Ono keen on Vita features for Street Fighter x Tekken

Street Fighter x Tekken will take full advantage of the Vita’s feature set when it comes to the portable console.


“The really cool thing about PS Vita, of course, is the wealth of new features: Wifi, 3G, GPS, the gyroscope, and touch panels on both sides,” producer Yoshinori Ono told the US PS Blog at EVO.

“There are all sorts of cool things that we can do with those. We want to take advantage of that and really encourage people to get out into the world with their PS Vita and play Street Fighter X Tekken.”

Ono’s also keen on the Vita’s capacity for continuous, cross-platform play with the Xbox 360.
“And we’re looking at ways to link to the PS3 version as well to get you into the habit of leading a double-life of Street Fighter X Tekken,” he explained.

“When you’re out of the house, you play it on PS Vita and then you come home, turn on your PS3 and keep going.”

Street Fighter x Tekken releases on major consoles in March next year, but it’s uncertain when the Vita version will launch.

Poison, Steve Fox and Yoshimitsu confirmed for Street Fighter x Tekken

It’s official: Poison, Steve Fox and Yoshimitsu will be playable characters in Street Fighter x Tekken. Capcom revealed the news at Comic-Con this week, and has also released a cinematic trailer, gameplay trailer, and a fews screenshots. Still no exact date, but it’s next year sometime.

Capcom COO: Monster Hunter Vita Has To Happen

Good news all around

One game made the PSP a success in Japan: Monster Hunter. With series sales in the tens of millions, it proved the system had a lot to offer and became a genuine phenomenon. Capcom would be foolish not to bring the series to Vita of course, and chief operating officer David Reeves knows it.

Speaking to MEGamers, Reeves spoke of the company's plans for Vita support in future, revealing there are four games in development including an unnamed launch title. It won't be Street Fighter X Tekken though; that's due later, along with two other titles, of which Reeves says:

I am sure you can guess what one of them has to be, considering the success in Japan.

Adding further fuel to the hunter's fire, Reeves had this to say too:

I think down the road, you could probably see a Monster Hunter iteration somewhere. Probably on both of them [3DS and Vita].

Tokyo Game Show happens in September. Will we get our first sniff of a Vita Monster Hunter then?

Capcom: At least four Vita games planned, one based on popular IP in Japan

Capcom Euope’s David Reeves has said the firm is treating 3DS and Vita “pretty equally,” but in terms of the latter, current plans for the handheld include four titles, one of which is based off a popular IP in Japan.


Speaking in an interview with ME Gamers, Reeves said there will be at least one launch title for the system, with Street Fighter vs Tekken and two others on the horizon. One of the two planned, Reeves is “sure you can guess what one of them [it] has to be, considering the success in Japan.”

“I think down the road, you could probably see a Monster Hunter iteration somewhere,” he added. “Probably on both [3DS and Vita]. I haven’t heard any concrete plans…they don’t always share those plans…because they switch teams many times.

“Personally, I find Vita a little bit more enticing. It’s got more to get into, it has 3G, it feels good in the hand. I find…and Nintendo will probably tell you as well…that 3D is not what they are going to sell it [3DS] on. They think 3D is something that will draw people in, but after a while, that’s it. People will just use the slider and put it into 2D. And they are aware of that.

“It’s going to depend on the software ultimately, whether it be a Zelda or a Mario, they are the games that will probably draw players in and sell systems. It will be interesting to see who prevails. I think in the Middle East it will probably be Vita, because of its PlayStation brand. In Russia it will certainly prevail as well. I think in the US and Europe, however, it’s going to be quite a battle. And that’s only good for consumers.

“But Capcom themselves are pretty agnostic about it. They will choose the game that will suit the individual platforms and develop for both of them. Just as other publishers, like Ubisoft, who are developing for both of them as well.”

The “timing was right” for Infamous’s Cole in Street Fighter x Tekken

Capcom is “excited” about featuring Cole from InFamous in Street Fighter x Tekken.

“Discussions between Sony and Capcom came to [the decision to feature Cole as an exclusive]. They were looking for a character and Capcom got excited about Cole,” Capcom’s Seth Killian told Siliconera.

“It seemed like the timing was about right with Infamous 2 coming out around this time and it seemed a character that had a lots of possibilities, in terms of gameplay.

“Obviously, there is a big range of moves and I think we fell in love with the electric tornado like everyone else should [have]. There was his shockwave in Infamous 2 and we liked that, as well.”

Cole will feature in the PlayStation 3 and Vita versions of the game. Exclusive Xbox 360 characters have still yet to be announced.

Street Fighter x Tekken visuals for PS3, Vita “pretty much identical”

You've all geard it before that Street Fighter X Tekken will be coming to the Vita aswell and with the ability to play against each other (Vita vs. PS3), but this is a first to hear from Yoshinori Ono

“Right now, because we haven’t finished tuning and optimising everything, the frame rate occasionally will stutter. We’re looking to fix that. But the actual visuals themselves, the actual textures and everything, look pretty much identical. It’s virtually a one-to-one match at this point.”

Street Fighter X Tekken will feature Vita/PS3 connectivity

Capcom has confirmed that they are planning to implement cross-platform play for the both the PS3 and PlayStation Vita versions of upcoming fighting game "Street Fighter X Tekken.

 Capcom Producer Yoshinori Ono also confirmed that InFamous protagonist Cole MacGrath will be playable character in both the PS3 and Vita versions of the game. Street Fighter X Tekken is is slated for release in 2012 for the PS3 and Xbox 360, with a Vita version soon to follow.