Project X Zone Confirmed

[Blizz]

That collaborative thing Sega, Capcom and Namco Bandai are working on? It's called Project X Zone.

www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/37201/project-x-zone-is-capcom-sega-and-namcos-new-3ds-game/

The 3DS game from Capcom, Sega and Namco Bandai has been revealed. Called Project X Zone, it's a strategy RPG featuring characters from famous series such as Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Virtua Fighter and more.

Set for release in Japan in 2012, Japanese magazine Famitsu has revealed some Project X Zone characters and has confirmed that they will fight in pairs. So you could have the likes of Jill and Chris from Resident Evil facing off against Jin and Ling Xiaoyu from Tekken, for example..

Although this is only a partial list of characters, fans of Capcom games will be pleased as Project X Zone features some of their most famous faces, including X and Zero from Mega Man, Dante from Devil May Cry and Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter.

Sega characters include the stars of Virtua Fighter and Space Channel 5 while Namco Bandai's include Tekken fighters plus two from Tales Of Vesperia.

As for their moves. Ryu and Ken have their Shoryuken and other fighting moves. X and Zero can call upon the X Buster and Z Saber while Ulala has a Tension Blaster move.
More characters will be confirmed at a later date and there are some hidden ones (fingers crossed for Sonic!). Here's the list of confirmed characters so far:

Capcom:

Ryu & Ken (Street Fighter)

X and Zero (Mega Man)

Demitri (Darkstalkers)

Dante (Devil May Cry)

Chris and Jill (Resident Evil)

SEGA

Shinguji Sakura and Ogami Ichiro (Sakura Wars)

Pai and Akira (Virtua Fighter)

Kurt and Riela (Valkyria Chronicles)

Ulala (Space Channel 5)

Touma (Shining Force EXA)

Namco Bandai

Sanger Somvold (Super Robot Wars)

Jin and Ling Xiaoyu (Tekken)

Kos-Mos and T-elos (Xenosaga)

Yurie and Estelle (Tales of Vesperia)

Kaito and Black Rose (.hack)

Thoughts?

[Samface]

Seriously, it's like they peered into my brain and invented my perfect game.

(Well, I'm not that bothered about the announced Namco characters but if they chuck in a Soul Calibur fellow or two I'll be well made up. Or Pac-Man!)

[madhair60]

So it's Namco X Capcom 2. Cool.

No Western release, ever.

[Blizz]

Screenshots!

[Samface]

Ooh, purdy.

/contribution

[Devo DrakeFox]

Crossover games such as this rarely make it to our shores, so I'm not holding my breath. If it does make it here, though, I'll give it a look as it'll probably be one of those rare titles that seem to vanish from existence not long after release.

[Juliett. Bravo. Alfa.]

I'm now thinking of what could have been.

Christ, I'd even take a kart racer over this.

/sulking

[ShayMay]

I was like "yeah so what" but then I thought of Zero and Yuri Lowell fighting together and had a bit of a fanboy moment.

[Beeth]

Yawn....



That's not an expression of boredom, that's a suggestion to include the titular boss monster from Resident Evil.


Then again, I'm not all that interested really.