Darkstalkers Series

That's the executives who like to pull the plug, not those who work on the projects. Besides, they might think it'd be time to bring back the Darksralkers. After all, supernatural stuff is pretty popular now.

edited 5th Oct '12 9:29:48 PM by DragonGeyser

The same executives determine what games do and don't get greenlit. Darkstalers is in the same position as MML. It hasn't had a new iteration in several years, and it would be considered a huge risk to make it. Its a game that Inafune Ono has been pushing for a long time, and it entirely possible that it could happen, but it could go down the same road and I just don't want to build myself up for more disappointment.

Meh, Remember Me is basically God Hand's Custom combo system with Batman Arkahm Ctiy's Acrobatic gameplay with a cyber punk theme.

I'm game for it.

Not... really... God Hand's combo system.
Its a customizable combo system, yes. From what I've seen though, its chaining certain attack types together instead of chaining specific attacks together.

You're right in that it hasn't had a new entry in several years, but I'm not too sure that it would be risky to put it out. People have obviously been clamoring for a new Darkstalkers, so there are already people who'd buy it in a heartbeat. And with the recent resurgence of supernatural fiction, it'd draw in those who like supernatural stuff, but didn't know about the series before.

And they at least gave MML 3 a chance before pulling the plug, so that had to mean something.

edited 5th Oct '12 10:08:56 PM by DragonGeyser

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They. Did. Not. Give. MMLIII. ANY. CHANCE.
It was never greenlit.
It was supposed to be greenlit after the demo proved it would sell.
They never released the demo. They just cancelled the game outright and blamed the fans for it.

People were clamoring for MMLIII as well. Last I checked, third person shooters haven't fallen from grace, either. These things don't assure anything.

In any case, it'd be cool if a new Darkstalkers was announced in October.

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Agreed.

They announced it. That means they were willing to give it a try. If they didn't want to take the risk of it not selling, then why would they announce it in the first place?

And third person shooters have pretty much been replaced as the pet gameplay genre of developers by first person shooters.

Heck, by that logic, Capcom wouldn't make anything and would thus go bankrupt, because everything carries some sort of risk.

Actually, scratch just October, if they're doing a new Darkstalkers, they should hold off the reveal until Halloween.

If they were willing to give it a shot, why did they cancel it before it reached the point where they could judge its viability? The demo was done. All they had to do was release it. They didn't. They just cancelled it outright.

Plus, Capcom is kinda the company known for releasing the same game over and over and over and over...

edited 5th Oct '12 10:35:47 PM by Zeromaeus

Because someone up there hates Mega Man with a passion.

Also, they may release stuff that, on the surface, is the same game, but there are various tweaks made to the character balance in every single installment.

-sigh-
I know.
I'm a longstanding fan of many of Capcom's titles.
Its easy to see that they aren't exactly that... eager... to take risks.

Point is, there's no substantial evidence that Darkstalkers IV is happening right now. Even f it is, there's not even a guarantee that it'll come out. Let's just wait and see... and pray it has sprites instead of 3D models.

If it ends up using sprites, they should give us the option to choose a certain character's over-recycled older sprite as a joke.

edited 5th Oct '12 11:17:40 PM by TechPowah

I'm guessing they'd make new sprites in the old style if this happened and she got new moves?

edited 5th Oct '12 11:17:23 PM by DragonGeyser

^ Kinda. I was just thinking of there being Morrigan, using her new sprite, and there also being a "Retro Morrigan" just to bring that ol' sprite back for one last run.

edited 5th Oct '12 11:22:05 PM by TechPowah

Why did they change Felicia's teeth between Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge and Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire?

edited 6th Oct '12 1:31:21 PM by miru

Hope this doesn't strike down the Darkstalkers rumors.

Well, not saying I'm buying the rumors, but I wouldn't expect a game revealed on, say, Halloween to be released within that fiscal year. In fact, I'd bet on a release much close to spring or summer of the following year.

I saw that. It meant there would be no RELEASES. Announcements are officially "no comment."

edited 6th Oct '12 3:27:07 PM by MetaSkipper

I wouldn't expect Darkstalkers 4 (assuming it's indeed a thing at this point or in the works) to be coming out this year anyway. Capcom is already aware (in the wake of SFxT) that their sales have been dropping somewhat steadily with each fighter being released. And given Ono's zeal for a revival, I'm sure he wouldn't want to push things.

Well, after seeing that tweet, I decided to do a bit of research. Check out Capcom's NYCC schedule.

Two things to note:

• Remember Me is getting a separate panel.
• Under the Street Fighter panel (Ono's panel) it says "expect some serious surprises".

Either that's Ono trolling, Tekken X Street Fighter, or Darkstalkers 4.

edited 9th Oct '12 4:34:36 PM by Nap1100

It could be....

Nah, got no good troll posts.

It's gonna be Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Turbo Edition!

There, how's that?

Super Street Fighter X Tekken
Adds Dan Hibiki and Alex the Raptor
Has Alex (the wrestler), Q, and two popular Tekken characters as on-disc DLC.

edited 9th Oct '12 6:23:53 PM by Zeromaeus