DeadZone Cross Evolution Climax 3

DeadZone Cross Evolution Climax 3 is a crossover fighting game by Bandai Namco and Netherrealm Studios. It was released in March 8th, 2019 on the PS4, Xbox One, Steam and Nintendo Switch.
== Plot ==
The Harbinger of Time has begun to wreck havoc on the multiverse, merging various worlds to his own design, but at the same time, crossing over to OUR world. 
A new hero, or should we say... a fan, has been selected to save the worlds and fix the problem at it's source.
== Development ==
Unlike the previous two games, this one is being co-developed by Bandai Namco, Rooster Teeth, Koei Tecmo and Netherrealm Studios. It also uses the Unreal Engine 4 in a similar fashion to Jump Force. However, it uses similar mechanics from Mortal Kombat 11, J-Stars Victory Vs, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax. 
== Roster ==
The roster will have 72 characters with 9 more in the Season Pass. 
=== New Protagonist ===
Character	Voice Actor (Male)	Voice Actor (Female)
Player 	Kensho Ono/Masaya Onosaka/Yuki Kaji/Chiwa Saito/Yoshitsugu Matsuoka/Yoshimasa Hosoya/Tomokazu Sugita/Jun Fukushima/Masami Suzuki/Haruka Tomatsu
(Season 2)
Katsuyuki Konishi/Mikako Komatsu/Daisuke Ono/Fumihiko Tachiki
(Season 1 English)
Pat Seymour/Kirk Thornton/Bryce Papenbrook/Cherami Leigh/Greg Chun/Robbie Daymond/Ian Sinclair/Xavier Woods/Britney Karbowski/Jen Brown
(Season 2 English)
Chris Guerrero/Jessica Calvero/Johnny Yong Bosch/Yuri Lowenthal	Rina Sato/Kaede Hondo/Mikako Komatsu/Chinatsu Akasaki/Masami Suzuki/Rina Hidaka/Haruka Tomatsu/Satomi Sato/Miyuki Sawashiro/Ai Kayano
(Season 2)
Rie Takahashi/Sora Amamiya/Ai Maeda/Shino Shimoji
(Season 1 English)
Britney Karbowski/Mikaela Kranz/Kara Edwards/Faye Mata/Cindy Robinson/Stephanie Sheh/Stephanie Lemelin/Zelina Vega/Lani Minella/Erica Lindbeck
(Season 2 English)
Tara Strong/Alex Borstein/Laura Bailey/Christina Vee
=== Playable Characters (Male) ===
Character 	VA (JP) 	VA (ENG) 	Franchise 	S1 	S2
Adam Taurus 	Yuichi Nakamura 	Garret Hunter 	RWBY 	Yes	
Aeon 	 	 	Soul Calibur 	Yes	
AJ Styles 	Tatsuhisa Suzuki 	Himself 	WWE 	Yes	
AVGN 	Tomokazu Seki 	Himself 	YouTube 	Yes	
Baek Doo San 	Hiroki Yasumoto 	Chris Guerrero 	Tekken 	Yes	
Ben Tennyson 	Masakazu Morita 	Tara Strong 	Ben 10 	Yes	
Cullen Rutherford 	Takehito Koyasu 	Greg Ellis 	Dragon Age 	Yes	
Daithi de Nogla 	Jun Fukushima 	Himself 	YouTube 	Yes	
Frank West 	Rikiya Koyama 	TJ Rotolo 	Dead Rising 	Yes	
Gavin Free 	Hiroshi Kamiya 	Himself 	YouTube 	Yes	
