SNK vs. Capcom

{{Infobox video game series

| title = SNK vs. Capcom

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| platforms = Arcade, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Neo Geo AES, Dreamcast, GameCube, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox, Windows

| developer = Dimps
Capcom Production Studio 1
SNK Playmore

| publisher = SNK
Capcom
SNK Playmore

| genre = Fighting

| first release version = SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium

| first release date = December 22, 1999

| latest release version = SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos (2024 re-release)

| latest release date = July 20, 2024

| spinoffs = SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters

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SNK vs. Capcom, or alternately Capcom vs. SNK, is a series of crossover video games by either Capcom or SNK featuring characters that appear in games created by either company. Most of these are fighting games, and take on a similar format to Capcom's own Marvel vs. Capcom series, in which the players create teams of fighters and have them fight each other. Games in this series either contain SNK vs. Capcom or Capcom vs. SNK in their titles, with the first company named denoting the company behind the game's development.

Reception to the series has been varied; while the Capcom-developed titles were the most positively-received (and are still widely well regarded by critics), the SNK-developed installments received more mixed reviews by the time of its releases, although these have been the subject of reappraisal as time went on, now being considered cult classics by players and critics alike. A collectible card game spin-off series, SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters, was also produced between 1999 and 2006

History

{{Video game timeline

| 1999 = SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium

| 2000 = Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000

| 2001a = Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001

| 2003 = SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos

}}

The supposed origin behind this series was an issue of Arcadia magazine in which there were articles covering both The King of Fighters '98 and Street Fighter Alpha 3, both of which were released at around the same time. Readers had misread the cover, which said KOF vs. SF, to mean that there was a fighting game that would pit characters from Street Fighter and The King of Fighters. Because of this uproar, in 1999, Capcom and SNK supposedly{{By whom|date=March 2017}} signed a deal that would allow them to produce only two fighting games concerning both franchises.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

=Series hiatus=

In a 2021 interview with Polygon, director Hideaki Itsuno confirmed that at one point, there had been plans for a new, 3D installment in the series, but that it had been cancelled due to SNK's bankruptcy. The 3D assets created for Capcom vs. SNK 3 were later repurposed for the cancelled Capcom Fighting All-Stars;{{Cite web | url=https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2021/1/7/22214717/capcom-vs-snk-an-oral-history | title=Capcom vs. SNK: An oral history | first=Matt | last=Leone | website=Polygon | date=January 7, 2021 | access-date=January 1, 2024}} said project was set to include The King of Fighters protagonist Kyo Kusanagi as a guest character during its planned release after a deal was struck with the then-reformed SNK Playmore.{{Cite news|work=Street Fighter V: Secret File|accessdate=2021-03-23|language=en|title= Guests – Round 5: Toyohisa Tanabe|date=2019|url=https://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column/132053}} There were interviews with SNK that it would be possible to renew their contract with Capcom to make new SNK vs. Capcom games,{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberfanatix.com/index.php?m=single&id=606|title=KOF Game Videos: Interview with SNK Playmore|publisher=Cyberfanatix}} but in another interview, both companies stated that they would not do any further collaboration with each other, claiming SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS would probably be the last crossover game between both companies.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberfanatix.com/index.php?m=single&id=635|title=KOF Game Videos: SNK related news.|publisher=Cyberfanatix}} However, in an interview from January 2009, Yoshinori Ono, the producer of Street Fighter IV, expressed interest in a possible third game if fans demanded it.[http://www.gamercenteronline.net/2009/01/17/capcom-vs-snk-3-is-very-not-impossible Capcom vs. SNK 3 Is Very Not Impossible?]

While no new SNK vs. Capcom titles have been released since Card Fighters DS, characters from both companies have appeared together in a handful of titles by other developers, including Bandai Namco's Tekken 7, Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Cygames' Granblue Fantasy.

==Crossover appearances and re-releases==

SNK vs. Capcom: Match of the Millennium and SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters' Clash were re-released for the first time in 2021 and 2022 respectively on Windows and Nintendo Switch.{{cite web|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2021/02/snk-vs-capcom-the-match-of-the-millennium-coming-to-switch-on-february-17|title=SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium coming to Switch on February 17|work=Gematsu|date=February 4, 2021}} In March 2022, Street Fighter characters were added to Netmarble and SNK's The King of Fighters All Star. In August 2022, SNK and Capcom artists Eisuke Ogura and Shinkiro – the latter of whom is currently at Capcom after famously working at SNK – created special promotional posters featuring both companies' characters to celebrate the 2022 Evolution Championship Series tournament, the first live EVO since the COVID-19 pandemic. In a subsequent interview, SNK producer Yasuyuki Oda stated that "both parties" were interested in a potential revival of the series.{{cite web|title='Both sides' are interested in reviving SNK vs. Capcom, says producer|url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/capcom-vs-snk-3/|last=Robinson|first=Andy|website=Video Games Chronicle|date=August 30, 2022 |access-date=August 30, 2022}} Oda stated in a later interview that the EVO artwork opened the doors for further collaboration between the two companies.{{cite AV media |author1=SNK |title=Tokyo Game Show 2024: SNK Special Program (Live English Translation) |type=Video broadcast |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/_riTDvjgHSw?si=OU-zEjJupkpunXTp&t=1329 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |language=en |date=September 26, 2024 |time=22:09 |via=YouTube}}

