All Articles: Project X Zone 2

Nintendo Download: Fire Emblem Fates, Project X Zone 2, Ninja Gaiden II, Ninja Gaiden III, more

Posted on February 18, 2016 by John Scalzo

It’s been a long time coming, but Nintendo’s epic strategy game, Fire Emblem Fates, will be available to download through the 3DS eShop beginning tomorrow. Fire Emblem Fates is all about choice and players will actually have to choose between two halves of the game… they can side with their family in Birthright or fight with their friends in Conquest. Regardless of which choice you make, players will have the chance to download the other scenario through the eShop, and a third scenario will even be available in March.

If you’re looking for a different kind of epic strategy game, Bandai Namco plans to release Project X Zone 2 through the 3DS eShop this week as well. Characters from games published by Bandai Namco, Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo will battle it out in a dimension-hopping game where the fate of the entire multiverse is at stake. No pressure.

Speaking of “no pressure,” three of the hardest games ever to grace the NES are now available to download through the Wii U eShop. In Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos and Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom, Ryu Hayabusa completes his journey on the NES by challenging the Emperor of Darkness and a cybernetic army bent on taking over the world. Also available this week is Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones, the final NES adventure starring the Jimmy and Billy Lee.

More information on all of these games (as well as a few other new releases) can be found after the break. (more…)

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New Releases: Street Fighter V, Fire Emblem Fates, Project X Zone 2, More

Posted on February 14, 2016 by John Scalzo

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This week’s new release report has “Made in Japan” written all over it.

After upgrading and enhancing Street Fighter IV nearly half-a-dozen times, Capcom is finally ready to move on to Street Fighter V this week. The PC and PS4 fighting game will include 16 characters, and the publisher plans to add new characters to the roster every few months as downloadable content. Fans have been waiting for this one for a while, but I’m very interested to see how the Street Fighter franchise will change without the promise of a “Super” or “Ultra” expansion in the future.

Nintendo brings back another long-awaited sequel this week with the release Fire Emblem Fates on the 3DS. To give players a choice in how the story proceeds, the massive game was actually split into two parts, Birthright and Conquest, so players lead a rebellion or smash it. A third path, pitting both sides against an even greater evil, will be available as a downloadable expansion later this Spring. A beautifully-rendered New 3DS XL: Fire Emblem Fates Edition can also be picked up on store shelves, but it won’t include a copy of either Fire Emblem Fates game.

Speaking of complex strategy games on the 3DS, Fire Emblem Fates will get some competition this week from Project X Zone 2, Monolith Soft’s ridiculous quad-company crossover. Beloved characters from games published by Capcom, Bandai Namco, Sega, and Nintendo are joining forces to battle a dimension-hopping foe.

Finally this week, Nintendo will re-release Bayonetta 2 in a single-disc version that drops the Bayonetta bonus disc. If you’ve been waiting to pick up one of the best action games the Wii U has to offer, now’s your chance.

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A Day-By-Day Guide to All of 2016’s New Video Games (January – March)

Posted on January 19, 2016 by John Scalzo

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After years and years of publishers packing the September through November “Holiday” season with an unmanageable number of new AAA titles, we might get a much more balanced release calendar in 2016. But can you believe it all happened by accident?

Video game fans have always had to deal with delays, but publishers got even more use out of their erasers than normal in 2015. Aside from the one-two punch of Fallout 4‘s E3 2015 announcement, and its eventual release on November 10th, no game felt safe… and more than a few big titles got pushed into 2016. So now we get to ring in 2016 with a release calendar that just might offer up something exciting all year long.

Are you ready? Because here… we… go… (more…)

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Bandai Namco adds Fire Emblem, Xenoblade characters to Project X Zone 2 in TGS trailers

Posted on September 21, 2015 by John Scalzo

To prepare fans for Project X Zone 2, Bandai Namco unveiled two new trailers for the game during last week’s Tokyo Game Show. The nearly four-minute “Brave New World” trailer, embedded above, delivers an extended look at many of the game’s characters and a good chunk of gameplay. But its the second trailer, available after the break, that will definitely get gamers talking.

New challengers enter the arena as characters from a fourth company will join Bandai Namco, Sega, and Capcom in the massive crossover event. Nintendo will lend Fiora from Xenoblade Chronicles and Chrom and Lucina from Fire Emblem: Awakening to Project X Zone 2. Bandai Namco also confirmed that KOS-MOS, from Xenosaga, will make a return appearance in the strategy franchise.

Project X Zone 2 is all set to be released for the 3DS on February 16, 2015. (more…)

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Bandai Namco/Sega/Capcom crossover Project X Zone 2 will be released this Fall

Posted on April 13, 2015 by John Scalzo

Bandai Namco, Sega, and Capcom got together in 2013 to create a wild crossover game known as Project X Zone. Today, the three companies announced they’re teaming up with developer Monolith Soft once again to create Project X Zone 2. Scheduled to be released for the 3DS in Fall 2015, the strategy RPG sequel will have quite the eclectic cast of characters:

  • Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine from Resident Evil Revelations
  • Leon S. Kennedy from Resident Evil 6
  • Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima from Yakuza: Dead Souls
  • Yuri Lowell and Flynn Scifo from Tales of Versperia
  • Dante and Vergil from Devil May Cry
  • Erica Fontaine and Ichiro Ogami from Sakura Wars
  • Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima from Tekken
  • X and Zero from Mega Man X
  • Akira Yuki and Kage Maru from Virtua Fighter
  • Kite from .Hack
  • Haseo from .Hack: GU
  • Strider Hiryu from Strider
  • Hotsuma from Shinobi
  • Natsu from Soul Calibur V

Expect more characters to be announced as we get closer to Project X Zone 2’s release date.

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