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Capcom Fighting Jam's Ingrid and Shenmue's Ryo Hazuki join Project X Zone 2

9/25/2015

Three more characters are confirmed to appear in Project X Zone 2: Brave New World after screenshots of the Korean version of the game leaked out recently.

Ingrid from Capcom Fighting Jam/Evolution joins the cast along with Ryo Hazuki from Shenmue, and Estellise Sidos Heurassein aka Estelle from Tales of Vesperia makes her return to the much-awaited crossover sequel.

Ingrid and Estelle join the game as Solo Units, while it's still unknown whether Ryo will be a Solo Unit as well or he'll be paired with another character, though it's most likely he'll go solo. There is no definite date yet as to when the three characters will be officially introduced.

PXZ2 launches in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS on November 12, and in America and Europe on February 16 and 19 next year, respectively.

Check out the opening theme of Project X Zone 2

9/23/2015

Listen to J-pop artist marina as she sang the opening theme of Project X Zone 2: Brave New World, "Sekai wa Hitotsu no Butai"(The World is One Stage), to close the Bandai Namco Entertainment Special at the Tokyo Game Show. The video also shows glimpses of the intro animation produced by animation studio Graphinica.

Segata Sanshiro (Hiroshi Fujioka) also briefly appeared at the end of the video.

Yuzo Koshiro composed the opening theme, as well as the ending theme, "Tsukiakari no Curtain Call" (Moonlight's Curtain Call), while Monolith Soft's Souichiro Morizumi provided the songs' lyrics. It is not yet known whether the songs will be featured in the game's Western versions or not.

Earlier in that event, Bandai Namco sneak-previewed the recently announced characters Chrom, Lucina, Fiora and KOS-MOS. Read More to see them in action along with the nostalgic Sega Saturn legend.

Project X Zone 2 welcomes characters from Nintendo

9/21/2015

Project X Zone 2: Brave New World will not be just a crossover between Capcom, Sega and Bandai Namco anymore; it has just been revealed at the Tokyo Game Show that Nintendo will now also be represented by three guest characters in this epic crossover!

Chrom and Lucina from Fire Emblem: Awakening join the game as a Pair Unit, as well as Fiora from Xenoblade Chronicles, who pairs up with the returning KOS-MOS from the Xenosaga series.

Fire Emblem: Awakening was developed by Intelligent Systems, while Xenoblade was developed by Monolith Soft, the studio responsible for this colossal collaboration that also made Xenosaga.

PXZ2 is due release in Japan on November 12 in Japan, February 16, 2016 in North America and February 19, 2016 in Europe. There is no word yet regarding the release of the Original Game Sound Edition in the West.

Endnote: Just when I thought this game is already a must-have as it is, things get even better!

Koei Tecmo's Attack on Titan previewed at Tokyo Game Show

9/19/2015

Koei Tecmo Games, the company that brought us the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series, gave a preview of their videogame adaptation of Hajime Isayama's hit anime and manga Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) at the Tokyo Game Show with a new trailer and a live game demonstration.

The game will follow the story as it was told in the anime, and there will also be playable character scenarios and other explorable stages for players' further immersion. The voice actors of the characters in the anime also reprise their roles in the videogame.

Karin makes a royal comeback in Street Fighter V

9/17/2015

Just a week after Capcom revealed Street Fighter V newcomer Rashid at an event in Dubai, they had just revealed a returning character in the game at the Tokyo Game Show.

Karin Kanzuki makes her return in the latest installment in the Street Fighter series, following her fellow Street Fighter ZERO3 alumna Rainbow Mika. She returns to action 11 years after she last appeared in Capcom Fighting Jam in 2011.

Retaining most of her moves from ZERO3, Karin adds a slew of new moves into her fighting style. Among those is a dash move that lets her close in on her opponent for a high-low combo or throw.

Her V-Skill, the Meioken, is a projectile-deflecting palm strike that knocks opponents down when it connects. It is also a chargeable move, that changes its hit and block properties. In her V-Trigger, Kanzuki-Ryu Guren no Kata, Karin gets access to a new move, Guren Ken, which she can follow up with an overhead attack, a low sweep, an aerial throw, a backdash or even more set of strikes to confuse the opponent.

Check out Karin's gameplay trailer below.

TGS 2015 showcases new Project X Zone 2 trailer

9/17/2015

Check out the latest trailer for the much-awaited Nintendo 3DS crossover RPG Project X Zone 2: Brave New World shown at the Tokyo Game Show featuring all the playable characters so far.

