Some of the biggest surprises at this year's Game Awards show were provided by Japanese video game giant Capcom with the revival of classic IPs like Okami and Onimusha.
In a company press release on its official website, Capcom has now made it clear this is all part of an initiative to focus on "re-activating dormant IPs" in its library that "haven't had a new title launch recently".
"The company is working to further enhance corporate value by leveraging its rich library of content, which includes reviving past IPs like the two titles announced above (Omimusha, Okami), in order to continuously produce highly efficient, high-quality titles."
Capcom has recently released games and collections based on Ace Attorney and even worked miracles with compilations like Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection. Leading into 2025, it's got a new Monster Hunter game on the way and another fighting collection due out.
And if you're wondering about the legendary Blue Bomber Mega Man, in June of this year during a shareholders meeting, the company mentioned how it was always considering what's next. In a survey during the same month, it asked fans what series they wanted remade - with titles like Breath of Fire featured in the top 5.
One other Japanese company that's been busy reviving its classic IP is Sega - with plans to bring back franchises such as Crazy Taxi, Shinobi, Jet Set Radio and even Virtua Fighter.
What would you like to see Capcom re-activate going forward? Let us know in the comments.
[source capcom.co.jp, via x.com]
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Viewtiful Joe is coming
Breath of Fire come on you know you want to. Do a bundle of all the existing games (GBA versions of 1 & 2 for the QoL features) and let us loose it's been long enough.
Activate Breath of Fire then please.
And not as a mobile game...
I know on metacritic Mega Man 11 reviewed about as well as a
sidescrolling game does, but I didn’t like Capcom’s effort on that game. I hope the next Mega Man shows the kind of craft that independent devs and even home brew devs (Sequel Wars) put into their games. Not just more anodyne 2.5D graphics and gameplay to go with it. Because Capcom can match the best of them when they put their resources into it.
I’m all for a new Onimusha game, but could they at least remaster the remainder of the series after the first one for Switch at least? How hard is that Capcom?
Airu de Puzzle, please.
And perhaps Monster Hunter Stories 1 + 2 on PS5 physical release.
You would have to think that it’s a safe bet that we’ll see a brand new Ace Attorney game launching soon?l as part of this strategy?
The remasters/bundles have done very well and really brought the series back into the light. A new starting point would do incredibly well.
I really hope for another Ace Attorney game! We’ve been spoiled this year with Apollo and Edgeworth, spoil us more Capcom
Does Ace Attorney count as a dormant series?
All I have for Capcom is that I hope they keep doing what they are doing, because it's making people pretty happy.
If we get some awesome Sega revamps in 2025, and Capcom keeps killing it...welp, that might convince me that the world is not some futile charade, falling through a meaningless void that is shaped like our dead God's heart.
I want to see them bring back Final Fight
I remember playing this one Capcom game as a kid where you play as this psychotic little blue robot that goes crazy and starts murdering all the other cute robots who are just going about their lives. His sociopathic master Dr. Light justifies it by mutterings of “A.I. is the future and also think of the shareholders, something something job creators…”
You could choose what order to do the murdering in, it was cool.
Sega reviving series, now Capcom. Come on, Nintendo, follow suit!
DINO. CRISIS. NOW.
Mega man X has been dormant for some years now. The franchise desperately needs a good new release! But if you give me Mega Man 12 meanwhile, I won't complain while I wait for a new X
Looking forward to seeing what the next revival will be (not sure if it counts as such, but a new Ace Attorney is the safest guess now that all the games except for the Layton crossover are on modern platforms) - of course, I can't wait for the already announced new Onimusha and especially Ōkami, too!
Viewtiful Joe and Lost Planet please. An LP collection for Switch would be terrific.
Breath of Fire
Viewtiful Joe
Megaman X
Megaman Legends
in no particular order
I was hoping for a new SEGA console, but perhaps Capcom should launch their own console. They've got plenty of strong IP's to carry it.
Viewtiful Joe and Dino Crisis please
These are all I want a new entry for:
I've never been a big Mega Man fan, but I would very much like to try the Legends games someday, whether remakes or ports of the originals. A 3D take on the franchise might be what finally gets me into the series.
