Capcom ends Gamecube Exclusivity
02-19-03, 06:10 PM
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Capcom ends Gamecube Exclusivity
From GameInformer:
That's good news for me cuz those games looked cool. 
The article also notes that the producer of P.N. 03 is redesigning the game because it's too much like Devil May Cry.
Capcom is saying that four of its recently announced games are not Gamecube exclusive, as previously reported. Killer 7, P.N. 03, Viewtiful Joe, and Dead Phoenix from Capcom's Production Studio 4 will be available to other consoles. Although the company has no plans at the moment, these may initially appear exclusively on the GCN before being ported to other systems. Capcom states that the false information was due to a miscommunication on its part. At this time, only Resident Evil 4 is definitely slated solely for the GCN.
The article also notes that the producer of P.N. 03 is redesigning the game because it's too much like Devil May Cry.
02-19-03, 06:19 PM
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Sucks from a business standpoint for Nintendo.
Don't care personally, as they're still coming to the GC AFAIK and none of them had caught my interest yet (though to be fair I haven't seen/read much about them yet either).
Don't care personally, as they're still coming to the GC AFAIK and none of them had caught my interest yet (though to be fair I haven't seen/read much about them yet either).
02-19-03, 06:27 PM
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Originally posted by Josh Hinkle
Sucks from a business standpoint for Nintendo.
Don't care personally, as they're still coming to the GC AFAIK and none of them had caught my interest yet (though to be fair I haven't seen/read much about them yet either).
Sucks from a business standpoint for Nintendo.
Don't care personally, as they're still coming to the GC AFAIK and none of them had caught my interest yet (though to be fair I haven't seen/read much about them yet either).
02-19-03, 06:30 PM
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Yeah, that thread was pretty much all I've seen on them. Didn't seem like anything ground breaking to me. But certainly I'll reserve judgement until I've tried them out. Except for maybe Viewtiful Joe. A cel-shaded beat'em doesn't sound like my cup of tea.
02-19-03, 06:55 PM
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PS2 third party licensing staff called Devil May Cry 2 "Devil Make Us Cry" because it was a buggy nightmare... There's a little 'fun fact' for ya. 
There's a little 'fun fact' for ya.
02-19-03, 07:17 PM
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This is old news.
P.N. 03 is comes out next month in Japan, I don't see how they could redesign the whole game in a month. Besides, Shinji Mikami and Hiroyuki Kobayashi, the director and main producer of this game also were key developers of Devil May Cry.
P.N. 03 is comes out next month in Japan, I don't see how they could redesign the whole game in a month. Besides, Shinji Mikami and Hiroyuki Kobayashi, the director and main producer of this game also were key developers of Devil May Cry.
02-19-03, 07:25 PM
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If Nintendo gets them first for awhile it will still help them. What has killed Nintendo is getting muliconsole titles a few months after everyone else. By then you've played them and why pick it up on GameCube.
02-19-03, 08:42 PM
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So does this mean REZ Evil games for XBOX? 
02-19-03, 09:14 PM
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Am I correct in saying that Viewtiful Joe was created by the same people who made the original DMC?
02-19-03, 10:10 PM
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They make it sound like a game being too much like DMC is a bad thing. Personally, I think DMC2 wasnt too much like the original. Now that I know PM 03 is made by the same team as DMC, I will be waiting that quite anxiously.
02-20-03, 01:57 AM
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Well Capcom has not announced these games for any other console. There are plenty of Capcom PS2 games that are not exclusive to the PS2 and have yet to see a release on other consoles.
Games such as Devil May Cry series and Maximo are not part of any exclusive deal with Sony. Yet these games have still not appeared on Xbox or GC.
It still is great news for Nintendo that these games will appear first on Gamecube.
Games such as Devil May Cry series and Maximo are not part of any exclusive deal with Sony. Yet these games have still not appeared on Xbox or GC.
It still is great news for Nintendo that these games will appear first on Gamecube.
02-20-03, 02:35 AM
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Originally posted by CreatureX
Well Capcom has not announced these games for any other console. There are plenty of Capcom PS2 games that are not exclusive to the PS2 and have yet to see a release on other consoles.
Games such as Devil May Cry series and Maximo are not part of any exclusive deal with Sony. Yet these games have still not appeared on Xbox or GC.
It still is great news for Nintendo that these games will appear first on Gamecube.
Well Capcom has not announced these games for any other console. There are plenty of Capcom PS2 games that are not exclusive to the PS2 and have yet to see a release on other consoles.
Games such as Devil May Cry series and Maximo are not part of any exclusive deal with Sony. Yet these games have still not appeared on Xbox or GC.
It still is great news for Nintendo that these games will appear first on Gamecube.
02-20-03, 06:29 AM
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Originally posted by Trigger
that's a good point, but then why would Capcom go out of their way to make it clear that they aren't GCN exclusive?
that's a good point, but then why would Capcom go out of their way to make it clear that they aren't GCN exclusive?
As for the news, I don't really think its that big of a deal. at least we know that they will be developed for the Cube first, so the other incarnations of them will be ports to the other systems, which can have disastrous consequences (Ghost Recon on GCN anyone?) its always been my opinion that the console the game was originally developed for usually gets the best version.... but who knows.
02-20-03, 07:55 AM
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Originally posted by edytwinky
Nintendo sure is losing a lot of third party vendors
Nintendo sure is losing a lot of third party vendors
02-20-03, 12:51 PM
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Originally posted by huh?
at least we know that they will be developed for the Cube first
at least we know that they will be developed for the Cube first
02-21-03, 02:14 PM
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Sweet, where did you hear that they're coming out on the Dreamcast first? :-)
Originally posted by Trigger
That's just speculation on behalf of the article - Capcom hasn't announced plans to give them a time-exclusive or even to release it first on the GCN. For all we know, Capcom could release all these games on all 3 systems at the same time or maybe even release them on the Dreamcast first. Nobody knows yet.
That's just speculation on behalf of the article - Capcom hasn't announced plans to give them a time-exclusive or even to release it first on the GCN. For all we know, Capcom could release all these games on all 3 systems at the same time or maybe even release them on the Dreamcast first. Nobody knows yet.