Chapter 29: The True Dragon Fist

Project X Zone 2
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Area:	Sword Valley, Mechonis
Origin:	Xenoblade Chronicles (2010)
Previous Chapter:	Chapter 28: Angels With Burning Hearts
Next Chapter:	Chapter 30: Way Beyond Good and Evil

Overview

"The True Dragon Fist" is the twenty-ninth chapter and thirty-fourth overall chapter in Project X Zone 2. It is the first of two consecutive Xenoblade Chronicles themed chapters and is the only time Ken appears as a enemy unit. Ryu and Ken learn their Multi-Attack here.

Synopsis

Urashima managed to get the vehicle through the vortex thanks to the repairs she made at Miyuki's shop. As they go through, they see two giant statues in the distance: Bionis and Mechonis...Fiora's homeworld.

The left statue was Bionis, and on the right, Mechonis. Fiora suggests heading for Bionis since they should ask for help there. Just then, something struck the Dragonturtle and it begins hurtling down fast! Urashima spotted what looked like a black object in the distance and was the one who shot at them. She tells the others to brace for impact as she lands in what looked like a small gully.

Everyone made it unscathed...save the Dragonturtle, which got damaged again. Fiora says they are at Sword Valley, built on Mechonis' sword. They were lucky they landed in the gully, but they are now between the two statues...and possibly their enemies considering their position. Fiora guesses that the one who shot them was Metal Face, since he can fly. Since they know other groups were headed here, they decide to do some reconnaissance to gather info while some of them stayed behind and guard the Dragonturtle so no one would get the jump on them. After the recon group left, the remaining team decided to help clean up the vehicle.

While the cleanup work was going on, some Mechon appear in front of the Dragonturtle. They decide to take care of them before they call for backup.

Just then, Metal Face shows up and one of the other groups. Turns out he was the one who shot down the Dragonturtle. Seems he was waiting for someone else, but decides to fight the group anyway since the commotion will draw out the one he's waiting for. The third group split off from them when they found something of interest.

As they fought, Ken showed up...though something seemed off. Estelle came back too, but was spaced out more than usual. Then Robot Axel shows up, too along with Black Hayato. Demitri senses Psycho Power at work...and rightly so as Bison shows up again. It seems Metal Face was waiting for Ouma to show up to do something about the gold chains, but then Dokugozu shows up with more Ouma troops...under Psycho Power no less. He also calls some God Arc Soldiers as well and the battle resumes.

After Metal Face takes a beating, he retreats saying he needs more power. Hayato's Psycho Power link is severed, but his split personality still has a hold of him. After Ken (or Estelle) is beaten, their link begins to sever...until Bison gives them another dose. The last of the group arrives and gives them the situation: they wound up fighting against Ouma and Shadaloo when Ken rushed out alone, and now his power is having a negative effect on Estelle.

It seems Bison poked at Ken's fear of being left behind by Ryu's power, and now he's become controlled. Not wanting to lose a friend, Ryu rushes in and counters Ken's assault with his greatest technique: The True Dragon Fist! (Shin Shoryuken)

The Psycho Power has been severed and the two are back to normal. He was simply returning the favor Ken did for him back then. When given the choice, they decide to defeat Bison with the power they obtained.

(Ryu & Ken learn MA Attack: Double Hadoken)

Dokugozu retreats after snapping out of the Psycho Power. The Axel android blows up...again. After defeat, it is revealed that Bison has procured some technology from this world in order to further his plans. After taunting the heroes he warps away.

Once the situation is under control, the doctor gives her report. The Dragonturtle is still operational, but it's still heavily damaged. She detected an energy source further downward from their position, and it might be possible that it is Ryugu Castle. Fiora thinks it might be near the Fallen Arm of Mechonis, and there may be parts there to repair the vehicle. A hidden Machina village is there, so everyone gets on board and heads for the seashore.

Party Members

Pair Units

• Reiji & Xiaomu
• Jin & Kazuya
• Chun-Li & Xiaoyu
• Zephyr & Vashyron
• Ciel & Nana
• Chrom & Lucina
• Yuri & Flynn

Some time during Player Round 2

• Kiryu & Majima
• Demitri & Morrigan
• KOS-MOS & Fiora
• X & Zero
• Sakura & Gemini
• Ogami & Erica

After defeating Ken or Estelle

• Chris & Jill
• Hiryu & Hotsuma
• Kite & Haseo
• Akira & Kage Maru
• Dante & Vergil
• Ryu & Ken

Solo Units

• Phoenix & Maya
• Captain Commando
• Valkyrie
• Leanne
• June
• Alisa
• Hibana

Some time during Player Round 2

• Heihachi
• Natsu
• Ryo
• Ingrid
• Pai
• Felicia

After defeating Ken or Estelle

• Aty
• Ulala
• Leon
• Axel
• Segata
• Estelle

Enemies

*= Rivals until defeat

Image	Name	Lv.	Amount	HP	ATK	DEF	TEC	DEX	RNG	M-RNG	SP-RNG	SP-M-RNG	MOVE	Block	Gear
	M63 Harvester Unit	20	2	6270	441	157	112	112	1	0	0	0	5	35	-
		21	1	6532	463	163	115	115
	Sentinel Mechon	20	1	5985	462	176	107	128	1	0	0	0	5	30	-
		21	1	6235	479	183	110	132
	M82X Melee Unit	20	1	6555	483	137	123	123	2	2	0	0	5	30	-
		21	2	6829	501	142	126	126
	Offensive Mechon Plus	21	2	5345	566	129	165	165	1	0	0	0	7	20	-