I'm ready and waiting, Capcom!
Auto modellista pleeeeeeeeeese
A new Lost Planet in the vein of 3 as I quite liked that (or 1 that was pretty good too). Also a new 3D Bionic Commando would be nice.
If Mega Man does get a new game, I wouldn't mind a new Mega Man X Dive game, but with improvements that make it stand out over the original.
Henshin-A-Go-Go, baby!
Reminder: Capcom has it the easiest of The Six Daimo of Japan when it comes to "reviving IP" because they actually have the fewest IP of any of them. Even less than SNK https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uHp_wqa1tNWa8DpeRRH-KGp3rSU4fmYLtIr86Z7f7og/edit#gid=639918701
A new Dino Crisis would make me really really happy. I wouldn't mind HD remasters of Dino Crisis 1 & 2 for current consoles.
Activate Megaman, Megaman X, Megaman Zero, Megaman Legends, activate a new Megaman series. Come on! I’d take HD reskins of the original games if you even want to do a low bar effort, Capcom.
It’s baffling Dino Crisis hasn’t come back, but I’m sure that’s in progress and they just haven’t said anything.
I’d love more Duck Tales as unlikely as that is. Basically, anything Capcom did in the NES and SNES is welcome to return in my eyes. And even more unlikely, I’d love another Capcom Zelda!
Oh, and, uh, it’d be nice if we saw an update on Pragmata. Y’know, that’s the game that inspired my imagination for “next gen” when we saw that initial trailer
bring back breath of fire..
BREATH OF FIRE!
BREATH OF FIRE!
BREATH OF FIRE!
BREATH OF FIRE!
High on my list would be the Final Fight series returning as a belt-scroller in the Streets of Rage 4 vein. Strider and Bionic Commando also seem ripe for a revival.
@LavenderShroud yes, like Star Fox and F-Zero (imo, F-Zero 99 doesn't count)
@TrueBlueYoshi
"F-zero 99 doesn't count"
even if it did, it didn't, sooner or later (pretty soon.)
it's like saying Mario 35 counts. of course it doesn't. ✌️
Capcom is on a role.
Capcom announces that it has long since run out of ideas.
Power Stone 3
Rival Schools 3
Bionic Commando X
and as long as we are feeling whimsical:
"2042" A futuristic 1942 sequel about the world uniting to take on an invading alien force.
@LavenderShroud they revived Famicom Detective Club, Metroid, Pokemon Snap, Clubhouse games and, even just with remakes, Another Code, Advance Wars and the original Mario vs Donkey Kong!
Everyone wants more, me too of course, but they did something this gen (there are more then 30 different Nintendo franchices on Switch, not counting spin offs!)
Guess everybody is trying to follow Nintendo lately with leveraging their IPs for corporate growth yada yada. While I don't condone senseless sequels of established franchises, I do believe franchises that built a company should not be dormant for extremely long periods, specifically Mega Man, Capcom. To their credit, they cashed in once before on the retro vibe with Mega Man, but there's still a thirst for retro/neo-retro, so they're just leaving money on the table at this point.
@Serpenterror I've been on the power stone bandwagon for 24 years...Zack and wiki would be cool, un squadron was impossible in my younger years. Maybe a new bionic commando
Secret Level has an episode dedicated to Mega Man’s origins coming out this week, so maybe we might see a Mega Man game with that level of graphics. Would be day one purchase for me.
*mega man hd-2d remakes
CAPCOM, sell killer7 IP to Suda51/Grasshopper Manufacture, please...
And... Please, remaster P.N. 03!
Curious if those leaked Final Fight and Power Stone remakes will resurface soon...
@LikelySatan thumbs up for the delicate poetry in that last sentence.
@Octorok_Prime Hmm nope! Doesn't ring a bell!
@StAmbrosius That's an interesting idea.
@somnambulance dude you got good ideas.
I will say that Capcom Zeldas are some of my least favorite though, I feel like there are too many forced side quests.