The trailer also hypes the game's Original Game Sound Edition that includes original versions of in-game tracks, the classic action-adventure game Adventure of Valkyrie: Legend of the Key of Time featuring Namco X Capcom heroine Xiaomu, a downloadable Project X Zone 2 3DS Home theme, and a special Namco X Capcom 10th Anniversary art by Takuji Kawano that also appears in another downloadable 3DS Home theme included in the package.

The game series featured in the game are enumerated at the end of the trailer, followed by an emphatic "and more," saying that there are more featured series to be revealed in the game until it reaches its Japanese launch date on November 12.

Monolith Soft will also localize and release the game in the American and European regions in early 2016. The Eurpoean release will have English, French, German, Italian and Spanish subtitles.

Masked Pikachu joins Pokkén Tournament

9/16/2015

A wild--er, masked--Pikachu appeared, and it's's joining the Pokkén Tournament!

Masked Pikachu--also known as Pikachu Libre--enters the ring wearing a luchador costume, packing electrifying wrestling moves (The Rock pun intended) to overwhelm the competition. Check out its gameplay trailer and screenshots below.

A separate character from the default Pikachu that uses Mishima-style moves in the game, Masked Pikachu is first seen as one of the five costumes available for Cosplay Pikachu in Pokémon Alpha Ruby and Omega Sapphire. In the said game, it learns a move exclusive to it, the Flying Press.

Pokkén Tournament is already playable in the Japanese arcades, and it is due for a worldwide release for the Nintendo WiiU in spring of 2016. And just today, Masked Pikachu has been made playable in the arcade version.

The King of Fighters XIV is set to burn things up in 2016

9/15/2015

Sony announced at the Tokyo Game Show that a new installment in the hit fighting game series The King of Fighters is currently in the works.

Six years after SNK Playmore released the thirteenth game in the series, The King of Fighters XIV will utilize the graphical capacity of the PlayStation 4, featuring 3D character models while "staying true to its gameplay roots."

Check out the teaser trailer and screenshots below, featuring Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami.

Last month, Dream Cancel reported that Chinese companies Oriental Securities and Shunrong Sanqi formed a joint venture, paying 63.5 million US dollars to acquire 81.25% of the shares of SNK Playmore from its former CEO Eikichi Kawasaki and his wife. The objective of the acquisition is to "follow the Marvel formula"--to further develop and enable SNK Playmore's rich IP library to branch out into different media platforms such as comics, television, movies and other collaborative projects.

And it looks like KOFXIV is just the beginning.

KOFXIV is scheduled for release some time in 2016.

First look at Project X Zone 2's anime intro

9/15/2015

Check out these screenshots from the animated opening movie of Project X Zone 2: Brave New World.

Yasutoshi Iwasaki supervised the production of the game's anime intro by animation studio Graphinica. The game's opening and ending songs, "Sekai wa Hitotsu no Butai" (The World is a Stage) and "Tsukiakari no Curtain Call" (Moonlight's Curtain Call), are both composed by NXC composer Yuzo Koshiro, with lyrics by Monolith Soft's Souichiro Morizumi and performed by marina.

And looking at one of the screenshots, it looks like Nemesis T-Type (Biohazard/Resident Evil) will also return as an enemy unit.

PXZ2, a Nintendo 3DS exclusive, will be released on November 12 in Japan and in early 2016 in North America and Europe.

Street Fighter V introduces Arab newcomer Rashid

9/14/2015

Capcom revealed the second newcomer in Street Fighter V In the recent Games 2015 event in Dubai: his name is Rashid.

Taking a page from Namco Bandai when they designed Shaheen for Tekken 7, Capcom worked closely with Sony and Pluto Games, Capcom's distributor in the Middle East, to come up with Rashid's design. He is the first-ever Arab character to appear in a Street Fighter game since Pullum Purna in Street Fighter EX.

A master of "the turbulent wind," Rashid incorporates the use of whirlwinds and acrobatics in his moveset. He has two V-Skills, the Front Flip and the Rolling Assault, both of which can be followed up with a kicking attack. His V-Trigger, Ysaar, has him launch a whirlwind that damages the opponent who gets close to it. He can also use the whirlwind to further propel his attacks forward.

Check out Rashid's gameplay trailer below.

In addition to the new character reveal, Capcom also announced that SFV will be textually localized in Arabic--a first for a Capcom game--as their way to show appreciation for the Middle Eastern community's support of the series.