Idea Factory's next title, Cross Edge, houses Nippon Ichi faves

by Nick Doerr { May 7th 2008 at 10:30PM }

We need to maintain our composure and monitor our excitement on here, or else we'll seem incredibly biased. It's difficult, though, because ever since we heard about Idea Factory's next character crossover title (Chaos Wars was their last one) dubbed Cross Edge, we can't sit still. JRPG's are very slow to hit the PS3, but this title not only brings a PS3 JRPG to the table, but one with characters from cherished franchises to Nippon Ichi loyalists as well as other big titles.

You play as the hero, Yuuto and heroine Mikoto and basically free a bunch of girls from other video games. You'll see Dark Stalkers, Atelier game characters, Ar Tonelico characters, Disgaea characters, and more. The game itself plays like a cross between "dress up" and Valkyrie Profile. Depending on the costume your ladies are in, they will have a different attack assigned to the face buttons when in battle. Well, perhaps it's best you check out the screens SiliconEra has put up. Let's hope licensing isn't a big issue and we see this hit outside of Japan.

Tags: cross-edge, darkstalkers, idea-factory, nippon-ichi, nippon-ichi-software

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Joe @ May 7th 2008 11:13PM

I have the sickest feeling this will be a Japan only game but I so hope it will not be. I would even pay 60 dollars right now for my preorder because I love these games plus so many people from some of the best RPGs out there. So I would buy this in a heartbeat.

Joe @ May 7th 2008 11:19PM

Also on a side note this will sell really well in Japan and so I can't wait to see how many PS3 will be sold when this game comes out.

kevin @ May 7th 2008 11:33PM

not my type of game

Consolcwby @ May 7th 2008 11:40PM

Nick, I've got to agree with Joe on this one...

One question though - how did the pants changing go? Everything clean now? ;D

Nick Doerr @ May 8th 2008 3:23AM

XD hahaha!

No problems since!

Mikezula @ May 8th 2008 2:39AM

I hope I hope I HOPE this gets to US shores.

Of course, if it doesn't, there's always this option: Learn Japanese. Import game. Play it on region-free PS3. Difficult, time-consuming, and more expensive. On the plus side, you learn a new language.

If this game is ever gonna make it to the US/Europe, then we are gonna have to make a lot of noise. A LOT of noise.