X-Men: The End praised the scenes featuring Storm as the most compelling, despite not having been a particularly avid fan of that character, and the artwork, saying that the pencils, coloring and storytelling were "all on target", but criticized other aspects of the book, including the characterization, the pacing of the action scenes, and the story, which he felt was neither original nor complete, lacked character insight, and did not serve as a worthy finale to the X-Men. According to one interview with Chris Claremont, "GeNext" is supposed to take place 10 years after the events of "X-Men: The End", although as the
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.