New Project X Zone 3DS Trailer Shows Gameplay of Capcom+Namco+Sega Strategy RPG

Ryu and Ken put the hurt on in Project X Zone!

The tactical RPG Project X Zone was earlier revealed to be an all-new strategy role-playing game developed by Namco Bandai that features an insane crossover with both Capcom and Sega characters!

All three companies are involved, and the game features some of your favorite characters from each… As well as many obscure characters that aren’t recognizable to Westerners (although Capcom’s side sure is!). If you don’t know anything about the game, click the game name above to read my previous write-up on the title.

Resident Evil stars Chris & Jill serve the pain on a Tyrant in Project X Zone (3DS)!

However before, we didn’t know what the game would actually play like or what it even looked like… Until now! As you will see below, the game features insane fighting-game style battles… or at least animations that take place after you’ve attacked with your characters in the strategy portion… As that portion of the game wasn’t shown. But what IS shown is awesome and makes you bleed for an actual fighting game starring all these characters!

Thanks to the Japanese Nintendo Direct conference, we finally have a solid look at this insane project… AND BOY DOES IT LOOK EPIC!

Sit tight, grab some popcorn, and enjoy this awesome Project X Zone Trailer!

Sadly there still has been no word on whether this game will be released outside of Japan, but hopefully we’ll hear something at E3 2012 in June! Gotta love the chibby look of the characters! ^_^

 

Project X Zone Revealed As Joint Sega-Namco-Capcom Strategy RPG for 3DS

A look at the character you can expect in Namco+Capcom+Sega's 3DS Project X Zone strategy RPG

A while back, a joint-project rocked the videogame world, when it was revealed that Namco, Capcom and Sega were working on an exclusive 3DS title! As the line-up of developers is unlike any collaboration ever seen before, players were suitably excited.

However, there had previously been a somewhat similar game called Namco x Capcom (pronounced Namco Cross Capcom) which was a strategy RPG for the PlayStation 2 that mixed odd characters from the many popular series of both publishers. Sadly, that game was so obscure that it never recieved a Western localization (yet).

Now what many players feared has come to pass. It turns out that “Project X Zone” (final name apparently), the joint project between Sega, Capcom and Namco, is INDEED a spiritual sequel of sorts to the Japan-only “Namco x Capcom”. And like that game, this one too is a Strategy RPG ala Disgaea or Final Fantasy Tactics. Sadly, this means that we MAY never see Project X Zone released in the West. Although since it is a 3DS game, and Nintendo is trying its damndest to get as many 3DS titles released as possible, and given that this game comes in the wake of the localization of extremely Japanese titles like Tatsunoko vs Capcom and Pokemon Conquest, games never-before expected to come stateside, then one can hope that we’ll also get this new game regardless of how niche it is.

Project X Zone includes many obscure characters that American gamers are most-likely not familiar with, which is one of the problems with localizing a game like this. Although an argument can be made that Western gamers are more familiar with Japanese characters than ever before thanks to the popularity of Japanese anime and manga worldwide and the fans that live and breath it, and many who import or play online versions of Japanese games.