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With the news that Link, Heihachi from Tekken and Spawn are to appear in Soul Calibur 2, the previous special guest appearance of Darth Maul in a Tony Hawks game, the rumours that Sonic will appear in Gamecube Mario Kart, and knowing Capcom’s love of having character crossover beat ‘em ups with X-Men Vs. Streetfighter, Marvel Vs. Capcom etc, I wonder if the same sort of games character crossovers will happen with anyone else…
Mario in Resident Evil 4
Its been rumoured about for a long time now, but new best friends Nintendo and Capcom have at last confirmed that everyone’s favourite gaudy-dungaree wearing Village People reject plumber will be a secret unlockable character in the upcoming Resident Evil 4.
In typical Resident Evil style, the unlockable secret will be nearly impossible to obtain, but many will spend a lifetime trying; once completed in every conceivable way on every single difficulty level with each character in the very strict time limit, you’ll get a special key…
Go to the locked ‘out of order toilet’ in the basement, use the newly acquired key and you’ll be greeted by none other than Super Mario! He’ll jump out and scare you to death, but he’ll then tell you that he was in the building mending the toilet cistern (he was actually doing some proper plumbing work for once!), when the place became infested with slavering zombies. So Mario did what every other self-respecting hero would do, he hid in the toilet and soiled himself!
Mario can use his plumber’s helper to bash the zombies, or if you’re feeling a bit more bloodthirsty, he can use the regular shotgun, rocket launcher etc, and instead of using the regular Resident Evil magic herbs to heal himself, Mario prefers to use his favoured magic mushrooms, which he’s been addicted to for many years.
It may be a radical departure for Nintendo’s non-violent mascot to star in a violent game, but if the love of violent games works for other companies, what the heck.
Samus & Lara Croft in Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Volleyball
Okay, so it wouldn’t really happen due to licensing issues, legal wrangling and all the rest of it, but if the Japanese could be allowed to do it, the Japanese (and I suppose the rest of us ogling pervs) would love it.
Two of the games industries biggest female stars stripping down and shaking their booty on a tropical island would get clammy-handed gamers even more clammy.
Not much really needs to be written about this crossover, as I’m sure you can conjure up a vast array of dirty images in your head.
It’s a harmless volleyball game…yea, right, as if our mums are gonna believe that when they see the game in action…
Sonic in Shenmue 3
I love Shenume, don’t get me wrong, but nothing ever exciting happens, unless you class feeding kittens with dry octopus flakes, stacking crates with a very slow forklift truck, or buying little plastic toys as exciting.
However, much more exciting events are promised for the third Shenmue, with one section of the game seeing Ryo Hazuki being tricked into smoking something slightly dodgy. The ensuing period of hallucinating weirdness leads to a cameo appearance from Sega’s spiky blue hedgehog. Ryo will transmogrify into the blue menace and can run around doing not much interesting in a Japanese backstreet. Despite Sonic being really really fast in all his other games, the action will still move at a snails pace. Later on in the game, although you’re playing on an ultra powerful console, you also get to play Sonic 1 on the Megadrive.
John Mullins in Broken Sword 3
There’s some mysterious crime to solve and the fate of the entire human race is once again at stake. There are two character choices available; you can use the wit and intelligence of the ever laidback George Stobbart, solving the many clues and puzzles with cerebral powers to progress, or you can choose to play as special guest star John Mullins and blast the living crap out of anything that moves.
The hero of Soldier of Fortune 1 & 2 is a tough-guy hero, who is probably the only man who can brutally maim evil henchmen and scatter their body parts over a street whilst successfully wearing a hairy caterpillar on his top lip. He’s not the typical Broken Sword style character, but these are more violent times, and as we all know, violent times call for ever more violent butt-kicking heroes.
Solid Snake & Sam Fisher in Spy Vs Spy
The question on the tip of everyone’s tongues is “who is the daddy of the action stealth ‘em up genre?” OK, so probably nobody really gives a damn, but the remake of the classic Spy Vs Spy will tell us the answer, as it features special guest appearances from the industries two biggest stealthy action heroes. Solid Snake was the only real contender until Splinter Cell Sam arrived on the scene, so now we have the ultimate crossover, and you must use all your cunning to set traps and outwit your foe.
