What do Capcom, Sega, Bandai-Namco, and Nintendo all have in common? They all lend characters from some of their most popular franchises to team up in the mega-crossover, Project X Zone 2.
[Spoiler Warning: One of these character portraits—taken from the Project X Zone 2 official site—is basically a spoiler for their parent game (which came out in 2010). You have been warned.]
Capcom
Ace Attorney
Phoenix Wright and Maya Fey (Both together count as one solo unit)
Captain Commando
Captain Commando (Solo)
Darkstalkers
Demitri Maximoff and Morrigan Aensland (Pair), Felicia (Solo)
Devil May Cry
Mega Man X
Resident Evil
Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine (Pair), Leon S. Kennedy (Solo)
Star Gladiator
June Lin Milliam (Solo)
Street Fighter
Ryu and Ken Masters (Pair), Ingrid (Solo), Chun-Li (Pair with Ling Xiaoyu)
Strider
Strider Hiryu (Paired with Hotsuma)
Sega
Nightshade
Hibana (Solo)
Resonance of Fate
Zephyr and Vashyron (Pair), Leanne (Solo)
Sakura Wars
Sakura Shinguji and Gemini Sunrise (Pair), Erica Fontaine and Ichiro Ogami (Pair)
Segata Sanshiro Shinken Yugi
Segata Sanshiro (Solo)
Shenmue
Ryo Hazuki (Solo)
Shinobi
Hotsuma (Paired with Strider Hiryu)
Space Channel 5
Ulala (Solo)
Streets of Rage
Axel Stone (Solo)
Virtua Fighter
Akira Yuki and Kage-Maru (Pair), Pai Chan (Solo)
Yakuza
Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima (Pair)
Bandai-Namco
.Hack
God Eater
Ciel Alencon and Nana Kouzuki (Pair), Alisa Ilinichina Amiella (Solo)
Legend of Valkyrie
Valkyrie (Solo)
Namco X Capcom
Tales of Vesperia
Yuri Lowell and Flynn Scifo (Pair), Estellise Sidos Heurassein (Solo)
Tekken
Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima (Pair), Heihachi Mishima (Solo), Ling Xiaoyu (Pair with Chun-Li)
SoulCalibur
Natsu (Solo)
Summon Knight
Aty (Solo)
Xenosaga
Nintendo
Fire Emblem Awakening
Xenoblade
Project X Zone 2 was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on November 12, 2015. It will be released in the US on February 16, 2016, and in Europe on February 19, 2016.
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