Namco × Capcom

Namco × Capcom (ナムコクロスカプコン, Namuko Kurosu Kapukon^?), also referred to as Namco Cross Capcom, is an action RPG / tactical RPG hybrid game for the PlayStation 2 developed by Monolith Soft and featuring characters from games produced by companies Namco and Capcom exclusively in Japan.

Gameplay[]

The game is a hybrid of an action-RPG and a tactical-RPG. Movement is done on a square grid with turns being determined by figuring out which character has the highest AP. On the player's turn, he or she can move his character into position and choose to attack an enemy.

At this point the game switches into the action-RPG portion. The player's character has a number of "Branches" they can use. Each direction on the directional pad combined with the circle button will perform an attack. Each attack uses up 1 branch. If the player perform a certain number of Aerial Chains (hitting the enemy in mid-air), they will gain bonuses, such as items, super meter, extra damage, more branches to use in this turn. Bonuses other than items are converted into extra Experience Points at the end of an attack sequence. Upon filling up the character's Special Gauge they can use the Triangle button to perform a special attack. They will also be able to select a Multiple Assault attack if their units on the board meet the conditions. Defense also puts the player in the action-RPG mode, this time blocking to reduce the enemy's damage. Successfully blocking attacks will also increase the amount of AP the player's unit has.

There are 50 chapters total (45 normal and 5 prologue) and the game should take from around 70-100 hours to complete.

Synopsis[]

The game centers around two original characters; Reiji Arisu and Xiaomu, agents of a secret organization known as "Shinra", who deals with supernatural occurrences. Before the game's story, Shinra stopped a plan from the "Ouma" organization to create "fluctuations" to open up portals between worlds, albeit at the cost of Reiji's father life. Ten years later, Reiji and Xiaomu are investigating new fluctuations happening in Shibuya, Tokyo; and soon discover that characters and locations from different worlds and times are converging together, and "Ouma" agent Saya, related to the death of Reiji's father, is involved.

The game has a cast of over 200 characters selected from several Namco and Capcom franchises, separated in different home worlds:

"Material World" (物質界, Busshitsu-kai): The central world in the game, based off real-life Earth but set in the year 20XX (sometime in the twenty-first century). Characters from Bravoman, Dino Crisis, Final Fight, Resident Evil: Dead Aim, Rival Schools, Street Fighter, Tekken and Wonder Momo originate here.

"Distant Future" (超未来, Chō mirai): The highly advanced future of the Material World. Characters from Baraduke, Burning Force, Captain Commando, Dig Dug, Forgotten Worlds, Mega Man Legends, Strider and Xenosaga originate here.

"Illusion World" (幻想界, Gensō-kai): A world set around medievial-styled fantasy and magic. Characters from Klonoa, Tales of Destiny, The Tower of Druaga and Valkyrie originate here.

"Spiritual World" (魍魎界, Mōryō-kai): A world similar to the Material World's past. Characters from Genpei Tōma Den and the Soul Calibur series originate here.

"Demon World" (魔界, Makai): Otherwise known as the "Makai", the Hell-like world inhabited by demons. Characters from Darkstalkers, Ghosts 'n Goblins and Yōkai Dōchūki originate here.

Story[]

The story opens with Reiji and Xiaomu being called to deal with interdimensional rifts opening in their world. These rifts pull in beings from alternate realities, many of which ally with Reiji and Xiaomu to fight both the forces behind the rifts and opponents drawn from their native universes. The group are opposed by Ouma, a group dedicated to causing chaos, with their main rival being Ouma operative Saya, a being similar to Xiaomu.

It is eventually revealed that Ouma wish to resurrect a dark deity dubbed "Kyuju Kyu" through the merging of multiple realities. Reiji's father Shougo fought Saya to prevent this ten years before, and was forced to sacrifice himself with Xiaomu's aid to succeed. While initially defeated, Ouma succeeds in merging the worlds, and 99 is resurrected using Saya as a host. While Reiji is prepared to sacrifice himself as Shougo did, his and Xiaomu's allies return from their realities and combine their powers to cripple 99. Saya allows herself to be killed by Reiji to destroy 99 permanently. At a celebratory party which all their allies attend, Reiji and Xiaomu mutually declare their loyalty and love for each other.

