It looks like the fate of one of the most anticipated crossover games has sadly been revealed, as Bandai Namco Entertainment’s Tekken X Street Fighter has been cancelled according to Katsuhiro Harada — putting an end to a long in development game that never saw the light of day outside of teasers and screenshots.

In the latest episode of Harada’s bar, the legendary Tekken director and producer said that the Bandai Namco side of the crossover and follow-up to Capcom’s 2021 game Street Fighter X Tekken was about 30% done — yet ultimately production stopped in 2016 and the game lingered in developmental hell before it ultimately got cancelled.

“Development stopped but we got about 30 percent done”

“We even had motions, which you can see reflected in Akuma.”

As Akuma was a guest fighter in Tekken 7, seeds were already planted for Tekken X Street Fighter. Harada stated the team worked hard and wanted to continue making the game, but ultimately things didn’t work out as planned.

“We were working really hard on that, we really were. Wish we could show you the models and stuff. We had really nice models. I really wanted to show them Chun-Li. I wanted to show you guys all the characters. We were pretty confident.”

“We wish we could show you them eventually, but Street Fighter belongs to Capcom so we can’t do it on our own.”

While it is sad that Tekken X Street Fighter isn’t being made anymore, fighting game fans can rejoice and get their crossover fix as Kazuya Mishima has been revealed as the next DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Source: VGC