Street Fighter x Tekken on the Vita has a Ton of Features
It may be looked down on by most of the gaming community but Capcom is still going all out for the Vita release of “Streetfighter X Tekken”
Street Fighter x Tekken
Players: 1-4
Publisher: Capcom
Genres: Fighting
Publisher: Capcom
Genres: Fighting
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Developer: Capcom
MSRP: $59.99
Developer: Capcom
MSRP: $59.99
Welcome to Street Fighter X Tekken, where Street Fighter and Tekken series' stalwarts Ryu, Chun-Li, Kazuya Mishima and Nina Williams headline a memorable cast of your favorite fighters in a tag battle dream match for the ages! Street Fighter X Tekken (SFXT) is a 2 vs. 2 tag team-based fighting game where players can freely tag in and out between partners. The game promises to marry the styles of both a 2D and 3D fighting game for a fresh take on the genre!
RAD episode 246-Street Fighter X Tekken w/bonus review
Posted By Birdman about 1 year, 2 months ago
Round 1…..FIGHT!
It’s time for some fisticuff finesse with the boys and girls of Street Fighter and Tekken!
Birdman enters the fray and readies his fists to meet any incoming foes in this smash up mash up of two veteran fighting franchises. The fighters seek to control a mysterious object fallen from the heavens known as Pandora and is it for good or evil? Birdman takes a casual yet trained eye to this fantastic new fighter entering the fray before the busy spring/summer release schedule hits. The combination of two fundamentally different fighters is a strange brew indeed and we’re hungry for more!
Does SFxT live up to the hype or this one bizzare combo best left untested?
We also take a look at the Mad Catz Street Fighter X Tekken Vs Style Fightstick
(Thank you Mad Catz for the donation for the review)
Mad Catz SFxT Vs Fight Stick PS3
Send your feedback and hate mail to mike@thisweekingeek.net
Click to follow @BirdmanDodd on Twitter
Click here to download RAD episode 246-Street Fighter X Tekken w/bonus review
Click here to subscribe to Reviewaday on iTunes
-Music featured in this episode-
Black Tide-Honest Eyes
Be sure to check out Birdman’s other website This Week in Geek for more great geek content!
Street Fighter X Tekken Review
When Pandora, an alien cube lands in the antarctic, fighters from across worlds collide to obtain whatever power lies inside. From those who seek to gain power, to those who need funding to build a spaceship, everything is allowed when you cross the line!
RAD episode 246-Street Fighter X Tekken w/bonus review
Two fighting game franchises facing off against each other? What madness is this? Birdman faces off with Street Fighter X Tekken and the Mad Catz Vs FightStick for the PS3! 
Street Fighter X Tekken DLC Characters Dated & Priced, Balance Patch Detailed
Ready or not, here they come.
New Street Fighter X Tekken Vita Trailers Highlights New Fighters
Some new challengers are about to cross the line and enter the fray of the latest crossover fighting game epic.
Capcom's Response on Street Fighter X Tekken: "No Distinction Between DLC and Disk-Locked Content"
Defiant or correct? In the end, what needs to change?
RAD episode 246-Street Fighter X Tekken w/bonus review
Two fighting game franchises facing off against each other? What madness is this? Birdman faces off with Street Fighter X Tekken and the Mad Catz Vs FightStick for the PS3!
Street Fighter X Tekken Review
When Pandora, an alien cube lands in the antarctic, fighters from across worlds collide to obtain whatever power lies inside. From those who seek to gain power, to those who need funding to build a spaceship, everything is allowed when you cross the line!
Five New Street Fighter X Tekken Trailers Make the Scene
Whatever one feels regarding the box art Megaman controversy for the PS Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken, the game itself is still shaping up to be a real contender for the best fighting game released this trailer as these five (!) new trailers just released by Capcom should help to prove.
Megaman, Pac Man, and Others Confirmed as Sony Exclusive for Street Fighter X Tekken
The Sony version of Street Fighter X Tekken just got a bit more crowded…
Street Fighter X Tekken Trailers Tease Mega Man and Pac-Man for Vita Version
As the release date for the highly anticipated crossover fighter Street Fighter X Tekken draws ever nearer, three new trailers have been release to further whet the appetite of gamers the world over.
Plethora of New Street Fighter X Tekken Videos & Images from NYCC
Capcom has unleashed the mother lode of Street Fighter X Tekken media at this years New York Comic Con, including a new five minute trailer that explains in detail every major element of the game’s battle system, and Blistered Thumbs has them all ready for your perusal.
