'Project X Zone' unveiled by Sega, Namco, Capcom

Sega, Namco and Capcom have unveiled a new collaborative role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS.

Project X Zone is a strategy role-playing game in which players must pair characters for battle scenes, reports Andriasang.















Characters include Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter, Jin and Ling Xiaoyu from Tekken and Ulala from Space Channel 5.

The collaboration was announced in February via a teaser site depicting the company logos. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata subsequently said that the game would be "impossible to predict".

Capcom and Namco Bandai previously worked together on the Japan-exclusive PlayStation 2 role-playing game Namco X Capcom and have just released crossover fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken.

Banpresto, a subsidiary of Namco Bandai, is thought to be developing the game. The studio is best known for role-playing games such as the Super Robot Wars series.

It is not yet known when the game will launch and whether it will be released outside of Japan. A trailer is expected to debut later this month.

A list of Project X Zone characters in full:

Capcom

Ryu & Ken (Street Fighter)

X and Zero (Mega Man)

Demitri and Dante (Darkstalkers and Devil May Cry)

Chris and Jill (Resident Evil)

Sega

Shinguji Sakura and Ogami Ichiro (Sakura Wars)

Pai and Akira (Virtua Fighter)

Kurt and Riela (Valkyria Chronicles)

Ulala and Touma (Space Channel 5 and Shining Force EXA)

Namco Bandai

Sanger Somvold (Super Robot Wars)

Jin and Ling Xiaoyu (Tekken)

Kos-Mos and T-elos (Xenosaga)

Yurie and Estel (Tales of Vesperia)

Kaito and Black Rose (.hack)