Destiny 2 x Street Fighter Collab Explained

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Destiny 2 x Street Fighter Collab Explained



For over seven years, Destiny 2 has evolved and expanded its entertainment prowess exponentially over the years, particularly in terms of collaborations with other companies and properties. This history of Destiny 2 crossovers first began in 2022 with skins of iconic Guardians appearing in Fortnite and armor sets inspired by Drift, Black Knight, and Omega brought over to the MMO. Since then, Destiny 2 has gone to crossover with Fall Guys, Assassin’s Creed, God of War, Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us, The Witcher, Mass Effect, and For Honor. Bungie is continuing this crossover trend within Destiny 2’s Revenant Act 2 with an upcoming collaboration with Capcom’s Street Fighter franchise on November 19.



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Every Feature of Destiny 2’s Street Fighter Crossover

In a recent Destiny 2 developer livestream, Bungie’s Global Community Lead Dylan Gafner (30:27) announced multiple new Street Fighter cosmetics coming to the MMO as a tie-in with the latest Street Fighter game, Street Fighter 6. The first items revealed were a set of three new shells for Guardian’s Ghosts, including a shell based on Ryu, a shell based on Chun-Li, and a shell based on Cammy. Gafner then showcased two Guardians wearing a green helmet ornament based on Blanka. The Blanka hamlet ornament can be worn by all three classes of Guardians, including Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks.


Several new Street Fighter-inspired holographic emotes will be added to Destiny 2 as well. One emote, based on bonus Street Fighter stages where players typically beat up cars, has a Guardian beat up a soda vending machine instead, complete with a closing shoryuken uppercut. Another emote has two Guardians reenact a fight between Ryu and Blanka, including holographic health bars that appear above each Guardian. Three new Street Fighter-themed legendary finishers will be added to Destiny 2, including the iconic hadoken, lightning kick, and spinning bird kick. While Destiny 2 marketing claims that more Street Fighter-themed cosmetics will be released on November 19th, no other Street Fighter attire or content has been revealed yet.


Destiny 2’s Other Revenant Act 2 Crossover

On top of all the Street Fighter-inspired cosmetics coming to Destiny 2, Gafner announced that the MMO will cross over with another popular aesthetic as a part of Revenant Act 2: Japanese Doki Doki styles. While some gamers may have thought this was a collaboration with the popular psychological horror visual novel game Doki Doki Literature Club!, Gafner nor the cosmetics themselves made no connection to the 2017 game. Instead, several new Hunter, Titan, and Warlock ornaments based on typical Doki Doki school uniforms, dresses, skirts, and bows will be made available. Additionally, Guardians will be able to acquire fun emotes such as a now iconic dance, first originating from the intro sequence of the 2003 anime Popotan.

The Potential Impact of Destiny 2’s Street Fighter Collab


Over Street Fighter 6’s 17-month-long lifespan, the 2D fighting game has crossed over with numerous games, books, and television series. This first began in August 2023, when Street Fighter 6 collaborated with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and allowed players to purchase various TMNT-themed themed costumes, accessories, emotes, and stamps. However, unlike Injustice 2, the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo, were not playable in Street Fighter 6. Since then, Street Fighter 6 has crossovered with fellow Capcom games Final Fight and Mega Man, as well as the manga and anime series Spy X Family.

There currently aren’t plans to incorporate Destiny 2 elements in Street fighter 6. However, Bungie and Capcom could work together to include some cosmetics based on popular Guardians in the fighting game. Similar to the crossovers with Fortnite, For Honor, and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Bungie could allow Capcom to include costumes of Zavala, Ikora Rey, Cayde-6, Saint-14, Lord Shaxx, and the Exo Stranger in Street Fighter 6. If the current collaboration between the two games proves to be popular, Capcom could incorporate more armor based on iconic Street Fighter heroes and villains in a future Destiny 2 event, such as Guile, Ken, M. Bison, and Gill.


While
Street Fighter 5
collaborated with multiple franchises,
Destiny 1
did not cross over with any other pop culture franchises.

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