a dream game to me. It was really nice to see the characters we had designed be reinterpreted by the people at Capcom. And as a game, I loved it too, ”Tanabe added.