Multiple crossovers between SNK and Capcom were announced throughout 2024. At Summer Game Fest in June, both Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui were revealed as part of Street Fighter 6{{'}}s second season of downloadable content, making them the first third-party guest characters in a mainline Street Fighter game.{{cite web | last=Scullion | first=Chris | title=Terry and Mai from Fatal Fury are coming to Street Fighter 6 | website=VGC | date=June 7, 2024 | url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/terry-and-mai-from-fatal-fury-are-coming-to-street-fighter-6/ | access-date=June 7, 2024}} The next month, during EVO 2024, a re-release of SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos for Windows, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 was announced and released that day.{{Cite web |last=Fanelli |first=Jason |date=July 20, 2024 |title=SVC Chaos Gets Steam Re-Release, Console Versions Coming Soon |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/svc-chaos-gets-steam-re-release-console-versions-coming-soon/1100-6525135/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}} The following August, it was announced that the Capcom-developed titles in the series would be included in Capcom Fighting Collection 2, set for release in 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.capcom-games.com/cfc2/en-us/|title=Capcom Fighting Collection 2 | CAPCOM|website=www.capcom-games.com}} During Tokyo Game Show in September, it was announced that Ken Masters and Chun-Li would be part of the first season of DLC for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, similarly making them the first third-party guest characters in a Fatal Fury game.{{cite web | last=Romano | first=Sal | title=Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves DLC characters Ken and Chun-Li from Street Fighter announced | website=Gematsu | date=September 26, 2024 | url=https://www.gematsu.com/2024/09/fatal-fury-city-of-the-wolves-dlc-characters-ken-and-chun-li-from-street-fighter-announced | access-date=September 26, 2024}} These announcements sparked speculation about a potential revival of the series, an interest acknowledged by Capcom producer Shuhei Matsumoto in an interview.{{cite magazine |last=Glaze |first=Virginia |date=July 19, 2024 |url=https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/exclusive-capcoms-dream-is-to-make-more-marvel-crossover-games-2831616/ |title=Exclusive: Capcom's "dream" is to make more Marvel crossover games |magazine=Dexerto}} In another interview, Oda stated that while there were certain hurdles in the way, they were aware of the fan demand and the odds of a revival were not impossible.{{cite web | last=Extension | first=Time | title=SNK "Very Aware" We All Want A New Capcom Vs. SNK Game, But "The Hurdle Is Quite High" | website=Time Extension | date=October 3, 2024 | url=https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/snk-very-aware-we-all-want-a-new-capcom-vs-snk-game-but-the-hurdle-is-quite-high | access-date=October 3, 2024}}

SNK-produced games

SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium – Released for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. The game features three different playing rules to choose from (Single Battle, Tag Match, and Team Battle). The game also features an "Olympic Mode" with themed minigames based on both SNK and Capcom classic games. It was later re-released on Steam and for Nintendo Switch.
SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos – Released for the Neo Geo and ported to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. A one-on-one fighting game featuring 36 characters. The game was later re-released for PC on the Steam and GOG digital stores, as well for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

Capcom-produced games

Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 – Released for Sega{{'}}s NAOMI arcade hardware in 2000 and ported to the Dreamcast during the same year, the original Capcom vs. SNK features 28 characters (evenly divided between Capcom and SNK properties), two selectable fighting styles or "grooves" (based on the gameplay systems featured in The King of Fighters and Street Fighter Alpha series) and a ratio-based character selection system that determines the number of characters in a player's team based on their strength.
An updated version titled Capcom vs. SNK Pro was released for the arcades and Dreamcast in Japan in 2001 and ported to the PlayStation in 2002, which adds Dan Hibiki and Joe Higashi to the character roster. The Dreamcast version of the game also discards the shop option to earn extra characters and colors, having all of them available by default. This version is included in Capcom Fighting Collection 2.
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001 – Titled Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001 in Japan. Released for the NAOMI hardware in 2001 and ported to the Dreamcast (in Japan only) and PlayStation 2 during the same year. The game expands on the "Groove" system from the previous game by featuring six different fighting styles or "Grooves" and adds twelve new characters in addition to the ones featured in Capcom vs. SNK Pro. The PlayStation 2 version was later re-released as a PlayStation 2 Classics port for PlayStation 3. The arcade version is also included on Capcom Fighting Collection 2, set for release on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2025.
A version for GameCube and Xbox was released under the title of Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO. According to the Japanese official website for the GameCube version, EO stands for Easy Operation, because of a new feature that allows the player to assign special techniques to the right analog stick (C Stick for the GameCube version). This version is also included in Capcom Fighting Collection 2.

