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{{Short description|2003 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos
| image = SNK vs. Capcom - SVC Chaos arcade flyer.jpg
| caption = Japanese Neo Geo AES cover art depicting the characters [[Kyo Kusanagi]] and [[Ryu (Street Fighter)|Ryu]] with art by [[Falcoon]]
| developer = [[SNK Playmore]]<br>[[Code Mystics]] (Windows/Nintendo Switch/PlayStation 4)
| publisher = SNK Playmore<br>[[Ignition Entertainment]]<br />(PlayStation 2/Xbox)
| producer = [[Eikichi Kawasaki]]
| designer = T. Mieno
| programmer = Bok Mannami<br />Cyber Kondo<br />M. Yusuke
| artist = Nona<br />[[Falcoon]]
| composer = Masahiko Hataya<br />Yasumasa Yamada<br />Yasuo Yamate
| series = ''[[SNK vs. Capcom]]''
| platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Neo Geo AES]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[Windows]], [[Nintendo Switch]], [[PlayStation 4]]
| released = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|July 24, 2003}}|'''Arcade'''{{vgrelease|WW|July 24, 2003}} '''Neo Geo AES'''{{vgrelease|NA/JP|November 14, 2003}} '''PlayStation 2'''{{vgrelease|JP|December 23, 2003|EU|April 15, 2005}} '''Xbox'''{{vgrelease|NA|September 28, 2004|JP|October 7, 2004|EU|March 18, 2005|AU|May 13, 2005}} '''Windows'''{{vgrelease|WW|July 20, 2024}}'''Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4'''{{vgrelease|WW|July 22, 2024}}}}
| genre = [[Fighting game|Fighting]]
| modes = {{flatlist|
*[[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
*[[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]}}
| arcade system = [[Neo Geo (system)|Neo Geo MVS]]
}}

{{Nihongo foot|'''''SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos'''''|エス・エヌ・ケイ バーサス カプコン エスブイシー カオス|Esu Enu Kei Bāsasu Kapukon Esbuishī Kaosu|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 2003 [[list of crossovers in video games|crossover]] [[fighting game]] developed and published by [[SNK Playmore]] for the [[Neo Geo (system)|Neo Geo]] arcade and home platform. It was then later ported to the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], although only the Xbox port was released in North America<ref>{{cite web|last=Sheffield|first=Brandon|date=May 16, 2004|url=http://www.insertcredit.com/news/e3_2004/snk/snk_interview.html|title=E3 2004: SNK Interview|publisher=Insert Credit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040610085149/http://www.insertcredit.com/news/e3_2004/snk/snk_interview.html|archive-date=June 10, 2004|url-status=dead|access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> and both platforms were released in Japan and PAL regions.

It was the third arcade game in a series of crossovers between the two companies (see ''[[SNK vs. Capcom]]'' series) and the second developed by SNK (SNK previously produced ''[[SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium]]'' for the [[Neo Geo Pocket Color]]).

The Xbox port of the game includes online multiplayer. While Xbox Live for the original Xbox was discontinued in 2010, ''SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos'' is now playable online using the replacement Xbox Live servers called [[Insignia (Xbox)|Insignia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Insignia - SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos |url=https://insignia.live/games/534e0001 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=insignia.live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Xbox |first=Pure |date=2022-12-21 |title=Xbox Live 1.0 Replacement Adds More Supported Titles, 40 Games Now Playable |url=https://www.purexbox.com/news/2022/12/xbox-live-1-0-replacement-adds-more-supported-titles-40-games-now-playable |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Pure Xbox |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The game was re-released in July 2024 for [[Nintendo Switch]], [[PlayStation 4]], and PC via [[Steam (service)|Steam]] and [[GOG.com]], adding online rollback netcode from [[Code Mystics]] and an in-game gallery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fanelli |first=Jason |date=July 20, 2024 |title=SVC Chaos Gets Steam Re-Release, Console Versions Coming Soon |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/svc-chaos-gets-steam-re-release-console-versions-coming-soon/1100-6525135/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813011002/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/svc-chaos-gets-steam-re-release-console-versions-coming-soon/1100-6525135/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Gameplay ==
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[[File:NEOGEO SNK vs. Capcom - SVC Chaos (SVC Chaos - SNK vs. Capcom).png|thumb|left|Arcade version screenshot of a match between [[Kyo Kusanagi|Kyo]] and [[Ryu (Street Fighter)|Ryu]]]]
The gameplay is based on the ''KOF'' series (particularly ''[[The King of Fighters 2002]]''), with the same four button configuration and many of the same techniques. However, the game does not use the Team Battle format, but follows the traditional round-based one-on-one format. Each match begins with a dialogue exchange between the player's character and the opponent. One new technique introduced in the game is the Front Grand Step, which allows the player to cancel attacks with a forward dash. The player can perform this technique while guarding from an opponent's attack, which will consume one Power Gauge level.

