Post by: Jonnyboy117 on October 12, 2006, 10:13:42 AM
Capcom Japan issued a press release today stating that Clover Studio, developer of the popular Viewtiful Joe series (as well as PS2 titles Okami and God Hand), will be dissolved as of the end of March 2007. In the press release, Capcom cited the reason for the dissolution as part of a "business strategy that concentrates management resources on a selected business to enhance the efficiency of the development power of the entire Capcom group".
PGC will have more details on this announcement as they become available.
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on October 12, 2006, 11:06:50 AM
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Post by: Karl Castaneda #2 on October 12, 2006, 11:57:24 AM
Post by: Viewtiful mario on October 12, 2006, 12:17:56 PM
I guess if it's not redident evil or mega man, any other seres capcom has isn't important to them. Oh well, I'll still have Baiten Kaitos.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 12, 2006, 04:26:48 PM
Viewtiful Joe was made by Team Viewtiful/Production Studio4. They were absorbed AFTER the game was made.
Clover was responsible for:
- Viewtiful Joe 2 [flop, another multiplatform abortion that suffered from having to accomodate the ps2 twin]
- Viewtiful Joe Red Hot Rumble [red hot flawp]
- God Hand [god awful, flahped off the charts after 1 week]
- Okami [released at a time when no one cares, released on a system with less people who care]
- Whatever-was-soon-to-be-flop-but-now-terminated-since-clover-peeps-left-the-company
I'm not familiar with their handheld developments.
Post by: Bill Aurion on October 12, 2006, 04:32:30 PM
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Okami is perhaps the best Zelda game ever made.
Hahaha...haha.......ha...
Post by: Mario on October 12, 2006, 04:34:10 PM
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Post by: Karl Castaneda #2 on October 12, 2006, 05:27:50 PM
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I'm on to you!
Post by: Djunknown on October 12, 2006, 06:12:18 PM
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It's unlikely, but I don't want to play Keiji Inafune's Viewtiful Joe 3.
What would happen if Inafune took over?
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Okami is perhaps the best Zelda game ever made.
Actually, that's not a farfetched statement. Check here compared to here.Not too shabby...
Post by: Shin Gallon on October 12, 2006, 07:17:33 PM
This is a shame, Clover will hopefully get another publisher or the means to self publish...
Post by: IceCold on October 12, 2006, 07:51:02 PM
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Okami is perhaps the best Zelda game ever made.
Actually, that's not a farfetched statement. Check here compared to here.Not too shabby...
Post by: TrueNerd on October 12, 2006, 09:03:38 PM
If Viewt is correct in saying that Clover employees are leaving Capcom, that actually is good news to me. I'd rather those guys do their thing then work on Mega Man sequels.
And as much as I head over heels LOVE Okami, it pales in comparison to at least five (soon to be six?) Zelda games in my mind. Too much hand holding and too easy to be considered the best.
Post by: KDR_11k on October 12, 2006, 10:11:12 PM
Post by: Djunknown on October 13, 2006, 06:33:32 PM
Inaba and Kamiya go henshin-a-bye-bye...
Mikami is still around, so its not a total loss. Will he be working on RE 5, or was RE 4 his last ride with the franchise?
So what's in store for the other two? Join the ranks like Sakurai and Sakaguchi and do their own thing?
Post by: Mario323 on October 14, 2006, 06:52:05 AM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on October 14, 2006, 07:47:41 PM
Next time I get on the podcast, I'm going to demand a couple of minutes to pimp Okami. Anyone who enjoys the Zelda series would LOVE this game. So I figure that applies to the vast, vast majority of our readers.
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Post by: KDR_11k on October 14, 2006, 11:25:53 PM
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Do you really not own a PS2? I think all gamers should own a PS2 at this point. There are too many good, cheap games for the system that you will not be able to play otherwise.
Yes but this site attracts the irrational fanboy kind that refuses to buy a PS2 because it's not made by Nintendo.
Post by: Requiem on October 15, 2006, 09:03:26 AM
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Originally posted by: Jonnyboy117
Do you really not own a PS2? I think all gamers should own a PS2 at this point. There are too many good, cheap games for the system that you will not be able to play otherwise.
I would actually like to know what games Jonny would recommend for the PS2. You see, I have one, but I never get around to buying games for it.
Post by: KDR_11k on October 15, 2006, 09:55:39 AM
Melty Blood: Act Cadenza (JP)
Global Defence Force (UK)
Disgaea
Psychonauts (not exclusive but if you can't get it on another system...)
We
Katamari (Katamari Damacy was not released here)Project Zero (or do you have an XBox?)
Alien Hominid (for the XBox-less among us)
Gungrave Overdose
Final Fantasy 9 (PS1 title but plays just fine, play this instead of the lackluster PS2 FFs)
Some people enjoy the Devil May Cry series (I don't, I hate the camera too much).
Rumors have it someone out there likes Tekken, King of Fighters or Guilty Gear but I don't think that's true.
Post by: odifiend on October 15, 2006, 12:28:39 PM
About everybody having a PS2 at this point, meh. I am biased but I think I'm still open minded. I do hate that a lot of worthwhile games miss the gamecube, but the fact that the console is still 150 bucks, new consoles are on the horizon, and really hate the sony corporate speak is making me pass. My plan was to get the PS3 for backward compatibility, but I don't really like the direction that is going...
Post by: ShyGuy on October 15, 2006, 02:19:42 PM
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Post by: KDR_11k on October 15, 2006, 10:43:46 PM
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Hmm... Is Alien Hominid better on the PS2? I liked it for Gamecube.
Better in the sense that it's released in Europe. There's no GC version of it here.
Post by: Tuxedo.Bond on October 25, 2006, 12:06:58 PM
