Rumour: PlatinumGames' Scalebound Is Being Revived As a Nintendo Switch Exclusive

Many rumors and much speculation as of late.

Ha i knew it! Nintendo saved the day once again

Wouldn't that be something? I was always a bit jealous of this being developed as an XB1 exclusive, so I'd be happy to see it on Switch.

Oh no way! That cancellation was absolutely brutal, I was incredibly sad to even the degree where I never bought a xbox one. If it were to come to Switch instead... I would say that Platinum is my favorite developer outside of Nintendo.

Though this is great, I still kinda hope that last rumor about a cancelled game is still true but for another project. Mainly because Metroid Dread I needs it.

I'll believe it when I see it, but should this be true, then I am very excited. Scalebound looked like the killer exclusive the Xbox One desperately needed, and it was so baffling to find out it had been cancelled.

If this rumor is true, then Nintendo demonstrably has more respect for PlatinumGames' potential as a heavy-hitting developer.

What? My wishful thinking in the earlier rumor thread could be true? Off to the betting office.

And great news if this is true! Ha ha!

I've never seen this level of rumors in the history of gaming.

Fact: Wait for Nintendo to say it's happening before boarding any hype train. This rumor goes into the ignore wish list for me till then.

Scalebound is the game I suspect Nintendo revived. Assuming that GI rumor is true, of course.

You know, I will never understand how Nintendo can fund three games for Platinum (Bayonetta 2 + 3 and Astral Chain, Star Fox Zero seemed a bit more of Nintendo with Platinum helping than anything else) while Microsoft just couldn't get Scalebound going well at all. Why couldn't Microsoft just let Platinum be Platinum?

That said I am going to remain extremely cautious about these rumors. I've heard conflicting reports on how Microsoft only has the trademark, not the IP or whatever, and I'm too lazy to really dig through what exactly the situation is.

I've got too many games to play in my backlog to worry, anyway. Back to Final Fantasy XV and Golden Sun: The Lost Age.

If this is true, no one can ever say the Switch can't run a modern game ever again.

Still baffles me how Microsoft cancel games like this but release the likes of Crackdown 3, having said that Devil May Cry 5 looks a lot better than this anyway

Also Microsoft can go eat a chode if this is true xD

I won't say anything until this is proven either true or false.

@EvilLucario Judging by the 1st party XB1 lineup, I think Microsoft sees single player as an afterthought.

Please let this be true

@EvilLucario Microsoft was trying to force multiplayer onto the game and Platinum wasn't liking that. As a result, the game started to get hurt by the inclusion of online co-op as well, so it was just in such a sore state that it got scrapped.

RIP Tingle Horror game

The reason there is any credence to this rumor is that the Scalebound project started off development on the Wii. It changed quite a bit by the time it was shown off on the Xbox One, but still.

I don't believe it. I think it will still be an Xbox exclusive but will be launched on the next gen Xbox.

If this is true it would be absolutely insane. I was so excited for Scalebound, it broke my heart a little when it was canceled.

You HAVE to take this with a grain of salt. First off if true, platinum once again will be in trouble developing too many things at once. Second off, everyone who saw demos of it always spoke about how it ran like [removed], so Unless they are severely making the game on a smaller scale, switch isn’t going to be able to run it. That being said I’m worried about another game of ANY scope being developed by platinum right now while they have two other major titles in development

_{Please mind your language - Octane}

Another Platinum game where you fight super massive monsters. Fine, I'll keep an eye on it. lol

Makes sense. Nintendo has a very strong relationship with Platinum.

I believe Microsoft no longer holds the trademark to Scalebound anymore as they were never able to provide a reason to hold the IP, so Nintendo could theoretically obtain the rights to the game.

If this rumor is true, don't expect this game to be released in a long time. Platinum is already quite busy ATM.

Interesting, to say the least. Main character seems a bit too cocky for mass consumption - and Platinum being entrusted with five (!) titles at once is worrying - but it would be nice to see Kamiya-san's vision finally come to light. Either way, I'm taking this with a grain of salt until Nintendo confirms it.

