They’re lastly pals

Human sacrifice! Mass Hysteria! Canine and Cats, dwelling collectively! Sega and Bandai Namco have solely gone and executed it, they’ve solely gone and seen two pioneering 3D combating rivals lastly shake arms. As revealed throughout this weekend’s Virtua Fighter Cup Match — Official Tekken crossover content material is headed to Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown.

Now, earlier than y’all lose your minds, we aren’t speaking about characters, (not less than not but), however Sega has revealed that Tekken costume content material will probably be making its approach to VF5: Final Showdown in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later. The video under spotlights the gear in motion, as Akira Yuki dons the gi and spiky chop prime of Kazuya Mishima, whereas Lau Chan steps as much as the plate as one other brutal patriarch, Heihachi.

In a world of visitor characters and combating sport crossovers, one has to confess that it’s a disgrace we aren’t speaking fully-fledged visitor stars. However the costumes right here look fairly darn genuine and are one thing of a trigger for celebration. Hopefully, we’ll be seeing extra outfits revealed down the road, how can we not have Wolf/King, Sarah/Nina, or Brad/Paul?

Even when this isn’t a full-on “Vs.” crossover, it’s good to see the 2 ’90s rivals lastly stand collectively.

Neither a launch date nor value was revealed for the Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown x Tekken Costume DLC, however we’ll make sure you deliver you all of the pertinent particulars proper right here on Destructoid when they’re obtainable. Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown is on the market now on PlayStation.

Chris Moyse

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