In the next chapter of strange video game crossovers, Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the greatest football players of all time, will seemingly be a character in SNK's upcoming Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves fighting game.
Playing Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves for a preview was a throwback to the golden age of fighting games.
No, we're not joking, either.
The legendary Portuguese football icon took to Twitter early on Saturday to share a teaser of his involvement in the fighting game. That teaser specifically takes place on a football pitch, references Ronaldo's "CR7" moniker and has the tagline, "A Legendary Player Joins A Legendary Game."
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That teaser would seemingly make Ronaldo's involvement with the game more than just a one-time advertisement.
On the surface, Ronaldo in an SNK fighting game sounds like the strangest type of collaboration one could even think of. It's certainly up there with PlayStation'sUncharted 3 collaborating with U.S.-based sandwich chain Subway, or Death Stranding partnering with Monster energy drinks.
That said, Ronaldo in an SNK title actually makes sense. In case you weren't aware, SNK is owned by the MiSK Foundation, or the Mohammed bin Salman Foundation, a...
