Capcom Fighting Collection 2 art revives little-known history of Street Fighter and Fatal Fury

Capcom’s current era has been successful and this has allowed the Japanese company to think about other projects outside of its most successful franchises, such as the return of its games of yesteryear. It has been through collections of its fighting games that the company has once again won over fans of that genre and the next release is Capcom Fighting Collection 2. This is also an opportunity to review history and it turns out that there is a curious detail about this title.

A fan was upset by the presence of Terry Bogard, in the absence of Kyo Kusanagi, in the art of this Capcom game

A report from Time-Extension shared details of the debate that arose on social media among fans of fighting games of yesteryear. According to the information, An SNK fan was upset by the presence of Terry Bogard in the official art of Capcom Fighting Collection 2. According to his assessment, Both Capcom and SNK are exploiting the character due to his presence in Super Smash Bros. Ultimatewhich would make him identifiable to younger generations unlike Kyo Kusanagi of The King of Fighters.

However, one user pointed out that this is not the case and that it is very likely that both companies made the decision to put Terry Bogard and Ryu on the official cover because of something they share in common.

Who is Takashi Nishiyama?

It was then that the name of Takashi Nishiyama came to light. This Japanese creative He was the designer of the legendary 1984 game Kung-Fu Master Developed by IremThe quality of his work caught the attention of Capcom who invited him to make a video game and then he came up with the concept of a fighting game, an experience centered around the boss battles of the title he had worked on. This resulted in his role as co-director of Street Fighter in 1987.

Years later, Takashi Nishiyama joined the ranks of SNK and since I had the experience of having made the first Street Fighterdecided to develop a spiritual successor: Fatal Fury: King of Fighters from 1991. According to some community responses, this would be the real reason why Terry Bogard and Ryu are in the official art of Capcom Fighting Collection 2 which includes the crossover between Capcom and SNK:

• Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro
• Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
• Capcom Fighting Evolution
• Street Fighter Alpha 3 UPPER
• Project Justice
• Power Stone
• Power Stone 2
• Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein

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