Project X Zone Announced As 3DS Namco, Sega & Capcom Project

13 April 2012

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Posted by:Ferry Groenendijk

The Sega x Capcom x Namco Bandai Mystery Project has been revealed! The developers announced their characters will appear together in the Nintendo 3DS-exclusive Project X Zone. It’s a strategy RPG with fighting scenes!

During the fighting sequences, two characters from each developer studio will fight in teams. According to Famitsu magazine the game is 50% done and set for a 2012 release in Japan. No Western releases were mentioned.

Here are the so far revealed characters pairs:

Not all characters in the game have been announced. The game will also feature hidden characters to unlock.

Capcom
* Ryu & Ken (Street Fighter 0) have Shoryuken and other fighting moves,
* X and Zero (Mega Man) have X Buster and Z Saber moves,
* Demitri and Dante (Darkstalkers and 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 and Touma (Space Channel 5 and Shining Force EXA) has a Tension Blaster move.

Namco Bandai
* Sanger Somvold (Super Robot Wars),
* Jin and Ling Xiaoyu (Tekken),
* Kos-Mos and T-elos (Xenosaga),
* Yurie and Estel (Tales of Vesperia),
* Kaito and Black Rose (.hack).

This isn’t a sequel to the previous crossover strategy RPG, Namco x Capcom on PS2, but instead an all-new title. All the same, take a look at some Namco x Capcom gameplay.

Update: Here’s the first trailer for Project X Zone.

Translation by Andriasang.

Oh and in case you were wondering, it’s pronounced Project Cross Zone.

Do you think Project X Zone will be released outside Japan?