Nearly two years after it was first announced, Resident Evil Revelations made its way into stores to strong critical and commercial reception. Having an exclusive entry in such a major franchise has only continued to boost the Nintendo 3DS's reception in the global marketplace, but the simple fact is the system will need continuous support of this level in the years to come.
Given the fact that Capcom managed to deliver Revelations as well as Mercenaries 3D inside of the first year of the 3DS's life, and given their reception, we asked producer Masachika Kawata if he saw a future for Resident Evil on the Nintendo 3DS. Did he already have new ideas - and would he be interested in bringing them to full production?
"The incredibly positive fan reaction to Revelations has definitely given me motivation to make another 3DS RE title," Kawata told us in an interview. "I have some ideas in mind. However, I have a lot of other projects that need to be taken care of first."
That might seem like any potential and future Resident Evil projects would be a ways off, right? Not so fast, survival horror fans...
"I must admit," Kawata continued, "Hearing players say how much they enjoyed Revelations does kind of make me want to forget the other projects and get stuck right into making another RE game for fans to enjoy (laughs)."
When we conducted our interview, Revelations had just debuted in Japan and was the #1 selling game in the country. Noting that this game had a more old school, survival horror focus than other Resident Evil games, we asked if this commercial reception encouraged him to continue this approach with future installments.
"Of course!" Kawata told us. "Game development is always a very taxing process, no matter what the project, and the only thing that gets us through is the belief that, at the end of the journey, there are people waiting to enjoy the game. So if a game sells particularly well, then we have good reason to make more titles like it."
Though by no means any sort of official announcement, it sounds as though more Resident Evil on the Nintendo 3DS is certainly a possibility. Capcom managed to produce two games remarkably fast - here's hoping we can get some more just as quickly.
Stay tuned to more from our interview with Kawata-san as well as Revelations director Koshi Nakanishi.
DLC Week of 3/2 - Singles from Everclear, Good Charlotte and Mastodon!
Hey gang,
Portland, Oregon rock band Everclear had their first hit with “Santa Monica,” the fourth track off of 1995’s Sparkle and Fade. The track, which found radio popularity despite never officially being released as a single, comes to the Rock Band Music Store complete with a Pro Guitar and Pro Bass upgrade.
“The Anthem,” Good Charlotte’s second single off of their second album, 2002’s The Young and the Hopeless, is also on its way to the Music Store. The catchy, uptempo track was a hit for Good Charlotte, and quickly climbed the charts worldwide.
Since their formation in 2000, Mastodon has won over metal fans and critics with their dense, monstrous sound and complex compositions. In 2011, the band released The Hunter, featuring the Grammy nominated track “Curl of the Burl,” which rounds out a trio of singles slated to hit the Rock Band Music Store on March 6th.
Available on Xbox 360, Wii™ and PlayStation®3 system (March 6th, 2012):
* Everclear – “Santa Monica” X * Good Charlotte – “The Anthem” * Mastodon – “Curl of the Burl”
(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system March 7th)
Tracks marked with “X” will offer Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for $0.99 per song.
Here are the Rock Band Network releases that hit Xbox 360 on Thursday, 3/1/2012:
Metal
Engel - "Sense the Fire (2x Bass Pedal)" (160 MSP) The Faceless - "XenoChrist" (160 MSP)
Pop-Rock
Swound! - "In My Head" (80 MSP)
Prog
Gatling - "Absolute" (80 MSP)
Reggae/Ska
Sunny Side Up - "Corporate Control" (80 MSP)
Rock
Jerry Naylor - "Mystery Train" (160 MSP) The Trews - "Hope & Ruin" (80 MSP)
And here are the PS3 RBN Releases for Tuesday, 3/6/2012 (North America) and Wednesday, 3/7/2012 (Europe):
Devin Townsend - "Hyperdrive" ($1.99) - Metal Amberian Dawn - "Blackbird" ($1.99) - Metal Alestorm - "Shipwrecked" ($1.99) - Metal Lemon Demon - "BRODYQUEST" ($1.99) - Novelty Wrong Side of Dawn - "The Grinder's Tale" ($1.99) - Alternative
Only 54 more hours til the best game ever made! ^:)^ :-j :x . heard a rumor on BSN that the Normandy is destroyed in the final battle. not sure how credible it is.