The game uses a different type of Power Gauge known as the Groove Power Gauge System, which has three levels. The Groove gauge fills as the player lands attacks against the opponents or guard attacks. When the gauge fills to Lv. 1 or Lv. 2, the player can perform Super Special Moves, a Guard Cancel Attack or a Guard Cancel Front Step maneuver. When the gauge is full, its reaches MAXIMUM level and a MAX Activation occurs. During MAX Activation, the gauge will change into a timer and the player gains the ability to cancel any of their moves anytime (in addition to Super Special Moves and Guard Cancels). Once the timer runs out, the gauge returns to Lv. 2.

In addition to the regular Super Special Move, each character also has an 'Exceed' move which can only be performed once when the player's life is less than half.

== Characters ==
This [[crossover (fiction)|crossover]] features a total of 24 standard fighters, plus 12 boss characters for a total of 36. These characters are drawn primarily from both SNK and [[Capcom]]'s respective fighting game sequels such as ''[[The King of Fighters '96]]'' and ''[[Super Street Fighter II Turbo]]'', alongside additional character appearances from ''[[Samurai Shodown (series)|Samurai Shodown]]'', ''[[Art of Fighting]]'', ''[[Metal Slug 2]]'', ''[[Athena (video game)|Athena]]'', ''[[Darkstalkers]]'', ''[[Final Fight (video game)|Final Fight]]'', ''[[Mega Man Zero (video game)|Mega Man Zero]]'', ''[[Ghosts 'n Goblins]]'', and ''[[Red Earth (video game)|Red Earth]]''. Most of the boss characters are normally inaccessible and require the use of [[cheat code]]s to become playable, while two of the bosses, Athena and Red Arremer, are fully inaccessible in the arcade and AES releases, and can only be unlocked in the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of the game. All 36 characters are immediately accessible in the 2024 release. Original characters from this game  Violent Ken (based on his brainwashed state from ''[[Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie]]'') and Serious Mr. Karate (based on original Mr. Karate's first appearance in ''Art of Fighting'') were later being introduced to the main canon games ''[[Ultra Street Fighter II]]'' and ''[[The King of Fighters XIII]]'' respectively.

=== SNK characters ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* [[Athena (video game)|Athena]]{{efn|name=boss}}
* [[List of The King of Fighters characters#Kim Team|Choi Bounge]]
* [[Samurai Shodown (1993 video game)|Earthquake]]
* [[Geese Howard]]{{efn|name=boss}}
* [[Samurai Shodown II#Characters|Genjuro Kibagami]]
* [[List of The King of Fighters characters#Goenitz|Goenitz]]{{efn|name=boss}}
* [[Iori Yagami]]
* [[Art of Fighting#Kasumi Todoh|Kasumi Todoh]]
* [[Kim Kaphwan]]
* [[Kyo Kusanagi]]
* [[Mai Shiranui]]
* [[Metal Slug#Plot|Mars People]]{{efn|name=boss}}
* [[Art of Fighting#Takuma Sakazaki|Mr. Karate]]
* Orochi Iori{{efn|name=boss}}
* [[Ryo Sakazaki]]
* [[Samurai Shodown 64|Shiki]]
* Serious Mr. Karate{{efn|name=boss}}
* [[Terry Bogard]]
}}

