History VideoGame / XMenVsStreetFighter

In both ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'', Capcom inserted one of their characters ([[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]] in ''X-Men'', [[Franchise/{{Darkstalkers}} Anita]] in ''Marvel Super Heroes'') as {{Secret Character}}s. ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' featured a hidden fight wherein Ryu and Ken faced off 2-on-1 with M. Bison. Sensing the potential for a moneymaker in those two disparate ideas, Capcom soon developed a full-fledged multimedia crossover with a tag team focus, and in 1996, it unleashed ''X-Men vs. Street Fighter''.

* AssistCharacter: [[BadassFingersnap With a snap of his fingers]], Sabretooth can call for Birdy ("Birdy!"), his partner at the time in the comics whose telepathy had a pacifying effect on him, to step into the fray ("Yes, Boss!") and light up Sabretooth's opponent with her [[{{BFS}} oversized firearm]]. He even has a Hyper variant where Birdy fires off a volley of rounds.

The game had a non-existent story to back up the action; a player's chosen team would simply fight their way through various CPU-controlled teams before facing down a gigantic version of ''X-Men'' villain Apocalypse. (Storm's ending implies that Apocalypse has been abducting mutants and street fighters alike for undisclosed reasons, probably to experiment on them or force them to join him.) After defeating Apocalypse, the player fights against the tag partner using whatever character landed the final blow during the boss battle, and if the player wins, they see that character's ending.

The game had a non-existent story to back up the action; a player's chosen team would simply fight their way through various CPU-controlled teams before facing down a gigantic version of ''X-Men'' villain Apocalypse. (Storm's ending implies that Apocalypse has been abducting mutants and street fighters alike for undisclosed reasons.) After defeating Apocalypse, you fight against your tag partner using whatever character landed the final blow during the boss battle, and if you win the fight, you see that character's ending.

* BadassInDistress: [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/b/xmvsfsto.htm Storm's ending]] explains that [[spoiler:several X-Men and street fighters were captured by Apocalypse, though the exact reasons aren't known. (One bets that he intended to use them in experiments or try recruiting them for his cause.) Storm herself is tending to her then-boyfriend Forge, while Sakura befriends Gambit and Dan Hibiki runs around in the background.]]

* BadassInDistress: [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/b/xmvsfsto.htm Storm's ending]] explains that [[spoiler:several X-Men and street fighters were captured by Apocalypse, though the exact reasons aren't known. (One bet he intended to use them in experiments or try recruiting them for his cause.) Storm herself is tending to her then-boyfriend Forge, while Sakura befriends Gambit and Dan Hibiki runs around in the background.]]

* PeopleJars: In Apocalypse's stage, [[spoiler: several captured charas from both franchises are seen locked in pods.]]

* BadassInDistress: [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/b/xmvsfsto.htm Storm's ending]] reveals that [[spoiler:several X-Men and street fighters were captured by Apocalypse, though we don't know the exact reasons. (We can bet he intended to use them in experiments or try recruiting them for his cause.) We see Storm herself tending to her then-boyfriend Forge, while Sakura befriends Gambit and Dan Hibiki runs around in the background.]]

** The bios from the action figure line claim that Apocalypse opened a portal to the Street Fighter universe in hopes that the street fighters and the X-Men would destroy each other, allowing him to conquer both worlds without resistance.

* KamehameHadoken: The second part of the trope's name comes from the version of the Shinkuu Hadouken, which is the best known of many, MANY, '''MANY''' instances.

* {{Leitmotif}}: As stated below, none of the returning X-Men have their themes carried over from ''Children Of The Atom'' or in the case of Wolverine, Juggernaut and Magneto, ''Marvel Super Heroes''. By contrast, the Street Fighter representatives have their themes taken from ''Street Fighter II'' or in Charlie's case, the ''Alpha'' series. The only exception is Cammy, who has a brand-new theme to represent her Shadaloo-era portrayal and would follow her in ''Alpha''.

* RecurringRiff: While none of the assorted X-characters have their themes from that game carried over, the character select music is a remix of the one found in ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom''. While the SF-characters would have remix of a previous theme in their home series.