Some time during Player Round 2

Image	Name	Lv.	Amount	HP	ATK	DEF	TEC	DEX	RNG	M-RNG	SP-RNG	SP-M-RNG	MOVE	Block	Gear
	Metal Face	23	1	87276	660	224	135	106	4	4	4	4	5	50	Poison Claws
	Mass-Produced Face	22	2	36648	646	203	114	102	3	3	0	0	4	40	-

After Enemy Round 2

Image	Name	Lv.	Amount	HP	ATK	DEF	TEC	DEX	RNG	M-RNG	SP-RNG	SP-M-RNG	MOVE	Block	Gear
	Ken*	21	1	65251	640	138	115	121	2	0	2	3	5	20	Yellow Gloves
	Estelle* ^	21	1	52822	453	200	143	132	2	0	2	3	4	30	BC Rod
	Robot Axel	21	1	52822	560	154	110	115	2	0	2	2	5	0	Blue Gloves
	B. Hayato	21	1	52822	667	130	121	154	2	0	2	2	6	15	Plasma Gun
	Dokugozu	22	1	80820	692	128	114	96	2	0	2	2	5	25	Dokugozu Mask
	Byakuya X	21	2	42512	1245	166	104	115	5	5	0	0	4	20	-
	Aku Tengu	20	2	7410	441	137	123	144	1	0	0	0	5	10	-
	Gou Tengu	20	2	10830	567	183	123	144	2	0	0	0	5	20	-
	Eight Eight	21	2	10393	1046	183	137	126	3	3	0	0	6	15	-
	Five Five	21	2	14253	741	231	126	126	2	0	0	0	5	25	-
	God Arc Soldier	21	3	21863	622	152	99	137	2	0	0	0	6	15	-
	Rampaging God Arc Soldier	21	3	24293	722	123	132	126	3	0	0	0	6	15	-
	M. Bison	24	1	90459	742	206	122	122	3	3	3	3	7	25	Shadaloo Cap

*= Bosses until defeat.

^The image used here for Estelle isn't her proper boss sprite since it wasn't in Spriter's Resource.

Items

• Mettaur Helmet
• Vital Star L
• Mobi-chan
• Rejuvenator DX

Transcript

Chapter 29: The True Dragon Fist (Transcript)

Trivia

• During the prologue of Xenoblade Chronicles, Sword Valley was a battleground. The gully they landed in was made by the Monado, when Dunban was fighting against the Mechon.
• The scene of Ryu releasing Ken's mind control, the Double Hadoken that they both acquire as a multi-attack and the background theme "Itoshisa to sestunasa to kokoro tsuyosa to" are based on the movie "Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie". The first is also a reference to Ryu's 2nd rival boss (vs Ken controlled by Bison's Psycho Power) in Street Fighter Zero / Alpha 3.
• The game mistranslates Ryu and Ken's multi-attack as Double Hadoken, when his name in the dialogues is "Sōryū Hadōken", which translates as "Twin Dragon's Aural Fist". Instead, the Double Hadoken is generally associated with expanded versions of crossovers with Marvel.
• The "Power of Nothingness" is an alternative name for "Mu no Ken" (literally translated as "nothingess fist"), which is Ryu's pure state and is said to be the light part (while Satsui no Hado is the dark part). It's a form of power used by Ryu and Ken's teacher, Gouken, and was used to seal the "Satsui no Hado" within Ryu during the events of Super Street Fighter IV. In the UDON comics (Street Fighter: Unlimited specifically), Ryu manages to achieve the balance of Mu no Ken and Satsui no Hado, awakening his true form, or as it is called, "Shin Ryu" (or True Ryu).
• During the events of Namco X Capcom, Ryu was under the Satsui no Hado's influence thanks to Akuma. When Sakura tried to snap him out of it, Ken protected her and countered with the Shin Shoryuken which knocked him back to normal. Ryu then used the same technique against Bison, countering his Final Psycho Crusher.
  • The chapter number and name of this chapter, The True Dragon Fist, is also the chapter number and name of the Namco X Capcom chapter the above event happens in.
• There is a mistake in the dialogue where Aty has a line when Ken and Estelle's enemy unit appears, even though her solo unit is not present yet.

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Project X Zone 2
Chapters
Prologue 1 - Prologue 2 - Prologue 3 - Prologue 4 - Prologue 5 - Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12 - Chapter 13 - Chapter 14 - Chapter 15 - Chapter 16 - Chapter 17 - Chapter 18 - Chapter 19 - Chapter 20 - Chapter 21 - Chapter 22 - Chapter 23 - Chapter 24 - Chapter 25 - Chapter 26 - Chapter 27 - Chapter 28 - Chapter 29 - Chapter 30 - Chapter 31 - Chapter 32 - Chapter 33 - Chapter 34 - Chapter 35 - Chapter 36 - Chapter 37 - Chapter 38 - Chapter 39 - Chapter 40 - Chapter 41 - Final Chapter
Challenge Stages
Challenge 1 - Challenge 2 - Challenge 3 - Chapter 4 - Challenge 5 - Challenge 6 - Challenge 7 - Challenge 8 - Challenge 9 - Challenge 10