And now, the most generic RPG ever is announced: Cross Edge (WHY CAPCOM WHY)

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Cho

#1 May 07, 2008, 06:07:47 pm

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God Capcom, why are you taking part in this? You should be ashamed.

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For the lazy, but scans are in the link (Click to reveal)

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Being a gigantic fan of the Japanese RPG and knowing the appetites of said fans, I am half tempted to just toss these new Famitsu scans out onto the site and then head for high ground to avoid the ensuing flood of drool, but I'll be nice.

Cross Edge is a new RPG due out in Japan for the PlayStation 3 this September that is a collaboration between some of the top names in the genre. Nippon Ichi, Gust, Namco Bandai, Idea Factory, and even Capcom have lent their properties to this superstar game, which features characters from Darkstalkers, Disgaea, Ar Tonelico, and many more. Hell, a game with Etna and Morrigan together alone is worth eleventy million dollars. The game features turn-based battles, a plot that involves rescuing souls, and...if you look to the bottom right corner of the scan...the ability to dress your characters up in a wide variety of outfits, from PE clothes to devil costumes.

Chances of this coming out in the states? Pretty damn unlikely. Chances of me importing this? Over nine thousand. Thanks to SupaPhly for the scans!

Remember a couple of years ago when they announced Namco x Capcom? It was a SRPG featuring prominent characters from both Namco and Capcom's vast collection of franchises, putting two original characters (Human Pikachu and Auron) at the center of the madness. It had huge sprites, Tron Bonne, and infused an action-based system with grid based SRPG goodness. And it still managed to be terrible. Unfortunately, it seems to have spawned clones, because people eat this shit up: Chaos Wars, a SRPG developed by Idea Factory, which features characters from the d-list of RPGs: Shadow Hearts, Growlanser, and about a dozen games unheard of outside of Japan, with a couple of SD original characters at the center of the madness. For the record, there is a reason a lot of these games stay in Japan.

Now, a group of d-list developers (and Capcom) have decided they want to do it again:
Capcom, Idea Factory, Gust and Nippon Ichi are creating an RPG with a couple of their "iconic" characters. "Iconic" is in quotations because Gust and Idea Factory don't have iconic characters because their characters are... their characters are anime in its rawest form: Generic, boring, interchangeable. This is mostly true for Nippon Ichi, but I'll give them points for looking somewhat distinctive. But then they lose points because N1 characters are what's wrong with anime in it's current trend: They sexualize characters that look about 7 years old. Christ, look at Etna (she is the red haired girl wearing a black leather bra).

Capcom is putting Darkstalkers characters in it. I think fans of Darkstalkers would much rather just have a new Darkstalkers game though. I'm kind of hoping that's the point of this, to help generate some interest in Darkstalkers so when they announce a new one people will remember it. That has to be it, because it certainly doesn't fit in with the rest of the games (besides it being sprite-based).

See. the thing is, Namco x Capcom used popular characters from popular franchises (well, I'm told the characters from the Namco games are very big in Japan). That's why people bought it. I have a hard time believing anyone's going to say "HOLY CRAP I GET TO HAVE CHARACTERS FROM ATELIER MARIE, DISGAEA, SPECTRAL SOULS AND AR TONELICO TOGETHER IN THE SAME GAME??? SIGN ME UP!!!"

(This is where I remember that people in Japan willingly pay hundreds of dollars for PVC figurines of these characters and a little piece of me dies.)

I know a lot of you guys like anime and RPGs, but you should not support this sort of thing.

SHORT VERSION:
Characters from Capcom's Darkstalkers are going to appear in what looks like the worst, most generic RPG in the history of the world. The game will sell well in Japan because ANIME!GIRLS!MOE! (it will sell well in America because of this, too). Capcom should be ashamed of themselves for doing this.

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Dale Gobbler

#2 May 07, 2008, 06:10:22 pm

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So, it's like if Super Smash Bros were an RPG and instead of Nintendo characters they use Capcom characters and other 3rd party characters.

No that's a bad analogy.

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An Hafferdat Squid

#3 May 07, 2008, 06:22:01 pm

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OHMY GOD IM GOING TO IMPORT IT AND JACK OFF BETWEEN EVERY BATTLE

this is just a cashcow whorefest with animu clipped to it because every japfag in the world is going to buy it.

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Marcus

#4 May 07, 2008, 06:43:26 pm

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The game features turn-based battles, a plot that involves rescuing souls, and...if you look to the bottom right corner of the scan...the ability to dress your characters up in a wide variety of outfits, from PE clothes to devil costumes.

sounds like it'll sell millions dude. goty 2008

and i completely forgot that i had chaos wars preordered. i bought the awful mana khemia last month (which sounds like a fucking disease) and i'm buying chaos wars this month because i know games like these instantly turn into gold mines on ebay within the year. every nippon ichi game i purchased after disgaea is still wrapped in the plastic because i dare not touch it.