@obijuankanoobie Thank you, my friend. If I could do anything with my life, man, do I wish I could consult on the revitalization of dormant franchises! Lol. You know, two of my most ancient ideas I had were a Metroidvania-like style Megaman game and a Megaman multiplayer fighter that plays like a Megaman boss rush (except you could play as the robot masters and such). I’ve had these ideas since ‘94 and I’d be so happy if Capcom ripped me off. Lol
See, I do like the Capcom Zelda games, but I know what you mean. They don’t top Nintendo’s own titles, by any stretch of the imagination. However, the Capcom of today is firing on all cylinders, so I think they could tap the classic Zelda vein that many people want.
Viewtiful Joe 3 please! Would like to see more games with women as the protagonists though. But that’s a constant request for me (not a resident evil fan although I do acknowledge that it has a ton of badarse women in it) as gaming is still lopsided as heck.
@MeloMan It's sad really. Capcom gave Mega Man a decent revival with Mega Man 11...only to do absolutely nothing for 6 years in a row...we're getting to yet another 8 year hiatus it seems. Man, Capcom kinda sucks at reviving their IPs lol.
Gargoyle's Quest or GTFO. The original screams for a new game in the same vein complete with overworld and random side scrolling encounters. Fully develop those rpg elements, bring in Demons Crest's improved combat, and expand the hell out of that world with Yoko Shimomura back at the OST.
Viewtiful Joe better come back. Also, I want him in Smash Bros.
Mega Man Legends 1 and 2 please.
@Scapetti I want this sooooooo much!
Kamiya needs to bring Mikami back for a new:
Breath of Fire! Pleeeassse.. at least a remastered collection.
Zack & Wiki 2 please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Megaman X9
Viewtiful Joe 3
Dino Crisis Remake/Remaster/HD Collection or new game
Darkstalkers
A new Sengoku Basara or a remastered collection
Breath of Fire (new game or remastered collection)
Remasters of Godhand, P.N. 03
Gargoyle's Quest and Demon's Crest (a collection of the 3 games or a new game)
@Bobb I knew that someone would mention Legends.
Given the recent MvC collection and the upcoming Fighting Collection 2, it's hard not to be optimistic with Capcom wanting to revive their older selections.
I think Okami (not Den which is odd they won't offer that unless sequel is then an actual sequel) and Onimusha (wasn't a fan of the animations for combat even if a trailer, looks too repetitive to everything else following trends & I don't like it) getting more focus is nice to see & need to expand then same IPs/remakes/sequels/spinoffs, audience interest.
Sees articles/polls on YT like this, to me PN03 the tank/aiming was cool, it was different then what we have nowadays. Besides it was rushed, I assume it ended up with it's design by accident.
I mean Bionic Commando or something else could. Breath of Fire is fair. But to me PN03 & Under The Skin do it for me personally.
Can't forget Viewful Joe or Godhand. Zack & Wiki too, not played but are appealing.
PN03 & Under The Skin are my go two Capcom IPs I know will never but I want them to, a party/multiplayer game with disguises & perks. For streamers this would be a great game to have. I don't care about that but it's possible it could happen, better than generic live service games that's for sure. It has a good enough core/silliness to it I think it can work.
As if Watch Dogs Legion didn't have perks but for different uses. Being an alien, having perks, infected & more, offer more maps, more items, it's arcade fun.
Also RE3 content in it. Other than that I think a solid enough game to revive, cell shading is still good like Wind Waker & it's a cool game to have in this era, get arcade like game back please.
I want many Sega & Konami niche IPs to return but I'm not holding out for Coded Arms, Love Plus, GTI Club, Thrilldrive or Enthusia to return any time soon even with fake cars (or Enthusia/GTI Club did real cars anyway).
We have enough Mega Man games of all kinds at this point or Mega Man type Indies..... Like come on, as if what 30+ games or so at this point. Come on people got their fix. There are collections, 11, sub series collections, Indies/other companies. Give us something else. Are they good yes, my thing, not as much for the few I've tried. I want other IPs or ideas in IPs to happen not nostalgia/brand loyalty/seeing the characters & all that stuff.
