Topic: Cosmic Walker Developer Possibly Closed

[NWR_Neal]

Gaia, a studio formed by a former Atlus employee, might not be in existence anymore.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rumor/24221

Cosmic Walker, a space-based game set to be published by Nintendo and developed by Gaia, could be close to being officially canceled. The developer's website is currently empty except for a sentence that translates to "Sorry, this website is now inactive."

Cosmic Walker originally appeared in a reel of Wii games in late 2008 at the same conference that Punch-Out!! and Sin & Punishment: Star Successor were revealed. It was listed as in-development title until late 2009.

Gaia, formed by Kouji Okada, who created a bulk of the early Shin Megami Tensei games at Atlus, was formed in 2003. Aside from the unreleased Cosmic Walker, the company also made Sword & Poker 2, released in May 2010 for iPhone, and Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner, which came out in 2007 for PSP and was published by Atlus.

[AV]

thats a shame.

[NWR_insanolord]

Jonny must be devastated.

[Caliban]

Aww. Hopefully, Nintendo will decide to put it on the 3DS.

[Jonnyboy117]

Very bad news. Maybe Nintendo owns the Cosmic Walker property and will transfer it to a studio that can finish it. (I'm not optimistic, though.)

[Killer_Man_Jaro]

I wish I could say it's a shame, but we knew nothing about it and the reel only showed about 5 seconds of a character moving down a corridor in zero gravity. If, theoretically, it was meant to be Endless Ocean in space, this would be a unfortunate loss, and I would hope it could be farmed off to someone not under the threat of being shut down.

[AV]

Aww. Hopefully, Nintendo will decide to put it on the 3DS.

Thats a great idea, with space things can float around and the 3D effect would be great

[ShyGuy]

Project H.A.M.M.E.R, meet your new roommate Cosmic Walker.

Add this to the long list of Nintendo games that I won't get to play on the Wii. Thanks Nintendo!

[Mop it up]

Strange, I don't recall ever hearing about this game.

[BeautifulShy]

Yeah it was shown off back in October 2008 at Nintendo's Fall Conference. About 5 seconds were shown of footage.