LMAO This idea was randomly tossed out by a YouTuber yesterday as a possibility and becomes a rumor today. Ridiculous

I was looking forward to this on Xbox One. It sucked that it got cancelled but I got over that rather quickly. Mostly because I found the main character to be somewhat annoying. If it comes back that’s great I suppose, but I’m way more interested in Bayonetta 3 and Astral Chain.

@patbacknitro18 except the game would be scaled back from xbox one specs to the switches

Didn't this game start out as a Wii project and then moved over to Microsoft? I remember reading that somewhere when it was canceled. If that is true then this wouldn't be an outlandish rumor.

Scalebound looked really interesting so I hope so

I hope this doesn't end up like Devil's Third.

I would love this to be true..! But I thought Microsoft funded the development of this game as an Xbox One exclusive.. I doubt they would allow the results of their investment to be used on a competitor's platform.. Also, the graphics on this game were very impressive, I unfortunately don't think it would have the same visual impact on the Switch. This was the one game I considered buying an Xbox One for!

If true, I'd be very happy. I remember be excited for this game a few years back when I used to have my Xbox One. Now I'm a Switch a PS4 guy who plays Forza on my laptop.

Anyways, hopefully this rumor is true!

Not interested.
If that style of game appealed to me I'd own an Xbox.
I can't stop rolling my eyes at the dialogue and power-tripping game play.
Enjoy!

Oh shitaki mushrooms. Shots fired if true.

If true I look forward to the internet meltdowns when this is announced.

Only thing that makes me skeptical is I'm not sure Microsoft would agree to this because of the negative PR they'd get upon re-announcement.

No way I call bs if this turns out true my mind will be blown after it was cancelled on Xbox I thought it was gone forever and I just can’t see how this could happen on switch with capcom saying monster hunter world wasn’t achievable maybe they were full of it

Nope, pretty sure they have their hands full with Astral Chain and Bayo 3.

@cyrus_zuo so like you don’t like PG games, broski?

This would be absolutely insane if true. I find it a little hard to believe for the simple reason that it would probably be a strainer on Nintendo and Microsoft's good relationship right now. Nintendo picking up a cancelled Xbox exclusive might be interpreted as a sign of ill-will, which is something I don't think the two companies need right now.

However, if Scalebound does end up on Switch, it would probably be a very different game from the existing footage, since it seems like even the Xbox One was having trouble running it consistently.

Of course, I'd love this to be true - more Nintendo exclusives are never a bad thing, especially when they have as much of a reputation as Scalebound.

I can't believe it but if true, I buy it the second the game is on shelves.
Bayonetta 3, Astral Chain and Scalebound, the holy trinity.

First Bayonetta and now this? Nintendo, the savior of IPs

Ohhi my god!!! This new make me happy! I was looking forward to this game as I never plan getting a Xbox. But this game was tempting to me at the time and still is. I want this game!

It's been written. Now it better be true or I will be a sad panda. 😁

From ScaleBound to ScaledDown 😉

That would be awesome

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/10/scalebound_was_originally_planned_to_be_a_wii_game

I love how these rumors build on each other from a few scraps of information until they become these massive narratives. Human beings are fascinating.

That'd be cool, though. This is one of two games that I really wanted that were Xbone exclusive (the other being Rare Replay).

If Astral Chain sells well, there's no reason not to port older Platinum games to the system, either.

Nah, it's going to be Project HAMMER, or that at least stands a FAR better chance of becoming the "previously finished, but canceled by Nintendo and pronounced dead" game.

And like others have already said, the game as it was, already ran like crap, and the graphics were far beyond what the Switch can display, so if they even couldn't get it to run properly on an Xbox One, then how the hell would they get it to run on the Switch?
And not only that, but how far would they have to scale down the graphics? This is not Doom or Wolfenstein, this is a game with a large, open world, and lots and lots of assets, all displayed in resolutions that the Switch could never handle.