Gintoki Sakata 	Tomokazu Sugita 	Ian Sinclair 	Gintama 	Yes	
Havik 	Yuki Kaji 	Paul St. Peter 	Mortal Kombat 	Yes	
IDubbbz 	Kenjiro Tsuda 	Himself 	YouTube 	Yes	
Johnny Cage 	Hiroaki Miura 	Andrew Bowen 	Mortal Kombat 	Yes	
Kamen Rider Cross-Z 	Eiji Akaso 	 	Kamen Rider 	Yes	
Kamen Rider Joker 	Renn Kiriyama 	Carter Hayden 	Kamen Rider 	Yes	
Kamen Rider Kaixa 	Kohei Murakami 	Robbie Daymond 	Kamen Rider 	Yes	
Kamen Rider Kuuga 	Nobunaga Shimazaki	Miles Luna 	Kamen Rider 	Yes	
Kamen Rider Zi-O 	So Okuno 	Justin Brinner 	Kamen Rider 	Yes	
Kanetsugu Naoe 	Masaya Takatsuka 	Michael Lindsay 	Samurai Warriors 	Yes	
Kazuma Satou 	Jun Fukushima 	Arnie Pantoja 	Konosuba 	Yes	
Kenshi Takahashi 	Masaya Onosaka 	 	Mortal Kombat 	Yes	
Koro-sensei 	Jun Fukuyama 	Sonny Strait 	Asassination Classroom 	 	Yes
Kuai Liang (Sub-Zero)	Tomokazu Sugita 	Steve Blum 	Mortal Kombat 	Yes	
Kusuo Saiki 	Shintaro Asanuma 	Patrick Seitz 	Diastrous Life of Saiki K.	Yes	
Michael J. Caboose 	Mitsuhiro Ichiki 	Joel Heyman 	Red vs. Blue 	Yes	
Mustafa Ali 	Hiro Shimono 	Himself 	WWE 	Yes	
Pang Tong 	Takahiro Kawachi 	Richard Casino 	Dynasty Warriors 	Yes	
Pete Dunne 	Toshihiko Seki 	Himself 	WWE 	Yes	
R-Truth 	Masakazu Morita 	Himself 	WWE 	Yes	
Sam Fisher 	Tessho Genda 	Michael Ironside	Splinter Cell 	Yes	
Sarge 	Rikiya Koyama 	Matt Hullum 	Red vs. Blue 	Yes	
Scorpion 	Tetsu Inada 	Ron Yuan 	Mortal Kombat 	Yes	
Skullomania 	Issei Futamata 	Ian Sinclair 	Fighting EX Layer 	Yes	
Takeda Takahashi 	Hiro Shimono 	Parry Shen 	Mortal Kombat 	Yes	
Tar Man 	Hiroaki Miura 	? 	Revenge of the Living Dead	Yes	
VECTOR 	Tomoaki Maeno 	Kyle Hebert 	Resident Evil 	Yes	
Xavier Woods 	Katsuyuki Konishi 	Himself 	WWE 	Yes	
Yuan Shao 	Osamu Ryutani 	? 	Dynasty Warriors 	 	Yes
Yusuke Fujisaki 	Hiroyuki Yoshino 	Sean Chiplock 	Sket Dan 	Yes	
Zhou Tai 	Hideo Ishikawa 	Kyle Hebert 	Dynasty Warriors 	Yes	
=== Playable Characters (Female) ===
Character 	VA (JP) 	VA (ENG) 	Franchise 	S1 	S2
Akame 	Sora Amamiya 	Mikaela Kranz 	Akame Ga Kill 	Yes	
Asuka Otori 	Aya Suzaki 	Trina Nishimura 	Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka	Yes	
Becky Lynch 	Haruka Tomatsu 	Herself 	WWE 	Yes	
Blair Dame 	Rui Tanabe 	Wendee Lee 	Fighting EX Layer 	Yes	
Blake Belladonna 	Yu Shimamura 	Arryn Zech 	RWBY 	Yes	
Carolina 	Madoka Yonezawa 	Jen Brown 	Red vs. Blue 	Yes	
Cassie Cage 	Chinatsu Akasaki	Erica Lindbeck 	Mortal Kombat 	Yes	
Charterux Westia 	Yu Shimamura 	 	Boarding School Juliet 	Yes	
