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| Iggy 2823th Post
 
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|  "rumors thread -revived!"
, posted Sun 22 Feb 02:50:
Well, those are getting old, I forgot to check for a few weeks, and...pfff.
Konami may be thinking to continue the Tokimemo franchise... in the Pachinko department. (....eh?)
The PSP may be released the 03 december (I think I got this one wrong). The developpers are struggling with the insane orders they received from their bosses, and the specs of the console may be toned town drastically. Example : currently, the plan is to get the console to consume its battery at the same speed as the (awesome, best portable console in history, etc) Neo Geo Pocket. Unfortunately, the console currently lasts barely 10 hours before needing a battery change.
A lot of people from Sega are moving to the developper of Drag on Dragoon (Kabia? Kavia? Never heard of them). The ambiance at Sega seems to be deteriorating quickly.
A lot of Taiwan-made fake SNK products are released, we know that (bootlegs and such), and were even spotted at Osaka (near the official building of SNK). If they lacked a motivation to move away from the MVS...
Capcom seems to be trying to lower the fees of all his project department (I'm not sure the english of this sentence is making a lot of sense...). In other words "continue what you were making, but with less money".
Speaking of which (the rumors is 2 weeks old, and we'll find out wether it's true or not in a couple of days) Onimusha 3 seems to have some huge problems. Not only it costed way more than planned, but the result is far from satisfying. The lack of groundbreaking announcements about this game so shortly before the release date may be because, according to one of the developper, "the game may seduce more players if we shut up about it". I personally find this rumor hard to believe, thinking of what the other Onimusha were (pathetic stories and characters, but solid games with much more possibilities and depth than, let's say, more recent games I don't want to talk about). And even if the game is actually worse than Castleva.... than other recent games, the sheer promise to make Jean Reno fight Nobunaga in Paris, 2004 is a sure ticket for the best cheezy comedy game since Zoku Segare Ijiri.
Anyway, some people from the staff see the game failing badly before Koei's Sangoku Musô.
Konami seems to be going through a lot of troubles. The result last year were less than stellar, and even if the company was voted "most popular game company" by Arcadia's readers, it is going through a lot of changes, including many people leaving it.
It seems that amongst the fake pics of Nintendo DS flourishing here and there on Internet, there is at least one pic of the actual developpement prototype. Nintendo still refuses to comment about the toaster-compatibility.
GTA Vice city for PS2 has been pushed to an undetermined release date. The major problem may be between the developers and Capcom (who localizes the game in Japan) about porno movie missions and decapitating people with katanas.
．．．人はパンツをセンタク機にほうり込むのは、どんな時だ？
答えは一つ。
．．．それを脱いだ時、だぜ。
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| Ishmael 1199th Post
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| "Wasabi 2" , posted Mon 23 Feb 06:51
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Speaking of which (the rumors is 2 weeks old, and we'll find out wether it's true or not in a couple of days) Onimusha 3 seems to have some huge problems. Not only it costed way more than planned, but the result is far from satisfying. The lack of groundbreaking announcements about this game so shortly before the release date may be because, according to one of the developper, "the game may seduce more players if we shut up about it". I personally find this rumor hard to believe, thinking of what the other Onimusha were (pathetic stories and characters, but solid games with much more possibilities and depth than, let's say, more recent games I don't want to talk about). And even if the game is actually worse than Castleva.... than other recent games, the sheer promise to make Jean Reno fight Nobunaga in Paris, 2004 is a sure ticket for the best cheezy comedy game since Zoku Segare Ijiri.
Anyway, some people from the staff see the game failing badly before Koei's Sangoku Musô.
How well did the previous Onimusha games sell? They were nice enough games and all but they never struck me as being a franchise that required huge amounts of money for production and the addition of Jean Reno. Still, as long as O3 is more fun than Lament of Castlevania I'll be happy.
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