Yoshinori Ono has confirmed that Ed Boon asked Capcom for Mortal Kombat 11, but they thought his characters would not fit in the game.
In an interview for EuroGamer's teammates, Yoshinori Ono, well-known producer of the Street Fighter series, has acknowledged that at one point, "Capcom refused to bring a Street Fighter character to Mortal Kombat." Ono said it was not his business and that this was because "many people in the company thought that our characters would not fit." Something curious considering the broad history of crossovers of the developer, which Yoshinori himself reviews throughout the interview: Street Fighter x Tekken, Marvel vs. Capcom, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom …
“I met Ed Boom (co-creator of Mortal Kombat) at a video game fair in Brazil and I talked with him personally about the possibility … but I didn't make the decision! It just didn't work out, but Capcom is interested in that kind of thing. If we can do something like that with which we feel comfortable, we get going quickly to make it happen, ”Ono concluded on the subject.
The possibility arose in the face of the release of Mortal Kombat 11, one of the fighting games of the year (8.9 in the FreeGameTips Reviews) and whose success Ono does not believe should affect Street Fighter. “Mortal Kombat 11 is great, but Street Fighter has a history and a major legacy. We have built more than 30 years of history with the saga and I don't think we have to stop every time there is a success in the genre to ask how we can approach it. (That we have lost the first place) is something they tell me every few years and if we pay attention we would change course every two times. We only have eyes for the future of our franchise. ”
Yoshinori Ono also talks about Deep Down
The producer, in his day also known as Mr. Deep Down for his involvement in the controversial Capcom project, wanted to update the state of the game, with which, he said, "Capcom has not yet fully surrendered." Ono confirmed, however, that "the original team is no longer attached to the project" and that it is in standby. “People may have noticed that we still have the registered trademark and that means we have given up, but there is nothing to say about it. Every year we study what games we are going to do in the future, we approve projects in which to get involved and move on. ” Given that it was announced in 2013 during the PS4 presentation, what will we see before? Deep Down or Street Fighter x Mortal Kombat?
