Electronic Gaming Monthly has posted a huge interview with Capcom’s Seth Killian. Seriously, it’s massive, like really long. And you know what that means? Lots and lots of info and thought from Capcom’s special fighting advisor. Here’s a bit:

EGM: My feeling, however, is it’s sort of like that old L Cool J statement: “Don’t call it a comeback / I’ve been here for years.” I think fighting games never really left; they’ve always been here.

Seth Killian: It’s interesting, because I’ve been playing since basically the beginning of Street Fighter II, and have even travelled around the world to play fighting games. So I’ve been playing and organizing events all of the way through what we call the “dark ages” of fighting games. After the Street Fighter boom had sort of cooled off—and by the end of the Street Fighter III 3rd Strike era around 2000~2002—fighting games had really slowed down. There were a lot less releases, they were less successful—overall a lot of companies moved away from the business in some respects. Namco was still releasing fighting games and having some success, but Capcom was releasing far fewer titles basically up until Street Fighter IV.

Head over to EGM to read the rest.