

It’s all very bizarre and yet somehow seems to work well given the context of the game. Characters make fun of the tropes and conventions of the games they appear in, and exude a kind of self-aware quality. This is in a very stark contrast to the dialogue, however, which is incredibly well written. It’s a very, very obtuse narrative that doesn’t do much for pushing the game along. The game’s story is nonsensical, overly verbose, and does it’s best to explain reasons for why the characters from Dead Rising might be philandering with those from Tales of Vesperia. Mii, a member of the family, enlists private detective Kogoro to help locate the stone.Īnd seriously, that’s probably all you really need to know about the Project X Zone story to get a kick out of it. This all started happening, apparently, when the Portalstone, a treasure of the Kouryuji Family, is stolen. Mysterious dimensional portals are appearing randomly, connecting different worlds through different times. The year is 20XX AD (I don’t really know what that means either) and the world is in the middle of a “quiet chaos”. We apologize for any confusion caused.Almost any cross over game / movie / whatever is bound to have some kind of flimsy story tying together all of these worlds and Project X Zone is no different. The demo launched on the European 3DS eShop last week. Australian gamers can scan QR code below to download the demo to their 3DS device. The game will see a release in North America on June 25 and is currently available for pre-order for $39.99 through Amazon and GameStop.Ĭorrection: The demo is now available from the 3DS eShop in Australia, it was announced today. Project X Zone first launched in Japan on Oct. Players can choose two characters, known as a Pair Unit, to use throughout the game. Project X Zone features more than 50 characters from franchises including Street Fighter, Tales of Vesperia, Devil May Cry. Watch Project X Zone latest trailer above, titled "A Lethal Surprise," featuring Sakura Wars, Cyberbots, Space Channel 5 and Valkyria Chronicles characters battling in the Imperial Theater stage from Sakura Wars.

The demo for Project X Zone, a role-playing strategy crossover game featuring characters from Namco Bandai, Sega and Capcom, is available now for Nintendo 3DS, Namco announced.
