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Project X Zone is Coming to North America!
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January 21, 2013, 21:01:37
 
The big cross-over game from Namco, SEGA and Capcom is heading to North America later this year.

IGN has the details.

IGN said:
Good news for fans of Sega, Namco-Bandai, Capcom, and all things mashups, Project X Zone will be getting the localization treatment for North America, Latin America, Europe and Australia. The game is currently slated to release in summer 2013.

Released back in October in Japan, Project X Zone features more than 200 characters across 29 different franchises. It features characters from three different huge Japanese developers, all coming together to brawl in a turn-based strategy/fighting game combination. Yeah, it's a little crazy.

Here's a trailer from the Japanese version, if you need a refresher on just what the heck this game is:


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Posted: 01/21/13, 21:01:37  - Edited by 
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  on: 01/21/13, 21:20:04    
 
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2013: the year of localizations we didn't think would happen, ever.

I don't know what's going on lately, with XSeed/Pandora's Tower and now this. But I like it.


Posted by 
Guillaume
  on: 01/21/13, 21:03:18
Nice! Now just need to hear about Rune Factory 4...


Posted by 
ludist210
  on: 01/21/13, 21:08:30
Is this where we say what game we want to come over that probably isn't coming over?! Rocket Slime 3!

This is pretty neat though.


Posted by 
Zero
  on: 01/21/13, 21:20:53  - Edited by 
Zero
  on: 01/21/13, 21:21:22


Posted by 
roykoopa64
  on: 01/21/13, 21:25:48
Nice, day 1 purchase right here.


Posted by 
deathly_hallows
  on: 01/21/13, 21:31:25
Is this game worth playing if I don't care about any of these characters?


Posted by 
anon_mastermind
  on: 01/21/13, 21:48:31
@anon_mastermind Any!? I sort of didn't recognize most of the Sega and Namco ones, but the Capcom ones are pretty cool.


Posted by 
Zero
  on: 01/21/13, 22:06:37
I think this looks really cool. Now, what is gameplay BETWEEN battles like? Is there like a plot and NPCs to chat with and all that?

Or is it basically just a fighting game with a huuuuuuuuuuge X-over cast?

@Guillaume

This is why I am almost always optimistic about gaming stuff. Seems like "this is never gonna happen!!!" ... "huh. looks like it happened" scenarios happen every year.


Posted by 
Chocobo_Rider
  on: 01/21/13, 22:29:38  - Edited by 
Chocobo_Rider
  on: 01/21/13, 22:31:49
Aha! Awesome! Called it!


Posted by 
Davoid
  on: 01/21/13, 22:38:46
As it really such a big surprise to everyone (except @Davoid) that this game is getting localized? It seemed inevitable to me...so many popular characters in one game!

@NinSage

If this game is going to be similar to Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier, then the between-battle stuff will be typical RPG stuff; walking around and exploring, talking to NPCs, collecting stuff, etc.


Posted by 
GameDadGrant
  on: 01/21/13, 22:45:26  - Edited by 
GameDadGrant
  on: 01/21/13, 22:45:43
@GameDadGrant Yeah, but most of them are very popular in Japan, not quite as much here... other than a few of the Capcom ones. This game feels very very Japanese to me.


Posted by 
Zero
  on: 01/21/13, 23:24:49
@Zero

It's definitely Japanese, no doubt about it. And the Capcom characters are probably the most popular characters in the game. Still, there's a huge amount of other popular characters from stuff like Virtua Fighter, Xenosaga, Tekken, Valkyrie Chronicles and Tales of Vesperia. These games have very big fanbases. Of course, they'll all be outshone by Capcom's characters (Street Fighter, Mega Man, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Dead Rising, etc). But I wouldn't say the other characters aren't popular, or come from obscure franchises or anything like that.

I mean, c'mon man. TEKKEN.


Posted by 
GameDadGrant
  on: 01/21/13, 23:32:39
If they advertise this properly, this could be a HUGE title. Day 1 download right here, folks.


Posted by 
Deerock69
  on: 01/21/13, 23:53:57
@GameDadGrant

Well then that sounds great!

and *ahem* I'm not surprised either. I didn't call it like Davoid but, as I said above, seems the list of games that never happened is always much shorter than the list of games people thought would never happen but did.


Posted by 
Chocobo_Rider
  on: 01/22/13, 00:35:17
I can't really figure out what the gameplay is like, but I may check this game out when it releases.


Posted by 
Mop it up
  on: 01/22/13, 00:39:49
Is that that awesome game where clothes fly off of chicks?

--WHAT IS THIS, DATING THE STACHEMAN: THE GAME!? HEY-OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!


Posted by 
Mr_Mustache
  on: 01/22/13, 00:56:13
Mr_Mustache said:
DATING THE STACHEMAN: THE GAME
Sounds like you have a winner on your hands, do a kickstarter! I'll be a backer!


Posted by 
deathly_hallows
  on: 01/22/13, 01:00:39
@deathly_hallows

HAHA, its just that easy!!!


Posted by 
Mr_Mustache
  on: 01/22/13, 01:03:13
Awesome news!


Posted by 
DeputyVanHalen
  on: 01/22/13, 02:33:17
@NinSage

It could also be a strategy RPG-like game too. They haven't really shown much outside of the over-the-top battles. Search around on YouTube, you'll find some gameplay videos that'll shine a little more light on what the rest of the game might be like. (though most videos do focus on the fighting)


Posted by 
GameDadGrant
  on: 01/22/13, 22:20:59
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