Intro
- Where are we? Was that the rift just we went through?
- Yeah, it was. But where are we now?
- Hmm. It still kind of looks like a lab...
- Um... Everyone? Does it feel like we're wobbling back and forth?
- Yeah... It almost feels like the whole building is swaying.
- I should've known you two would pick up on it first... But I'll have you know I can sense jiggles pretty well these days, too!
- Uh, what are sensing them with? No wait, don't answer that. Anyway, yeah, it feels kinda like we're on a ship.
- Chris, isn't this...
- Yeah. There's no way I'd forget. We're on a ship.
- How did they know? What could possibly account for Chris's mysterious confidence?!
- Easy. This is the Queen Zenobia, a passenger ship named after the queen of ancient Palmyra.
- Zenobia? Wait a sec here. Isn't that the ship where the t-Abyss experiment was held eight years ago?
- If that was eight years in Leon's past, and we're here now, does that mean we made it back to our own time?
- It looks like Ouma used this as their time portal. Good thing we were able to follow it back.
- But we don't have time to celebrate. This is no different from the Tall Oaks Cathedral.
- Huh? What do you mean?
- The S.S. Zenobia was sunk during one of our last missions.
- I read the report too. It said the Zenobia and her sister ships were all lost.
- Then what's going on? Did we come here before it sank?
- Or has it been restored, the way that church was?
- At least now we know one thing. The connection between Ouma... and Shadaloo.
- Shadaloo?! Hotsuma, how do you know that name?
- The Shinobi agency has been tracking them for some time. We recently got some new intel.
- Apparently, a certain ship set sail recently with a curious cargo. Virus-based bioweapons...
- As well as cyborg weapons secretly confiscated from Shadaloo's weapons-development program, S.I.N.
- We assumed the supposed sinking of the Queen Zenobia was just part of the coverup, but...
- No, it really did sink, along with an enormous B.O.W. Jill and I saw it happen with our own eyes.
- In that case, it means we're right in the belly of Shadaloo.
- Quite possibly, yeah. They must be colluding with Ouma.
- On the other hand, this could be our chance. After all, Shadaloo is involved with the gold-chain business too.
- The investigation begins! We go now live to KOS-MOS. Are your sensors picking up anything?
- I'm sensing an energy signal of unknown origins. I believe it's coming from outside the ship.
- That signal... Gold chains, I'm guessing.
- How can you tell, X?
- We Maverick Hunters were also investigating golden chains that suddenly appeared.
- I recorded their energy signature in my Head Parts.
- And it matches this one, huh? If it's coming from outside the ship, maybe it's surrounding us?
- It looks like we'll have to go and see for ourselves. I'm also curious to know where this ship is going...
- Let's split up. One group can go the deck, the other to the control room.
- Shinra and the Shinobi Agency will take the deck. Chris, can you tell us how to get there?
- Roger. We'll get through the central hall and head to the control room.
- Reiji. I'll head for the control room, too. If worst comes to worst, I'll see if I can stop the ship.
- Thanks, Doctor.
- OK, let's get going. Keep your guard up, everyone.
(On the deck...)
- We're out. This must be the deck.
- Well... That explains why we were picking up gold-chain signals from outside.
- The ship seems not to be moving.
- Either the chains are restraining it, or it stopped here because this is where the chains were.
- So now what? I ain't jumpin' in there, if that's your plan.
- This is the first I've seen of these chains. If only I could analyze them with my Captain Goggles!
- We'll just have to analyze them the regular ways. Touching, smelling, tasting...
- There's such a thing as TOO analog.
- We should've brought KOS-MOS and X with us.
- Well, we didn't. Should we go back and fetch them?
- So this whole thing was a ginormous waste? Bleeeaugh.
- ...I wouldn't be so sure of that, Natsu.
(Five Hunter αs appear)
- B.O.W.s?! These are hunter types!
- So this vessel really is a Shadaloo weapons factory.
- We can't let them get inside! We've got to stop them!
After Player Round 1
(Two Vectors and Tong Pooh appear)
- ...
- Tong Pooh? What are you doing here?
- She's the martial artist from the future we fought at the Island of the Strays, isn't she.
- Oh right, that place with the summoning gate thingie where we met Ms. Aty.
- I thought you were good as dead, woman... Impressive.
- A man I met saved me. I'm paying him back.
- A man? Who are you talking about?
- You don't mean Bilstein... Do you?
- Bilstein? Sounds like a band that would open for Lord Raptor.
- Edward Bilstein... I've heard his ghost still lingers.
- Emperor Bilstein of the Fourth Empire, which tried to rule the world through Plasma Power.
