“King of Figthers” , one of the most beloved video games that marked especially the ’90s and ‘Minge Dragon’, the popular creation of Akira Toriyama, they had a common history thanks to the SNK developers, who dared to include Goku in a version that was never released.
A few days ago, Toyohisa Tanabe, one of the star developers of SNK, the company that created KOF, broadcast this Goku, beside Ryu and Ken of ‘Street Fighter’ were scheduled for the 1998 version of the popular fighting game, a secret he hesitated to reveal.
“I don’t know if I should really say this, but … Two years before it happened. „Capcom vs. SNK “, we did “The King of Fighters” 98and, in fact, I had little time to finish the development. So the team is done building the game with Ryu and Ken to. This is not something that many people know, I think only the developers know and I never told anyone, but yes, just for fun, before “Capcom vs. SNK ‘one thing, I played Ryu and Ken in “King of Fighters ’98.”” he explained to the site Polygon.
“I doubt there is another version anywhere. I did this on hardware development, so of course it was never in a physical cartridge. I also remember that now, but not only Ryu and Ken got to play. We also include characters from ‘Minge Dragon’, like Son Goku, ”he added.
Both Ryu and Ken appeared in Capcom vs. SNK, more not so Kakaroto, of which he will remain forever as he would look fighting Iori or Kyo Kusanagi.
“In many ways, it was like a dream game for me. It was very nice to see the characters I designed being reinterpreted by the people at Capcom. And as a game, I also liked it “, added Tanabe.