Capcom Characters Crossover in New Puzzle Fighter Game

Prepare To Pulverize Your Opponent With Puzzle-Based Pixels!

Capcom certainly knows how to dish out a good crossover game, after all they have been doing it with Marvel for years. But now it seems like they are turning to their own titles and having them battle against each other on a much smaller screen.

According to an article on Gamespot –

Capcom has announced it is developing a new entry in the Puzzle Fighter series for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. Capcom Vancouver, the studio that took the lead on the Dead Rising series following its first entry, is developing the new Puzzle Fighter. The game is scheduled to soft-launch in select countries “soon” and a global release in “late 2017.”

Puzzle Fighter is a gem-matching game in which players go head-to-head against each other or against AI. The back and forth in these battles is represented by cutesy versions of Street Fighter characters brawling in the middle of the screen.

In a press release, Capcom said the new Puzzle Fighter will feature fan-favourite characters such as Ryu, Ken, and Chun-li from the Street Fighter series, as well as X from Mega Man, Morrigan from Darkstalkers, and Frank West from Dead Rising, among others. Each of these characters will be brought to life with “voice over and cinematic special moves.”

The promotional image released alongside the announcement shows the version of Ken featured in the game is from Street Fighter V. On top of that, Dante from the Devil May Cry series and Jill from the Resident Evil series will also be in the game. Screenshots also show Mike Haggar and E. Honda will be included, though they may be support characters.

The new Puzzle Fighter will have an assist mechanic that allows two extra characters to be picked in order to “further enhance the abilities of the main character.”

“We’ve aimed for simple yet highly addictive puzzle action where you will strategically build up gems and destroy them to unleash epic combos that can knock out their opponent,” Capcom says on its blog. “We’re especially excited that weâ€™ve been able to create real-time player-versus-player gameplay on mobile devices, bringing all the action of head-to-head Puzzle Fighter on the go.”

Can they really make a gem-matching game that awesome? Well, with enough Hadoken anything is possible.