{"id":14728,"date":"2016-02-26T00:01:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T00:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14728"},"modified":"2016-02-19T01:43:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T01:43:51","slug":"project-x-zone-2-team-sega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/26\/project-x-zone-2-team-sega\/","title":{"rendered":"Project X-Zone 2: Team SEGA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ULALAX\"<\/a>Project X-Zone 2 is a strategy RPG game that stars popular video game characters from game companies Bandai Namco, SEGA, and Capcom (also Nintendo)! This game and its predecessor are on the 3DS, but they are actually sequels to a game that came out only in Japan on the PS2 called Namco X Capcom.\u00a0 Since all three games have characters in them that I like, I decided to do a blog series about all the video game stars you can find in Project X-Zone 2.\u00a0 So we\u2019ll start with the characters from SEGA!<\/p>\n

When Namco X Capcom first came out, I was sad that it didn\u2019t come over to the US on the PS2. But after I played an import copy of it at a friend\u2019s I wasn\u2019t as upset, because it\u2019s not a very good game once the draw of all these characters coming together wears off.\u00a0 All you do in the three games in the series is move your guys around on an isometric playfield, and attack enemies when you get close enough.\u00a0 The battles take place in a 2-D side arena with basic controls for moves.\u00a0 It kind of reminds me of a dumb-downed Tales battle system.\u00a0 It\u2019s all right, but it does get repetitive after a while.\u00a0 You also have to wade through a lot of text.\u00a0 Sometimes it\u2019s fun to read how certain characters react to each other, but like all other things in the games, it does get old after a while.\u00a0 Storyline is just typical multiverse garbage.<\/p>\n

Even though the games aren\u2019t that great, when Project X-Zone came to the US, I decided to get it anyway since I wanted Namco X Capcom to come out over here so bad. And maybe it would\u2019ve improved on the 3DS.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t really, so I wasn\u2019t planning on getting the sequel.\u00a0 But then they did something sneaky and put Phoenix Wright in the game, so you know I had to get it, being a huge Ace Attorney fan and all.\u00a0 My only weakness.\u00a0 But we\u2019ll save that until I talk about Capcom.\u00a0 For now, let\u2019s take a look at the SEGA characters in Project X-Zone 2.<\/p>\n

Hotsuma (Shinobi)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a big Shinobi fan, so I don\u2019t know if this character is from the newer 3-D games where he has that long flowing red scarf or what. There is a level in Project X-Zone 2 where all the ninjas from all the games come together, so that was kind of funny.\u00a0 It was a ninja party!<\/p>\n

Hibana (Nightshade)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even though I don\u2019t know a lot about the newer Shinobi games, I do know that one of the female ninjas got her own spinoff game called Nightshade. I always called it Ms. Shinobi because it made me think of Ms. Pac-Man.\u00a0 Of course I never played any of the newer 3-D Shinobi games; because I heard they were violent and very hard and didn\u2019t sound like my cup of tea anyway.<\/p>\n

Ryo Hazuki (Shenmue)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I never played the Shenmue games. They never looked appealing to me and they don\u2019t seem like my cup of tea.\u00a0 I did hear that in the first game, you could play SEGA arcade games and collect SEGA character figurines.\u00a0 I\u2019d probably just do that instead of actually playing the main storyline.\u00a0 It\u2019s too bad that he doesn\u2019t use a forklift as an attack in Project X-Zone 2, because he drives one in one of the Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing games.<\/p>\n

Zephyr, Vashyron, Leanne (Resonance of Fate)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never even heard of the game Resonance of Fate until now, so I can\u2019t really tell you about any of the characters in it. Apparently it was a PS3 and Xbox 360 game and it did come to the US.\u00a0 And that\u2019s all I know!<\/p>\n

Axel Stone (Streets of Rage)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m kind of glad they put a character from Streets of Rage in here, although I\u2019d rather they put Blaze instead because I usually picked her. I never had a Genesis as a kid, so I never played the Streets of Rage games until they came out on classic collections many years later.\u00a0 So I was late to the party, but once I played them, I became a fan.\u00a0 They\u2019re really good console beat \u2018em ups.<\/p>\n