=== Capcom characters ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* [[Akuma (Street Fighter)|Akuma]]
* [[Balrog (Street Fighter)|Balrog]]
* [[Chun-Li]]
* [[Dan Hibiki]]{{efn|name=boss|Boss character}}
* [[Demitri Maximoff]]{{efn|name=boss}}
* [[Dhalsim]]
* [[Guile (Street Fighter)|Guile]]
* [[List of Street Fighter characters#Hugo|Hugo]]
* [[Ken Masters]]
* [[M. Bison]]
* [[Ghosts 'n Goblins|Red Arremer]]{{efn|name=boss}}
* [[Ryu (Street Fighter)|Ryu]]
* [[Sagat (Street Fighter)|Sagat]]
* Shin Akuma{{efn|name=boss}}
* [[Red Earth (video game)|Tessa]]
* [[Vega (Street Fighter)|Vega]]
* Violent Ken{{efn|name=boss}}
* [[Zero (Mega Man)|Zero]]{{efn|name=boss}}
}}

== Reception ==
{{Video game reviews
| PS2 = true
| XBOX = true
| PS4 = true
| na = true
| GR_PS2 = 64%<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/919014-svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom/index.html |title=SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom for PlayStation 2 |work=[[GameRankings]] |access-date=December 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209014354/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/919014-svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom/index.html |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| GR_XBOX = 58%<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/919647-svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom/index.html |title=SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom for Xbox |work=[[GameRankings]] |access-date=December 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209015259/https://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/919647-svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom/index.html |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| MC_PS2 = 56/100<ref name=MCPS2>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/svcchaossnkvscapcom |title=SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom (ps2: 2003): Reviews [mislabeled as "2004"] |work=[[Metacritic]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913121643/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/svcchaossnkvscapcom |archive-date=September 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref>
| MC_XBOX = 57/100<ref name=MCXB>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox |title=SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom for Xbox Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=December 29, 2016 |archive-date=January 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117035639/http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom |url-status=live }}</ref>
| MC_PS4 = 64/100<ref name=MCPS4>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4 |title=SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom for Playstation 4 Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=January 29, 2025}}</ref>
| 1UP_XBOX = 30%<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3135550&did=1 |title=SVC Chaos: SNK Vs. Capcom Review from 1UP.com |access-date=2017-07-30 |archive-date=2010-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105092706/http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3135550&did=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| EGM_XBOX = 5/10<ref>{{cite magazine|author=EGM staff |title=SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom (Xbox) |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |issue=186 |date=December 25, 2004 |page=126}}</ref>
| Fam_PS2 = 25/40<ref name=Fam>{{cite magazine|language=ja|title=エス・エヌ・ケイ バーサス カプコン エスブイシー カオス (PS2) |magazine=[[Famitsu]] |issue=785 |date=January 1, 2004}}</ref>
| GI_XBOX = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine|title=SNK vs. Capcom SVC Chaos (Xbox) |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |issue=139 |date=November 2004 |page=163}}</ref>
| GSpot_XBOX = 6.3/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Kasavin |first=Greg |date=October 11, 2004 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom-review/1900-6110244/ |title=SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom Review (Xbox) |work=[[GameSpot]] |accessdate=December 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301063616/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom-review/1900-6110244/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpy_XBOX = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Maragos |first=Nich |date=October 27, 2004 |url=http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/snk-vs-capcom-svc-chaos/561033p1.html |title=GameSpy: SvC [sic] Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom (Xbox) |work=[[GameSpy]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227015329/http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/snk-vs-capcom-svc-chaos/561033p1.html |archive-date=December 27, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref>
| GTM_PS2 = 60%
| GameZone_XBOX = 7.8/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Aceinet |date=October 21, 2004 |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/snk_vs_capcom_svc_chaos_xb_review |title=SNK vs. Capcom: SNK Chaos - XB - Review |work=GameZone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125222859/http://xbox.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r23030.htm |archive-date=January 25, 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref>
| IGN_XBOX = 6/10<ref name=IGN>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Douglass C. |date=October 8, 2004 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/10/09/svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom |title=SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom (Xbox) |work=[[IGN]] |accessdate=December 29, 2016 |archive-date=April 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420205934/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/10/09/svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom |url-status=live }}</ref>
| OXM_XBOX = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine|title=SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom |last=Amrich|first=Dan|magazine=[[Official Xbox Magazine]]|publisher=[[Future Publishing]] |date=December 2004|issue=38|url= https://archive.org/stream/OXM_2004_12-web#page/n30/mode/1up|page=90|accessdate=October 15, 2017}}</ref>
| PALGN_XBOX = 4/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Sell |first=Chris |date=March 20, 2005 |url=http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=1990 |title=SNK Vs Capcom - SVC Chaos Review (Xbox) |work=PALGN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323064924/http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=1990 |archive-date=March 23, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref>
| Play_PS2 = 67%<ref>Oct 2004, p.77</ref>
| TX_XBOX = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Soboleski |first=Brent |date=October 12, 2004 |url=http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/814/SVC-Chaos-SNK-vs-Capcom/p1 |title=SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom Review (Xbox) |work=[[TeamXbox]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308160526/http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/814/SVC-Chaos-SNK-vs-Capcom/p1 |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref>
}}

''SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos'' has received mixed reception, such as the rushed and bland presentation of the game (as seen in stages with very few colors and devoid of "life"), and the low resolution of the Neo Geo (320 × 240) made the game's visuals considerably rough considering the game's 2003 release. The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "mixed" reviews according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MCPS2/><ref name=MCXB/>  In Japan, ''[[Famitsu]]'' gave the PS2 version a score of three sixes and one seven for a total of 25 out of 40.<ref name=Fam/>

In 2012, ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' ranked it as the 14th best SNK fighting game ever made, adding that "the game’s secret characters (Firebrand, Mars People, Zero, etc.) had to be the best part about this game," as well as newly animated sprites (Demitri, Earthquake, Tessa, etc.) But it was also criticized by others due to the lack of certain "token" characters (like [[Samurai Shodown|Haohmaru]], [[List of The King of Fighters characters#Japan Team|Benimaru]], [[Zangief]], etc.), and the omission of the selectable fighting styles called "Groove Systems" all showcased by Capcom, instead featuring only one-on-one modes with extended vital gauges, not giving any choice to players who favored other styles, even those created by SNK itself.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Elton |date=September 18, 2012 |url=http://www.complex.com/video-games/2012/09/the-25-best-snk-fighting-games-ever-made/snk-vs-capcom-svc-chaos |title=The 25 Best SNK Fighting Games Ever Made (14. SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos) |magazine=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]}}</ref>

{{Clear}}

== Merchandise ==
An eight-volume graphic novel series of translated Chinese manhua was published in the U.S. by DrMaster Publications Inc., originally created by Happy Comics Ltd. Unlike the game, which lacks a plot for the most part, the manhua has its own one where, following a cataclysmic event, all life on the planet has been wiped out. In [[purgatory]], a group of fighters are drawn into a tournament by [[Athena (video game)|Athena]] and [[Ghosts 'n Goblins|Red Arremer]], avatars for the forces of Order and Chaos, who promise that the winner will receive one wish. Now the fighters compete to win the tournament and have their wish granted, with the fate of all life hanging in the balance.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.snk-corp.co.jp/us/games/svc/}}
* [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/arcade/577829-svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom ''SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos''] at [[GameFAQs]]
* [https://www.giantbomb.com/svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom/3030-8521/ ''SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos''] at [[Giant Bomb]]
* [https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=11366 ''SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos''] at [[Killer List of Videogames]]
* [https://www.mobygames.com/game/svc-chaos-snk-vs-capcom ''SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos''] at [[MobyGames]]

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