- But that empire was topped a long time ago. Those "ghost" rumors are no more than that, rumors.
- Those robots she's got with her are from the Fourth Empire. How do you explain that?
- You mean she's using weapons that date from an empire that no longer exists?
- ...
- So someone who once worked for Grandmaster Meio is now running around with Fourth Empire weaponry. I don't like the sound of this.
- So, woman, if you're here now, does that mean whoever helped you is from our time?
- I'm under no obligation to answer that ...Kurohagane. Get out here.
- Kurohagane?
(Kurohagane α appears next to Tong Pooh and four Zs appear in front of the shipping container they're standing on)
- ...
- A ninja in black? And look! Zs, arch-criminals developed by Scumocide!
- That ninja was on the Island of the Strays too, wasn't he? Is he with her, then?
- ...
- That's the cyborg ninja who was with all the Hellspawn.
- (Kurohagane, was it? I can't deny he has a resemblance to Oboro shinobi like me...)
- I don't know how you got on this ship, but I can't have you sticking your noses where they don't belong.
- Today is the day you die, Strider. You and your henchmen, whoever they are.
- I've got a lot of questions for you, Tong Pooh. I'll keep you alive long enough to answer them.
- In your dreams.
- Wait, I can't tell who the bad guys are anymore.
- If ya don't let chumps know you mean business, they'll walk all over you. C'mon, let's do this!
After a certain point in Enemy Round 2
(M. Bison appears)
- I was wondering what was making all that racket. I never thought you'd find this place, Shinra.
- Tong Pooh. Are you possibly having some trouble?
- What are you doing here? I don't intend to be any further in your debt, Bison.
- You still have use to me. As does that cyborg.
- ...
- M. Bison of Shadaloo!
- Interesting. So that's who rescued her.
- He must be using his Psycho Power to travel between worlds. Insidious!
- Bison, we know of your attempts to procure biological weapons and future technology.
- Our little game of cat and mouse that started in Shibuya ends now!
- Heh. Whoever heard of mice chasing the cat? Don't get so cocky just because you happened upon me.
- Do you understand where you are?
(Four Hermits, four Dipteras, and two Arahabaki Prototypes appear)
- Heh-heh-heh... I have no end of soldiers at my disposal.
- B.O.W.s made with the Thanatos virus!
- The same mutant freakos who attacked Kamurocho! So this is where they came from.
- Bison... We'll make you pay for what you've done to our town!
- Well now, aren't you full of fierce ki energy. A few tweaks, and I bet we could do a lot with you.
- Just like we did with this one.
(V-Dural appears beside Bison)
- ...
- What the hell?! OK, NOW it's gettin' weird.
- A shiny naked chick! NICE.
- Yeah, we've fought this cyborg before. Guess it still hasn't found Sarah Connor.
- Now that you mention it, we did, didn't we. What was it called again...
Kage Maru (Off-screen)
- Its name... is Dural!
- Who said that?!
- Over there! Someone's climbing on board!
- M. Bison of Shadaloo, I have something to ask you about that Dural.
- And who might you be?
- You may call me Kage Maru of the Hagakure.
- Huh? Kage Maru, what are you doing here?
- Natsu? Didn't you return to your own time together with Hiryu and Hibana?
- Hibana did return to her own time...
- But Hiryu and Natsu wound up accompanying us. How did you get here?
(Akira gets on the ship)
- We used your intel to follow the Queen Zenobia in a boat.
- I see the famed martial artist Akira Yuki is here with you. You came all the way across the ocean?
- It was hard to catch up in this rickety old thing, but fortunately the ship stopped near the golden chains.
- Just in time, too. I'm pretty beat.
- ...Wait, did you come out here in a ROW-boat?
- Sure thing. It was good training.
- I've met some morons in my time, but...
- What else could I do? Kage Maru here just stood on the bow with his arms crossed doing nothing.
- ...
- That's how ninja are supposed to ride boats. Haven't you seen any ninja movies?
- Never mind that. Hotsuma, you big lug! Why didn't you tell us you were coming here?
- This wasn't exactly on our itinerary... But it looks like we're after the same thing.
- So it does. Bison, how much do you know about Dural?
- It doesn't matter how many of you mice crawl out of the dirt. You'll never stop us!
- Now, it's time for all you repugnant vermin to get off my ship.
- Think again, Bison! I'm not leaving without the Phoenix Mirror!
- Ah yes, the persistent young man. Did you really come all this way just for a dingy old mirror?
- What about you? If you're so focused on developing weapons, why waste time on antiques?
- Perhaps our dictator here carries an unexpected taste for fine art.