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Cho

#5 May 07, 2008, 06:49:55 pm

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Quote from: angry black man on May 07, 2008, 06:43:26 pm

sounds like it'll sell millions dude. goty 2008

and i completely forgot that i had chaos wars preordered. i bought the awful mana khemia last month (which sounds like a fucking disease) and i'm buying chaos wars this month because i know games like these instantly turn into gold mines on ebay within the year. every nippon ichi game i purchased after disgaea is still wrapped in the plastic because i dare not touch it.

I wish I had bought the Mana Khemia deluxe set, the one with the PVC figurine of the main character or whoever, because I could make enough money selling it on eBay to pay rent for three months.

The only thing that could make this game worse is if they incorporate a school system in it like Persona 3, or more relevantly, Mana Khemia.

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Is it strange that I have more respect for Capcom than any of the other companies involved combined, and that's why this hurts so much? In spite of everything Capcom does (352 versions of Street Fighter 2, etc), I still think they're above the likes of

Gust, the worst developer ever. For proof see any RPG Gust has ever produced. Their alchemy simulators may be ok for what they're trying to be but at the end of the day you'll still be playing a RPG fetchquest with no fighting or end.
Idea Factory, the G & D of developers. They have a lot of ideas, some sound pretty good, but they absolutely suck at actually doing it. Most of their games are poorly coded, anyone who played Generations of Chaos in the PSP knows this.
Nippon Ichi, the most pandering developer ever. It is surely just a coincidence that pretty much every artist they have employed are also well known for drawing hentai. Which is strange because the first RPG series they did was targeted at preteen girls. Whatever, now they have the LOLIKON (This is the spanish word for pedophile) audience to entertain.

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Cardinal Ximenez

#6 May 07, 2008, 07:14:53 pm

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I think I may now vomit in disgust. At least they aren't actually using RPG Maker.

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#7 May 07, 2008, 07:41:39 pm

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you know i played ar tonelico (not all of it, like 5 hours - ps i bought it because it came in ridiculous packaging, which is the kind of thing that will sell for 5 times what i bought it for on ebay) and it was honestly the most disgusting and horrible game i have ever played. only women are able to use magic, and because of this they are exploited and made into these sort of wizard slaves by men. they don't resist, though, because they're moe and have the personality and will of five year olds. men unlock these women's magic power by soul diving, or going into their subconscious, but the game sexualizes it and makes it really awful. i remember there was this one point where a girl said "will you... s... soul dive into me?" and when you do it she says "that... that hurt more than i thought it would... but it was my first time... and i chose you" or something like that. ps that was said by an 18 year old trapped in a 12 year old's body.

so yeah ar tonelico is absolute garbage and this will be too.

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otomon

#8 May 07, 2008, 07:45:41 pm

if i had ur face for an ass id b ashamed to shit
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This game sounds amazing....man Im totally going to buy it! Kick-Ass dude!

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#9 May 07, 2008, 07:56:35 pm

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Quote from: Cardinal Ximenez on May 07, 2008, 07:14:53 pm

I think I may now vomit in disgust. At least they aren't actually using RPG Maker.

I absolutely love how you can sneak in a stab at RPG Maker in every post you make. It's hilarious. The best part is, it never gets old. Never.

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#10 May 07, 2008, 07:57:45 pm

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Quote from: dogchode69 on May 07, 2008, 07:41:39 pm

you know i played ar tonelico (not all of it, like 5 hours - ps i bought it because it came in ridiculous packaging, which is the kind of thing that will sell for 5 times what i bought it for on ebay) and it was honestly the most disgusting and horrible game i have ever played. only women are able to use magic, and because of this they are exploited and made into these sort of wizard slaves by men. they don't resist, though, because they're moe and have the personality and will of five year olds. men unlock these women's magic power by soul diving, or going into their subconscious, but the game sexualizes it and makes it really awful. i remember there was this one point where a girl said "will you... s... soul dive into me?" and when you do it she says "that... that hurt more than i thought it would... but it was my first time... and i chose you" or something like that. ps that was said by an 18 year old trapped in a 12 year old's body.

so yeah ar tonelico is absolute garbage and this will be too.

Hahahaha holy shit that sounds ridiculous. I mean... Jesus fucking christ.

This whole thing sounds like a really bad idea and I have no idea what on earth possessed them to think this might actually be worth doing at all.

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Kaworu

#11 May 07, 2008, 08:01:37 pm

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I think every 14 year old on GW got an erection when they saw that picture.

