Bandai Namco is apparently working on a new entry in
the crossover fighting franchise.
Not exact matches
In a recent interview, the magazine Famitsu asked Harada if Namco had forgotten the
crossover between these two huge
franchises, and luckily enough the answer was a good one for
fighting game fans.
Arc System Works are one of the best
fighting game studios there is, and with BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle they're bringing together a bunch of their favorite
franchises in a Marvel vs. Capcom style
crossover feast for fans of Japanese anime and games.
Though
crossovers like this have popped up before, this is the first time DoA has ever featured a character from a competing
fighting franchise (though many will recall the Spartan named Nicole - 458 that appeared in DoA4).
No, it's not the sequel to Shenmue, but in fact the sequel to what is, arguably, the greatest
crossover fighting game
franchise around: Marvel vs. Capcom.
Robotech / Voltron # 1: It's a
crossover between two of the great anime
franchises of the 1980s: Robotech, a story about three generations of scavenger soldiers who found and repurposed alien technology to
fight more aliens, and Voltron, the story of the five Lions who unite to become the single robot Voltron.
So, with the company having such a storied history when it comes to adapting
franchises, their most recent endeavor being to bring the world of RWBY to
fighting game fans via their
crossover title BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, the mind starts to wander when thinking of what other
franchises they might be able to turn into gold if given the chance.
Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash has been receiving some
crossovers from other
franchises (Super Sonico, Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni) and now Neptune from Hyperdimension Neptunia series is coming to the water gun
fight.
PlayStation All - stars Battle Royale is a
crossover brawler style
fighting game featuring over 20 first, and third party characters famous from a range of game
franchises.
Street Fighter X Tekken was a
crossover game between two popular
fighting franchises.
What happens when you mix popular light novel characters and popular SEGA
franchises in one
crossover fighting game?
By far, this 2D
fighting game's biggest draw is the
crossover between two major
franchises, comic book giant Marvel and major games developer Capcom.
Mori goes on to discuss Cross Tag Battle's intuitive controls, designing
fighting games for arcade stick players, the
crossover of various
franchises, and more.