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The Ryu model Namco released sooo long ago for TxSF resembles the style they’re using now for Akuma. Also, some of the game mechanics they were thinking for using in TxSF I’m seeing being used for this Tekken version of him, as mentioned in a 2011 interview with Katsuhiro Harada.
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I think TxSF is going as intended, and the perceived “delay” has to do with the fact that they need a fully functional next-gen Tekken7 with updated characters before working on TxSF. Keep in mind that Capcom reused lots of stuff from SF4 to do SFxT. Likewise, Namco couldn’t realistically make TxSF before Tekken7.
Let’s face it, Akuma’s ending in T7 will probably be Heihachi escaping by boarding a space rocket, Akuma finding one of his own and flying it into Heihachi’s with the Ten symbol appearing in the explosion cloud, as Lee Chaolan winks and gives a thumbs up. 
I would like to believe that Ono and Harada agreed to include a single guest character from the other franchise. Speculating for the sake of it, which would be the best single character from Tekken to make an appearance in SF5? Jun Kazama / Unknown could fit the role.
Ono can have a guest character from Mortal Kombat in SFV and Harada can have a single guest character from Mortal Kombat in T7 as well. Questions are, who would be in each and why would you choose said character?
Capcom already played out their part of the contract. I doubt we will be getting Tekken characters or Tekken story in SF5.
Main Tekken games have a history of guest characters. Remember Gon from the home port of Tekken 3? I don’t think Capcom needs to add a Tekken character for SFV.
Hanzo Hasashi or Kuai Liang for T7 or SFV?
This is probably the wrong thread for your enquiries. [This thread](SFV Character Request/Anticipation Thread is more suitable I think.
If Akuma is canon in Tekken, then that means the rest of Street Fighter is right? This whole thing is so bizarre. I wonder what Akuma’s debt to her could be.
Jin Kazama with Devil Jin V-Trigger. Skip to 10 minutes.
No. What it means is that in the Tekken universe there is a character called Akuma that resembles the Street Fighter Akuma 98.9% but is not in fact the Street Fighter Akuma because that guy is from another universe.
It’s also possible the universes are being integrated Aliens vs Predator style, just only from the Tekken side of things. It’s just as much as a stretch to assume that Akuma exists in Tekken’s universe but Gouken, Ryu and other key characters from his history do not. I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m saying we don’t know yet, if we ever will. Just him being there is a SGS to Tekken’s canon and it’s causing all sorts of questions like this to spring up.
There is an Alien universe, A Predator Universe, and an AvP universe. Each with their own canon, they are similar but separate.
SF will always be a stand alone universe, even if it had a Tekken character it is still separate. These cross overs are just business.
I think,that Akuma is just the final test for TxSF.
First Eliza in Revolution with her Reppuken.
Now Akuma in Tekken7.
They probabaly want feedback, how he plays and if he is overpowerd or not.
At least Namco gave him a Storyline and didn’t put him in without a reason.
But who OFFICIALLY defeated Gill at the end of Third Strike? Was he defeated at all? Surely his story arc should’ve had concluded after 2 games in form of Second Impact and Third Strike?
I think it goes like this:
The Hero Team of Ryu, Sakura, Blanka, Dan, Guile, Chun-Li, and Abel defeat the S.I.N.'s forces and beat Seth, while Ryu and Sakura proceed deep inside the facility to find and destroy the BLECE project’s generator, which we see in Ryu’s ending, and Guile, Abel and Chun-Li backup the project’s data (so I suppose Cammy destroying the data and Vega getting his own backup happened somewhere inbetween?)
Bison and Juri arrive at the location, knowing that Seth is defeated and he is an easy prey for both of them to kill the bastard. Bison arrives first, assembles the Seth clones, surrounds Seth and finishes him. Juri comes next to meet Bison, which of course further sets their rivalry
Rolento and his forces arrive at the location of completely destroyed base to search and assert some of the technologies and weaponry S.I.N. might have left behind or the heroes haven’t damaged (then we see the mysterious red camera lens moving, so maybe one of the Seth’s clones is alive or Seth himself managed to escape? Or it was the Illuminati?)
