X-Men: Apocalypse announced that Singer would direct the film. Singer has called the film "kind of a conclusion of six X-Men films, yet a potential rebirth of younger, newer characters" and the "true birth of the X-Men". Singer said that Apocalypse is the main focus of the film. Kinberg said that the younger versions of Scott Summers, Storm, and Jean Grey appearing in the film are "as much a part of the film as the main cast". He described Summers as "not yet the squeaky-clean leader", Storm as a "troubled character who is going down the wrong path in life", and Grey
X-Men vs. Street Fighter characters' appearances from the 1990s animated "X-Men" television series, complete with the original voice actors. The "Street Fighter" character sprites are reused from "Street Fighter Alpha 2". Similar to his secret guest appearance in "Children of the Atom", Akuma appears as a hidden character in "X-Men vs. Street Fighter". In order to create a level playing field between the cast of "Street Fighter" and the "X-Men" series' superheroes and supervillains, the "Street Fighter" characters were re-imagined with highly exaggerated versions of their special moves. For example, Ryu comes equipped with a "super Hadouken" that fills the entire screen. "X-Men vs.