SNK vs. Capcom (series)

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“Capcom vs. SNK” redirects here. For the Capcom-produced fighting game, see Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000.

Screenshot of Capcom vs. SNK 2.

The SNK vs. Capcom (or alternately Capcom vs. SNK) series is a collection of video games by either Capcom or SNK featuring characters that appear in games created by both of these two companies. The "vs. series" terminology originates from the fact that many of these games (but not all) are fighting games.

As a rule, games in this series either contain SNK vs. Capcom or Capcom vs. SNK, the first company denoting the company behind the game's development. Games in this series appear for various platforms, including the NAOMI (arcade), Neo-Geo (arcade), PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo-Geo Pocket Color, and Sega Dreamcast.

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, Capcom and SNK supposedly signed a deal that would allow them to produce only two fighting games concerning both franchises in 1999 (the Card Fighters series [see below] were not fighting games and therefore were exempt from the rule). It is highly suggested that SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom was only made in order to fulfill the contract obligations that SNK made prior to the company filing bankruptcy and their eventual closing in 2000. Also, if one company was the main creator of one game, the distributing company would gain the profits and not the company that licensed the characters for use (although SNK gave the rights to use the SNK characters to Capcom for the first Capcom vs. SNK game, SNK didn't profit from the game, which didn't help their financial problems). There was interviews with SNK that it would be possible to renew their contract with Capcom to make new vs. Capcom games[1], but in a recent interview, both companiess stated that they would not do any further collaboration with each other, SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS will probably be the last crossover game betweem both companies.[2]

[edit] Fighting Games

SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium
- Also known as SNK vs. Capcom: Choujou Kessen Saikyou Fighters in Japan.
Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000
- An update called Capcom vs. SNK Pro included the supposed "champions" of the Millennium Fight tournament, Dan Hibiki and Joe Higashi. The game also discards the shop option to earn extra characters and colors, having all of them available by default.
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
- Also known as Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001 in Japan. The GameCube and Xbox versions were released as Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO because of a new option that allows the player to assign moves with the right analog stick (C-Stick for the GameCube version). EO stands for Easy Operation.
SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom

[edit] Card games

In addition to the above fighting games, SNK also produced a trilogy of collectible card game-based video games released under the Card Fighters title. Like the fighting games, the Card Fighters series contains trading cards depicting characters from both companies, but expands the lineup to include characters from non-fighting games.

SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash

Released for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. Two versions were produced; the SNK Card Fighter's Version and the Capcom Card Fighter's Version, in which one version features more cards from one company than the other.

SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters 2 Expand Edition

Released for the Neo Geo Pocket Color in Japan and Asia only. Features an extended lineup of cards, including characters from the then newly-released Capcom vs. SNK 2.