Zangief arrives at the location the last or somewhere inbetween the previous events, only to find Seth’s dead body, after which he makes a picture of himself, which then gets posted in the news articles all around the world, which we then see in his ending (I suppose this also leads into SFV as Mika sees this great wrestler and embraces the sport, which I guess reintroduces and/or retcons the Alpha 3 arc for both Karin AND Mika once again?)
This leads me to believe that Sagat’s, Fei Long’s, and Dhalsim’s endings don’t involve them ever interacting with Seth himself entirely, or they would have to be among the Hero Team from 1), which would lead me to believe that Fei followed Abel after their Rival Battle, and Sagat followed Ryu after their Rival Battle, and Dhalsim went straight to the base to save his people and give them pure water again
What I don’t understand though is where are Ken, Honda, Makoto, Yun, Yang, and Balrog in all of this.
Balrog I guess must’ve slipped in along with Bison or with Vega?
Also when did Rose’s and Guy’s endings happen then? Having Rose meeting Bison means that she either was with the Hero Team too or went in ahead of everybody, only to get rekt and her memories/psycho power taken back by Bison
Guy’s ending certainly happens after Rose’s, since he’d have to save Rose from being captive by Bison, which should’ve happened after Rose’s ending.
And I guess somewhere between meeting Rose, Abel, and killing Seth, Bison also met Cammy and took Decapre from her
(Jesus christ, SF4’s endings timeline is so fucked up)
A xenomorph was in Predator 2, though, but I see your point.
It would be “just business” if Akuma was just a guest character, but now he’s part of the storyline, which makes it more complicated than that. Also, I was suggesting that Street Fighter had become a part of Tekken’s universe, not necessarily the other way around, if I’m making sense.
It really is like a big jigsaw puzzle, only we’re not sure if all the pieces fit together.
The way I see it, Akuma being in Tekken will be similar to how Sakura is in both Street Fighter and Rival Schools canon. Rival Schools isn’t a part of the SF canon like Muscle Bomber or Final Fight. Sakura was not only a guest character for RS, but she also had an established backstory with the characters Hinata and Natsu, and a different blood type which effectively makes her a “different” Sakura. The only difference with Akuma being in Tekken, as opposed to Sakura in RS, is that Akuma will play an active role within the main story and is not a side character.
For a second when I read this I pictured Ken Masters wife Eliza using the Reppuken.
Within the Alien/Predator/Prometheus universe is considered a shared universe though AvP itself is considered non-canon. The movies were considered all canon together until Prometheus. It could be sort of like having Tekken/Street Fighter be part of a shared universe but Street Fighter X Tekken is non-canon.
As for this:
Ono and Harada are incredibly good friends (Ono carried his wife’s dress train at Harada’s wedding) and Capcom has a very close working relationship with Namco. We also don’t know how deep the contract goes and what it entirely entailed or how long it lasts. There is no reason to assume that another contract couldn’t be quickly written up to boot.
So yeah…
The events of Street Fighter IV happen
Then, unexpectedky, Ingrid comes from space with sparkles and shit
She creates an alternate universe
Street Fighter X Tekken happens
Ryu and Ken reach the Pandora’s Box at the end of the game
Ryu gets teleported away
He reaches the Asura’s Wrath’s universe
Ryu fights Asura
Akuma comes in somehow
He kicks Ryu so hard he teleports back
But instead of going to SFxT universe, Ryu comes in Smash Bros
then Akuma and Asura fight
After the fight, both are engraved in stone
Asura intends to strike the final blow to finish Akuma
Right before Asura strikes the final blow to defeat Akuma, Kazumi summons a “Devil” to kill Heihachi and Kazuya,
Akuma appears in the Tekken universe
Thus Akuma being in Kazumi’s debt
Which he shall repay by stopping Hei and Kaz from destryoing the world
And kicking Jin’s, Lars’ and Lei’s asses on the way
And now we have a Street Fighter universe, where everything is normal, a Street Fighter X Tekken universe, where both Ryu and Akuma are now missing, the Smash Bros universe, where the SFxT Ryu resides, and the Tekken universe, where the SFxT Akuma now resides
IT ALL MAKES SENSE
Clapclapclap. My god, he’s figured out their crazy bullshit. Capcom has sent their people, you’ll be dead within the hour. :coffee