Street Fighter x Tekken on the Vita has a Ton of Features
It may be looked down on by most of the gaming community but Capcom is still going all out for the Vita release of “Streetfighter X Tekken”
Street Fighter X Tekken DLC Characters Dated & Priced, Balance Patch Detailed
Ready or not, here they come.
New Street Fighter X Tekken Vita Trailers Highlights New Fighters
Some new challengers are about to cross the line and enter the fray of the latest crossover fighting game epic.
Capcom's Response on Street Fighter X Tekken: "No Distinction Between DLC and Disk-Locked Content"
Defiant or correct? In the end, what needs to change?
Five New Street Fighter X Tekken Trailers Make the Scene
Whatever one feels regarding the box art Megaman controversy for the PS Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken, the game itself is still shaping up to be a real contender for the best fighting game released this trailer as these five (!) new trailers just released by Capcom should help to prove.
Megaman, Pac Man, and Others Confirmed as Sony Exclusive for Street Fighter X Tekken
The Sony version of Street Fighter X Tekken just got a bit more crowded…
Street Fighter X Tekken Trailers Tease Mega Man and Pac-Man for Vita Version
As the release date for the highly anticipated crossover fighter Street Fighter X Tekken draws ever nearer, three new trailers have been release to further whet the appetite of gamers the world over.
Plethora of New Street Fighter X Tekken Videos & Images from NYCC
Capcom has unleashed the mother lode of Street Fighter X Tekken media at this years New York Comic Con, including a new five minute trailer that explains in detail every major element of the game’s battle system, and Blistered Thumbs has them all ready for your perusal.
Three New Street Fighter X Tekken Character Teasers Surface
Proving that the fine folks at Capcom love nothing more than mercilessly teasing their fans, three new character teasers for the upcoming crossover fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken have made their way online.
Toro and Kuro Playable Characters in Street Fighter X Tekken on Vita
Sony’s conference had some surprising announcements packed into it last night, but none of them pertained to cats as much as the news of Toro and Kuro being playable characters in Street Fighter X Tekken.
Street Fighter X Tekken Review
Posted By James C. about 1 year, 2 months ago
Street Fighter X Tekken Review
When Capcom and Namco announced that there would be TWO crossover games with the Street Fighter and Tekken franchises two years ago, it was clear that this was going to be something magical. That fact was only cemented further with the obscene amount of online marketing coverage and newfangled gameplay mechanics that Capcom let slow cook for almost two years. But, when these two different fighting worlds collide, how does it taste in the end?
| PROS | Gigantic Roster, Excellent gameplay balance, Tons of cooperative modes, Solid online play |
| CONS | Story is both lightweight and portrayed poorly, Slightly long loading times |
| WTF?! | Dan/Bokujin Team will only exist in my dreams |
The Pandora artifact, a cube of unknown alien origin, crash lands on the earth in a meteor. This sparks the involvement of the Shadowloo organization headed by the one “propelled by evil” M. Bison, the Mishima Zaibatsu, the global corporation owned and operated by pretty boy Jin Kazama, and every fighter who thinks having an alien cube as a desk drawer would round out their home study. While world domination is centric to both of these organizations, the major threats are those who stand guard over the object at its impact point in the Antarctic. While there is a story to Street Fighter x Tekken, it is both incredibly lackluster and ultimately the only thing that detracts from the title. At the beginning of arcade mode, you are treated to a stop motion artwork explanation of the Pandora event, and a differing one if you have one of the predetermined teams (Ryu/Ken, Guile/Abel, Yoshimitsu/Raven, etc.).
Wagons…East!
The story shows itself off in the game quite uniquely at the end of matches, with the victors having their own unique dialogue with the person they just defeated. It actually surprised me at how robust Capcom made this aspect as the rest of the story seems to suffer through mediocrity. At the end of the arcade mode, players will fight the main team behind the evil organizations (If your point character is from SF, you will fight Jin/Xiaoyu, and if your point character is from Tekken, you will fight Bison/Juri) and then a final boss at the Pandora crash site (Ogre if your point character is from SF and Akuma if the point character is from Tekken). Upon beating either foe, the player learns of the fate of the contents of the cube, dependant on the point character, and gets a few paragraphs explaining what happens in the aftermath. In comparison to Street Fighter IV, hell…even compared to Marvel Vs Capcom 3, these stories and how they unfold are extremely dull in comparison. While it is already crystal clear that Capcom fighting games are often lacking in the story department, it seems to me that SFxT is starting to take back steps in this regard instead of staying within acceptable limits.
