Seven Force
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Assuming this is the case, the Sega roster should prove interesting this time around.
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Project X Zone 2 : Brave New World unveiled [trailer]
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Assuming this is the case, the Sega roster should prove interesting this time around.
The Bankslammer
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maybe they chose the dead souls renditions of all yakuza material in order to appeal to the west (lol)
Hours Left
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Zombies are pretty big in this series, so I imagine they chose those version to easily slot them into that type of scenario.
They did it so they can interact with Frank West.
.....speaking of which, wonder if they'll pair him up with Chuck Greene, considering they could work in all those combo weapons.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
They all had personalities, even supports (like Juri), that's the point of fanservice games, interactions that characters would never have!
Well, I tried Dissidia Final Fantasy, and that was such a one-note distillation of 'personalities' for each character, that after a few hours I found it to be a pretty big turn off.
It wasn't much fanservice as much as, 'let's amplify 1 single 'mood' of our character in every single possible moment we can so it 'feels' familiar' but really it just diluted each person to a boring and stereoypitcal facsimile.
wasnt sure if this was the same or if it actually attempted to make these characters well, feel like the characters haha
holy crap you folks are right. it only just came to me. What if when Bamco was just starting out to approach Capcom and Sega to make PXZ2, they indeed just went with Dead Souls because it's the latest localized Yakuza game and plans for localizing Y5 weren't solidifed yet? I mean, as is the Yakuza characters have tons of fighting potential without guns
The dynamics aren't going to be particularly robust. There are going to be obscure shoutouts and stuff. It's just like the plot, generally speaking, it's mostly shallow but still involve things that on the surface make sense or involve a believable execution of creativit
What I meant is that even though the game only had English subtitles in non-English speaking countries, Bandai Namco managed to sell 400.000 copies of the game (English-only is a big no-no for a lot of French players).
Oh, don't worry, I actually do agree with you on this.
But at the same time, I can see why they may want to go this way, for more than one reason. Say, for example, they actually do go ahead and (yuck) put Sonic in this game. You can't have him in a game like this, and start marketing this game to his target audience and still have all the "fanservice" intact, too. Something would have to give.
cj_iwakura
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The writing in PxZ was fantastic. They did their homework.
And maybe Sonic isn't it because it would draw kids to the title. PxZ is kind of risque for kids.
Magnet_Man
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Still not a fighter. Still SRPG.
The Last Lombax
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Seeing Nintendo eShop logo on the US trailer made me think it'll be a digital only on US
Seven Force
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Considering how eyeroll worthy the "fanservice" is, if that's what would have to happen if Sonic were in, I'd have no issue if that was the casualty. (Purely my opinion, though!)
Not that I want Sonic here either, though. There's far more interesting Sega characters I'd like to see. (Skies, Phantasy Star, hell, even some of the Burning Rangers)
And? KOSMOS was in the first PxZ
That ice burn.
Secretly hoping for more cartoony characters but the game seems to favour human characters. Wonder why? NxC was more open about it.
Edit: The risqué nature is true. Get Bayonetta in preeeeaaaase
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Eolz
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Oh, I see what you mean.
To be honest, unlike Final Fantasy, some of those characters (fighting games) didn't have a lot of dialogue of the past, so this felt good to hear more from them.
Maybe it was a disappointment for those that had more story-focused games before, but since it's full of references, I found it funnier.
Hot Coldman
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oh boy, Resi 6 Leon
OuterLimits
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Call me crazy, but I enjoyed the first game. Yeah, it would get boring if I played it for long periods. I would play it an hour sporadically and had fun though.
Looking forward to the sequel.
Looking forward to the sequel.
cj_iwakura
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I think the Sonic comment made it clear. They want this to appeal to older audiences. If they throw in Klonoa and Sonic, kids will be interested, and since this has all the fanservice... clash of interests.
Hot Coldman
Banned
so you can totally use the Pac-Man, Sonic and Mega Man amiibos with this right
Speaking of teeth pulling... where's Dragon Quest VII 3DS?! SE and their BS "western rpg fans aren't on 3ds" is BS and this release proves it! Heck, the original selling as well as it did proved it! Plus all those other well selling 3DS rpgs!
