Capcom vaguely commits to the Revolution
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Feb 16th 2006 at 12:43PM }
Okay, now this is getting ridiculous. For some reason, developers seem to enjoy answering in ambiguous, wishy-washy and altogether
non-committal
ways when questioned about the Revolution."Ah, yes, I've heard of the Revolution. It's very exciting."
"Are you developing for it?"
"I'd love to!"
"Is that a yes?"
"Well, it has this wacky new controller...I bet we could do really amazing things with it."
"Is that a yes?"
"I think it's wonderful that Nintendo is trying something out there, you know?"
"Are you going to answer the question?"
"I'd love to!"
"Is that a yes?"
And so it goes. Speaking to the Official Nintendo Magazine in the UK, Capcom developers did little to buck the trend and offered some insight into their vague plans. Atsushi Inaba (President of Clover Studios) said that Nintendo had not formally asked about a Viewtiful Joe title as of yet, though he would be delighted to oblige if they did. He expressed interest in utilizing the controller for Joe's actions, as well as some uncertainty as to how exactly the many VFX powers would be implemented.
Minae Matsukawa (Producer of Phoenix Wright) pointed out how cool it would be to develop for the Revolution, but that he was far too busy with the French localization of Ace Attorney to commit to a next-gen entry in the franchise.
Finally, Tsukasa Takenake (Designer of Mega Man Battle Network 5) had the most interesting thing to say: If fans want a first-person perspective Mega Man game on the Revolution, he'd be willing to give it a (charge) shot. Interesting!
In summary, it looks like we can, with a fair degree of certainty, expect Capcom to probably make some kind of Revolution game at some point. Maybe. We're sure they'd love to.
[Via Ownage.nl, GameFront]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
scoot241 @ Feb 16th 2006 1:40PM
Mega Man FPS? Immediately I think of crossing Mega Man with Metroid Prime. Could be good. Mega Man would probably need to break free from stages with a boss and turn to a more exploratory game. And (IMO), please don't make it chibi-Mega Man a la Powered Up for the PSP. I played the demo on the Maverick Hunter X UMD and I died a little inside.
I think a Mega Man X FPS could work. Or, perhaps a Mega Man free-roaming game. Something that breaks free from the traditional eight stages with boss, then four (Wily, Sigma, etc.) stages, but can still feel like Mega Man.
White Rose Duelist @ Feb 16th 2006 1:42PM
Can we reduce all the Revolution news to "There will be a next-gen Nintendo console with a wonky controller"? It seems like all the news is still guesswork and double-speak.
If they're going to get someone from the Mega Man Battle Network series to do new games, can it be someone not responsible for #5? The second and third installments were much better.
Thomas @ Feb 16th 2006 3:30PM
holy crap! you sure its not the "state of the union address" transcript up there?
omg.kittens @ Feb 16th 2006 3:46PM
@ scoot241 -- I think a Mega MAn with a focus on short and sweet stages would be, umm, sweet. I really liked the Crash Bandicoot games because of the way they strayed from the Mario 64 formula of huge worlds, and lots of adventure. All I wanted was some hectic platforming, and that's what I got with Crash. I could see something similar being executed with a first person Mega Man.
starsucker @ Feb 20th 2006 1:11AM
RESIDENT EVIL 5????
???
xedarva @ Mar 7th 2006 8:45PM
ANIMAL CROSSING!
THE SIMS 2!
HALO 2!
THE CONTROLLER SHOULD BE LIGHT PURPLE OR SLEEK BLACK.