Street Fighter X Tekken is a crossover of the two Japanese fighting game series Tekken and Street Fighter . It is made as a 2D Street Fighter game with the series' trademark mechanics, but incorporating licensed characters from the Tekken series.
The game uses the visual style introduced with Street Fighter IV and incorporates core moves such as Super Combos and EX Attacks. The focus is largely on tag team gameplay where players can quickly switch between characters during a fight and also alternate between characters during complex combos. These attacks are called Cross Rush, Cross Arts and Cross Assault. In the same vein victory conditions imply that the first player to have a character with zero health loses, opposed to having the entire team defeated.
Gameplay is where Street Fighter X Tekken truly shines. Most of the special attacks are performed by filling up a three-tier Cross Gauge to activate them. Street Fighter characters use the classic six-button system while Tekken characters rely more on a four-button system used in that series. The game also introduces two new systems: the gem system and Pandora mode. Players can select three gems for the characters, boosting their statistics, or activate Pandora mode to sacrifice one character to make another stronger.
The game is available on the PlayStation 3 console and was released on March 6 , 2012 . Both local and online multiplayer are supported in various game modes, making it a great option for fans of fighting games.