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NWR Interactive => TalkBack => Topic started by: WindyMan on May 21, 2007, 04:26:22 PM

Title: Capcom Dumps Flagship Name
Post by: WindyMan on May 21, 2007, 04:26:22 PM

The name will be gone, but the team behind the recent Game Boy Zelda and Kirby games will still be at Capcom.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=13496

 Much like the closure of Clover Studio, Capcom has decided to put its Flagship team back under the Capcom umbrella of developers.  GameSpot reports that no one will be laid off in this studio "closure," and that the only thing that will change is "the company name on [Flagship's] business cards."  It is unclear if the team will stay together, or if its members will be distributed where needed on various projects.    

Flagship is best known as the development team that developed the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance Zelda games, including the Oracle games and The Minish Cap.  It also handled development duties for Amazing Mirror and Squeak Squad, two handheld entries in the Kirby series.

Title: RE: Capcom Dumps Flagship Name
Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on May 21, 2007, 04:30:09 PM

If Squeak Squad was any indication, Flagship's quality was waning.  Of course, game quality isn't always tied to the team's talent. (Publishers like quick money.)

Title: RE: Capcom Dumps Flagship Name
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 21, 2007, 04:59:50 PM

But Capcom isn't one to really care about game quality </jab>

And with Squeak Squad selling so well it's even more of a shock that Capcom did this...R.I.P. Flagship...

Title: RE:Capcom Dumps Flagship Name
Post by: Galford on May 21, 2007, 05:46:26 PM

Well RIP Flagship...
Maybe you'll resurrect and become a "zombie" studio of some sort.
Ok that was lame.

Who is now working on the RE titles for Wii?
It seems Capcom is closing a lot of branchs that were working on Nintendo products.