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Sorry D Mac, but Kalyx is right on this.
MK only just dug itself out of the hole it's been in since MK Trilogy by going back to 2D gameplay. I was actually pretty surprised by how good the current MK actually is. Still not quite where I'd like to see it, but it's a huge step forward for the series. In other words, they're not ready to be crossing over with anyone else till they've improved their engine more.
Even if they ever reach a point where it's doable, it has to be crossed over with an engine similar enough to get over technical issues (like conflicting button layouts, which would be a pretty big problem with SC, or even building a new engine all together, which is expensive considering MK's recent money woes). The other problem is that the other game engine also has to be different enough to warrant fan interest. Otherwise why bother? It's a pretty big tight rope.
SF vs Tekken I can understand because it's the biggest 2D fighter vs the biggest 3D fighter. Both series are owned by massive companies with tens (possibly hundreds) of millions of dollars to throw at developing a new engine each.
Capcom vs SNK I can also understand because 2 of the longest running 2D fighter companies settled their differences and let fans decide the winner of their rivalry by making a game each... twice. It was also considerably cheaper than SF/Tekken because they both used 2D sprites instead of 3D models at the time. And the funny (unrelated) thing is that even through all the bullshit over the years (Capcom stealing the super bar concept, SNK ripping off Ken and Ryu), when they made the games they respected each other's characters and did them justice.
This is quickly turning into a tl;dr but the point is that the engines are too different and there is no real fan demand to make any of this happen. Fan demand is everything rn. It led to SF4, it led to MvC3, it led to the SF/Tekken crossovers and it led to MK getting the overhaul it really needed. So if you wanna see it, you gotta sell a few million people on it and then they have to sell the developers on it.
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