Both men have extremely gruff voices, stubble, cool sneaking suits, plenty of gadgets and weaponry, and bad attitudes, but only one can be the best. However, although both have amazing athletic abilities, are proficient with many types of weapons and gadgets, and frequently save the world, Snake likes to hide in cardboard boxes whilst Sam hides in the shadows. Wimps.
Spyro in Reign of Fire
Spyro isn’t much a games character. He/she or whatever it is lacks any real endearing qualities and was only invented to be a shameless cash-in platform character like Croc, Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank and all the other naff gaming mascots of recent times.
It would therefore be nice for Spyro haters to be able to drive a Reign of Fire tank around and blow the irritating little dragon out of the sky and shout “RAH!!”
Crossovers have worked in films, TV series and comics in the past, and it looks like the future will hold more special guest appearances for video games. I wouldn’t have thought we’d ever see any of those stupid ones above, but you never know...
Mario in Resident Evil 4
Its been rumoured about for a long time now, but new best friends Nintendo and Capcom have at last confirmed that everyone’s favourite gaudy-dungaree wearing Village People reject plumber will be a secret unlockable character in the upcoming Resident Evil 4.
In typical Resident Evil style, the unlockable secret will be nearly impossible to obtain, but many will spend a lifetime trying; once completed in every conceivable way on every single difficulty level with each character in the very strict time limit, you’ll get a special key…
Go to the locked ‘out of order toilet’ in the basement, use the newly acquired key and you’ll be greeted by none other than Super Mario! He’ll jump out and scare you to death, but he’ll then tell you that he was in the building mending the toilet cistern (he was actually doing some proper plumbing work for once!), when the place became infested with slavering zombies. So Mario did what every other self-respecting hero would do, he hid in the toilet and soiled himself!
Mario can use his plumber’s helper to bash the zombies, or if you’re feeling a bit more bloodthirsty, he can use the regular shotgun, rocket launcher etc, and instead of using the regular Resident Evil magic herbs to heal himself, Mario prefers to use his favoured magic mushrooms, which he’s been addicted to for many years.
It may be a radical departure for Nintendo’s non-violent mascot to star in a violent game, but if the love of violent games works for other companies, what the heck.
Samus & Lara Croft in Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Volleyball
Okay, so it wouldn’t really happen due to licensing issues, legal wrangling and all the rest of it, but if the Japanese could be allowed to do it, the Japanese (and I suppose the rest of us ogling pervs) would love it.
Two of the games industries biggest female stars stripping down and shaking their booty on a tropical island would get clammy-handed gamers even more clammy.
Not much really needs to be written about this crossover, as I’m sure you can conjure up a vast array of dirty images in your head.
It’s a harmless volleyball game…yea, right, as if our mums are gonna believe that when they see the game in action…
Sonic in Shenmue 3
I love Shenume, don’t get me wrong, but nothing ever exciting happens, unless you class feeding kittens with dry octopus flakes, stacking crates with a very slow forklift truck, or buying little plastic toys as exciting.
However, much more exciting events are promised for the third Shenmue, with one section of the game seeing Ryo Hazuki being tricked into smoking something slightly dodgy. The ensuing period of hallucinating weirdness leads to a cameo appearance from Sega’s spiky blue hedgehog. Ryo will transmogrify into the blue menace and can run around doing not much interesting in a Japanese backstreet. Despite Sonic being really really fast in all his other games, the action will still move at a snails pace. Later on in the game, although you’re playing on an ultra powerful console, you also get to play Sonic 1 on the Megadrive.
John Mullins in Broken Sword 3
There’s some mysterious crime to solve and the fate of the entire human race is once again at stake. There are two character choices available; you can use the wit and intelligence of the ever laidback George Stobbart, solving the many clues and puzzles with cerebral powers to progress, or you can choose to play as special guest star John Mullins and blast the living crap out of anything that moves.