Christie Monteiro 	Marina Inoue 	 	Tekken 	Yes	
Emily Grey 	Yu Kobayashi 	Arryn Zech 	Red vs. Blue 	Yes	
Esdeath 	Satomi Akesaka 	 	Akame Ga Kill! 	Yes	
Guan Yinping 	Shiori Mikami 	Stephanie Sheh 	Dynasty Warriors 	Yes	
Helena Harper 	Mayumi Sako 	 	Resident Evil 	Yes	
Hitagi Senjougahara 	Chiwa Saito 	 	Monogotari 	Yes	
Kagura Izumi (ToQ 5gou) 	Ai Moritaka 	Tara Strong 	Super Sentai 	Yes	
Kazehana 	Yukana Nogami 	 	Sekirei 	Yes	
Kitana 	Aki Toyosaki 	Karen Strassman 	Mortal Kombat 	Yes	
Kokoro 	Ayako Kawasumi 	 	Dead or Alive 	Yes	
Lady Hayakawa 	Satomi Sato 	Jen Brown 	Samurai Warriors 	Yes	
Lisa Rogan 	Rina Sato 	 	House of the Dead 	Yes	
Luka Milfy (Gokai Yellow)	Mao Ichimichi 	Alexis Tipton 	Super Sentai 	Yes	
Macrophage 	Kikuko Inoue 	Cherami Leigh 	Cells at Work! 	Yes	
Medaka Kurokami 	Aki Toyosaki 	 	Medaka Box 	Yes	
Mizore Shirayuki 	Rie Kugimiya 	 	Rosario Vampire 	Yes	
Monster Hunter (Odogaron)	Ayane Sakura 	 	Monster Hunter World 	Yes	
Nikki Cross 	Misato Fukuen 	Herself 	WWE 	Yes	
Oichi (Warriors) 	Ai Maeda 	Tara Platt 	Samurai Warriors 	Yes	
Oichi (Basara) 	Mamiko Noto 	Laura Bailey 	Sengoku Basara 	Yes	
Revy 	Megumi Toyoguchi	 	Black Lagoon 	Yes	
Ria Iwamura 	Pile 	Barbara Dunkleman 	Ousama Game 	Yes	
Sonya Blade 	Yuki Makishima 	 	Mortal Kombat 	Yes	
Talim 	Yukari Tamura 	Kate Higgins 	Soul Calibur 	Yes	
Touka Kirishima 	Sora Amamiya 	 	Tokyo Ghoul 	Yes	
Tsubame Kamoi 	Manami Numakura 	 	Uchi no Maid 	Yes	
Wang Yi 	Houko Kuwashima 	 	Dynasty Warriors 	Yes	
Wiz 	Yui Horie 	Brianna Knickerbocker	Konosuba 	Yes	
Xin Xianying 	Shino Shimoji 	Lindsay Jones 	Dynasty Warriors 	Yes	
Yang Xiao Long 	Ami Koshimizu 	Barbara Dunkleman 	RWBY 	Yes	
Yueying 	Rumi Kasahara 	Ashley Johnson 	Dynasty Warriors 	Yes	
Yui Hirasawa 	Aki Toyosaki 	Stephanie Sheh 	K-ON! 	Yes	
=== Support Characters ===
This time, the Support Characters have increased to 47
Character 	Voice Actor 	Franchise 	S1 	S2
Agent Moose 	Houko Kuwashima 	Eleven Little Roosters 	Yes	
Akihisa Yoshii 	Hiro Shimono 	Baka and Test 	Yes	
Alice Nakiri 	Chinatsu Akasaki 	Food Wars! 	Yes	
Andriy Kobin 	Satoshi Hino 	Splinter Cell 	Yes	
Azusa 	Toa Yukinari 	Grand Blue 	Yes	
Azusa Nakano 	Ayana Taketatsu 	K-ON! 	Yes	
Black Woz 	Keisuke Watanabe 	Kamen Rider 	Yes	
Boomer 	 	Far Cry 	Yes	
Carmella 	Satomi Sato 	WWE 	Yes	
Cheeseburger 	 	Far Cry 	Yes	
Dexter Grif 	Keiichiro Yamamoto	Red vs. Blue 	Yes	
Dungeon Master 	Ryohei Arai 	Critical Role 	Yes	
Eraser (Miyoko Kinjou)	Kaede Hondo 	Handa Kun 	Yes	
