A la last delivery of PolygonThe ongoing in-depth diving series on the manufacture of classic fighting games, veteran developer Toyohisa Tanabe, revealed that its SNK team was experimenting with crossovers since King of Fighters 98.
“The team finished building King of Fighters 98 with Ryu and Ken [from Street Fighter] Tanabe said. “That’s not something many people know about. [B]Yes, before just for fun Capcom Vs. SNK it was one thing, I was playing like Ryu and Ken King of Fighters 98.
“We did it with the development hardware, so of course it was never in a physical cartridge. Plus, now I just remember it, but we haven’t just been playing with Ryu and Ken. We put it there Dragon Ball characters, like Son Goku, too. “
Fighting game crossovers may be a bit old hat now, but in previous years Capcom Vs. SNK brought together his two massive studios, such parties were a matter of the imagination. I hope that, I like Samurai Shodown V Perfect, an internal version of King of Fighters 98 with Ryu, Ken and Goku can still be found collecting dust somewhere in the SNK dev storage unit.