- You fools have no idea, do you... No idea what power the mirror conceals.
- The power to magnify power itself. The key to my new Psycho Drive!
- Psycho Drive?
Ingrid (In the distance)
- Hoooh-hoh-hoh-hoh! I heard that!
- Ngh?
- Where did that come from? Above?
- Look, up in the sky! It's an avian! It's an aircraft! No, it's--
- Wait, it IS an aircraft. Is that an airship?!
(The Air Inn flies over the bow of the ship)
- I'll say one thing. At least I'm a lot less bored around you folks.
- Did that voice just now come from the airship's speaker?
- Huh? Hold on, isn't that...
(Ingrid comes out of the Air Inn's speaker and jumps down onto the bow of the ship)
- Hmm. Well, this vessel's certainly cheery.
- Did she just jump down from all the way up there? What excellent form.
- I'm not even sure how to process that.
- Who are--Hm? I know this power...
- That uniform... And that twisted face! There's no mistaking him!
- Bison! I'm going to seal away your Psycho Power forever!
- So return that power now! You can't just take what you please!
- Whoever this broad is... I like her already.
- Ingrid? Ingrid, is that you?
- Oh hey, Morrigan. I see you're showing yourself off as much as ever.
- Do you know this strange girl?
- She's seen quite often in Makai... Though I've no idea who she is.
- It's not gentlemanly to go prying into a woman's identity.
- Let's just say I have a certain mission that keeps me on the move an awful lot.
- The rest is on a neat-to-know basis, as in, I bet you think it'd be neat to know! Hooh-hoh-hoh-hoh!
- ...It's hard to preserve your mystique when you make such terrible jokes.
- Hm? Say, aren't you agents for that Japanese special ops unit, Shinra?
- How did you know that? And who are you, anyway? Are you trying to pilfer my cool-mystical-girl vibe?
- Easy now. There's room for two.
- Me, swiping from you? That's a laugh, you silly fox-girl. I've been around as long as you have. Probably longer.
- Oh, that does it, missy. If it's war you want, it's war you'll get!
- Wait, from what Morrigan and Demitri said, it sounds like she's on our side. Shouldn't we be fighting Bison now?
- you must be bearer of the Phoenix Mirror, Ryo Hazuki. Very responsible for such a young age!
- You know who I am?! Wait... I'm the Phoenix Mirror's what?
- Enough of this nonsense. ...Ingrid, was it?
- You! Your seal! Your fate is linked to the Psycho Drive!
- You can never master that power! Return it before you get hurt!
- Heheh... Who do you think you are? You've just sealed your fate!
- Here he comes! Ingrid, you better fill us in on what's going on later!
- Very well. A girl needs some secrets... But I'll tell you a few things.
(Chapter title screen appears)
After defeating Tong Pooh
- How? How did you defeat us?!
- Tong Pooh, tell us your connection to the Fourth Empire.
- I'd like to know, too. What's going on in our time?
- ...I dare not disappoint him!
- What...?
- Until he returns, I cannot die!
(Tong Pooh leaves)
- We still don't know enough yet. Around what axis are they operating?
- Axis? Hmm...
After defeating Kurohagane α
- ...
- ...A...ku...ji..ki...
- Huh...?!
(Kurohagane α explodes)
- What is it, Hotsuma?
- ...Nothing.
- (Did it just say "Akujiki"? Where did that cyborg come from?)
- (I still have no idea. I only hope it doesn't come for vengeance.)
After defeating M. Bison
- Hmph! You annoying gnats!
- Bison! Give me back the Phoenix Mirror!
- Foolish whelp. Did you honestly think I had it with me?
- What?!
- In other words, your "Psycho Drivel" isn't here, is it.
- ...
- Which means neither is what you took from me. I'll just have to catch you and make you cough up where they are.
- While I'm at it, I think I'll turn you over to the constabulary. Hooh-hoh-hoh!
- Constabulary?
- She means the police. Not that common of a term these days.
- Hmph, no matter.
- Their work is almost done... Once it is, I'll have no further need for this ship.
- Whaddaya mean? I thought this was Shadaloo's weapons factory.
- I told you. Your fate is sealed.
- Heh heh heh...
(M. Bison teleports away)
- What was he getting at? Did he just throw away this ship and its B.O.W. research facility?
- There's his "Psycho Drive"... Maybe he means that as long as he has that, he doesn't need this place.
After defeating V-Dural
- ...
(V-Dural explodes)
- Has your goal been accomplished, Kage Maru?
- ...No. That was just a V-Dural.
- A mere imitation of the real Dural.
- But as long as we keep pursuing Shadaloo... We're sure to find her.