Street Fighter x Tekken uses the traditional Street Fighter system of fighting: The Six Button Punch and Kick system (Low, Medium, High punches and kicks) along with EX specials and super moves. Matches can be set to last a certain number of rounds with or without a time limit, but the victor of the round is the first to down one of the two characters. While tagging out is a must if you want to keep healthy in a match, there are also risks associated to this that can leave the tagged in character open to attack. Fortunately, there are also methods to safely tag in while laying the hurt on your opponent.
8/10
Street Fighter X Tekken Review
When Pandora, an alien cube lands in the antarctic, fighters from across worlds collide to obtain whatever power lies inside. From those who seek to gain power, to those who need funding to build a spaceship, everything is allowed when you cross the line! RAD episode 246-Street Fighter X Tekken w/bonus review
Two fighting game franchises facing off against each other? What madness is this? Birdman faces off with Street Fighter X Tekken and the Mad Catz Vs FightStick for the PS3!-
April 01, 2012 at 06:05pm
You know what makes me facepalm the most? The Ryu and Ken team that are usually online during Ranked Matches- screw it any online match. I’ve seen this team more used than any other and it makes me furious that the people that could’ve been using something a bit more varied use these guys. I like when I see the occasional Kazuya and some other fighter or Ibuki with some other fighter (why I’m saying “some other” is because of the many characters you can put these people with) but Ryu and Ken are characters usually for the first time players and because of that should be ridden off of the Ranked Matches because they are way easy to understand the most. I like it when I face variation but with this it’s kind of annoying to see this and ruins my online experience if I’m just going to see this team the most.
Other than that the game is fun and I like it even though the story felt a bit short. Also has anyone experienced that when you play the story mode you get interrupted so that you can do an online match or has be fixed?
-
March 14, 2012 at 08:11pm
Think I’ll just wait till November when SFVT:EXQSVUNCIS comes out for $40 and has all the on-disc DLC characters already unlocked.
-
March 14, 2012 at 08:10pm
it seems they didn’t want people to be mad about Pandora like they were with X-factor, so they made it almost worthless.
-
March 14, 2012 at 04:49pm
the game looks amazing without a doubt but I can’t take it seriously since they included Megaman and Pac-Man.
Really Capcom?! is it because they saw Kratos got included in a PS3 exlusive Mortal Kombat that Capcom decided “we should put a character from outside the fighting genre…oh yeah I remember our fans wanted Megaman in MvsC3!…so let’s give em Megaman in this game and they’l love it” and the other guy from Namco said “good idea!…we also like to include a character from our’s….how about Pac-Man…yeah thats right!…put Pac-Man”
Other than that I’l buy one happily ^_^….but I’m afraid they might release a Super Ultra Street Fighter X Tekken 0_0
-
March 14, 2012 at 03:44am
38 characters are considered sub-par in term of roster size now? What kind of world is this?
-
March 14, 2012 at 09:24am
Don’t know if you were around when the original MvC3 came out last year, but people were up in arms that there were only 36 + 2 confirmed DLC characters. Having a crossover fighting game with 45-50 seems to be the acceptable limit.
-
March 14, 2012 at 12:09pm
Exactly. Because its a crossover game, so the roster expectations have to be higher or otherwise there will be alot of disappointment in potential characters that didn’t make it in. Plus, you know, MVC2 had over 50 characters..even if they were largely re-used ones.
-
March 14, 2012 at 01:23pm
MvC2 is not a good example, because that game was quite lazy and unbalanced so in the end only small portion of the roster was viable anyway.
-
March 18, 2012 at 02:52pm
actually its a great example because its exactly why people complained, DESPITE the fact that it was as you put it “lazy and unbalanced” which I even somewhat acknowledged already but meh lol But that actually is where the size expectation came from, and why people expect big rosters now a days of that magnitude.
I’d also point to Capcom vs SNK 2, which is another crossover game, with a huge roster that also re-used alot of sprites..but you know what? It’s still widely popular today and people often compare Street Fighter X Tekken to it. My point still stands.
-
March 14, 2012 at 01:05am
“While some Mugen players would consider 38 characters to be on the low side….”
Fixed -
March 13, 2012 at 11:14pm
So many good fighting games just came out (yeah, I’m counting SC5 among the good games) I can’t justify buying ANOTHER one.
Especially from Capcom and all the horrible press this game is getting it’s no wonder!
Also I’ve never been a fan of Tekken and for some reason Street Fighter fuels my hate.
But besides that I really liked reading how you broke down the combat, if only other reviews did it so well. owob
RAD episode 246-Street Fighter X Tekken w/bonus review
Two fighting game franchises facing off against each other? What madness is this? Birdman faces off with Street Fighter X Tekken and the Mad Catz Vs FightStick for the PS3!