The hero of Soldier of Fortune 1 & 2 is a tough-guy hero, who is probably the only man who can brutally maim evil henchmen and scatter their body parts over a street whilst successfully wearing a hairy caterpillar on his top lip. He’s not the typical Broken Sword style character, but these are more violent times, and as we all know, violent times call for ever more violent butt-kicking heroes.
Solid Snake & Sam Fisher in Spy Vs Spy
The question on the tip of everyone’s tongues is “who is the daddy of the action stealth ‘em up genre?” OK, so probably nobody really gives a damn, but the remake of the classic Spy Vs Spy will tell us the answer, as it features special guest appearances from the industries two biggest stealthy action heroes. Solid Snake was the only real contender until Splinter Cell Sam arrived on the scene, so now we have the ultimate crossover, and you must use all your cunning to set traps and outwit your foe.
Both men have extremely gruff voices, stubble, cool sneaking suits, plenty of gadgets and weaponry, and bad attitudes, but only one can be the best. However, although both have amazing athletic abilities, are proficient with many types of weapons and gadgets, and frequently save the world, Snake likes to hide in cardboard boxes whilst Sam hides in the shadows. Wimps.
Spyro in Reign of Fire
Spyro isn’t much a games character. He/she or whatever it is lacks any real endearing qualities and was only invented to be a shameless cash-in platform character like Croc, Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank and all the other naff gaming mascots of recent times.
It would therefore be nice for Spyro haters to be able to drive a Reign of Fire tank around and blow the irritating little dragon out of the sky and shout “RAH!!”
Crossovers have worked in films, TV series and comics in the past, and it looks like the future will hold more special guest appearances for video games. I wouldn’t have thought we’d ever see any of those stupid ones above, but you never know...
Totoro wrote:
> Lara Croft in Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Volleyball
The words "breast reduction" spring to mind.
Some amusing suggestions there....
> Lara Croft in Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Volleyball
The words "breast reduction" spring to mind.
Some amusing suggestions there....
LOL!
That was a really interesting post.
Great stuff!
That was a really interesting post.
Great stuff!
With the news that Link, Heihachi from Tekken and Spawn are to appear in Soul Calibur 2, the previous special guest appearance of Darth Maul in a Tony Hawks game, the rumours that Sonic will appear in Gamecube Mario Kart, and knowing Capcom’s love of having character crossover beat ‘em ups with X-Men Vs. Streetfighter, Marvel Vs. Capcom etc, I wonder if the same sort of games character crossovers will happen with anyone else…
Mario in Resident Evil 4
Its been rumoured about for a long time now, but new best friends Nintendo and Capcom have at last confirmed that everyone’s favourite gaudy-dungaree wearing Village People reject plumber will be a secret unlockable character in the upcoming Resident Evil 4.
In typical Resident Evil style, the unlockable secret will be nearly impossible to obtain, but many will spend a lifetime trying; once completed in every conceivable way on every single difficulty level with each character in the very strict time limit, you’ll get a special key…
Go to the locked ‘out of order toilet’ in the basement, use the newly acquired key and you’ll be greeted by none other than Super Mario! He’ll jump out and scare you to death, but he’ll then tell you that he was in the building mending the toilet cistern (he was actually doing some proper plumbing work for once!), when the place became infested with slavering zombies. So Mario did what every other self-respecting hero would do, he hid in the toilet and soiled himself!
Mario can use his plumber’s helper to bash the zombies, or if you’re feeling a bit more bloodthirsty, he can use the regular shotgun, rocket launcher etc, and instead of using the regular Resident Evil magic herbs to heal himself, Mario prefers to use his favoured magic mushrooms, which he’s been addicted to for many years.
It may be a radical departure for Nintendo’s non-violent mascot to star in a violent game, but if the love of violent games works for other companies, what the heck.
