Namco v. Capcom RPG announced <not 56k friendly >
 

This look very interesting! The fighting game cannot be that far behind this...


http://news.spong.com/x?art=8266

Imagine a very Japanese thing. Like, um, a complex neon-lit vending machine full of sexually-themed sushi. Quite Japanese, you may think. Perhaps you imagined the sun setting behind Mount Fuji, content that you had thought of the most Japanese thing possible.

Well, you’d be wrong, as you begin to comprehend Namco Vs Capcom, a strategy RPG based around the international language of fighting and revenge! Really, the game is in development, 70% complete in fact, and is underway for the PlayStation 2.

The character list confirmed thus far reads:

Namco:
Xenosaga Ep1: Characters include Kos-Mos
Soul Calibur 2: Characters include Mitsurugi Heishiro
Tales of Destiny: Characters include Stahn Auron, Rudee Katred
Legend of Valkyrie: Characters include Valkyrie
Wondermomo: Characters include Wondermomo
Beraboman: Characters include Beraboman
Tekken: Characters include Jin Kazuma and others

Capcom:
DarkStalkers: Characters include Dimitri, Morrigan (Same old sprite folks) Phobos, Zeble
Strider: Characters include Hiryu
Street Fighter: Characters include Ryu, Chun Li, Vega
Ghost and Goblins: Characters include Arthur, Goblin, Death
Gun Survivor 4: Characters include Bruce McGaven
Dino Crisis: Characters include Regina

As to exactly what gameplay is on offer, well that’s not quite nailed down at time of going to press. There is certainly classic RPG marching about on a quest-type stuff, and we can see from the scans (check our forum below) that there are fighting scenes. However, as to whether these blend seamlessly with any kind of tap-forward-quarter-circle dragon punch stuff remains unclear.

Anyway, the game is a PlayStation 2 exclusive right now, and is being developed by Monolith, for publication by Namco in Japan later this year. As soon as there’s more, we’ll let you have it. And in the meantime, no-one mention Sammy Vs Capcom. Okay?

http://ranobe.com/up/updata/up21353.jpg
http://www.uploda.org/file/uporg35688.jpg http://www.uploda.org/file/uporg35689.jpg

:thumbsup: Vega

Stan :drool:
Rutee :drool:
Valkyrie :drool:
Klonoa :drool:
Wonder Momo :drool:

Man that's just nuts, but awesome at the same time.

This is a strategy rpg like front mission/fire emblem I think from some of the newer screens I've seen, I thought it was a fighting game at first.