Combining DkS and AC is unlikely. From a western standpoint there's no reason why they'd "rejuvenate" a functional franchise with a declining one, especially since the mecha genre hasn't proven to be effectively marketable. (Popularity in Japan is a different matter, but again I doubt they will marry the two series; I'd even doubt cameo parts considering they didn't happen with 5th gen.) Eliminating region lock and providing good netcode and a dedicated server would be great, but with p2p you can't really expect to always have top notch connection with someone halfway across the world running on bad net. I'm positive most JP players had no trouble playing on their little island with ACV/D, so why ruin native experience with laggy loudmouthed foreigners? OPtext seems to have crossed speculation into game design/suggestion. What is this, the Sonic fanbase?