- The real Dural
- The real Dural? What do you mean?
- ...
Outro
- I see. You Japanese special-ops folks sure get mixed up in some messes, don't you.
- This phenomenon where different worlds collide... It's not the first time it's happened.
- The problem is that there are those out there who keep trying to use the occurrence for nefarious ends.
- In this world, the ones leading those efforts are Bison... And Ouma.
- Ingrid, do you know anything about the other gold chains? We even saw them in Makai.
- That's still under investigation. All I know right now is that Ouma is involved.
- You really don't know? I don't trust you.
- Hold it! Guys, something's way wiggy!
(The four golden chains in front of the ship disappear)
- The gold chains disappeared?
- Remember what Bison said? "Their work is almost done."
- They must have been doing something on the ocean floor.
- I'll say one thing for Shadaloo... They're INDUSTRIOUS sons-o-bitches.
- Kage Maru, you're after that Dural cyborg that was with Bison, right?
- He's only using V-Durals. My objective lies with the real Dural.
- Myself, I'm on a certain job that involves trailing Shadaloo, but I can't say any more than that.
- Psycho Drive, was it? What is it anyway?
- I've never seen it in person, but I know it enables him to amplify his Psycho Power.
- ...And he's using something to do it. Something important to me.
- And the Phoenix Mirror he took from me is there too?
- I'm certain he's using it as well. There's another mirror just like it, right?
- If he'd taken gotten his hands on that one, too, he would have been a formidable foe.
- You mean the Dragon Mirror? How do you know about that?
- I know everything, kid. As for WHY I know everything... Well, we'll leave that a mystery.
- So cryptic! So intriguing! No wonder she's popular.
- Well, I'll show her! With... With something from my DARK PAST THAT I CAN'T DISCUSS--
- You really don't need to compete with her, Xiaomu.
- Ingrid, we're going after Bison too. Will you help us?
- Hmm. Representatives from Japanese special ops, a commando team, the Striders... Sure, might be nice for you to owe me a favor.
- Oh, I certainly shouldn't forget the future king of all Makai...
- Heh heh... Now you're speaking my language, Ingrid. Very well, I'll place my trust in you.
- Well, SOMEONE'S a pushover.
- Of course, I pay my respects to the Dragon of the Dojima Family and the Mad Dog of the Shimano Family as well.
- You've heard of us, too? You're craftier than you let on, little girl.
- Hoooh-ho-ho... I'll take that as a compliment.
- (Although I'll thank you not to call me a "little girl", kid, given that you're barely 40 years old...)
- By the way, Ingrid. That airship up there... Isn't that the Air Inn?
- Air Inn? You know that bird-machine, Xiaomu?
- Oh right, I almost forgot! Hey, Miyuki! Can you hear me?!
(Miyuki comes out of the Air Inn's speaker)
- Thanks for your business!
- I almost thought you'd completely forgotten about me!
- If you HAD forgotten about me... We would have had words.
(Miyuki jumps down and ends up next to Ingrid)
- Nice to meet you, everyone! I'm Miyuki! I work the Air Inn's register!
- It's a real pleasure! I look forward to getting to know you all!
- My, you're certainly energetic. By "register", do you mean that this is a shop?
- That's right! We'd gladly fly through fire or swim under the Arctic seas for our customers!
- In an airship? That doesn't seem very safe.
- ...
- Yes, that's a good point!
- Why is every shopkeeper we meet like this?
- That's right, wasn't there the other one too?
- There's people like this in every age of history. Although you Shinra folks seem to know her.
- We weren't in charge of that case... But yeah, there was an incident not too long ago.
- Someone stole the atom converter invented by Dr. Tomari, the genius scientist.
- An atom converter?
- It can change any form of matter into another form... A truly frightful device if misused.
- Unquestionably. I shudder to think what would happen if it fell into the wrong hands.
- I've never heard of such a device. I presume that means you managed to resolve the incident?
- Dr. Tomari managed to get it back himself. And the one who helped him out was...
- That's right! It was me, Miyuki!
- And now she's helping me out.
- So Ms. Ingrid, about the bill...
- Hm? Oh, right. I'm afraid I can't actually pay. But I got you some great exposure, didn't I?
- ...
- O-Okay, okay, don't worry! These nice Shinra people will buy something from you, I'm sure of it!
- What?
- Thanks for your business! Welcome, new customers!
- She certainly knows how to turn lemons into lemonade.
- Still, this is perfect. We could use a chance to fix up our equipment. Let's see what she's got.
- I can't help but wonder what Bison meant when he said he had "no further need for this ship." We should hurry.
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