SF4 producer tells Ed Boon: ‘Bring it on!’

Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono has responded to Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon’s recent comment that MKVSDCU will “kick” Street Fighter IV’s “ass” by saying “bring it on!”.

Ono-san issued the rebuke in an interview with VideoGamer.com from Leipzig Games Convention, to be published later today. But he also welcomed the competition, saying that if the Midway published title can convert comic fans to fighting game fans, then “the more the merrier”.

He said: “You know what, if they can turn the comic fan into a fighting genre fan, the more the merrier. If they can kick our ass, so be it, bring it on! We’re in the same team as far as we’re concerned so if they can do it, great.”

The talk rekindles memories from the early Nineties, when Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat were the two biggest games on earth and playground fights centred around which fighter was better.

Currently, Street Fighter IV does not have a console release date, although it is out in Japanese arcades. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is due out for Xbox 360 and PS3 this autumn. You can get all the info you want from these two titles over at our Street Fighter IV game page and Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe game page.

Hopefully it won’t be long before we can settle this classic video game argument once and for all.