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Originally Posted by deecee4

So is it like a co-ownership type of deal? Cause I know he's shown in some of the Capcom art of books as if he is just another Capcom character. And those books dont typically show any of the characters from other companies like Marvel & SNK...other than like 2 pieces with Mai and SNK is given a special thanks credit. No such acknowledgment for Arika, though.
Well, anyway,thanks for the info.

Sorry it's a little murky, long post below but TLDR: Due to how Street Fighter EX was created only Arika would be needed as they outright own the original characters and Fighting EX Layer franchise. To license the Street Fighter EX Logo Capcom would also be needed.

So here's a Polygon article with Arika's President, and namesake in reverse, Akira Nishitani that covers the original deal they made with Capcom.

The gist of it is Akira Nishitani was an influential designer at Capcom, (SFII & Final Fight), that left to form Arika with other Capcom employees in 1995. Their first game was working with Capcom on Street Fighter EX. Due to their prior employment at Capcom they were given the rights to any original characters they created while developing the series.

Capcom owns any of the work produced during that period related to their Street Fighter Universe. They now recognize the characters and their stories in the SFEX series as official cannon in the Street Fighter Universe, but nothing Arika does with the characters outside of it. Even now it's a grey area as to what's mainline cannon or exists as a side story or expanded universe.

I've heard rumors the two companies had a falling out, but can't confirm that. Supposedly that was the issue with the characters not existing in the main universe or acknowledged until SFV as alternate costumes and a few characters are mentioned in Zangief's story (Darun Mister & Pullum). Even now in SF6 the SFEX games aren't listed in the Beat Square area of World Tour Mode with the other Capcom games.

Oddly enough there's actually a female Skullomania in the SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy game as Arika traded for Terry Bogard in their Fighting EX Layer game. I might or might not be a fan of the SFEX series, LOL. I think they're fun to play and have some good music and character art.