I don't think they would market it towards Sonic fans though! Sadly either way Sonic just doesn't fit into a crowd like this (pretty much all humans / humanoid in appearance) which means no Ammy and that's the real crime ;_;
Nah I think they chose the Dead Souls versions of Kiryu and Majima for characters that use guns along side Leon and Erica, since everyone else introduced/re-introduced(if they were in NXC or PXZ) uses swords/bladed weapons or their fists in their respective games(X is an exception, Dante was in PXZ and Vergil used a gun for like a brief moment), which makes sense.
Oh god they're going to do that aren't they? Unlock those three with the amiibo.
& then they'll only be solo units, mwahahahahaha.
....actually, I would laugh so hard if Namco made it so the Ace Combat jet or Ridge Racer car were solo units.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Guessing you didn't play the first one.
randomhugs
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Please Bandai Namco!. PLS!
Immaculate
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Seeing Nintendo eShop logo on the US trailer made me think it'll be a digital only on US
i think thats at the end of every us 3ds trailer
the first one was physical in the us i doubt they'll change that
For me, it's basically just a thing where I've gotten so used to Banpresto's style of "fanservice" in their games, that's it more or less a thing that it doesn't bother me so much or anything I really pay much attention to.
All I really care about is that it doesn't make it so characters such as Morrigan and Kaguya Nanbu aren't taken just "because" of this new direction, nor would it keep characters like Trish or Bayonetta from even being considered.
Well, I'd think it's safe to presume, if Sonic was at all in this game, his crowd would at least be interested. And that's where this "concern" would come in.
Klonoa was able to get away with this waaay back in NxC, likely because a) Namco didn't care as much about their kid-friendly mascot being depicted alongside such characters and b) he never had as large of a following to even warrant the possible concern in Japan. But even there, Klonoa hasn't been a part of this series since then, which may only do a lot to suggest that his ilk of mascots aren't really being considered here.
cj_iwakura
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Please Bandai Namco!. PLS!
I will buy two copies if she makes it in.
Naked Prime
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Why can't this just be a cross over 2D fighter?
Taki was already in Namco X Capcom, at least.
I hope they keep Valkyrie around for some nice old school presence.
What would really be neat by now would be teaming her up with Arthur, since they were both in NxC as solo units, and in PXZ as support - they're veterans by now!
More cross-company teams would be nice - maybe that's planned, and a reasonf or the limited reveals so far?...
As for more female characters... I'd love to see Jane from Fighting Vipers and Blaze from Streets of Rage, although nowadays Bayonetta is likely to get more attention on the Sega side of things. Selvaria Bles as a playable would make sense, since she's in at least 2 games of her series, and they already have the animations, not to mention she's in that one anime fighting game where Akira is a boss.
From Capcom, I'm betting some SF and Darkstalkers presence is likely, but as for other sources of female characters... the protagonist from Remember Me might work well with the .hack digital factor...
Mostly unrelated, but Kage being in makes a lot of sense, especially considering Dural was in the original PXZ - then again, that was V-Dural, which is apparently more based on Vanessa from the later VF... it would be pretty cool to include her.
As for the more raunchy fanservice, I wouldn't miss it - I'm more about the references to obscure canon and tying series together in interesting ways... I wonder if all those ninjas will have a story arc of their own, much like the zombie-related guys had some stages that fit them nicely in PXZ1...
In this one, pretty much - then again, this started with Namco X Capcom... who knows what the future holds if these games keep selling. (I want SNK in, personally).
Femmeworth
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Guess they are saving all of the obligatory tit bouncing for the second trailer.
This one will be too. You really don't think the characters in that video are all the characters in the game, do you? They aren't going to announce the entire roster on day one.
This is me.
Add Blues as support so he can interact with his youngest brother damn it.
Yeah, it's at the end of a lot... including the first one's U.S. trailer.
IronLich
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While it obviously's not the whole roster, the fact that several returning characters aren't accompanied by their respective female comrade from the first game is a strong clue that this is less a fanservice game, and more of a MANservice game.
That I doubt, but Ace Combat is part of the UGSF meta-series, which was acknowledged in NxC...
And now I want a Masuyo Tobi and Taizo Hori team, both o remind the world Masuyo precedes Samus as a female protagonist in a game, and because the banter between those exes could be fun to read, but there wasn't that much of it in NxC that I recall.
More animation to draw, more balancing to handle, less room for fun dialogue and interactions for the amount of characters it has.
Maybe if it sells really really well, in a distant future where MonolithSoft added that sort of thing to their expertises...
cj_iwakura
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Na no da, na no- oh god no more.
Dimitri LH
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Neneko was cool, but god damn was her solo unit attack hard to chain efficiently starting out.