The fact that it once was intended to be on the Wii, doesn't mean anything in that respect, seeing as it has gone through so many changes and has grown to such proportions, that it would seem pretty unlikely to land on the Switch.

But, on the off chance that it actually IS Scalebound, then I will be quite impressed, and I will applaud Nintendo for saving yet another IP, but at the same time, I would also hope that they'd really work at getting all of the kinks out of it, and there are quite a few, so it would be quite the task that they'd be setting themselves up for.

Thank you Nintendo, very cool!

This is 100% fake

There is no basis on this whatsoever. Oh so Microsoft is getting along with Nintendo and Platinum games is under Nintendo now. Yeah sure Microsoft will give away that project with nothing to gain whatsoever. This is not going to happen. (I know it's a rumour I'm just presenting my case)

This would be huge for Nintendo to accept such an anticipated title.

Looking at the above graphics, it would have to be scaled down quite a bit.

But my logic says that Metroid is being developed for the Switch Pro and Scalebound may be another pro game.

That said, I agree with #35.

@sinalefa

Doesn't Microsoft own the rights since they trademarked the IP? Being hardware developers themselves I don't see them handing out IP rights even on friendly terms. At least not without major industry restructuring.
These are businesses, and they don't make moves out of goodwill if it's not in their benefit; at least personally, I see little to gain from such a move.

This industry is changing fast though, it's hard to imagine exclusives holding much power anymore. Little reason for any publisher to make exclusive games without an incentive, and being how these titles are budgeted now you need some deep pockets for AAA exclusives from established brands.

Oh god, please be true. I wanted to play this game so bad.

NOPE. That's not happening.

If this is true, please have Nintendo remove the 'Americanism' first. The cliché one liner, standard hollywood action movie acting is incredibly grating.

I hope that was only in place to cater to the america first xbox audience, it's a complete turn off.

Wait...

... This isn't Ravenblade!

@faint I've been rumouring about this since at least mid-November I want some fake credit too.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/11/rumour_platinumgames_is_working_on_three_switch_titles

Besides mentioning Scalebound in post #11 I also referred to it w/ the phrase "dead and buried" in post #39 so I want double fake rumour credit.

@Palom - Nintendomance if you want to, leave your games behind.

But your games aren't canned, and if they aren't canned, then they're no games of mine!

Seriously doubt it. This would mean that Nintendo is funding 3 simultaneous Platinum titles, which is quite frankly unlikely considering that Platinum doesn't have the workforce to triple prong like that. Besides, MS still owns the IP, and for record, Trademarks isn't the same as IP.

That would be a helluva plot twist!!

If this is true and it is good, Microsoft will look pretty bad. Hopefully they won't feel salty if this were to happen.

If Hideki made Monster Hunter, this is what it would look like, and I’m sold if this is truly comin to Switch.

Honestly games like this don’t need to “be scaled down” much for Switch. Just graphically toned down. Switch is capable of doin open world / large arena just fine, just not at the texture and Rez level of PS4/XB1.

Capcom stating MH World wasn’t possible on Switch wasn’t like due to the switch’s capabilities, more likely 3 parts - Nintendo’s online network at time of development, funding / resources to port vs return of profit, and not WANTING to tone down the graphical fidelity of it. Capcom is pretty dead set on keeping some of their games looking as photo realistic as possible, hence the way they brought RE7 to Switch in Japan - “Lets cloud process and stream vs adjust res and make it run on the system”.

Don’t get me wrong, Capcom is probably my fave or second face third party out there. Big fan of Mega Man and Monster Hunter. I can’t fault them for wanting to keep graphical fidelity up, and not wanting to spend resources and money porting games over. They aren’t in the financial position they were in the 90s. Not to mention MH World at the time of development was a big risk, one they weren’t sure was going to sell well. Luckily it did, however doesn’t have the staying power of traditional MH games.

But I digress, Panic Button has proved that anything is possible on Switch with time and effort.

@BlueBlur101 the problem is 1. How many concurrent games platinum is making and
2. They couldn’t get the game to run smooth on Xbox 1. Switch is going to run like crap or be scaled back alot

@Dm9982 they didn’t prove anything is possible.

