Capcom seems to be well aware of the interest in having even more of its traditional fighting games available on modern platforms.
According to Nintendo Life, Shuhei Matsumoto, producer of the upcoming… Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, Speaking to IGN at the recent EVO 2024 fighting game tournament in Las Vegas, Matsumoto discussed the possibility of more of Capcom's best fighting games appearing on modern hardware during the interview.
“We have a lot of other older fighting games that we know fans want to see re-released on modern platforms and the feeling is mutual on the development side,” Matsumoto explained, “We want people to be aware of all these other classic games. What we can do now is try to re-release them so people who may have never had a chance to play them can become familiar with them and from there we can hopefully move on to bigger and better things.”
This year's EVO event was notable for featuring the legendary fighting game Street Fighter 3: Third Strike on the main stage. Impressively, the 1999 title, widely regarded as the crown jewel of Capcom's classic fighters, registered over 1100 competitors at EVO. According to EVO's “by the numbers” breakdown, Third strike It was the fifth most popular title at the event, with more entrants than Under the night in childbirth 2 Sys: Celes (785), Mortal Kombat 1 (645) and The King of Fighters 15 (375).
On the subject of Third strike, Matsumoto, who is also the producer of Street Fighter 6 – He said the following: “We want all our classics [fighting] “We want to make games available on modern consoles because we simply want to be able to reach as many people as possible who may never have had the opportunity to play these games in the past, so we're constantly thinking ahead and want to make sure that it's as accessible as possible for all audiences.”
While Third strike can be played (online, no less) via Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection on Nintendo Switch and PS4, a dedicated version like the beloved Street Fighter 3: Third Strike Online Edition It would be great to see a PS3 and Xbox 360 version. Also, with the recent re-release of SNK vs. Capcom: SvC Chaos, A complete Capcom vs SNK The collection doesn't seem that far-fetched. Only time will tell.
