WI: Street Fighter II developed by the original Street Fighter team?
As many fighting game fans know, Takashi Nishiyama (now president of Dimps) once worked for Capcom where he created and planned the original Street Fighter. He left the company after the original Street Fighter finished production due to create differences and bad blood with his supervisor. He soon went to SNK where he had much more creative freedom. He went on to create Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting and Samurai Shodown. He also came up with the idea of the Neo-Geo. Meanwhile, Capcom chose Akira Yasuda as the new planner of the Street Fighter IP and went on to make what would've been a sequel to the original Street Fighter titled Street Fighter '89 (which ultimately became Final Fight due to its vastly different gameplay). After the success of Final Fight, he began working on Street Fighter II.
You can read Takashi's interview here: http://www.1up.com/features/the-man-who-created-street-fighter
But what if Takashi was given more freedom from Capcom and got along with his supervisor, which would allow him to stay? Well Street Fighter II would obviously resemble the original Fatal Fury of OTL with some minor differences but what would come of Akira Yasuda (planner of Street Fighter II IOTL)? Does he continue working on the Final Fight series, or does he leave Capcom and take his fighting game idea to SNK? And does Capcom develop a home console similar to the Neo-Geo?
Thoughts?
As many fighting game fans know, Takashi Nishiyama (now president of Dimps) once worked for Capcom where he created and planned the original Street Fighter. He left the company after the original Street Fighter finished production due to create differences and bad blood with his supervisor. He soon went to SNK where he had much more creative freedom. He went on to create Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting and Samurai Shodown. He also came up with the idea of the Neo-Geo. Meanwhile, Capcom chose Akira Yasuda as the new planner of the Street Fighter IP and went on to make what would've been a sequel to the original Street Fighter titled Street Fighter '89 (which ultimately became Final Fight due to its vastly different gameplay). After the success of Final Fight, he began working on Street Fighter II.
You can read Takashi's interview here: http://www.1up.com/features/the-man-who-created-street-fighter
But what if Takashi was given more freedom from Capcom and got along with his supervisor, which would allow him to stay? Well Street Fighter II would obviously resemble the original Fatal Fury of OTL with some minor differences but what would come of Akira Yasuda (planner of Street Fighter II IOTL)? Does he continue working on the Final Fight series, or does he leave Capcom and take his fighting game idea to SNK? And does Capcom develop a home console similar to the Neo-Geo?
Thoughts?
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