Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter Will NEVER happen, LIVE WITH IT!!!

Mortal Kombat co-creator, Ed Boon, expressed his desire to have Ryu from Street Fighter appear as a special guest character.

Can Hoang Tran
7 min readJan 7, 2023
Concept art promoting special “SF vs. MK” content for M.U.G.E.N.

Thank you, Ed Boon, I mean this SARCASTICALLY, for reviving calls for a legit crossover between the Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter franchises. The two franchises have been strong rivals to each other through the 90s era.

Capcom’s Street Fighter franchise (which celebrated its 35th-anniversary last year) gained fame with Street Fighter II and its enhanced versions (SFII: Championship Edition, SFII Turbo, Super SF II: The New Challengers, and SSFII Turbo).

Midway (before its bankruptcy in the 2000s) released Mortal Kombat at arcades in the early 90s and it became a hit. It was the first known fighting game to feature live actors who were digitized into playable game sprites. Mortal Kombat featured a dynamic called the “Fatality” where players can execute their opponents, within a short time span, in ways that…

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Can Hoang Tran

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