Dipswitch: Because It Is Bitter, And Because It Is My Heart

posted Dec. 18, 2008 01:24:07 PM by     

Cross-over games rock, in some cases. Marvel Vs. Capcom is a great example. There's a game that most people in the US wouldn't know about called Namco X Capcom that provides for hours of fun with your favorite Namco and Capcom characters. All wonderful examples of taking two different franchises, bringing them together like peanut butter and jelly, and having an explosion of awesome in your mouth.

And then there are the lesser known cross-overs that make you want to check in for a treatment of shock therapy.

* Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis, which pits you against some of your favorite Namco characters such as Richard Miller from Time Crisis, Heihachi Mishima and Yoshimitsu from Tekken, and Pac-Man. You spend hours of fun lobbing balls at Pac-Man and watching him mistake them for tiny power pellets.

* New International Track and Field, staring such namstays as Simon Belmont, Frogger and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2 engaged in the track and field events we know and love. Nothing like watching Pyramid Head try and negotiate a trip over the high jump bar!

I'm still waiting for the inevitable cross-over of the Gears of War guys, with the ladies from Barbie Horse Adventures.

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