Characters[]

Original characters[]

Protagonists[]

Reiji Arisu (有栖零児, Arisu Reiji)

The main protagonist of the game. His father was killed 10 years ago in one of the many ongoing fights between Shinra and Ouma. Reiji is, often described by his partner Xiaomu, "a sullen tight-ass", which prompts Reiji to shoot a jokingly made comeback. While he may not show it, he cares deeply for Xiaomu, even if he shoots down several of her comments, jokes or not. He carries a case containing 2 swords and a shotgun; each of the swords has an element associated with it. He also has a handgun holstered on his waist.

Xiaomu (小牟, Shaomu)

Fellow protagonist as well, Xiaomu is known as a "mystic fox" with an age of 765 years. She was partners in the Shinra organization with Reiji's father, Shougo Arisu, 10 years ago, until his death. Xiaomu often portrays a bit of a flirty nature towards Reiji, though he often ignores it. Aside from poking Reiji's buttons, she can become a little protective of Reiji when the subject of his father's death comes around, or Saya. She wields an ice elemental cane sword styled after a Shakujo staff, as well as a handgun. She is also able to use magic attacks, such as energy rays from her finger, with which she provides most of the duo's ranged attacks.

Antagonists[]

Saya (沙夜 Saya)

Like Xiaomu, Saya is a werefox, however, she is born in Japan and not China. She was involved with the incident that happened with Arisu Shougo and Xiaomu 10 years ago, which is why Xiaomu holds a grudge against her. Opposite to Xiaomu, Saya is with the rival organization of Shinra: Ouma. Saya upholds a rather odd personality; she can never seem to become upset and usually remains calm and overly flirty in contrast to that of her Chinese werefox counterpart. Her pet names for Reiji and Xiaomu are 'boy' and 'little one'.

Kyuju Kyu (九十九 Kyū jū Kyū)

An enemy sealed in the Abyss of Time 10 years ago; the Ouma Project culminates with its release. It has deep ties with the Arisu clan.

Katana (片那 Katana)

A supposedly made complete clone of Saya, though physical resemblance is questionable. Saya says it is part of the Ouma Project.

Character list[]

This is a list of significant Namco and Capcom characters that make an appearance in Namco x Capcom. This list is under construction, as many of the characters first appeared from lesser known titles or older games, and therefore a bit hard to identify or pin down a correct spelling.

Namco[]

