History VideoGame / StreetFighterXTekken

'''''Street Fighter X Tekken''''' is a 2D fighting game featuring the casts of the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' series going head to head against each other. It was produced by Creator/{{Capcom}} with the same engine used for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', and released in 2012.

!! '''{{Guest Fighter}}s''' ([[UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 PS3]] and [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita PSVita]] exclusives)

** It became such an efficient marketing tool that it's even being used to promote completely separate games; it's the [[http://youtu.be/2aBRrCeKAeE focal point of the very silly TGS 2011 trailer]] for ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3D: Prime Edition]]''.

** In the Half Pipe stage there's a billboard of [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV El Fuerte's]] restaurant, and another one of the ''Drive-Through At Night'' stage in ''Street Fighter IV''. There's also a billboard of [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Alex]] but it's [[http://i51.tinypic.com/2s92cyv.jpg very hard to spot.]] On the lower level of the stage you can see [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Yun]] skateboarding on the ramp and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Yang]] standing in the background watching the fight while Yun's girlfriend Houmei is running around him in circles.

''Street Fighter X Tekken'' was the first in what was intended to be a duology of crossover games between ''Street Fighter'' and ''Tekken''. The other one was supposed to be ''Tekken X Street Fighter'', which would've been developed by Creator/BandaiNamco as a 3D fighter in the style of the ''Tekken'' games. However, it entered development hell after ''Street Fighter X Tekken''[='=]s post-launch support came to a premature end and just as development on ''VideoGame/Tekken7'' kicked into high gear, leaving it {{Vaporware}}. The closest ''Tekken X Street Fighter'' has come to materializing has been through Akuma's appearance as a GuestFighter in ''7'', and Kazuya appearing alongside Ryu and Ken in the Bandai Namco-developed ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.

** BonusBoss: Getting a certain amount of Super Art Finishes or Cross Art Finishes scores you a boss fight against Pac-Man for Street Fighter characters or Mega Man for Tekken characters.

** [=NANCY-MI847J=] (the BonusBoss of ''Tekken 6'') and a Mishima Zaibatsu soldier hiding under a giant [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Servbot]] head have been spotted in the background of the Urban War Zone, with a second [=NANCY-MI847J=] fighting in the background.

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* ExposedToTheElements: This being a fighting game, about half the men lack [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirts]] and/or [[DoesNotLikeShoes shoes]], and about half the women are {{stripperiffic}}. The Story Mode ends at the ''South Pole''.

* From ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'': Ryu, Ken Masters, Sagat

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Pretty standard in the mixed-gender teams. Bob and Julia, Hugo and Poison, Bison and Juri, and done to a realistic extent with Jin and Xiaoyu...Averted with Kazuya and Nina (Kaz is taller but Nina isn't tiny by any means) and ''inverted'' with Elena and Dudley (he's heavier, but she's actually taller).

** Almost lampshaded in one scene, where Sakura is just fine wandering about in her usual short-sleeved, [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] uniform with short skirt, with Blanka following behind her, wrapped up like a mummy in about thirty different scarves and ''still'' clearly freezing his ass off.

** King and Marduk go on to beat Poison and Hugo without much trouble at all after taking out [[TheCameo Mike Haggar]] two on one. Worth noting that King hits a freaking [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning Giant Swing]] on Hugo, not to mention that he doesn't get attacked and beaten down. (To put it into perspective, Marduk gets clotheslined by Hugo and hit with a projectile by Poison; King gets off scot-free and takes his ''Street Fighter'' rivals down with ease.)

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Seemingly carried over from ''[=SSFIV=]''; characters do multiple flips in the air when launched.

** The Windows version cannot be installed due to a dependency on Games for Windows LIVE, which makes the game unable to be installed or played.

* GameBreakingBug: In patch 1.04, when Rolento's Stinger knives collide with an enemy's fireball that isn't a kunai or another knife, the game freezes.

** Taken UpToEleven with the DownloadableContent costume packs. Each outfit comes with a flimsy excuse to justify why one character is dressed up like another.

* BustChart: An official art book for ''Street Fighter X Tekken'' features illustrations of the series from various artists. One of these is of Poison, Asuka, Chun-Li, and Xiaoyu [[http://i.imgur.com/PjL2ovM.jpg standing side-by-side positioned by their breast sizes]].

** Zangief normally speaks in perfectly good English in ''Street Fighter'' and doesn't talk quite so much about his muscles as he does here.

A mysterious meteorite crashes in the South Pole, and hidden away within the meteorite is an [[ArtifactOfDoom artifact]] which is given the name "Pandora." Researchers have no clue as to the origins of the cube-like artifact, but they soon discover Pandora causes beings to come into conflict when nearby -- and it releases a water-like energy which brings more power to the combatants. Both [[StreetFighter Shadaloo]] and [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} the Mishima Zaibatsu]] want the object for their own purposes, but they'll have to deal with a host of other warriors -- all with their own reasons for wanting Pandora and its power -- to get to it first.

* ArtifactOfDoom: "Pandora" appears to be this. Mainly due to the fact that (at least in-game) you have to sacrifice your partner to achieve its power.
** It also combines elements of a JackassGenie and {{troll}} in some endings. For example, when Hwoarang [[spoiler: says he could fight 100 opponents near Pandora, he gets to fight 100 ''Akumas'']] or turning [[spoiler: Zangief and Rufus]] into [[spoiler: thinner versions of themselves]]. Also, in Ryu and Ken's ending [[spoiler: it makes Ryu ''disappear'', leaving just his headband for Ken.]] Its true purpose, seemingly, is [[spoiler: to collect Ogre after he's done stealing the souls of all the top fighters on Earth. It attracts strong fighters because, well, Ogre is supposed to be the strongest, and to have killed all the others.]]
** Subverted in some endings when it's revealed to be harmless. Examples include [[spoiler:Chun-Li and Cammy]] in the ''Street Fighter'' side and [[spoiler:Lei and Christie]] in the ''Tekken'' side.