Characters

rowspan="2" style="width:20%;"\| Character !rowspan="2" style="width:10%;"\| Side !colspan="2"\| SNK-developed !colspan="2"\| Capcom-developed
class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" \|+ {{nowrap\|List of characters}}
style="width:10%;"\| MotM !style="width:10%;"\| Chaos !style="width:10%;"\| CvS !style="width:10%;"\| CvS2
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Akari Ichijou	SNK \|{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Akuma	Capcom \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
26px Athena	SNK \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Athena Asamiya	SNK \|{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Europe}} Baby Bonnie Hood	Capcom \|{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|USA}} Balrog	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Benimaru Nikaido	SNK \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Brazil}} Blanka	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|UK}} Cammy	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|South Korea}} Chang Koehan	SNK \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|South Korea}} Choi Bounge	SNK \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{maybe\|Assist{{efn\|In Capcom vs. SNK 2, Choi is not playable separately, but constantly accompanies Chang during battle and will attack opponents as part of Chang's moveset.}}}}
{{flagicon\|China}} Chun-Li	Capcom \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Hong Kong}} Dan	Capcom \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes\|Pro}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Romania}} Demitri Maximoff	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|India}} Dhalsim	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} E. Honda	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|UK}} Eagle	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|USA}} Earthquake	SNK \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Evil Ryu	Capcom \|{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes\|Home}}
{{flagicon\|USA}} Felicia	Capcom \|{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|USA}} Geese Howard	SNK \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Genjuro Kibagami	SNK \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|Germany}} God Rugal	SNK \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}
26px Goenitz	SNK \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|USA}} Guile	Capcom \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Haohmaru	SNK \|{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Hibiki Takane	SNK \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Honki ni Natta Mr. Karate	SNK \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|Germany}} Hugo	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Iori Yagami	SNK \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Joe Higashi	SNK \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes\|Pro}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Kasumi Todoh	SNK \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|USA}} Ken	Capcom \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|South Korea}} Kim Kaphwan	SNK \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|France}} King	SNK \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Kyo Kusanagi	SNK \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Kyosuke Kagami	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}
26px Leona Heidern	SNK \|{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
26px M. Bison	Capcom \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Mai Shiranui	SNK \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Maki	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}
26px Mars People	SNK \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|Scotland}} Morrigan Aensland	Capcom \|{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Mr. Karate	SNK \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Nakoruru	SNK \|{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Australia}} Raiden	SNK \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
26px Red Arremer	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|USA}} Rock Howard	SNK \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|USA}} Rolento	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Germany}} Rugal Bernstein	SNK \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Ryo Sakazaki	SNK \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Ryu	Capcom \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Ryuhaku Todoh	SNK \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Ryuji Yamazaki	SNK \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Thailand}} Sagat	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Sakura	Capcom \|{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Shiki	SNK \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Shin Akuma	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|USA}} Terry Bogard	SNK \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|ISL}} Tessa	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|Spain}} Vega	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
26px Vice	SNK \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|USA}} Violent Ken	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Wild Iori	SNK \|{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}	{{yes\|Home}}
{{flagicon\|Hong Kong}} Yun	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{no}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Japan}} Yuri Sakazaki	SNK \|{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
{{flagicon\|Russia}} Zangief	Capcom \|{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
26px Zero	Capcom \|{{no}}	{{yes}}	{{no}}	{{no}}
class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center;"	Total		22	36	35	48

Reception

Card Fighters DS and SVC Chaos had a polarized, mixed reception, with a Metacritic score of 48%{{cite web|title=SNK VS. CAPCOM CARD FIGHTERS DS|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/snk-vs-capcom-card-fighters-ds/critic-reviews/?platform=ds|website=metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.|access-date=29 July 2017}} and 57% respectively;{{cite web|title=SVC CHAOS: SNK VS. CAPCOM|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox|website=metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.|access-date=29 July 2017}} although Chaos has been the subject of reappraisal as time went on, being often considered a cult classic by some outlets.{{cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Elton |date=September 18, 2012 |url=http://www.complex.com/video-games/2012/09/the-25-best-snk-fighting-games-ever-made/snk-vs-capcom-svc-chaos |title=The 25 Best SNK Fighting Games Ever Made (14. SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos) |magazine=Complex}} The two Capcom-developed games and Match of the Millennium have fared better, with Capcom vs. SNK 2 achieving a Metacritic score of 81%.{{cite web|title=CAPCOM VS. SNK 2: MARK OF THE MILLENNIUM 2001|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/capcom-vs-snk-2/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.}}

In 2012, Complex ranked Capcom vs. SNK at number 38 on the list of the best video game franchises.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.complex.com/video-games/2012/09/the-50-best-video-game-franchises/capcom-vs-snk|title=The 50 Best Video Game Franchises|magazine=Complex|access-date=2012-09-26|archive-date=2012-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928021400/http://www.complex.com/video-games/2012/09/the-50-best-video-game-franchises/capcom-vs-snk|url-status=dead}}

References

Category:Capcom franchises

Category:Capcom games

Category:Neo Geo games

Category:Fighting games

Category:2D fighting games

Category:Nintendo Switch games

Category:SNK franchises

Category:SNK games

Category:SNK Playmore games

Category:Fighting games by series