Onimusha revival discussions 'happening at high levels' at Capcom
Onimusha discussions 'are happening at high levels' confirms Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono
It's been a little over 15 years since Capcom first released the hugely popular and incredibly influential samurai action-adventure Onimusha: Warlords.
The original game was a massive hit on the PS2 and became the console's first game to sell over a million copies.
Though eventually its sales surpassed two million units worldwide.
But despite a flurry of sequels in a five-year spell, the series has been pretty much AWOL following the 2006 release Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams.
A possible revival for the game has been mentioned once or twice in recent years, but Capcom have not shown any hunger to revisit Onimusha.
So when provided with an opportunity to interview Capcom legend Yoshinori Ono - a man who worked extensively on the Onimusha series - Daily Star Online asked if there was any headway on bringing the beloved game back into the fold at Capcom for a next-gen reboot.
"Capcom as a company know we have many brands, IP’s and series that are beloved by players around the world and we always have fans asking us, when is this or that game coming back," Explained Ono.
"I've spoken internally with people who made Onimusha with me originally and talked about maybe how interesting it would be to revisit that series. But fans should know that we’re not further down that road than the discussion phase."
"Right now, I’m so focussed on Street Fighter V that I’m not really in a position to start that same level of battle that I had getting Street Fighter IV made. All I can do for now is reassure fans that conversations are happening at high levels."
"We realise the need for different series to maybe come back into the forefront and although there’s nothing to talk about right now, I’m sure in the future there will be news on variety of series that will keep the fans happy."
"Fan's favourites are going to come back."
dailystar.co.uk
小野义德透露《鬼武者》新作正在内部讨论中
Capcom的制作人小野义德近日表示,《鬼武者》的重启计划目前正在商讨的过程中,这意味着Capcom终于想明白了《鬼武者》这一经典品牌的号召力,而且也有意愿将这个系列的新作重新带给广大玩家。
“Capcom深知他们自己拥有许多深受玩家喜爱的品牌、IP以及游戏系列,也总有粉丝不停地向我们询问这些作品什么时候能够回归。我在公司内部和之前曾经开发过《鬼武者》的原班人马讨论过如果让系列复活会不会是一件非常有趣的事情。”小野义德这么说道。
不过他也强调,现在《鬼武者》新作还在讨论阶段,而且小野义德本人也在忙于《街头霸王5》的开发和后续的发行工作。
“我现在能够保证的就是公司的高层已经在讨论《鬼武者》新作的开发了。不过除此之外目前也没有更多的情报能够跟大家分享,但我也确定大家最喜欢的那些作品,一定是会重新回来的。”小野义德这么回答道。