Samus & Lara Croft in Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Volleyball
Okay, so it wouldn’t really happen due to licensing issues, legal wrangling and all the rest of it, but if the Japanese could be allowed to do it, the Japanese (and I suppose the rest of us ogling pervs) would love it.
Two of the games industries biggest female stars stripping down and shaking their booty on a tropical island would get clammy-handed gamers even more clammy.
Not much really needs to be written about this crossover, as I’m sure you can conjure up a vast array of dirty images in your head.
It’s a harmless volleyball game…yea, right, as if our mums are gonna believe that when they see the game in action…
Sonic in Shenmue 3
I love Shenume, don’t get me wrong, but nothing ever exciting happens, unless you class feeding kittens with dry octopus flakes, stacking crates with a very slow forklift truck, or buying little plastic toys as exciting.
However, much more exciting events are promised for the third Shenmue, with one section of the game seeing Ryo Hazuki being tricked into smoking something slightly dodgy. The ensuing period of hallucinating weirdness leads to a cameo appearance from Sega’s spiky blue hedgehog. Ryo will transmogrify into the blue menace and can run around doing not much interesting in a Japanese backstreet. Despite Sonic being really really fast in all his other games, the action will still move at a snails pace. Later on in the game, although you’re playing on an ultra powerful console, you also get to play Sonic 1 on the Megadrive.
John Mullins in Broken Sword 3
There’s some mysterious crime to solve and the fate of the entire human race is once again at stake. There are two character choices available; you can use the wit and intelligence of the ever laidback George Stobbart, solving the many clues and puzzles with cerebral powers to progress, or you can choose to play as special guest star John Mullins and blast the living crap out of anything that moves.
The hero of Soldier of Fortune 1 & 2 is a tough-guy hero, who is probably the only man who can brutally maim evil henchmen and scatter their body parts over a street whilst successfully wearing a hairy caterpillar on his top lip. He’s not the typical Broken Sword style character, but these are more violent times, and as we all know, violent times call for ever more violent butt-kicking heroes.
Solid Snake & Sam Fisher in Spy Vs Spy
The question on the tip of everyone’s tongues is “who is the daddy of the action stealth ‘em up genre?” OK, so probably nobody really gives a damn, but the remake of the classic Spy Vs Spy will tell us the answer, as it features special guest appearances from the industries two biggest stealthy action heroes. Solid Snake was the only real contender until Splinter Cell Sam arrived on the scene, so now we have the ultimate crossover, and you must use all your cunning to set traps and outwit your foe.
Both men have extremely gruff voices, stubble, cool sneaking suits, plenty of gadgets and weaponry, and bad attitudes, but only one can be the best. However, although both have amazing athletic abilities, are proficient with many types of weapons and gadgets, and frequently save the world, Snake likes to hide in cardboard boxes whilst Sam hides in the shadows. Wimps.
Spyro in Reign of Fire
Spyro isn’t much a games character. He/she or whatever it is lacks any real endearing qualities and was only invented to be a shameless cash-in platform character like Croc, Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank and all the other naff gaming mascots of recent times.
It would therefore be nice for Spyro haters to be able to drive a Reign of Fire tank around and blow the irritating little dragon out of the sky and shout “RAH!!”
Crossovers have worked in films, TV series and comics in the past, and it looks like the future will hold more special guest appearances for video games. I wouldn’t have thought we’d ever see any of those stupid ones above, but you never know...
Mario in Resident Evil 4
Its been rumoured about for a long time now, but new best friends Nintendo and Capcom have at last confirmed that everyone’s favourite gaudy-dungaree wearing Village People reject plumber will be a secret unlockable character in the upcoming Resident Evil 4.
In typical Resident Evil style, the unlockable secret will be nearly impossible to obtain, but many will spend a lifetime trying; once completed in every conceivable way on every single difficulty level with each character in the very strict time limit, you’ll get a special key…
Go to the locked ‘out of order toilet’ in the basement, use the newly acquired key and you’ll be greeted by none other than Super Mario! He’ll jump out and scare you to death, but he’ll then tell you that he was in the building mending the toilet cistern (he was actually doing some proper plumbing work for once!), when the place became infested with slavering zombies. So Mario did what every other self-respecting hero would do, he hid in the toilet and soiled himself!
