Hope
you all had a fantastic last week as we took a few days
out to observe Thanksgiving here in the states. This
week, we are finishing up our playthrough of the Resident
Evil REMake for the Gamecube (or Wii).
Assignment #4: FINISH THE
GAME!
Don't forget to
participate in our daily discussions over on the official
thread. As a reminder, we are giving out points
for your participation: 50 points (per
assignment) for participating in the forum thread and
100 points if you PM me a
question that gets used in our
discussions.
With all this in
mind, we're going to be choosing a new game for game club
soon!
Leave your
suggestions for the new video game club pick in the
comments below!
In addition to talking
over the challenges of launching a new game (there's a
reason you see so many sequels in games!), he talks some
more about East/West challenges, and the increasingly
digital future. Good stuff for biz nerds (which
is probably why it's on gamesindustry.biz), or anyone who
wants to see exactly how this sausage is made.
Check it out here.
Gamepro's
Blake Snow and Dave Rudden have written up an interesting
piece on the appeal of retro gaming and it features Mega
Man 9 and some choice quotes from our very own Kramez.
The charm of
retro-styled games is so strong, in fact, that developers
such as Capcom have begun releasing new games using retro
technology. "The past five years have taught us that you
don't necessarily need cutting edge graphics to make a
great new game," says Chris Kramer, alluding to the rise
in retro, not to mention the popularity of the
graphically-challenged Wii.
To put
their money where their mouth is, Capcom released
Mega Man 9, the first sequel in the
main series since 1996, utilizing a style very
reminiscent of the original NES installments. Kramer
stated "Since the success of Mega Man 9, we've already
begun considering what other classic Capcom titles should
live again."
We briefly touched on this
subject in our previous ReBirth
post, so be sure to let your voice be heard in the
comments over there!
A couple of weeks ago, we told you about new
Resident Evil 5 content coming as a
new Japanese version of the game called RE5
Alternative Edition. We
asked you guys to tell us how you wanted to get your
mitts on the content and gave you the option to vote for
either digital download or a new boxed product.
We let the poll run for a couple weeks and then snagged a
bunch of your comments from the original blog posting as
well as from threads in the forums and presented it all
to the RE5 team in Osaka.
As of this morning, we
had close to 1500 people vote for DLC and close to 900
vote for a new physical product. In addition, we had over
300 comments on the blog posting, which is amazing to all
of us here at Capcom.
And here's
an example of Capcom Unity in action: based on your
feedback, in North American, European and Australia
territories, Capcom will be making the new
RE5 content for both Xbox 360 and
PlayStation 3 available as downloadable content. You will
not be asked to purchase a new copy of the game just to
get at the new stuff, just make sure to hold on to your
RE5 disc and you'll be ready to roll
in Spring 2010 when we make available new
Resident Evil adventures (and some other things
we haven't told you about yet) for you.
Keep that in mind when thinking
about selling RE5 back or handing it
off to a friend ;)
I'll be
honest: we had a strong feeling going in that most folks
were going to be ticking the box for digital delivery.
Seeing as how we were asking you ONLINE to tell us if you
would like to nab new game content via the internet, we
thought we may have been skewing the results a bit. What
surprised us, however, was just how many of you ended up
voting for a new physical package. We're still trying to
wrap our heads around this strongly stated position from
a vocal range of the community, but we've definitely
heard you guys loud and clear as well.
Thanks to all of you as part of Team Unity in
helping us reach this decision!
What exactly is
Monster Hunter Tri University (MHTU)? It's a night to
come learn about and practice the skills you need to slay
the monsters of Tri! This is an opportunity to get your
first glimpse of Monster Hunter Tri on the
Wii.Monster Hunter Tri professors will help
guide you through a new demo of the game. Our professors
are some of the best Monster Hunters on the planet and
are ready to schoolyou on the subject as we
want to make sure you pass your final exam and finish the
game. Producer on Monster Hunter,Ryozo
Tsujimoto, will be doing demonstrations and helping you
further your skill in slaying monsters!
Orientation begins on November 17 in San
Francisco in the evening.You MUST BE 21 or
older to attend!To enroll, send
THIS
GUYa private message entitled,
"Monster Hunter Tri University" including your full name
and age.
If you're chosen, we'll
respond with a time and location for the
event.
Trailer is
in Japanese, but you get a great look at what's going to
be some Capcom fan's favorite new game.
Basically you get surprise murdered in the first scene,
and then spend the game using your ghostly powers to
defend your girl while trying to get to understand the
mystery of why you were killed in the first
place.
I had a chance to play
through the Ghost
Trick demo at TGS this year, and I have to say
that even without speaking a word of Japanese, I had a
blast. It's got a great sense of style, humor,
and the silkiest animation I've ever seen on a
DS.
This will be making it's way
west in 2010, so stay tuned...
Check it out and let
us know what you think. If you have skills to
get a high enough score, you can unlock some brand new
wallpapers / iphone skins based on the characters
featured in South America.
Also, the Code Veronica phase of Twitter has
wrapped up, and the story now takes followers to the
present.Leon and Krauser are
currently realizing the extent of the horrors they will
encounter when searching for the leader of the Sacred
Snakes.
Tokyo
Game Show is coming up hard, and Capcom's getting ready
to show off several new game, as well as debut features
for some games we've been teasing you about for the last
few months. Since most of you reading this will not be in
Tokyo, the mothership in Osaka has taken the 21st Century
step of bringing you a "virtual theater," The
Capcom TGS 2009 Click Theater, which currently
features some -- but not all! -- of the games that will
be featured in Capcom's booth beginning on Thursday,
September 24 at 10 AM JST.
Currently, Capcom's TGS 2009 Click Theater is
featuring Lost Planet 2, the ultra-cute Okamiden,
Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles, new DS title Ghost
Trick and the DS Mega Man Battle Network remake. Keep in
mind, some of these games have only been announced for
Japan, and there are also a number of games that are
mysteriously absent from this list. More to
come!
He talks about the inspiration for the new game,
the happy side of working within limits, the rail-shooter
tradition, and how RE: TDC goes beyond by refocusing on
the series' great characters.
