Justin Wong recently posted that he attended the Capcom exhibit in Osaka, Japan. As such, he shared a number of interesting photos that he took of the exhibit.
Some of these photos depict what is labeled to be Capcom’s “Flagship Series Family Tree.” Directly under this label, we can see a timeline consisting of Monster Hunter games. Off to the side, we can barely see some of the Resident Evil (known as “Biohazard” in Japan) timeline.
In recent years, the Monster Hunter and Resident Evil series have become Capcom’s most successful franchises. It would make sense why they’re the first games to be featured in this way.
A little further, we then get to see the Street Fighter series timeline. Of course, Justin Wong made sure to snap a shot of this considering his own history as a fighting game competitor.
Considering how Final Fight was originally made to be a sequel to the original Street Fighter, it makes sense why Final Fight is part of the Street Fighter universe.
Over the years, we’ve seen a number of characters and influences from the Final Fight franchise present in games like Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter 3, Street Fighter 4, Street Fighter 5, and Street Fighter 6. Indeed, the Final Fight franchise has become intertwined with the Street Fighter universe.
We can also observe a branch off to the Rival Schools series, which consists of Rival Schools: United by Fate, Nekketsu Seisyun Nikki 2, and Project Justice. Akira Kazama would make history by being the first Rival Schools character to be playable in the Street Fighter series starting with Street Fighter 5.
However, there’s one more branch off the Street Fighter series that caught our attention. From this, we can see that Capcom seemingly considers the Darkstalkers series as being part of the Street Fighter timeline.
The three games that are part of this branch are Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge, and Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge (called Vampire: The Night Warriors, Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers’ Revenge, and Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire in Japan respectively).
As of right now, there’s never been a Darkstalkers rep playable in a mainline Street Fighter game. These days, the Darkstalkers characters are more likely to appear in crossovers than their own series.
Of course, there were a number of characters that had access to Darkstalkers costumes in Street Fighter 5, implying the existing connection but never outright confirming it.
At this point, Capcom has shown a willingness to put guest characters in the mainline Street Fighter series when they added Fatal Fury’s Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui to Street Fighter 6. Could we potentially see a reality where a Darkstalkers character like Morrigan also joins the roster? It’s crazy to think that something like that could happen, but it’s starting to seem like a plausible possibility.
Check it all out below:
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— Justin Wong (@JWonggg) March 21, 2025
Source: Event Hubs
