Day 21 #RPGaDay2023 Favourite LICENSED RPG
Another day with a wealth of answers! When two companies exchange IP, magic can happen. Capcom’s deal with old #WhiteWolf resulted in the brilliant #StreetFighter RPG, whilst Capcom had their #Darkstalkers games. Darkstalkers is not the #WorldofDarkness (WoD), but they did use the name and company logo for Vampire Savior: World of Darkness. An interesting version, not matched until Monte Cook’s fascinating take on the WoD.
1/4
If both companies had not been doing so well, and thus understandably focused on their big money earners, then who knows what could have been made?! Maybe the RPG aspect of SF6 would have happened decades earlier and we’d have had other big licenses tied in to SFRPG. The initial talks at White Wolf had included focusing on #MortalKombat instead. Another what if. Considering how much money old White Wolf had access to for a while, maybe other big licenses could have resulted in a 2/4
multi-reality setting, which the arcade fighters certainly explored.
The variety of fan made products is amazing, especially for what most would consider a niche RPG. Of course Darkstalkers, but also TMNT, Batman, #KingofFighters, Mortal Kombat, Jackie Chan, #DoubleDragon, and more. 3/4