Francis York 	Toshiyuki Toyonaga	Deadly Premonition 	Yes	
Hikaru Hoshina 	Eimi Naruse 	Pretty Cure 	Yes	
Hotaru 	Sho Hayami 	Mortal Kombat 	Yes	
Hurk Drubman Jr. 	Yoshimasa Hosoya 	Far Cry 	Yes	
Italy 	Daisuke Namikawa 	Hetalia 	Yes	
Jess Black 	Aya Suzaki 	Far Cry 	Yes	
Jimmy Hopkins 	Daisuke Sakaguchi 	Bully 	Yes	
Junichiro Kagami 	Hiroshi Kamiya 	Ultimate Otaku Teacher 	Yes	
Kagetora Uesugi 	Nobunaga Shimazaki	Samurai Warriors 	Yes	
Kae Serinuma 	Yu Kobayashi 	Kiss Him, Not Me 	Yes	
Kali Belladonna 	Megumi Toyoguchi 	RWBY 	Yes	
Kaoru Ichijou 	Shingo Katsurayama	Kamen Rider 	Yes	
Kurumi Mugen 	Akira Sekine 	Magical Girl Spec Ops Asuka 	Yes	
Montez Ford 	Yukitoshi Hori 	WWE 	 	Yes
Nagamasa Azai (Basara)	Kouji Tsujitani 	Sengoku Basara 	Yes	
Peaches 	 	Far Cry 	Yes	
Professor Paradox 	Takehito Koyasu 	Ben 10 	Yes	
Pyramid Head 	? 	Silent Hill 	Yes	
Revenant 	Tomokazu Seki 	DOOM 	Yes	
Riona Matsumoto 	Akara Uehara 	Ousama Game 	Yes	
Sakamoto 	Hikaru Midorikawa 	Haven't you Heard, I'm Sakamoto?	Yes	
Satou's Aunt 	Kikuko Inoue 	Happy Sugar Life 	Yes	
Seishu Handa 	Daisuke Ono 	Barakamon 	Yes	
Ser Barris 	Yusuke Handa 	Dragon Age 	Yes	
Shiori 	Chika Anzai 	Evil or Live 	Yes	
Shoyo Hinata 	Ayumu Murase 	Haikyu! 	Yes	
Simmons 	Daisuke Namikawa 	Red vs. Blue 	Yes	
SixSix 	Yoshimasa Hosoya 	Ben 10 	Yes	
Skeletor 	Fumihiko Tachiki 	The Purge 	Yes	
Tae Yamada 	Kotono Mitsuishi 	Zombie Land Saga 	Yes	
Taigong Wang 	Daisuke Kishio 	Warriors Orochi 	Yes	
Takayuki Yagami 	Takuya Kimura 	Judgement 	Yes	
Tomoko Nozama 	Shiho 	Kamen Rider 	Yes	
Tsumugi Kotobuki 	Minako Kotobuki 	K-ON! 	Yes	
Ui Hirasawa 	Madoka Yonezawa 	K-ON! 	Yes	
Ujimasa Hojo 	Hiromu Miyazaki 	Samurai Warriors 	Yes	
Vito Scaletta 	Hisayoshi Suganuma	Mafia 	Yes	
Zhang Jiao 	Yasuhiko Kawazu 	Dynasty Warriors 	Yes	
=== NPCS ===
==== Kamen Rider ====
* Sento Kiryu
* Kazumi Sawatari
* Misora Isurugi
* Gentoku Himuro
* Takumi Inui
* Mari Sonoda
* Phillip
* Ryu Terui
* Akiko Narumi
* Black Woz
* White Woz
* Geiz Myokouin
* Tsukuyomi
* Kaoru Ichijo
* Sakurako Sawatari
* Tsukasa Kadoya
* Daiki Kaito
==== Super Sentai ====
* Right Suzuki
* Mio Natsume
==== Resident Evil ====
* Spectre
==== Bully ====
* Pete Kowalski
* Johnny Vincent
* Parker
* Algie
* Christy Martin
==== Death Note ====
* Light Yagami 
* Matsuda
==== Samurai Warriors ====
* Kai
* Ujiyasu Hojo
* Nobunaga Oda
* Kenshin Uesugi
* No
==== Saw ====
* Logan Nelson 
* Dr. Gordon
* John Kramer
==== Goosebumps Horrorland ====
* 
==== Far Cry ====
* Hurk Drubman Jr.