Name	First Appearance	Year	Role	Voice Actor
Amazona	Wonder Momo	1987	Enemy	Kumiko Watanabe
Andaba	Genpei Tōma Den	1986	NPC Ally/Shopkeeper	Not Voiced
Armor King	Tekken	1994	Both	Not Voiced
Black Bravo	Bravoman	1988	Enemy	Tomokazu Seki
Black Valkyrie	The Legend of Valkyrie	1989	Enemy	Kikuko Inoue
Bravoman	Bravoman	1988	Ally	Tetsu Inada
Charade	Soulcalibur II	2002	Enemy	Not Voiced
Devil	Tekken	1994	Enemy	Masanori Shinohara
Druaga	The Tower of Druaga	1984	Enemy	Fumihiko Tachiki
Enma	Yōkai Dōchūki	1987	NPC Ally	Not Voiced
Gilgamesh	The Tower of Druaga	1984	Ally	Akira Ishida
Guntz	Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament	2002	Ally	Takahiro Sakurai
Heihachi Mishima	Tekken	1994	Ally	Daisuke Gōri
Hiromi Tengenji	Burning Force	1989	Ally	Chisa Yokoyama
Ishtar	The Tower of Druaga	1984	NPC Ally	Not Voiced
Janga	Klonoa Heroes: Densetsu no Star Medal	2002	Enemy	Nobuyuki Hiyama
Jin Kazama	Tekken 3	1997	Ally	Isshin Chiba
Joker	Klonoa: Door to Phantomile	1997	Enemy	Toshio Furukawa
Judas (Leon Magnus)	Tales of Destiny 2	2002	Both	Hikaru Midorikawa
Kamuz	The Legend of Valkyrie	1989	Enemy	???
Ki	The Tower of Druaga	1984	Ally	Rie Tanaka
King	Tekken 3	1997	Ally	Not Voiced
Kiso Yoshinaka	Genpei Tōma Den	1986	Enemy	???
Klonoa	Klonoa: Door to Phantomile	1997	Ally	Kumiko Watanabe
KOS-MOS	Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht	2002	Ally	Mariko Suzuki
Kurino Sandra	The Adventure of Valkyrie: Legend of the Time Key	1986	Ally	Yuuji Ueda
Kyuju Kyu	(original)	2005	Enemy	Ai Orikasa
Lolo	Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil	2001	NPC Ally	Not Voiced
Masuyo Tobi	Baraduke	1985	Ally	Yuko Mizutani
Minamoto no Yoritomo	Genpei Tōma Den	1986	Enemy	???
Minamoto no Yoshitsune	Genpei Tōma Den	1986	Enemy	Isshin Chiba
Mitsurugi Heishirō	Soul Edge	1995	Ally	Toshiyuki Morikawa
Mokujin	Tekken 3	1997	Enemy	Not Voiced
MOMO	Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht	2002	Ally	Rumi Shishido
Musashibō Benkei	Genpei Tōma Den	1986	Enemy	Daisuke Gōri
Ogre	Tekken 3	1996	Enemy	Not Voiced
Reiji Arisu	(original)	2005	Ally	Kazuhiko Inoue
Rutee Katrea	Tales of Destiny	1997	Ally	Yuka Imai
Sabine	The Legend of Valkyrie	1989	Ally	Ayako Kawasumi
Saya	(original)	2005	Both	Ai Orikasa
Shion Uzuki	Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht	2002	Ally	Ai Maeda
Stahn Aileron	Tales of Destiny	1997	Ally	Tomokazu Seki
Taira no Kagekiyo	Genpei Tōma Den	1986	Ally	Ryotaro Okiayu
Taizo Hori	Dig Dug	1982	Ally	Toshio Furukawa
Taki	Soul Edge	1995	Ally	Fujiko Takimoto
Tarosuke	Yōkai Dōchūki	1987	Ally	Fujiko Takimoto
Valkyrie	The Adventure of Valkyrie: Legend of the Time Key	1986	Ally	Kikuko Inoue
Waya Hime	Bravoman	1988	Both	Mariko Suzuki
Wonder Momo	Wonder Momo	1987	Ally	Ayako Kawasumi
Xiaomu	(original)	2005	Ally	Omi Minami
Zouna	The Adventure of Valkyrie: Legend of the Time Key	1986	Enemy	Mayumi Tanaka
Zul	The Legend of Valkyrie	1989	Shopkeeper	Kenichi Mochizuki

Capcom[]

