When did Namco X Capcom come out?

Namco X Capcom was released on 26 May 2005 for PlayStation 2.

Namco X Capcom (2005) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Namco X Capcom

Namco X Capcom is an action tactical role-playing video game developed by and featuring characters from games produced by companies Namco and Capcom. The game centers around two original characters created for…

26 May 2005

What Namco X Capcom is

Namco X Capcom is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Monolith Soft and released in 2005. It was published by Namco. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game centers around two original characters; Arisu Reiji and Xiaomu, agents of a secret organization known as "Shinra", who deals with supernatural occurrences. Before the game's story, Shinra stopped a plan from the "Ouma" organization to create "fluctuations" to open up portals between worlds, albeit at the cost of Reiji's father life. Ten years later, Reiji and Xiaomu are investigating new fluctuations happening in Shibuya, Tokyo; and soon discover that characters and locations from different worlds and times are converging together, and "Ouma" agent Saya, related to the death of Reiji's father, is involved.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Street Fighter series

Namco X Capcom is the 151st of 243 entries we hold in the Street Fighter series. The next entry was Slotter Up Core 7: Dekitou da! Street Fighter II in 2005.

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What it launched against

Namco X Capcom launched on 26 May 2005, within three weeks of Killer7, Medal of Honor: European Assault, Madagascar and Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!.

Released around the same time: Killer7, Medal of Honor: European Assault, Madagascar, Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!.

Official trailer