* Nick Rye
* ?
== Stages ==
36 stages have been confirmed for Season 1. 
Stage Name 	S1 	S2	Description
Lin Kuei Temple 	Yes 	 	
Goro's Lair 	 	 	
Honnoji 	 	 	
Shang Tsung's Palace 	 	 	
Grove Street 	 	 	
Ba Sing Se 	 	 	
Amanaki Village 	 	 	
Lung Hai Temple 	 	 	
He Fei 	 	 	
Bustling Side Street 	 	 	
Vale 	 	 	
Beacon Academy 	 	 	
Kiyoshi Island 	 	 	
Sakuragaoka High School	 	 	
Astral Chaos 	 	 	
Kyushu 	 	 	
Fan Castle 	 	 	
Yellow Turban Rebellion	 	 	
The Pit 4 	 	 	
Dragon Mountain 	 	 	
Neo Osaka 	 	 	
NXT UK 	 	 	
Sky Temple 	 	 	
Brimstone of Fire 	 	 	
Halcyon Harbor 	 	 	
Black Dragon Fight Klub	 	 	
Black Rock Stadium 	 	 	
Fortune's End 	 	 	
Horrorland 	 	 	
Linto Police Station 	Yes 	 	
The Throne of Time 	Yes 	 	
Crossroads 	 	 	
Final Climax 	 	 	
Super Show-Down 	Yes 	 	In Melbourne, Australia. This arena has been merged with certain parts of Tokyo Ghoul.
Argus Cliffs 2019 	Yes 	 	In Argus, certain parts of Future Fballs 2011 were merged with parts of the cliffs. This is also the field where the Angry Video Game Nerd makes a strong impact.
Bullworth Academy 	Yes 	 	As a result of the merging of the worlds, Bullworth Academy has been mixed with certain parts of the Imperial Capital.
Jieting Rooftop 	Yes 	 	?
ToobCon 	Yes (DLC)	 	
Shirai Ryu Fire Garden 	 	 	
Hakoniwa Academy 	 	 	
Wu Zhang Plains 	 	 	
Crow's Office 	 	 	
== Seasons ==
=== Season 1 Pass ($75) ===
* "The changes in the Timeline have altered the multiverse history....... but twelve new fighters will join the fight to restore balance to the universe." - Official description
Contains twelve characters (8 playable and 4 support), four stages, a lot of character customisation items and a lot of music
==== Characters ====
* Daithi de Nogla
* Asuka Otori
* Takeda Takahashi
* Monster Hunter (Odogaron)
* Cullen Rutherford
* Medaka Kurokami
* Ben Tennyson
* Yueying
* Rath
* Kurumi Mugen
* Junichiro Kagami
* Ser Barris
* Professor Paradox
=== Season 2 Pass ===
* The Universe has been restored... but now, it's time to take over.
Contains thirteen characters, four stages and more.
==== Characters ====
* Koro-sensei
* Yuan Shao
* ?
* ?
* ?
* ?
* ?
* ?
* ?