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Holy Crap that game is awesome n its actually scary (played at night w/headphones).
Given the fact that Capcom managed to deliver Revelations as well as Mercenaries 3D inside of the first year of the 3DS's life, and given their reception, we asked producer Masachika Kawata if he saw a future for Resident Evil on the Nintendo 3DS. Did he already have new ideas - and would he be interested in bringing them to full production?
"The incredibly positive fan reaction to Revelations has definitely given me motivation to make another 3DS RE title," Kawata told us in an interview. "I have some ideas in mind. However, I have a lot of other projects that need to be taken care of first."
That might seem like any potential and future Resident Evil projects would be a ways off, right? Not so fast, survival horror fans...
"I must admit," Kawata continued, "Hearing players say how much they enjoyed Revelations does kind of make me want to forget the other projects and get stuck right into making another RE game for fans to enjoy (laughs)."
When we conducted our interview, Revelations had just debuted in Japan and was the #1 selling game in the country. Noting that this game had a more old school, survival horror focus than other Resident Evil games, we asked if this commercial reception encouraged him to continue this approach with future installments.
"Of course!" Kawata told us. "Game development is always a very taxing process, no matter what the project, and the only thing that gets us through is the belief that, at the end of the journey, there are people waiting to enjoy the game. So if a game sells particularly well, then we have good reason to make more titles like it."
Though by no means any sort of official announcement, it sounds as though more Resident Evil on the Nintendo 3DS is certainly a possibility. Capcom managed to produce two games remarkably fast - here's hoping we can get some more just as quickly.
Stay tuned to more from our interview with Kawata-san as well as Revelations director Koshi Nakanishi.
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MAKE IT HAPPEN, CAPCOM!
Hey gang,
Portland, Oregon rock band Everclear had their first hit with “Santa Monica,” the fourth track off of 1995’s Sparkle and Fade. The track, which found radio popularity despite never officially being released as a single, comes to the Rock Band Music Store complete with a Pro Guitar and Pro Bass upgrade.
“The Anthem,” Good Charlotte’s second single off of their second album, 2002’s The Young and the Hopeless, is also on its way to the Music Store. The catchy, uptempo track was a hit for Good Charlotte, and quickly climbed the charts worldwide.
Since their formation in 2000, Mastodon has won over metal fans and critics with their dense, monstrous sound and complex compositions. In 2011, the band released The Hunter, featuring the Grammy nominated track “Curl of the Burl,” which rounds out a trio of singles slated to hit the Rock Band Music Store on March 6th.
Available on Xbox 360, Wii™ and PlayStation®3 system (March 6th, 2012):
* Everclear – “Santa Monica” X
* Good Charlotte – “The Anthem”
* Mastodon – “Curl of the Burl”
(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system March 7th)
Tracks marked with “X” will offer Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for $0.99 per song.
Here are the Rock Band Network releases that hit Xbox 360 on Thursday, 3/1/2012:
Metal
Engel - "Sense the Fire (2x Bass Pedal)" (160 MSP)
The Faceless - "XenoChrist" (160 MSP)
Pop-Rock
Swound! - "In My Head" (80 MSP)
Prog
Gatling - "Absolute" (80 MSP)
Reggae/Ska
Sunny Side Up - "Corporate Control" (80 MSP)
Rock
Jerry Naylor - "Mystery Train" (160 MSP)
The Trews - "Hope & Ruin" (80 MSP)
And here are the PS3 RBN Releases for Tuesday, 3/6/2012 (North America) and Wednesday, 3/7/2012 (Europe):
Devin Townsend - "Hyperdrive" ($1.99) - Metal
Amberian Dawn - "Blackbird" ($1.99) - Metal
Alestorm - "Shipwrecked" ($1.99) - Metal
Lemon Demon - "BRODYQUEST" ($1.99) - Novelty
Wrong Side of Dawn - "The Grinder's Tale" ($1.99) - Alternative