Mario can use his plumber’s helper to bash the zombies, or if you’re feeling a bit more bloodthirsty, he can use the regular shotgun, rocket launcher etc, and instead of using the regular Resident Evil magic herbs to heal himself, Mario prefers to use his favoured magic mushrooms, which he’s been addicted to for many years.
It may be a radical departure for Nintendo’s non-violent mascot to star in a violent game, but if the love of violent games works for other companies, what the heck.
Samus & Lara Croft in Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Volleyball
Okay, so it wouldn’t really happen due to licensing issues, legal wrangling and all the rest of it, but if the Japanese could be allowed to do it, the Japanese (and I suppose the rest of us ogling pervs) would love it.
Two of the games industries biggest female stars stripping down and shaking their booty on a tropical island would get clammy-handed gamers even more clammy.
Not much really needs to be written about this crossover, as I’m sure you can conjure up a vast array of dirty images in your head.
It’s a harmless volleyball game…yea, right, as if our mums are gonna believe that when they see the game in action…
Sonic in Shenmue 3
I love Shenume, don’t get me wrong, but nothing ever exciting happens, unless you class feeding kittens with dry octopus flakes, stacking crates with a very slow forklift truck, or buying little plastic toys as exciting.
However, much more exciting events are promised for the third Shenmue, with one section of the game seeing Ryo Hazuki being tricked into smoking something slightly dodgy. The ensuing period of hallucinating weirdness leads to a cameo appearance from Sega’s spiky blue hedgehog. Ryo will transmogrify into the blue menace and can run around doing not much interesting in a Japanese backstreet. Despite Sonic being really really fast in all his other games, the action will still move at a snails pace. Later on in the game, although you’re playing on an ultra powerful console, you also get to play Sonic 1 on the Megadrive.
John Mullins in Broken Sword 3
There’s some mysterious crime to solve and the fate of the entire human race is once again at stake. There are two character choices available; you can use the wit and intelligence of the ever laidback George Stobbart, solving the many clues and puzzles with cerebral powers to progress, or you can choose to play as special guest star John Mullins and blast the living crap out of anything that moves.
The hero of Soldier of Fortune 1 & 2 is a tough-guy hero, who is probably the only man who can brutally maim evil henchmen and scatter their body parts over a street whilst successfully wearing a hairy caterpillar on his top lip. He’s not the typical Broken Sword style character, but these are more violent times, and as we all know, violent times call for ever more violent butt-kicking heroes.
Solid Snake & Sam Fisher in Spy Vs Spy
The question on the tip of everyone’s tongues is “who is the daddy of the action stealth ‘em up genre?” OK, so probably nobody really gives a damn, but the remake of the classic Spy Vs Spy will tell us the answer, as it features special guest appearances from the industries two biggest stealthy action heroes. Solid Snake was the only real contender until Splinter Cell Sam arrived on the scene, so now we have the ultimate crossover, and you must use all your cunning to set traps and outwit your foe.
Both men have extremely gruff voices, stubble, cool sneaking suits, plenty of gadgets and weaponry, and bad attitudes, but only one can be the best. However, although both have amazing athletic abilities, are proficient with many types of weapons and gadgets, and frequently save the world, Snake likes to hide in cardboard boxes whilst Sam hides in the shadows. Wimps.
Spyro in Reign of Fire
Spyro isn’t much a games character. He/she or whatever it is lacks any real endearing qualities and was only invented to be a shameless cash-in platform character like Croc, Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank and all the other naff gaming mascots of recent times.
It would therefore be nice for Spyro haters to be able to drive a Reign of Fire tank around and blow the irritating little dragon out of the sky and shout “RAH!!”
Crossovers have worked in films, TV series and comics in the past, and it looks like the future will hold more special guest appearances for video games. I wouldn’t have thought we’d ever see any of those stupid ones above, but you never know...