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#12 May 07, 2008, 08:04:37 pm

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Quote from: dogchode69 on May 07, 2008, 07:41:39 pm

you know i played ar tonelico (not all of it, like 5 hours - ps i bought it because it came in ridiculous packaging, which is the kind of thing that will sell for 5 times what i bought it for on ebay) and it was honestly the most disgusting and horrible game i have ever played. only women are able to use magic, and because of this they are exploited and made into these sort of wizard slaves by men. they don't resist, though, because they're moe and have the personality and will of five year olds. men unlock these women's magic power by soul diving, or going into their subconscious, but the game sexualizes it and makes it really awful. i remember there was this one point where a girl said "will you... s... soul dive into me?" and when you do it she says "that... that hurt more than i thought it would... but it was my first time... and i chose you" or something like that. ps that was said by an 18 year old trapped in a 12 year old's body.

so yeah ar tonelico is absolute garbage and this will be too.

dude

i want to buyt his game just to see that because HOLY SHIT i cant believe it.

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dada

#13 May 07, 2008, 08:27:23 pm

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They stole my idea (Beyond the Edge) and changed the name slightly! The pundits!

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Craze /!\

#14 May 07, 2008, 09:02:16 pm

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This is Ar Tonelico.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoODv8LVib8

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Warlin

#15 May 07, 2008, 09:10:06 pm

I did ok on this one but his feet are kinda wierd!
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Quote from: Craze /!\ on May 07, 2008, 09:02:16 pm

This is Ar Tonelico.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoODv8LVib8

I really hope all of that was intentional. Because that was hilarious if not.

Also, about this game... Yeah, people do stupid things like this all the time.
I remember an atlus game, on the back it said,"Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series!"
Capcom is just weird like that.

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#16 May 07, 2008, 09:17:55 pm

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I remember an atlus game, on the back it said,"Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series!"

except dante's inclusion in nocturne was actually used tastefully (well, as tasteful as a videogame cameo gets) and they even tied the story around his appearance. these games are basically just taking a bunch of shitty characters and throwing them in the same universe with no explaination or nothing kind of the like the Tales of the Niri Kiri Dungeon/World/WHATEVER THE FUCK GODDAMN I HATE THE TALES SERIES

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Warlin

#17 May 07, 2008, 09:21:40 pm

I did ok on this one but his feet are kinda wierd!
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Quote from: angry black man on May 07, 2008, 09:17:55 pm

except dante's inclusion in nocturne was actually used tastefully (well, as tasteful as a videogame cameo gets) and they even tied the story around his appearance. these games are basically just taking a bunch of shitty characters and throwing them in the same universe with no explaination or nothing kind of the like the Tales of the Niri Kiri Dungeon/World/WHATEVER THE FUCK GODDAMN I HATE THE TALES SERIES

Well I never said I played the game. However, I heard it was rare and/or expensive. Anyways, this does look pretty bad. Everyone has their moments. Like Squenix. Squenix has alot of bad moments~

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Cho

#18 May 07, 2008, 10:39:17 pm

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And the original version of that game didn't have Dante in it. He was just a random bonus to sell more copies.

(And it was actually a good game by itself, whereas Cross Edge has NO CHANCE of being a good game)

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#19 May 07, 2008, 10:41:19 pm

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Quote from: Cho on May 07, 2008, 10:39:17 pm

And the original version of that game didn't have Dante in it. He was just a random bonus to sell more copies.

(And it was actually a good game by itself, whereas Cross Edge has NO CHANCE of being a good game)

yeah, but i felt that they did a good job incorporating him into a universe that's better suited for a badass devil killer than the actual DMC universe.

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#20 May 07, 2008, 11:55:47 pm

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Hey uh, you know what strikes me as odd, really? I never got into DARKSTALKERS but it's a fucking fighting game so do any of these games actually have stories attached to them? Like, RPG's are story-driven; that's sort of the point. If they're going to take characters from other random stories and throw them together, that's one [still ][/still] thing, but Disgaea and Darkstalkers both had minimal amounts of stories. It's like making an RPG out of the characters from TEKKEN. Who the fuck cares? As for the other games, I've never heard of any of them, but I'm just assuming they blow. They look and sound like generic JRPGs, so I guess I'm not expecting much. But really, it seems sort of absurd to just be like "Hey, you know that character who's principally known for having big tits and being in a fighting game with no serious story? Let's uh... let's make her star in a story-driven RPG." This shouldn't be made, but if it's going to be, they should at least use characters who are more than just hollow fighting game choices with big tits and absurd costumes. They should use, you know, ACTUAL CHARACTERS, not E. fucking Honda (hehas.....trobled past)

What sucks is that this will sell so many motherfucking copies. I can just picture opening day with grown Japanese men lined up for fucking hundreds of feet around their local VIDEOGAME BOUTIQUE, having slept there for the past three days to ensure a copy. Ahahah man, fuck these guys.

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