Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui will be guest starring in Street Fighter 6 Season 2 (alongside M. Bison and Elena). Notably, this is the first time for third party guests in Street Fighter.
How did this all come to be in the first place? As highlighted by Renz, it would seem that Street Fighter 6 Director Takayuki Nakayama and Producer Shuhei Matsumoto themselves are big fans of SNK fighting games.
Back in November 2022, before Street Fighter 6 was released, Nakayama and Matsumoto sat down for a rapid fire interview with Game Informer where they were asked 118 questions in about 17 minutes. A few interesting topics came up during this segment.
“What’s your favorite crossover game that involves Street Fighter?” asked Game Informer.
“Probably Capcom vs. SNK 2,” responded Nakayama.
Notably, this was a game developed and released by Capcom back in 2001. In recent years, there’s been some speculation about the possibility of Capcom vs. SNK 3, but this has yet to come to fruition.
A little later in the interview, Game Informer would ask about which fighting games Nakayama and Matsumoto liked playing.
“Do you have a favorite fighting game besides Street Fighter?” inquired Game Informer.
“Definitely,” responded Nakayama. “I’m a fan of Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers, and I just played it yesterday.”
“Actually, I just played King of Fighters ’97 the other day,” chimed in Matsumoto.
This certainly provides us with a little insight as to how the conversation for Terry Bogard and Mai Shairanui appearing in Street Fighter 6 may have potentially started. Of course, nobody could’ve guessed back then what this meant for Street Fighter 6 in the future.