Akira Yuki, Kage-Maru, Pai Chan (Virtua Fighter)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Never really got into 3-D fighters, including this one. Akira\u2019s kind of the main character of the series, Kage-Maru looks like a ninja, and Pai Chan is a Chinese girl fighter.\u00a0 Some VF enemies make it into the game for you to fight, too, like Durai, who I hear is the final boss in many of the games.\u00a0 My favorite VF characters aren\u2019t in the game, though.\u00a0 My favorites are Sarah Bryant, Vanessa, and Jeffry, I guess.<\/p>\n

Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima (Yakuza)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This popular SEGA game series about Japanese gangsters is another one that\u2019s not my cup of tea, so I can\u2019t really tell you much about these two. They use a lot of firearms, including flamethrowers, to defeat enemies in Project X-Zone 2, though.<\/p>\n

Sakura Shinguji, Gemini Sunrise, Erica Fontaine, Ichiro Ogami (Sakura Wars)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sakura Wars is a series that\u2019s mostly stayed in Japan, but Atlus did publish one in the US that was on the Wii and another console that I can\u2019t remember. I actually reviewed the Sakura Wars game on the Wii, so I can tell you a little bit about it.\u00a0 The game is set in an alternate past.\u00a0 I can\u2019t remember if it\u2019s set during WW1 or WWII times, but in this alternate timeline, technology is more advanced and people use mechs to fight in strategy RPG battles.\u00a0 There is also a dating sim aspect as in between battles, you must choose the right things to say to your teammates so they can help you out in fights later.\u00a0 It was an interesting idea but it didn\u2019t hold my interest very long.\u00a0 There was one character that I liked and she\u2019s in Project X-Zone 2.\u00a0 Her name is Gemini Sunrise and she is a cowgirl from Texas who tries to sneak her horse into her apartment in the Sakura Wars game.\u00a0 So I thought that was funny.<\/p>\n

Segata Sanshiro<\/strong><\/p>\n

This guy just looks like some generic karate dude, and I never heard of him before so I actually did some research. Turns out he was the spokesperson for the SEGA Saturn, and even starred in a Japanese Saturn game that looked like a wacky mini-game collection.\u00a0 In Project X-Zone 2, this\u2019ll be his first playable appearance in the US.\u00a0 Kind of interesting.<\/p>\n

Ulala (Space Channel 5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ah, Ulala, my pretend girlfriend. Ha ha!\u00a0 Just joking!\u00a0 There\u2019s a story about why I say that and it involves a past E3, but I won\u2019t tell you about that now (send me a message if you want to hear it).\u00a0 Anyway, Ulala is from a music game called Space Channel 5.\u00a0 I love the style of the game and the bright characters, but I\u2019m not very good at the game!\u00a0 What\u2019s cool is that Ulala calls upon other classic SEGA characters to attack in Project X-Zone, like Opa-Opa from Fantasy Zone, Alex Kidd, and the Altered Beast guy!\u00a0 Some Space Channel 5 enemies also show up for you to fight in Project X-Zone 2 as well.\u00a0 So yeah, Ulala is my favorite SEGA character in the game.\u00a0 Any video game character who has pink hair (Tomba), wears pink (Dan), or is pink (Kirby) has to be cool, right?<\/p>\n

Team Nintendo<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are a couple of guest characters in Project X-Zone 2 from Nintendo games so I thought I\u2019d just talk about them now instead of having a separate blog since there\u2019s just a few. Sadly, it\u2019s not Mario or Kirby or Samus (which would be cool).\u00a0 A couple of Fire Emblem characters are playable: Chrom and Lucina.\u00a0 I\u2019m not familiar with the Fire Emblem games, but I do know who Lucina is from Smash Bros. and I even have the amiibo figure of her.\u00a0 The other character is Fiora from Xenoblade and she teams up with KOS-MOS from Xenosaga in Project X-Zone 2.\u00a0 And that\u2019s all I know!<\/p>\n

And those are all the SEGA characters in Project X-Zone 2! If you are interested in the game, you can download a free demo on the Nintendo eShop on 3DS.\u00a0 In fact, it\u2019s beneficial to download the demo, because if you beat the demo a bunch of times, you can get items that will transfer over to the main game!\u00a0 Another cool thing is that I since I pre-ordered the game from GameStop, I got a couple of free goodies: a downloadable pack of items to use in the game, and a 3DS theme!\u00a0 Next time, I\u2019ll talk about the Bandai Namco characters in Project X-Zone 2!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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