With the Japanese version of Rockman X DiVE celebrating its half anniversary very soon, both Capcom Japan and Capcom Taiwan announced a slew of new features for the game, including the very first collaboration with another Capcom franchise.
Find all the details after the break!
First we have the return of the infamous 3 vs 3 PVP battle mode which players had the chance to experience during the Closed Beta Test. While this mode didn't work very well during the CBT, we can only hope that they figured out how to not only properly balance it, but improve the more problematic lag and connectivity issues.
Next we have the Guild System. In Yoda Hideto's words, this is a mode where you can gather members and it will have unique systems like "add up all members' power, buff all members and unique rewards". While it's not the most detailed description, I think you can guess how it will work, more or less.
Lastly, a collaborate with another Capcom IP is coming in the near future. This doesn't include any other Mega Man series. I know many of you have been waiting for the Star Force collaboration -- that will come in due time. This, however, is about another Capcom franchise like Monster Hunter, Resident Evil or Street Fighter, to name a few.
Yoda Hideto jokingly named some candidates: Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, SonSon or Commando. With Capcom's rich and extensive portfolio, the sky is the limit. But if you ask me, I think it'll be one of the company's more popular brands.
No time frame was given for this new features or the new collaboration other than a mere "they will be in the game as soon as possible". While we wait, let us know which Capcom IP you would like to see Rockman X DiVE in the comments!
Breath of Fire, Mega Man's sword and sorcery RPG brother.
ReplyDeleteWas'nt command mission developed by the breath of fire team? Given all the CM love in Xdive, i would'nt be too surprised if this hapened someday. Though they will probably chose a more popular IP for their first collab.
DeleteGO SONSON! WOOOOO!
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna guess a ghost and ghouls collab, because of the new game, and probably have the halloween characters have bonuses. They can even use shade man's stage with ghost and ghouls music or something
ReplyDeleteWhatever this other Capcom IP is, I hope it's just a weapon or something rather than a new character. This game has opened too many doors as it is. What's next, Spider-man? I just jinxed it, didn't I?
ReplyDeleteDon't know how familiar you are with theses types of mobile games, but getting new characters is generally the whole point of theses kind of crossover. (And i don't really see how that's a bad thing.
DeleteI hope it will also include a themed skin for one or two of the rockman characters already in the game.
Street Fighter would make sense for X-Dive since we already have the Hadouken in the game with Maga Dragoon.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention two Xs who can use Hadoken and Shoryuken.
DeleteIf it's indeed SF, that would be the good occasion to offer Street Fighter themed skin for theses characters.
Am I the only one who is still annoyed that they didn't make a Dr. Light skin for Ryu in Street Fighter or MvC? It's like, "Duh!"
DeleteI'm gonna place my bet on Resident Evil because of the 25th anniversary.
ReplyDeleteBetting it's Monster Hunter, because Capcom always has a hardon for whatever game IP has the most sales at the time.
ReplyDeleteI expect Street Fighter, it's one of their most popular franchises and there are already some shout-out to it in Mega Man X.
ReplyDeleteI don't see them choosing Resident Evil for a crossover with Rockman. And Monster Hunter is at the peak of it's popularity, but it lacks iconic characters they could make playable so i don't think it will be it. (If they do this someday, plenty of opportunity to distribute Skin based on the many MH armors. And maybe use one lf the bigger monster as Raid Boss).
Aside from that, there is a small chance for Makaimura/Ghoul's and Ghost since it have a game coming up.
Or maybe Devil May Cry.