Sony's PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will feature a host of iconic characters from the PlayStation universe, along with several recognizable heroes from third-party franchises.
So it's no surprise when a fan asked Capcom if some of their legendary video game faces will find their way into the new brawler. It would make perfect sense, given the sheer number of Capcom's memorable characters down through history.
But don't expect any such characters to be on the day one roster. Capcom boss Christian Svensson addressed the question in the Capcom-Unity forums , and here's what he had to say:
"I saw the announcement and as I'm sure you noticed, it's shipping this year. Which means… I'd bet that they're at or near content complete for launch. So if you're asking us to engage now in the hopes of getting something in, it's probably safe to assume that if something already isn't planned for/built, it's probably not going to happen (at least not for launch).
Second… while I'd like to see some Capcom stuff in the game (it looks cool), this is a Sony game, not a Capcom game. I'm not able speak to what their plans or intentions are with regard to third party content. Again, it's a question for Sony, not Capcom."
Well, at least he says he'd "like to see some Capcom stuff in the game." There's every possibility that more fighters could be added later on down the line, and that could easily include some Capcom characters, yes? But who else? How's about all the Final Fantasy legends? I was never the biggest fan of Ehrgeiz , after all.
Related Game(s): PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
Sorry the game is called "playstation all-stars" not "capcom all-stars". Mega man will have to pick a fight somewhere else. I hope sony keeps third party content out playstation all-stars.
Did you only read the headline?
"Sony's PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will feature a host of iconic characters from the PlayStation universe, along with several recognizable heroes from third-party franchises."
Why would anybody only want first-party stuff? Even Nintendo didn't go that route with Brawl, and their first-party characters are 100x more iconic than Sony's.
-Arvis
This game could definitely benefit from 3rd party characters.
Dee Elle See.
Albert wesker
Resident evil did start its life on playstation after all.
be best if there are more varieties… i say add them all
This would be a perfect game for DLC. Ship the game with stock Sony characters, while they work with other devs/studios etc for future characters and levels for upcoming DLC.
it'd be fitting if the Capcom characters were released as DLC, wouldn't it?
HAHA soo true. that's what i got from their reply… the future of capcom is dlc. its too bad. they're gonna screw the gaming industry.
Thats what was in my mind regarding my first comment. But third party caracters that started on playstation brand would be ok. Snake for once or other mgs caracters.
As long as Capcom characters aren't Ryu & Co, I say go for it.
Capcom eh? Who cares.
Well you have a Capcom character as your ava xD
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HAHA
He is a Ninja Theory creation, Capcom just signed off on it.
Asura and Yasha would be neat!
Meh
Would love to see megaman or zero in the game however I won't lose hope if they don't appear because unlike nintendo, sony will mostly likely have lots of dlc for their brawler so I expect to see a lot of additional characters later on after release.
Is Mega Man truly a Playstation All-Star?
Yes. Mega Man X appeared exclusively on the Playstation Brand many times. Mega Man X 4-8 all were PS exclusives along with Mega Man X Command Mission.
Mega Man X 1-3 were Super Nintendo games, although X 3 did reappear on Playstation in Japan with cutscenes we didn't get until Mega Man X collections. (The collections may have been a multiplat release at the end of the PS2 era, but 7 and 8 were still exclusive)
There were more Mega Man X PS exclusives than there were Final Fantasy PS exclusives.
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That's fine. I'd rather not have Ryu or Blanka in there just to increase the character list. I'd rather see actual third-party PlayStation characters.
I would love to see some Square-Enix characters (Cloud Strife, Sephiroth, Sora, Ansem, etc.), as well as Metal Gear Solid (Solid Snake/Old Snake and Raiden/Cyborg Raiden), and maybe even Dante (original one), Lara Croft, and whoever else.
I wanna see some old favs return like like Tomba, Jersey Devil, Kain(Legact Of Kain) or that other guy from soul reaver, that little due from shadow of the collosus, 1 or 2 characters from the Bloody Roar games…. I don't know I'm just reaching lol
Thank you! Its so hard finding other people that remember Tomba! They need to put him in this game. I would make him my main character lol.
seeing dante in all-stars would be awesome ! I think that the more characters we get, the better, even if there are some third party characters
Needs Dart from LoD!!!! oh and Levant from Jade Cacoon!!
Resident Evil did start its life on PS as Lord Carlos said but Tekken,Metal Gear,Tomb Raider among others.
The original Tomb Raider was a Windows 95 game as well.
and Sega Saturn, but yeah they became more popular on PS and PC
If the image of the article is accurate, I'm already sold! I can't wait to see a match of Ratchet and Clank versus Kratos and the girl from Heavenly Sword!
who is the Baraka looking guy on the left in the photo?
That's a Chimera from the Resistence series.
if they put mega man in, he would always win…