Capcom x Nippon Ichi X Idea Factory X Gust & Bandai-namco...

[O Ilusionista]

New PS3 JRPG scheduled for September '08 release
Development is about 70% done atm

Collaboration between Idea Factory, Gust, Bandai-Namco, Capcom, Nippon Ichi, and Compile Heart. Compile Heart's Agarest Senki staff is leading the development.

Characters
Characters from the respective devs will be featured from Vampire (Capcom, Darkstalkers in the US), Ar Tonelico (Bandai-Namco), Disgaea (Nippon Ichi), Spectral Souls (Idea Factory), and Mana Khemia 2 (Gust).

Hero: Kannagi Yuuto
Heroine: Aiba Mikoto

Vampire/Darkstalkers:
Morrigan
Felicia
Demitri

Ar Tonelico:
Orica
Misha
Shurelia

Disgaea:
Etona
Prini

Spectral Souls:
Miu

Mana Khemia 2/Marie's Atelier (sp?):
Lilia
Rose
Marie

Story:
Main character(s? not sure if you choose one or the other or stuck with both) wakes up in a disorienting screwed up world alongside other characters who don't belong there. The world they wake up in survives and evolves by devouring souls from other realms/worlds. If nothing is done, the worlds from which the souls are being stolen from, will cease to exist...and so starts the story.

Worlds:
There are 2 worlds that are known thus far. The Underworld which consists of souls from Vampire/Darkstalker and Disgaea, and the Dreamworld which consists of souls from Ar Tonelico and Marie's Atelier. Each world has dungeon(s?). Sounds like your goal is to free the souls which don't belong in your realm.

Battle System:
Each charater is alloted action points (AP) and can attack during your turn repeatedly until your AP is used up. You can chain attacks which result in combos which ultimately result in increased damage. Sounds somewhat similar to a modified Ar Tonelico 2's battle system (which was time limited rather than AP, but chaining combos helps increase your harmonics level which resulted in increased damage or something).

Form Change:
As you save more souls from this world, the female characters have the ability to obtain equipable "forms" which increase stats, abilities, and what not. This sounds similar to obtaining costumes from completing cosmosphere levels in ar tonelico I/II.


The staff from Compile Heart is the same staff that did Agarest Senki, so I'm predicting it'll be a pretty fun game to play. Add to that, I really liked Orica, Misha, and Shurelia (in particular) from Ar Tonelico, so it's on my buy list




this will rock! 

[The Great Matsutzu]

Very interesting. I really hope they'll port it to other countries. It's a shame we've seen very little of the crossover games outside of Japan.

[nick09]

Very interesting. I really hope they'll port it to other countries. It's a shame we've seen very little of the crossover games outside of Japan.

You can play PS3 games from different regions though if I were to play this game I would want a English edition or at least know basic Japanese.

[CAPTAIN OBVIOUS!! LVL 16!!]

This Might go down as one of teh "MOST Overwhelming Cross-Over in History."

[Tenspeed]

that art for dimitri looks awesome.

[shinra358]

it aint comin over here...