Name	First Appearance	Year	Role	Voice Actor
Arthur	Ghosts 'n Goblins	1985	Ally	Fumihiko Tachiki
Astaroth	Ghosts 'n Goblins	1985	Enemy	Hideaki Nonaka
Bruce McGivern	Resident Evil: Dead Aim	2003	Ally	Hiroaki Hirata
Cammy	Super Street Fighter II	1993	Both	Akiko Komoto
Captain Commando	Captain Commando	1991	Ally	Ryotaro Okiayu
Chun-Li	Street Fighter II	1991	Ally	Atsuko Tanaka
Demitri Maximoff	Vampire: The Night Warriors	1994	Ally	Nobuyuki Hiyama
Druk	Captain Commando	1991	Enemy	???
Evil Ryu	Street Fighter Alpha 2	1996	Enemy	Toshiyuki Morikawa
Felicia	Vampire: The Night Warriors	1994	Ally	Kae Araki
Fong Ling	Resident Evil: Dead Aim	2003	Ally	Kae Araki
Gouki (Akuma)	Super Street Fighter II Turbo	1994	Enemy	Tomomichi Nishimura
Grandmaster Meio	Strider	1989	Enemy	Tetsuo Mizutori
Guy	Final Fight	1989	Ally	Tetsuya Iwanaga
Hideo Shimazu	Rival Schools: United by Fate	1998	Ally	Tetsuo Mizutori
Hoover (Baby Head)	Captain Commando	1991	Ally	Yuko Sasamoto
Jennety (Mack the Knife)	Captain Commando	1991	Ally	Not Voiced
Juli	Street Fighter Alpha 3	1998	Enemy	Akiko Kōmoto
Juni	Street Fighter Alpha 3	1998	Enemy	Akiko Kōmoto
Karin Kanzuki	Street Fighter Alpha 3	1998	Ally	Miho Yamada
Ken Masters	Street Fighter	1987	Ally	Tetsuya Iwanaga
Kobun (Servbot)	Rockman DASH	1997	Ally	Chisa Yokoyama
Kyoko Minazuki	Rival Schools: United by Fate	1998	Ally	Kotono Mitsuishi
Lei-Lei (Hsien-Ko)	Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers Revenge	1995	Ally	Michiko Neya
Lilith	Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire	1997	Both	Yuka Imai
Mike Haggar	Final Fight	1989	Ally	Tesshō Genda
Morrigan Aensland	Vampire: The Night Warriors	1994	Ally	Yayoi Jinguji
Nebiroth	Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts	1991	Enemy	???
Phobos (Huitzil)	Vampire: The Night Warriors	1994	Enemy	Not Voiced
Red Arremer Joker	Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Game Boy Advance)	2002	Enemy	Takahiro Sakurai
Regina	Dino Crisis	1999	Ally	Atsuko Tanaka
Rock Volnutt (MegaMan Volnutt)	Rockman DASH	1997	Ally	Mayumi Tanaka
Rockman Juno (MegaMan Juno)	Rockman DASH	1997	Enemy	Akira Ishida
Roll Caskett	Rockman DASH	1997	Ally	Keiko Yokozawa
Rose	Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams	1995	Both	Michiko Neya
Ryu	Street Fighter	1987	Ally	Toshiyuki Morikawa
Sakura Kasugano	Street Fighter Alpha 2	1996	Ally	Yuko Sasamoto
Sho (Ginzu the Ninja)	Captain Commando	1991	Ally	Hideyuki Hori
Shtrom	Captain Commando	1991	Enemy	???
Shtrom Jr.	Captain Commando	1991	Enemy	???
Solo	Strider	1989	Enemy	Hideo Watanabe
Strider Hien	Strider 2	1999	Enemy	Kousuke Toriumi
Strider Hiryu	Strider	1989	Ally	Kousuke Toriumi
Sylphie	Forgotten Worlds	1988	Ally/Shopkeeper	Rie Tanaka
Tong Pooh	Strider	1989	Enemy	Miho Yamada
Tron Bonne	Rockman DASH	1997	Ally	Mayumi Iizuka
Unknown Soldier 1P	Forgotten Worlds	1988	Ally	Akio Otsuka
Unknown Soldier 2P	Forgotten Worlds	1988	Ally	Tesshō Genda
Vega (M. Bison)	Street Fighter II	1991	Enemy	Tomomichi Nishimura
Zabel Zarock (Lord Raptor)	Vampire: The Night Warriors	1997	Enemy	Yuuji Ueda

Merchandise[]

Audio[]

The Namco × Capcom Special Sound Track promotional demo sound track was released on May 5, 2005. It featured a the short version of the theme song and a few character themes that would make their way into the final release. The Namco × Capcom Original Soundtrack (ナムコクロスカプコンオリジナル・サウンドトラック, Namuko Kurosu Kapukon Orijinaru Saundotorakku^?) was released on July 7, 2005 in Japan. Both albums feature work by composer Yuzo Koshiro. The game's theme song Subarashiki Shin Sekai was performed by Flair.

Manga[]

This section is currently incomplete.
Please assist the Street Fighter Wiki,
and complete the section if you can.

A manga anthology was also published for the game.

Trivia[]

The title, Namco X Capcom, made a cameo in the Street Fighter X Tekken Comic Con 2011 Trailer, except this time the title was reversed to Capcom X Namco.