@jly1987 Have you not played Doom, Wolf, or Warframe? 😆

@jly1987 They're prbly starting from scratch. I'm sure PG are aware of how intensive the game was on XB1 to begin with

Bringing all of that to Switch would be almost infeasible.

I don't believe the rumor, but even if it is true, there's almost no chance that whatever Switch game they release has anything in common with the original apart from name and/or theme. They had no intentions of bringing the game to a Nintendo system originally, so almost all of their tools, engine, assets, etc... would require major overhauls. And that's even completely ignoring the fact that it was plagued by a troublesome development cycle that ultimately led to the game being scrapped, so they'd have that mess to deal with.

This would be amazing if true.

@roadrunner343

"They had no intentions of bringing the game to a Nintendo system originally, so almost all of their tools, engine, assets, etc... would require major overhauls."

Scalebound's engine was Unreal Engine 4.

@Dm9982 yes I did, ports of games with ALOT of compensations to make them run.

@ncb1397 yeah and they also couldn’t get the game running smoothly on an Xbox one. Outlets and industry voices who had been to trade shows always came away talking about the performance of it. Unless the game is severly scaled back it’s either not happening or will run like crap. The game we get if it does happen is likely to be much different than what it originally was

@BlueBlur101 my other concern is if platinum is stretching themselves too thin again. This is a problem they’ve had in the past

@ncb1397 Which would certainly help with porting it over, but that's just a small piece of all of the other tools/assets used in development. Additionally, simply running in an engine that can target the Switch platform does not mean that Scalebound did not rely on features exclusive to other platforms. I'm not saying it's impossible - just unlikely, in my opinion. The project was also likely cancelled for a good reason - and I doubt it was because development was going so well =)

I don't believe the Bayonetta 2 debacle wasn't Platinum's doing themselves. It's just that the other platform manufacturers weren't showing interest in helping fund that project until Nintendo stepped in themselves. Microsoft was actually invested in Scalebound initially, but pulled the plug, presumably due to their misplaced confidence in their other first party titles, like Halo Wars 2 and Crackdown 3 (both of which are pretty average imo)

I genuinely thought this would be Project HAMMER as per the rumours earlier. But I sort of predicted this would happen many months ago if it does indeed turn out to be true.

@jly1987 Yeah there were some def compromises, but the games still run great. Better than Fallout 3 ran on PS3... better than most third party support on Wii it Wii U.

I do concur about Plat getting stretched thin, just don’t tell that to Hideki.... he’s always been super ambitious, and thankfully most of the time it pays off

@BlueBlur101 no, they pulled the plug on scalebound because the scope of the game kept growing and got to too much. It was talking too long, Cost too much and wasn’t running well. I don’t place the blame solely on platinum for that but I do believe they played a large part in it. If you look at all of platinums games they worked on their track record isn’t as pristine as people are giving them credit for

Just me, or was that trailer really dull? Fairly impressive scale, but nothing about it made me want to play it.

I don't play Monster Hunter, but it seemed just like a poorly lit Monster Hunter fight from the little I know about MH.

@imananjidesuka - You have no idea why so many times I prayed for Retro to maybe work on that title. Alas, the community at large hates the idea of Retro not doing anything but Prime.

If this is true then that's huge.

Also, if it's true that means the Switch potentially has three major Platinum exclusives in the pipeline.

Bayo 3, Astral Chain and now possibly Scalebound.

@jly1987 They're the inverse Retro Studios in terms of productivity. An American / Japanese difference?

@jly1987

"yeah and they also couldn’t get the game running smoothly on an Xbox one. Outlets and industry voices who had been to trade shows always came away talking about the performance of it."

Hmm, really? Digital foundry did an analysis of the scalebound 2016 E3 demo and said it was very solid:

see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFf1yRT8sgA

the frame time graph looks solid anyways. Anyways, maybe it will turn out like Dark souls on Xbox 360...drops down to 10 fps at points. Still awesome (that was the system I originally played it on).