RAD episode 246-Street Fighter X Tekken w/bonus review
Two fighting game franchises facing off against each other? What madness is this? Birdman faces off with Street Fighter X Tekken and the Mad Catz Vs FightStick for the PS3!
Street Fighter x Tekken: Second Teaser Trailer of Wave Two Surfaces!
The second teaser trailer of the second wave has come only six days after the first! Will there be more teasers than usual, or is all this teasing building hype for San Diego Comic Con next week?
Street Fighter x Tekken: Next Round of Character Teasers Begins!
With E3 granting 4 more characters into the fray of Street Fighter x Tekken, Capcom has seen it fit to continue the teaser trailers once more!
In the long run, they’re going to end up screwing themselves with this. Because more people are just going to start waiting for the XTreme Edition to come out 6 months later, so they can pay only $40 for everything.
I love how people seem to have nothing but nice things to say about the game, but Capcom has just time and time and TIME and again screwed the pooch PR-wise so everyone is still hesitant to buy. Sure, you can say it’s petty and that their boycott will hurt the developers when we should be hating on management… but this SHOULD be a consumers world, and when management makes boneheaded choices and constantly covers up and hides things from us we should punish them for it in any way we can.
HOWEVER- what DLC I have a problem isn’t the characters. It’s the possibility of a new co-op mode, or possible extra gems for sale. Let me clarify. The notorious ten aren’t included because Capcom hates us, it’s because money works in weird ways in game development. Street Fighter X Tekken have two budgets, as do most games who develop DLC apparently. One budget is for the main game, what we get when we buy the disc in the store. Those 30-something characters in the store-bought game exist because Capcom ran the numbers, figured “how many characters do we have the money to code and balance and model in a game that sells for full store price and still make a profit on?” and then they put that many characters into the game.
THEN they added another budget to the game for the DLC-characters, characters they spent money paying the modelists and the coders and all that to design to create. These characters would NOT have existed if it weren’t for the fact that Capcom’s management added some extra cash to the game in the form of the DLC-budget. So, yeah- there are two budgets, and since both budgets need to make back money they charge for both “sets”. The “store-set”, and the “DLC-set”, because they invested different money into these sets. Two streams, two incomes.
As for why it’s on disc, it seems you’ve already heard it. Capcom planned ahead and realized coding 10 different characters as they went along and released them one by one would be hard and it was easier to just include their code from the start so that people who hadn’t bought them didn’t get their games all glitched out.
Now, is this a perfect explanation? Not really. We probably could have gotten say, four extra characters or so if the “extra-DLC budget” didn’t exist, if Capcom were feeling generous. And I have no idea if this “two budget” approach is sound business. But it’s what Capcom does and I have a feeling that if they had just explained from the start that “guys if we don’t charge extra for these characters they wouldn’t exist in the first place” they could have avoided some controversy. But instead they kept their mouths shut and didn’t reveal this until the cat was out of the bag. I hope that this DOES mean the games sales takes a hit, if only so that Capcom can learn to be more honest about it’s business practices.
Also, that they get scared off from selling gems as DLC. That is so far just a rumour I’ve heard, but if it is true… then man, Capcom better brace themselves for the nerdrage about to strike.
Ok, so i’m not going to bitch about playing for the story or whatever, i know it’d just fall on deaf ears, but you know what really strikes me as funny with this? The comments about the stick. Like “i suck at these games and i only play single player” yet you get a custom stick and switch the (imo superior) 4-way gate out for a octa-gate? How does any of that matter if you are only squaring off against the CPU anyway?
Or rather, i guess, how do you get to that point if you aren’t really invested in the games?
I want to get the point where I compete in a real tournament and do well.
When I lived in a larger city, I’d go to a game center and get trained and have a tournament every Wednesday for a small cash prize and bragging rights.
It was fun and where I live now…not so many live opponents
I want to be a contender someday!
Fair enough
Just be wary of scrubbing with the AI too much, dulls your senses that ^^
Yeah, feels my skills are slipping again
Need to get more face to face showdowns in at some point.
It sucks cause my PS3 DIED after this review and now I don’t have it for about 2 weeks
As much as I like street fighter and tekken 2 Capcom can go fuck themselves. I want to play this but Capcom has to stop this BS on disc DLC and rereleases. Will just buy it used next year for $10.
I really want Capcom to offer the DLC as a good will gesture to the fans but then again I know $$ is the bottom line and not public opinion.
They are going to sell the DLC for $20. They might as well re release it for $40 and give 360 players the co op mode.
They fuck you with the DLC! They know you will buy it anyways
It was such a terrible move on their part, with what limited knowledge I have of programming,etc…I can see where they are coming from kinda with compatibility,etc BUT…..full characters with FULL endings…that is going way too far