* ExcusePlot: Random... ahem... street fights due to the interdimensional rift. The instruction manual for the [=PS1=] version expands on this by stating that various mutants and street fighters have mysteriously disappeared, with rumors placing the blame on either Bison or Magneto, so many of the playable characters have teamed up to investigate, [[GoodVersusGood though not]] [[HeadbuttingHeroes without some]] [[EnemyMine teamwork issues]]. See BadassInDistress for the closest to a concrete excuse aside of that.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill:
--> '''''"HYPER COMBO FINISH!"'''''

--> '''''[[ComicBook/XMen BEHOLD!]] [[ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} OPTIC BLAST!]]'''''

* RecurringRiff: While none of the assorted X-characters have their themes from that game carried over, the character select music is a remix of the one found in ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom''.

* NoExportForYou: The Saturn version, due to ExecutiveMeddling of the system.

''[=XvSF=]'' introduced the tag-team fighting dynamic that became the trademark for the VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever series of games: players choose two fighters, then switch between them on the fly in the middle of battle. This removes the usual best-of-three-rounds structure started by ''Street Fighter'' in favor of a one-round fight, as the fight ends when one side loses both fighters. Each teammate has their own lifebar, and when switched out, the inactive fighter will heal some of the damage they've taken until called back into action. The game also allows players to use a two-person Hyper Combo where both fighters on a team perform a Hyper Combo at the same time for massive damage...provided the team still has both fighters available, of course.

** [[spoiler:This is foreshadowing of him [[BrainwashedAndCrazy becoming Shadow]] in [[VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter later]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes games]].]]
*** [[spoiler: And then it's made officially canon in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'']].

* BadassInDistress: [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/b/xmvsfsto.htm Storm's ending]] reveals that [[spoiler:several X-Men and street fighters were captured by Apocalypse, though we don't know the exact reasons. (We can bet he intended to use them in experiments or try recruiting them into his cause.) We see Storm herself tending to her then-boyfriend Forge, while Sakura befriends Gambit and Dan Hibiki runs around in the background.]]

* WorthyOpponent: What Wolverine considers [[spoiler: Ryu]] as.

*** [[spoiler: And then it's made officially canon in [[VideoGame/StreetFighterV]]]].

*** [[spoiler: And then it's made officially canon in [[VideoGame/StreetFighterV]].

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In 1996, after some flirting with their characters as {{Secret Character}}s in both ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'', Capcom took the idea and ran with it, making a full-fledged crossover as '''X-Men vs. Franchise/StreetFighter'''.

The playable roster is composed of Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Juggernaut and Magneto from ''X-Men: Children of the Atom'', and Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Charlie, Dhalsim, Zangief, M. Bison and Akuma as they appeared in the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' titles. The game also marked the Capcom fighting game debuts of Gambit, Rogue and Sabretooth, as well as Shadaloo-era Cammy.

''[=XvSF=]'' introduced the tag team fighting dynamic which became the trademark for the VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever series of games: players choose two fighters and switch between them on the fly in the middle of battle, eschewing the usual two-round structure started by ''Street Fighter'' in favor of a one-round fight (the fight ends when both fighters on one team are eliminated). Each character has their own lifebar, and when switched out, the inactive fighter will heal some of the damage they've taken until called back into action. The game also allows players to use a deadly Tag Hyper Combo where both fighters perform a Hyper Combo at the same time for massive damage.

The story was all but nonexistent, with the chosen team fighting their way through various team-ups before facing down Apocalypse in a slight genre change. (Though Storm's ending implies that Apocalypse has been abducting mutants and street fighters alike for undisclosed reasons.) After defeating Apocalypse, you fight against your tag partner using whatever character landed the final blow during the boss battle. So much for teamwork...

Followed in 1997 with '''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter'''.

