Namco vs. Capcom/Capcom vs. Namco - Two Games In The Works?

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Richard Walker

Capcom has fought the whole of Marvel and SNK in various titles over the years, but now it looks as though the company might be taking on Namco if circulating rumours dug up by Game Informer turn out to be true.

Namco Bandai's Tekken producer, Katsuhiro Harada and Capcom's Street Fighter producer, Yoshinori Ono were on form at this year's Evo fighting game tournament, playfully teasing one another with a bit of friendly on-stage banter, which ties in neatly to rumoured plans for two fighting games that would see the two fight giants face off against one another, with each producer working on a separate game.

Apparently, a trailer is set to debut at Comic-Con on Saturday, July 24th 2010 according to GI's sources, that may reveal Capcom's 'Capcom vs. Namco' game and Namco Bandai's own 'Namco vs. Bandai' title. What? Two separate games? That's reportedly the plan, with Namco's game utilising the Tekken 6 engine, with one-button per limb, 3D movement and boxing kangaroos no doubt, while Capcom's would be all dragon punches, 2.5D and Ultra Combos. 

This is pretty mind-boggling stuff, if true. Imagine Ryu and co. throwing hadoukens in a Tekken game and conversely, Kazuya Mishima et al mixing it up in a Street Fighter game. Pray that this happens. 

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  • I'd love to slash Ryu's face off with Yoshimitsu's sword! :D
  • i thought they was doing mavel vs capcom and y cant we havve another resident evil game :(
  • If this is true...holy shit!
  • still waiting on monster hunter
  • "Pray that this happens. " - Why? Tekken is the worst beat'em up of the videogame history.
  • So we don't get Namco x Capcom because we don't play enough weird RPGs but we'll get Namco vs. Capcom? Whatever, as long as I can play as Strider and fight Yoshimitsu, I'll get it.
  • Tekken FTW !
  • #5 I don't believe that that comment justifies a response. Everybody buys it because it's crap, then, right? Anyway. I'll be much more likely to buy it if Namco includes Klonoa in this game. If it even exists in the first place.
  • @#2 - They are doing Marvel vs. Capcom.
  • @3: Agreed, if this is true HOLY SHIT!!!
  • there to different in tekken u cant do range attacks
  • When are they ever gonna do a Marvel vs. DCU
  • It would be badass if it were a fighting game RPG hybrid.
  • I hate Fighting games, I am TERRIBLE at them. Just can't work em. Still, some of my mates love them, so I'll pass this news on.
  • It would've been AWESOME if they did an XBLA version of Namco X Capcom for the US. I STILL wish they'd port it over!
  • Namco should make a Soulcalibur V.
  • in the future we will see TEKKEN vs Street Fighter Mortal Kombat vs DragonBall Mortal Kombat vs TEKKEN Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter TEKKEN vs DragonBall DC Universe vs TEKKEN DC Universe vs Street Fighter KILLER INSTINCTS vs ALL THE ABOVE
  • @5 "Tekken is the worst beat'em up" I guess you could say that it is, because it is a fighting game.
  • I wonder if these would be a straight up fighting game crossover scenario, i.e. a "Tekken & Soul Caliber Vs. Street Fighter & Darkstalkers", or would it be an "anything goes" smash and bash crossover like Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, where any and all characters from both companies would be available for play? I'd love the chance to pit Pac Man, Dig Dug, and Rick from Splatterhouse against Mega Man, Arthur from Ghouls 'n Ghosts, and the Bionic Commando.
  • LOL - Sounds fun, espically NAMCO Vs Bandai would be fun to see (character-wise)...i.e. for Namco theres Tekken Cast, Pac-man Cast, Time Crisis Cast (etc) and for Bandai theres Dragonball Cast, Naruto Cast etc... haha if its true could be fun!
  • I remember there were rumors of a Sammy vs Capcom game years ago, and I still want that, but I'll reserve judgement on this until I have details regarding gameplay.
  • where the fuck is Street Fighter Vs. Mortal Kombat?!
  • @5, Apparently, you've never played Shaq-Fu.
  • I wish Namco would hurry up and make Soul Calibur V instead of rubbish like this....I hate Street Fighter. *Hopes for SCV announcement
  • I remember my brother telling me about the rumor of a Namco vs. Capcom game a couple of months ago. I didn't think it would work then, and I still don't think it would work. Tekken and SF are played in completely different ways and putting the two together doesn't seem right to me. I'll reserve further judgement until something is revealed. Never know, we might all be surprised. Could be better than MvC3. Not many people have been liking that so far.
  • @5; Awww, finding Eddy too hard to use are we? That's too bad...
  • I'm still waiting for Capcom Vs. Primal Rage. I think I'll be here a long time....
  • You put Namco vs Bandai instead of Namco vs Capcom, Richard. Just thought you'd wanna know. And this wouldn't be a matter of "Which one do I get?", but rather "Which one do I like more?" 'cause I'm getting both >:D
  • Praying so hard.
  • no
  • they had a namco vs capcom game but it was a a rpg for the ps2 or dreamcast..it was Japanese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco_%C3%97_Capcom but this is the way its meant to be! Fighting to the death..or til the health bar depletes
  • If this is a fighting game then it has great chances of kicking some serious tail.. I was very disappointed to find out that Namco X Capcom wasn't at all a fighting game; I am equally glad that they'll get it "right" this time!
  • That would be cool if they include JACK SLATE and his dog SHADOW from DTR:RETRIBUTION he will have awesome attacks and call in shadow on his enemys and he will break enemys with his brutal takedowns like in the game :-)
  • This is awesome. Hope this does happen. Still want to see Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat ever since the MK series debuted. It'll never happen, but would be cool to play if it ever did.
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco_×_Capcom
  • Gotta wonder if there will be any Dragon Ball characters in this seeing how Namco Bandai make those games, either way as long as this is handled like Marvel vs Capcom it should be great.
  • holye crap i wanna paly it if it happens lol
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