Capcom wants to revive all of its fighting game heritage on modern platforms, according to the producer of Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection to Shuhei Matsumoto.
Speaking to IGN recently at EVO 2024, Matsumoto explained that Capcom is aware of the demand and hopes that making these classic fighters more accessible to a new audience could lead to “bigger and better things” in the future:
“We have a lot of other legacy fighting games that we know fans really want to see re-released on modern platforms and the feeling is mutual on the development side, we want people to get to know all those other classic games. What we can do now is try to re-release them as so that people who may never have had the chance to play those games get introduced to them and from there, hopefully, we can move on to bigger and better things.”
A separate question asks about the possibility of re-issuing a game like Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (again), Matsumoto reiterated that the team is “definitely” ready for more re-releases:
“We want all our classics [fighting] to make the games available for modern consoles because we just want to reach as many people as possible who may not have had the opportunity to play these games in the past, so we’re always thinking ahead and we want to make sure it’s as accessible as possible for all audiences.”