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== Reception ==
The game received critical acclaim by fans and critics with the praise coming from it's graphics, story, roster and gameplay mechanics. The Season Pass was initially met with a lot of criticism due to the price and being similar to Dead or Alive 6's controversial Season Pass, not to mention that there will be more Yearly Season Passes, but it has since received acclaim for the amount of items and the characters. The unlock system was also criticised for it's extremely difficult unlock goals. Despite this, it still manages to be a huge success for the fans.
== Controversy ==
=== Dedication and Love... at a Price. ===
The Season Pass sparked a lot of controversy due to their price, being similar to Dead or Alive 6's Season Pass. Despite Kyle's explanation, fans were still unhappy over the prices and the fact that the developers had the idea to pull that stunt by adding a lot of things through a paywall without actually knowing that there is in fact a lot of items in the Season Pass, as what Kyle said. A lot of people have since asked: What was really the point of the Season Passes if there's a lot of content in the game in the first place? Kyle's response: To satisfy the fans as much as they can. It's mostly a heartwarming response, but some are still suspicious over how they handle DLC for the third game. Time will tell if the next two Season Passes will either cost more or less than the first Season Pass. 
=== Anime Overload ===
A couple of people were disgruntled by roster, with most of the characters being hailed from the anime genre. This caused a huge divide on whether the game should be taken seriously or be enjoyed by the fans. One side wanted the game to be serious while the other side just likes the game as it is and there was a third party that loves the game regardless of the tone. The worst offender of this is the K-ON! representatives (Yui, Azusa and Ui). Many fans believe that the K-ON! representatives don't deserve to be in the game considering that moe is rather hated through the anime community, despite that K-ON! is a beloved anime worldwide. Needless to say, the majority of the fans just can't catch a break. 
=== Ben 10 and Yueying's addition. ===
While being universally praised and the most unexpected surprise at EVO 2019, the fact that the young Ben Tennyson is in the game itself was mocked on Twitter with many fans complaining about someone such as him being part of the game's setting itself. Not helping matters is that the Ben in the game is his counterpart from the original series, not the sequels nor the reboot, which, despite a lot of positive reception from the majority of the fanbase, made some fans get very vocal on Twitter and Instagram about his age (Which is a controversial issue nowadays). However, supporters fully agreed with the idea of Ben and Yueying in the game itself with it's setting.
Yueying's addition to the roster, while praised, didn't sit well with a group of people due to the Warriors series getting yet ANOTHER representative. 
Speaking of Professor Paradox, fans were disappointed that he's been assigned to Support Character status
=== The NPC Problem ===
Similar to MKX and MK11, a lot of fans were not happy that most of the characters appearing in the game are non-playable although this is justified to a HUGE extent as it was revealed that there were so many to choose from for being playable that they couldn't decide on who should be playable or not.
=== Woke Twitter's reaction to Season 2 ===
The Season 2 trailer has angered Twitter fans.
== Sequel ==
A fourth game has been confirmed to be in development since the start of 2018.
== Trivia ==
* Kyle claimed that there may not be any Kamen Rider reps this time around due to the Heisei era ending. However, Zi-O is an exception to this because the series will be part of the new era, which is why Black Woz was confirmed to be a support character. It was soon deconfirmed when Kamen Rider Cross-Z and Kamen Rider Zi-O were added, mainly because of the former's movie and the latter's series. Kamen Rider Kaixa, Kuuga and Joker were only added due to fan requests. 
* The reason why Kagura Izumi joined the roster was due to the Super Sentai Strongest Battle special though it actually turns out that her actress was excited to reprise her role in a video game.
* The release window for the game is an interesting one given that the game will be released at the same time as Devil May Cry 5.
* The game itself may might as well be the closest thing to be a spiritual successor to Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2.
* The official cover shares some similarities to the Jump Force cover except that there are eight characters along with The Harbringer of Time and the protagonist. (Xavier Woods, Sam Fisher and more.)
* Despite claims, it was confirmed that The Harbringer of Time is not Kronika but someone else that has a history with Shinnok.