Yup, as several others predicted, the first game that came to mind regarding the "dead and buried" game that Nintendo was reviving was Scalebound.

Only two real concerns are the IP itself owned by MS, which can be worked around by a name change I would imagine. And making it more suitable for the Switch's hardware. Which again, can be worked around. I still think MS pulling the plug had more to do with the high investment/low return than how development was going. Let's be real, a niche, Japanese made game for Xbox? Yeah, it would've sold like 23 copies, like, Wii U 3rd party bad.

@ieatdragonz What’s Metroid dread? Wasn’t that a fan game?

If this rumour indeed true (and I really hope it is), I’m hyped for Scalbound on Switch. How it’ll run on system though, I have no idea!

@KryptoniteKrunch Lol, so true. It would seem Asian gamers don’t buy an Xbox to play western games, and westerners don’t buy an Xbox to play Asian games. 😆

New Xbox slogan - runs everything, plays nothing. Bahaha. But seriously I was a big 360 fan, not so much of xb1. Prefer my PS4 pro over XBX.

Let’s get Astral Chain before we move on to begging for more games shall we?

I called this. In yo face everyone else 😛

Not my sort of game, has Xbox written all over it ... But I'm happy for those keen for it if it happens.

Much rather a viewtiful Joe 2..?

I belive it when I see it

I was hoping this would happen, but I wasn't sure if Microsoft owned the IP, trademark, etc. Hopefully we hear something soon.

If this is true just note that the game will NOT look as good as it did, BUT will probably run a lot more smoothly.

Damn. Was going to buy x one for scalebound. And after cancellation microsoft lost me. But if this rumor is truth then my wet dreams are not dreams anymore (even if game will be bad)

I'll believe it when I see it, but I would also REALLY like to see it. Nintendo really scored when they snagged Bayonetta, and this really feels like another IP that would be a big win for them as well.

Hey if this is true, day one purchase. I was jealous Xbox was getting this and not Nintendo.

@rjejr I’m gonna laugh if it turns out to be Ubisoft’s “How Well Do You Know Your Friends.” That game is finished and was only shelved because the wiiu was tanking. LMAO

@faint Oh, God. Please no. That would be worse than the worst nightmare I can currently come up with...

@KryptoniteKrunch Yep if it does happen it would no doubt undergo a name change, get de-westernised and most likely get torn apart and put back together again to run properly on the Switch, but this is all pure speculation and can be filed nicely alongside Grinch for Smash and Metroid Prime Trilogy HD at the Game Awards/January Direct.

Massive grain of salt along with all the other rumours and truthfully if this is the big reveal, if there is one, I will be massively disappointed as I don't consider Scalebound to be a big deal.

Give me the proposed Criterion F Zero game!

Impossible. I don't believe this for one second.

Also, wasn't Scalebound Microsofts and Platinum were just hired to develop it? Did I just hear wrong back then or is there something I'm missing here?

@faint That's exactly the game I think it'll be. Ubisoft's Switch support has mostly been Wii U games and party games so that would fit in perfectly.

I'd love Platinum to become a 2nd party dev for Nintendo, they are practically there anyway. A studio of their quality putting out consistently top quality games on Nintendo platforms would be brilliant.

I'll take my grain of salt and hope for the best.

After the Game Informer rumor my mind immediately went to this game, considering the relationship between Nintendo and Platinum as of late.

@Damo Wow, this would be awesome. I was crushed when they cancelled...Its interesting if this ever happens as we were actually discussing this last year here....
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/other_gaming/scalebound_cancelled_on_xbone_can_this_concept_work_on_nintendo

While I'm not convinced about this it should be noted that when Microsoft exited the contract in place for the development they would have had penalties, built into the contract from the start. As this was a Platinum IP before Microsoft entered the frame it is almost curtain that all rights would have been returned to Platinum. So this is not impossible, improbable? Yes but most likely possible.

