Racketboy

Namco x Capcom is a game that has quite a hardcore buzz around it.
So far, we’ve seen a lot of eye candy from this tactical RPG, but we haven’t heard a lot of solid details about it up until now.

Gamespot has published their new hands-on preview of the game. I sounds like the games will meet most of our expectations. Gamespot gave the game a 9.1 out of 10 (”Superb”), so it doesn’t sound too shabby.

In addition to its great visuals, the gameplay features healthy doses of both strategy and fighting (however you don’t need to be a fighting game expert to play). The writers also went out of their way to develop the characters with dialouge. It sounds as if this is not a rush job and will be a solid release.

One big problem, however, is that apparently the game will not make it to storeshelves outside of Japan. I believe Namco is making a huge mistake if they do not export it. This game already has plenty of fanboys drooling and not many of these fanboys know Japanese.

The publisher’s main concern right now is that much of the US gaming market may be unaware of many of the characters that are featured in the game — moreso, I suppose, than Marvel vs Capcom 2. Time will tell, however. If the game sells well enough, Namco might see the light. We can only hope.