I want logically better ideas, or creativity with good passion not emotionally easy to please audience money handling/nostalgia milking. I want quality not whatever audiences seem to want I don't catch because I don't catch emotional things I do quality of creativity.
Yet audiences/releases show, so I ignore them & go elsewhere for my creativity for games that are empty cores & think up my own or play other games better ideas. It's what makes this industry & audiences so boring now & why I go retro in the first place, quality experimentation not audiences/devs being pathetic.
Not sorry I am harsh for a reason. I'll stick to my Foamstars modes like brainstorming out of the box ideas of modes/abilities inspiration by elements in games I play (not copy paste) or see look dull & think up better ideas then them while everyone else wants worlds/characters/nostalgia. Pass. I'm 1 person, nothing will change as audiences as a whole make what things are after all, retro I go, only place to get it if studios no matter size of teams will offer good mechanically engaging ideas then boring worlds, boring characters, movesets & boring execution.
@SilverM tbf outside of Metroid, MvDK and Pokemon Snap most of those are niche, i think most people are awaiting the more talked-about IPs (Kid Icarus, Star Fox, and F-Zero)
A Megaman Legends reboot fashioned as a sprawling Studio Ghibli-esque epic (which it was originally anyway) is near the top of my Capcom wishlist!!
I’d like a metroidvania style mega man game
Please make Power Stone 3...
Gotcha Force & Slammasters revivals for me.
You know, KikaiOu (Tech Romancer) was probably my single favorite Dreamcast game, and I’d love to see Capcom resurrect it somehow. Though, it was a nostalgia-soaked love letter to robot anime, and a true product of the late 90s, so maybe it would just be too niche these days.
Capcom defintely needs to revive some of their more neglected IP's on Switch.. like a new:
... these are some of the things I voted for and mentioned in their survey. Please oblige us Captain Commando com.
Megaman x in 3d action game please
Yes Capcom, I love you. Do what you did in 2018 and reactivate Mega Man for a game and let him sleep for another 7-8 after that.
That's exactly what we want 😉
Seriously, I wish for a new Breath of Fire game or at least a bundle of the whole franchise.
A Mega Man X game would be the ultimate thing though.
Enhance corporate value.
Ah yes, the best reason to make games.
MegaMan Legends, please. Please. He needs to get off the moon. Legends fans have suffered enough. I'm begging. I'm so desperate that even a remaster would elate me.
Capcom, please make a new Gargoyle's Quest game, it's one of my favourite franchises and the original Game Boy game is one of my most beloved ones.
Other than that, please make a new Mega Man RPG, give us a new Breath of Fire and while you're at it, do us a favour and re-release those Project X-Zone games!
CRISIS OF DINOS! 🦕 🦖
Zack and Wiki, Viewtiful Joe and Breath of Fire would be nice
Megaman Legends, Dino Crisis, Viewtiful Joe, Breath of Fire, Zack & Wiki... Capcom has some great dormant IP, same as Nintendo.
But I'm so glad they're bringing back Onimusha and Okami!
Nintendo should do the same and make a new F-Zero, Golden Sun and Star Fox!
Here I thought they were finally gonna make Street Fighter 2010 2
Open world souls-like Mega Man incoming, I can feel it
@Scapetti HENSHIN A GO-GO, BABY!
Capcom is far from a prfect company but dang they've turned it around follow the early-mid 2010s.
I'll throw down my hope: Darkstalkers. Just a new Darkstalkers.
As always; new Darkstalkers thank you.
@Scapetti
I really hope you are right!
Capcom is trash, look how they did megaman legends and breath of fire.
I second the Final Fight sentiment. At the very least, ride the wave of what genres are vogue right now. Although I suppose they run the risk of entirely missing the beat 'em up revival if they started developing now.
Since they were able to do their Marvel back catalog, perhaps they can work with Disney to co-publish a collection of their back catalog together. Disney Afternoon Collection could be followed up with a collection that includes Goof Troop and Magical Quest.
@nkarafo True, regarding Zack & Wiki, we are back in a golden age of point 'n' clicks. And Capcom has started bringing games over to Steam.
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