I hope not because I am just really not interested in this game compared to astral chain and bayonetta. It looks nice but the main character and even the gameplay seems like a turn off to me. I am hoping that the switch gets nier automata instead. That's the game I would like to see platinum bring to the switch since they have an interest in bringing it to the switch. I know this a huge rumor for scalebound but I would much rather have mega man legends 3. We should have that game by now.

@ThatNyteDaez Apparently Microsoft gave up the trademark.

Would be fantastic news if true. This was actually the only reason I wanted to buy an Xbox One. I'd much prefer this to Astral Chain. I suppose this would put a major damper in Nintendo and Microsoft's relationship, though

I'll take anything Platinum has to offer, but man that protagonist is the worst. If he spewed that dude-bro garbage through the whole game I'd have to play with the sound off.

I think that maybe Microsoft tried to suggest to alter or even completely change the main character and being as stubborn as he is Kamiya told them where to stick it. I can only hope it was the other way around and it was Microsoft who was pushing for the annoying 'cool dude' with headphones thing and it was Kamiya who wanted to make the change. Either way I'm sure the gameplay would be class.

visuals seem nice but the player character's narration was annoying and the boss didn't seem to care about getting hit, there wasn't much weight for feedback for the attacks, but hey that could change.

@carlos82 lol OBE1plays said the same thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InnMKwpwR8I

Well I can only say for now being released on Switch might save them but I'll hold that til there is Demo on Switch to know how it fares.

man theres going to be alot of butthurt xbox gamers over this.

I read this as fact before I saw rumor....

While that would be hilariously cool if it happened, after Astral Chain and Bayonetta 3 (and hopefully a W101 port/sequel), I’d rather see Platinum take on another Nintendo IP.
Kiyama has said he’s interest in Mysterious Murasame Castle, I could and would love to see it a DMC action style. Or revive Custom Robo with Vanquish’s style in mind. Or even a sequel to Kid Icarus: Uprising, with the over the top action on the ground and Star Fox-like rail shooter segments, they’d be perfect for the job.

@locky-mavo i wouldnt be surprise they would use the advance version of unreal engine 4 which switch can handle it for scalebound would make it look sick.

As much as I think it looks like a cluttered jumble of mess and aesthetically prefer your application, Nintendo Life, it's technically meant to be "Platinum Games's Scalebound". Just saying...

Helix earring, over-ear red headphones, superfluous leather jacket zips. I get it, he's a cool dude.

Yes let this be true. Scalebound on the Switch will be another win for Nintendo from Platinum Games just like Madworld, Wonderful 101, Astral Chain, and Bayonetta 2 & 3.

I don't think Scalebound too much Heavy Graphics on Switch Hardware under powerful enough. And 4GB of RAM not enough out of memory. But Storage was pretty big wide size file, it depends your requirements.

I just noticed that every single comment in this article's comment section has at least one dislike. Someone was aggravated, methinks.

I bought an Xbox One partly for Scalebound, so it would be great if they brought it over to the Switch.

Oh wow, if true they making it, this is going to be my ultimate action rpg games. Imagine you can instructs your dragon to destroy enemy on the go, should be much fun!

@LexKitteh Actually Microsoft stopped funding it, and Platinum created it, so it now belongs wholly to Platinum. Originally it was supposed to be on Wii. It was always Platinum's IP, it is just Microsoft gave them the money to fund it.

I do hope it is true. Microsoft is so out of touch with current gamers, and instead fund crap like Crackdown 3, and relinquish unique experiences like this. They are still pandering to the 360 generation but gamers have grown up again.

@MongolRaider I would never underestimate a game from Platinum. It is a team of phenomenal game developers who fully understand the action genre. This has been a project for years and with Nintendo funding them, Nintendo developers will help them perfect. Just look at how amazing Bayonetta 2 is - it is quite possibly the finest game of that genre

Scalebound was going to be the push I needed to buy an X1, and I doubt I'm alone there. It was jarring to see such a crucial addition to the X1 library cancelled.

If true, I can't imagine this won't leave some X1 owners feeling burned. I guess they'll just have to buy a Switch!

