Rumors are currently flying that Namco vs. Capcom is in development. Like many fans, I have certain non-fighting game characters that I would love to see in it. It is already likely that we’d see most of the cast of Street Fighter, Tekken, and Soul Calibur in the game already, but what about less-than-obvious series?

Yuri Lowell (Tales of Vesperia)

Not only is Yuri one of the most bad ass Tales heroes ever, but most of his moves are very up-close and personal, as well as extremely chainable. Players could pull of some impressive combos with Yuri, which is also another plus for fighting game fanatics. His HI-OUGI would probably also translate fairly well into a “super move,” since it was mainly based on the use of his sword. While I feel that a good number of Tales characters would actually work well in the fighting game arena, Yuri seems that he’d fit in the most. Of course, wouldn’t mind seeing other Tales characters such as Lloyd Irving, Kratos Aurion, or Rita Mordio (blah blah blah).

Phoenix Wright

After hearing he had been scrapped from Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, I have always hoped that one day we’d see everyone’s favorite Ace Attorney in a future Versus title. While he doesn’t seem like he’d be a strong fighter, his finger pointing and “Objection!” special moves would be absolutely hilarious. It’d also be awesome to see Phoenix’s rival, Miles Edgeworth, make an appearance along with him.

Pac-Man
What better Namco character than the one who started it all? I’m sure that they could find some creative ways to make him work inside a fighting game. Though I have no clue how they’d do it, myself.