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''XSF'' introduced the tag team fighting dynamic which became the trademark for the CapcomVsWhatever series of games: players choose two fighters and switch between them on the fly in the middle of battle, eschewing the usual two-round structure started by ''Street Fighter'' in favor of a one-round fight (the fight ends when both fighters on one team are eliminated). Each character has their own lifebar, and when switched out, the inactive fighter will heal some of the damage they've taken until called back into action. The game also allows players to use a deadly Double Super Combo where both fighters perform a Super Combo at the same time for massive damage.

* AGodAmI: M. Bison and Magneto's endings in ''X-Men vs. Street Fighter'' also have this. In the latter's case, [[spoiler:[[QuirkyMinibossSquad Sagat, Vega, and Balrog]] join him, switching from Shadaloo to the Acolytes.]]
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: Dhalsim's ending. He actually dreamed the whole thing while he was neck deep in meditation, and wakes up when Sari and Datta call out for him.]]

** [[spoiler: This is foreshadowing of him [[BrainwashedAndCrazy becoming Shadow]] in later games.]]
* AnIcePerson: Storm in some of her attacks.

* BadassInDistress: [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/b/xmvsfsto.htm Storm's ending]] reveals that [[spoiler: several X-Men and street fighters were captured by Apocalypse, though we don't know the exact reasons. (We can bet he intended to use them in experiments or try recruiting them into his cause.) We see Storm herself tending to her then-boyfriend Forge, while Sakura befriends Gambit and Dan Hibiki runs around in the background.]]

** Chun-Li's ''X-Men vs. Street Fighter'' ending has her being invited to join the X-Men. Ryu is also invited to join both the X-Men (in the aforementioned game) and the Avengers (in ''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter''), but politely declines both offers.

--> ''"Je suis le meilleur!"''
--> ''"La tournament est fini."''
* BlowYouAway: Storm uses wind attacks as a few of her specials, and combines it with AnIcePerson for one of her Supers.

--> '''''[[Comicbook/{{X-Men}} BEHOLD! OPTIC BLAST!]]'''''

* CombinationAttack: Double Supers.

* DuelingPlayerCharacters: In the single-player story mode, after defeating Apocalypse, the player takes control of whichever character landed the final blow and must then fight his tag partner in a one-on-one match. This turn of events goes unexplained.
* EarlyBirdCameo: This game introduced Shadowloo-era Cammy before the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series did.

* EvilGrin: Though his sprites are lifted from the ''Alpha'' series, Bison's normals stance is changed for this series to always wear one of these.
* ExcusePlot: Random... ahem... street fights due to the interdimensional rift. See BadassInDistress for the closest to a concrete excuse aside of that.
* HuskyRusskie: Obviously, Zangief. [[spoiler: Taken UpToEleven in his ending, where [[BashBrothers he teams up]] with Piotr "Colossus" Rasputin to capture a recently escaped Arkady "Omega Red" Rossovich... meaning that we have '''three''' {{Husky Russkie}}s suddenly in the same place...]]

** Similarly, in Gambit's ending [[spoiler: she tells him about her woes, but Gambit hugs her and says "You're perfect JustTheWayYouAre".]]

* KissOfDeath: One of Rogue's special attacks, it allows her to [[PowerCopying steal an opponent's special attack]].

* ShowWithinAShow: [[spoiler: In Ken's ending, we have him and his son playing the game before having dinner.]]
* {{Shotoclone}}: Ryu, Ken, Cyclops and Akuma.

* {{Stripperific}}: In the ladies' side, Cammy. In the men's side, Zangief and Dhalsim.

* TagTeam: It's the first game in the series which incorporates that, predating a lot of future games.

--> '''Sabretooth:''' This ain't no Franchise/{{street fight|er}}! You lose...

* AmericanAccents: Rogue's winquotes are written with Southern accents.

* KissOfDeath: One of Rogue's special attacks, it allows her to steal an opponent's special attack.

The story was all but nonexistent, with the chosen team fighting their way through various team-ups before facing down Apocalypse in a slight genre change. [[spoiler: Though Storm's ending implies that Apocalypse has been abducting mutants and street fighters alike for undisclosed reasons.]] After defeating Apocalypse, you fight against your tag partner using whatever character landed the final blow during the boss battle. So much for teamwork...