User:Tonygameman/SEGA Crossover RPG Ideas

A pitch came from osby's comment on our Battle of AGES (Smash clone) server in Discord.

"Kingdom Hearts-style SEGA crossover action RPG, where you play as Taro Sega who fights with different light guns. Your initial party members are AiAi as a tank and Ulala as a healer, but you unlock new party members as you progress through different worlds via Thunder Force vehicles."

Characters

 * Taro Sega (Segagaga; player character)
 * AiAi (Super Monkey Ball)
 * One of Taro's initial party members, appearing as a tank-class for being able to hit enemies hard with his monkey ball.
 * Ulala (Space Channel 5)
 * Taro's initial healer party member.
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Like Mickey Mouse, he appears in the game as a king.
 * As a party member, Sonic not only utilizes his iconic speedy techniques such as Spin Dash, but also has elements borrowed from The Black Knight such as his Excalibur sword.
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Appears as a occasional rival to Taro and Sonic.
 * Yayoi Haneda
 * As Taro's best friend, she obviously would take Kairi's role, who is a fellow girl.
 * Alex Kidd and Opa-Opa are definitely getting some kind of special roles.
 * Opa-Opa's personality is partly modeled after his appearance in the Zillion anime, and he also appears as a party member during Taro's visit in the Fantasy Zone world, considering his knowledge there.
 * At one point, Alex joins Taro and others in a ninja-based world, meeting up with Espio the Chameleon, Princess Kurumi from Ninja Princess and ninjas from Shinobi (Joe Musashi, Hotsuma and maybe Hibana) as a reference to Alex Kidd in Shinobi World.
 * Sally Acorn
 * Since Sonic is the king like in Archie Comics' Light Mobius universe, I felt it would be obvious to include her as Minnie's counterpart there.
 * Amy Rose does appear in the crossover, though.
 * Miles "Tails" Prower and Knuckles the Echidna will have roles as well, the former working as a mechanic for Taro's vehicles, which come straight from the Thunder Force series like in Segagaga's climax, and a latter being the castle's bodyguard/guardian.
 * NiGHTS (NiGHTS into Dreams)
 * Obviously takes over Peter Pan's role, as they're inspired by that character.
 * NiGHTS will play out as a black mage, considering that they're a Nightmaren created by Wizeman the Wicked.
 * Joe Musashi (Shinobi)
 * After the ninja-based world is completed, Joe will join Taro as a party member while Hotsuma and Hibana stays to protect it.
 * Princess Kurumi (Ninja Princess)
 * Harrier (Space Harrier)
 * Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza)
 * When joining as a party member, Kiryu acts as a brute-force fighter with his moves involving smacking enemies with both his fists and pickable objects such as bikes, even being able to perform team-up techniques alongside Taro by using Heat Actions.
 * Ryo Hazuki (Shenmue)
 * When joining as a party member, Ryo acts as a fast-acting brute character with support powers thanks to Shenhua assisting him & Taro; for example, her healing is more potent than Ulala's.
 * Vyse (Skies of Arcadia)
 * Beat (Jet Set Radio)
 * When joining as a party member, Beat is a thief-like speedy character, whose spray-can attacks can stun enemies to leave them open for Taro.
 * Alicia Melchiott (Valkyria Chronicles)
 * When joining as a party member, Alicia is a ranged sharpshooter with high speed and low defense due to her light armour, but has effective attacks with her rifle and grenades.
 * Taro Yamada (Rent-A-Hero)
 * Sir Pepperouchau (Clockwork Knight)
 * Ristar (Ristar)
 * When joining as a party member, Ristar is a balanced mix of speed and strength as his mobility/attack speed is fast, with headbutt attacks packing quite a punch in damage.
 * Segata Sanshiro
 * Appears as a super-secret Level 99 boss in the Virtua Fighter world akin to Sephiroth in the Kingdom Hearts series, referencing his karate skills and infamous strength.
 * During his battle, a epic remix of his iconic theme from the advertisements will play out in the background.

Worlds

 * Mobius (Sonic the Hedgehog; main/hub world)
 * Virtua Fighter
 * Like Olympus Coliseum, the world acts as a tournament you can fight whenever Taro likes.
 * The player can choose between various different tournament themes from other SEGA fighting games besides Virtua Fighter; such as Fighting Vipers, The Last Bronx, Eternal Champions, etc.
 * Miracle World (Alex Kidd)
 * Allows Taro to travel between planets Aries (with locations based on Miracle World and The Lost Stars) and Paperock (from The Enchanted Castle), even participating in Jan-Ken-Pon (rock/scissors/paper) tournaments for various rewards.
 * Fantasy Zone (Fantasy Zone/Space Harrier)
 * Kamurocho (Yakuza)
 * Since Yakuza: Like a Dragon turned the series into a role-playing genre, it would be easy to translate with Kamurocho being explorable, alongside various mini-games, random thug encounters in the streets and Ryuji Goda or someone else as a boss.
 * Yokosuka/China (Shenmue)
 * Night Dimension (NiGHTS into Dreams)
 * Besides Nightopia and it's worlds such as Splash Garden & Spring Valley, Taro can also travel to a city, which takes elements from both Twin Seeds and Bellbridge.
 * Europa (Valkyria Chronicles)
 * Arcadia (Skies of Arcadia)
 * Tokyo-to (Jet Set Radio)
 * TBA (ninja-based world with elements from Shinobi and Ninja Princess)
 * TBA (SEGA Arcade)
 * Like in Shenmue, Yakuza and Judgment, this world focuses on classic SEGA arcade games such as Space Harrier, Fantasy Zone, OutRun, etc. which are straight emulated and can be played, akin to Classic Kingdom mini-games from Kingdom Hearts III.