Street Fighter X Tekken Gameplay Details

Here I'll list any gameplay details found in the trailers and announcements during E3 2011.

Added 6/8/11

• Ken's overhead kick can ground-bounce, allowing for combos afterward
• Juggles are possible basically any time the opponent is in the air. Maximillian compares it to the pre-dizzy state in 3S
• Tag-canceling specials works like FADCing. Seth says you can combo into Ken's hurricane kick, then tag-cancel to continue the combo.
• Sagat has his kara-cancelable F+LK and F+HK.
• Multi-part throws are in and are breakable. Nina has at least one.
• Backdash appears to have some invincibility, ala SF4.

Added 6/7/11

• Cammy, Hworang, Julia, Sagat officially announced
• Cammy's "tiger-knee" dive-kick is back
• All characters apparently have a Tekken-like launcher move
• Meter is 3 bars
• You can tag mid-combo and continue with the next character (costs 1 bar)
• You can super-cancel from special moves
• Abel has an EX Tackle that causes wallbounce
• Promises "upgraded online functionality"
• Chains can be performed mid-air
• Chain combo into launcher is possible
• Whiffed launcher leaves you at major disadvantage
• Launcher -> tag -> combo -> launcher works, but you may not be able to combo after second launcher
• Whiffing normals gives some meter
• "Alpha-counter" tags are possible
• "Tech tag" possible on wakeup

Sources: Maximillian on YouTube, iPlaywinner, GameSpot, Skisonic on Twitter, Capcom-Unity livestream

SFxT Mechanics Overview by Maximillian

Maximillian (of Dr. Doom "Assist Me" fame) has the most in-depth video coverage of Street Fighter X Tekken currently available. He plans on doing further research throughout E3.

Seth to Demo Street Fighter X Tekken

Sometime between 5 and 6 PM EST, Seth will be showing off Street Fighter X Tekken on Gametrailers.com's E3 livestream. Check it out here. I'm sure there will also be something shown on Capcom-Unity's livestream, which starts at 3 PM.

MadCatz Making SFxT Fightsticks

Capcom-Unity posted this image of a prototype being shown at E3.

New Street Fighter X Tekken Footage

From testyourmight.com

Know Your Tekken, Part 3: Heihachi

Story

Heihachi Mishima is the biological father of Kazuya Mishima and Lars Alexandersson and the adoptive father of Lee Chaolan. He was the head of the Mishima Zaibatsu at the start of Tekken 1, though the company was founded by his elusive father, Jinpachi Mishima. Heihachi lost control of the company after his son Kazuya tried to kill him at the end of the first Tekken game.

After Tekken 2, Heihachi gets revenge by tossing Kazuya into a volcano (which miraculously doesn't kill him). Heihachi then takes in his grandson, Jin Kazama, and trains him in the Mishima fighting style — shortly before turning on him. Heihachi betryed his grandson as part of a scheme to combine himself with Ogre's powers; however, he needed the Devil Gene that Jin possessed in order to do so.

After Tekken 4, Heihachi is assaulted by a group of Jack-4's that capture him and detonate themselves. The opening of Tekken 5 states "Heihachi Mishima is dead." But, as usual, it was not so. Luckily for him, the explosion did not kill him, but only threw him several miles. The resilient old man then makes his return in another attempt to regain control of his company.

Fighting Style

Heihachi, of course, practices Mishima-style Fighting Karate. For more on the general Mishima style, see Part 1 of this series.

Heihachi is the most focused on counter attacks of the entire Mishima clan. He has very powerful attacks for punishing his opponents' mistakes. Whereas Kazuya uses his strong defense to find openings for his long, damaging combos, Heihachi is more focused on short, powerful strikes. He has a wide range of very useful mid attacks, but lacks the variety of good lows that Kazuya has. His signature moves include all of the previously-discussed Mishima staples, including one I haven't mentioned yet, the Hellsweep. Performed with a Shoryuken motion and a hold of the Right Kick button, it is a multi-hit, spinning sweep-kick that can be followed up with a combo. This move immediately comes to mind when I think of Heihachi, perhaps because of how awesome his was in Tekken 1: he did three rotations, while Kazuya could only do two!

Likelihood of Appearance in SFxT/TxSF

I'd say he's 100% likely to be in both games. Harada has stated that Heihachi is his favorite character. He also said that his dream match-up is Heihachi versus Akuma.

Did I mention that Heihachi's dream is to murder his whole family?

(Sources: Tekkenpedia, Wikipedia, Facebook.com/Tekken, Harada's Twitter)

Tekken X Street Fighter X The Apocalypse

Ono and Harada have such a humorous rapport going on, as you'll clearly see in this interview. I love Harada's concept for the dejected Dan to cross over to the Tekken side in a bid for respect.

Slightly New Street Fighter X Tekken Footage

In Germany, Capcom showed off their playable demo of SFxT. It appears to be the same as the demo shown at the game's Comic-Con debut; however, the match proceeded differently than before. You can see Kazuya land an overhead kick that bounces Ryu off the floor, allowing him to be further comboed. Does this mean that there are elements of Tekken's "bound" system in SFxT? Also, Chun-Li and Nina once again only appeared in team combos and not as individually playable characters.

Turn the Tweet Back: Harada on Hadoukens

Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada has been very active on Twitter in the last two hours or so, and he's responding to a bunch of fan questions. I've summarized some of the more interesting replies below, but you can check out @Harada_TEKKEN for the original context.

• The lineup and its size [obviously] have not been determined yet.
• He "has an idea" of how to make projectiles work in Tekken x SF.
• Projectile characters will not have an advantage, due to sidestepping.
• He never said he was working on Tekken 7, just the next Tekken project.
• SF characters will be given new moves in Tekken x SF.
• His dream match-up is Heihachi vs Akuma.

Street Fighter X Tekken Panel

Watch the madness as it went down: the Tekken producer crashes the Street Fighter panel at Comic-Con and hands out copies of Tekken 6! Sadly, the blaring Fuerte theme obscures some of the conversation. Harada is actually taunting Ono at that point, telling him that Street Fighter languished for ten years, between Third Strike and SF4. "What's up with that, Ono?"

Video Games | Street Fighter X Tekken | SDCC 10: Panel Discussion HD

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Ono's Revelations: Street Fighter X Tekken

I'll add info here as it occurs:

• "Let's start by talking a little bit about Darkstalkers"
• Ono wants Capcom to let him make Darkstalkers, asks the fans for help
• Official "Capcom Cup" tournaments using SSF4 Tournament Mode
• New costumes for SSF4!
• http://twitpic.com/28anul
• Arcade version of SSF4 gets character reveals in TGS in September
• Third Strike Online!
• Harada (Tekken) in the building
• Street Fighter X Tekken!
• They are playing the game RIGHT NOW!!!
• There are assists in the game. Possibly team battles.
• also Tekken X Street Fighter! The rumors were true!