I love the smell of a crossover in the morning. Or afternoon. Or any time of day really.

Just fully announced a few days ago, Project X Zone is already high on the list of must play games for many people the world over (myself included) owing to it being a strategy game featuring characters from Namco Bandai, Capcom, and SEGA. And in the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, Namco Bandai’s Kensuke Tsukanaka, the game’s producer, along with Capcom’s Tatsuya Kitabayashi and SEGA’s Yasushi Yamashita unveiled some key details regarding the game along with a bunch of screenshots to help further fan the flames of excitement.

In the course of the interview (a translation of which has been provided by Andriasang), Tsukanaka states that the initial idea for Project X Zone came from Bandai who first approached Capcom and then SEGA for discussion regarding collaborating on the game. While 2005′s Namco X Capcom did serve as inspiration for Project X Zone, Tsukanaka made it clear that Zone is very much its own standalone game hence the decision to give it a completely new title. While it was confirmed that the characters involved would have all the classic moves a player would expect from them (such as Ryu’s Shoryuken fireball, X’s X Buster, or Kite’s Data Drain to name a few) Tsukanaka also alluded to the idea that some character (such as Ulala perhaps) might fight in unusual or unexpected ways.

Additionally, Tsukanaka made it clear that the current character list for the game (which can be found in our previous story about Zone here) was not final and that there would be other playable characters featured in the game, including a number of optional hidden combatants. While unwilling to go into real specifics about Zone‘s combat system (stating that such information would be coming some point down the line), the three did confirm that the game mostly revolves around teams of warriors fighting together but taht there also would be some exceptions to this. Some of these potential exceptions can be seen in the screenshots below:

The interview wrapped up with the promise of trailer debuting sometime this month along with a statement saying that Project X Zone is currently fifty percent done and is being aimed for a 2012 release in Japan. No statement was made either way regarding the chances of a English version of the title. Stay tuned to Blistered Thumbs for continuing coverage of the game and be sure to share your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below.

Source(s): Famitsu. Andriasang.