@Ralizah most likely someone is doing for the hell of it probably a troll.

My backlog is too full to include rumours. And besides, Scalebound looks pants

@faint “How Well Do You Know Your Friends.”

It's 50-50, 1 or the other. 😎

@Ralizah How would you even notice that? We can see the hearts and I never even notice how many of those there are. Good catch.

@PrincessBowsette It must be you b/c you're the only person here w/o one. Oh wait, now I don't have one either, argh, so close. 😂

@faint Do you think that youtuber was the only human who thought it could have been Scalebound?

When this game was scrapped by Microsoft it broke my heart this game looks amazing and I hope this is true not just a rumor

@Ralizah Didn't know the thumb down button exist until you mention it. Now how come I can't see it on my comments but only on others?

Do it do it do it do it do it do it PLEASE!

@rjejr its not me cause ive been gaming and checking on other things.

@retro_player_22 thats a good question why we cant see our own downvotes.

This would be pretty cool if true. I remember being interested when it was coming to the Xbox. I still can’t believe it was cancelled! Microsoft needs all the exclusives they can get at this point.

@CupidStunt I never questioned whether Platinum can pull this off, just saying this could strain the relationship between Microsoft and Nintendo. It was originally supposed to appear on the Wii, so shouldn't be too hard of feelings.

I would doubt the system could handle this game. If this is true it is pretty amazing, but still i have massive reserves about how it would run.

If this is true, I'd like to think it is because Nintendo is allowing Platinum to make the game they want. From what I remember it was Microsoft pushing the game to be a multiplayer game, while Platinum was trying to make the game more like a large scale RPG, with towns etc.

Lol. If this is true it's a total canabalization effort like FF15 was with ffv13.

The original game struggled to find it's footing. That isn't taking into account online functionality, performance issues, and the crackdown 3 levels of over ambition.

Wow, I'll be very pleasantly surprised if it's true. More Platinum games are always welcome as far as I'm concerned!

@gcunit Check out some of the gameplay footage, it looks super impressive. Seems like it's a mix of Xenoblade X-like exploration, Bayonetta combat and Panzer Dragoon dragon riding.

I would love to play this game.

@jly1987 The track record point is something I can definitely agree with.

Their earlier games like Drakengard are definitely pretty flawed.

Also didn't the game get initially cancelled due to Microsoft's demands to add a 4 player mode as well, which increased the technical problems?

Hideki Kamiya clearly wanted the game to be a single player experience.

@BlackenedHalo I don’t. I’m sure some people have mentioned it in the past. It doesn’t change the fact that all these publications were running stories within six hours.

I keep trying to tell people, this game is still coming out but MS is holding it until XBOX SCARLET, mark my words. They very likely developed it for X hardware initially and could not scale it down (no pun intended) to acceptable performance without significant reworking of the game mechanics and decided to shelve it. Cancelling it on paper prevents it from becoming the next Crackdown 3 with all the expectations that game had.

@retro_player_22 "how come I can't see it on my comments"

Now there's a REALLY good question. Besides not caring enough to see them on other posts it would be good to see how many down votes I had. Otherwise it's like elementary school all over again and I'm walking around with a "kick me" sign on my back. 😢

@PrincessBowsette I didn't really think it was you, just messing around, I thought 2 emoji would have been enough to convey that. I'm putting 3 here just to make sure this time. 😂🤣😁

@AllHailQueenBoo Bill Hicks was a great comedian. I'm glad people appreciate his work.

Ah Scalebound...it had potential but also was a bit of a mixed bag. I mean, the fast action with the dragon looked cool. But then there was the wisecracking hero (a la modern Devil may cry) and the hiphop music. But I guess if they revive it on Switch, they will change it up quite a bit.

Personally I am not so sure about this one. I mean: They are working on Astral chain, Bayonetta 3, maybe some ps4/xboxone stuff? How big is Platinum exactly? And has Platinum all of a sudden become Nintendo's new golden child, the new Retro? Ehhh, I am not sure!