If you’re a fan of Capcom’s Sengoku Basara series, a.k.a Devil Kings on the PS2, and are looking forward to the newest installment, Sengoku Basara : Utage ( which releases in Japan later this year ) then you're not going to happy to hear the bad news.
According to a response by Christian Svensson ( Sven ) on Capcom Unity community forums regarding the future of Sengoku Basara in the West, the situation doesn’t look too promising.
Capcom has published a special feature detailing the story behind development of the Sengoku Basara series on its investor relations website.
The story is a narrated account featuring series producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi and director Makoto Yamamoto. It details a 2003 Capcom whose business was in dire straits, and who were focusing on sequels to hit titles that would guarantee success. When Kobayashi proposed the idea for a new kind of action game, Capcom was reluctant, but company president Kenzo Tsujimoto gave him the green light. The game’s team was mocked within the company at first, as most believed it to be a game that would never sell, but what ultimately came to fruition was something that the entire company had faith in.
TPE writes: During my two year stay in Japan, there were a few games that I got REALLY attached to. Maybe you have heard of these. Maybe you haven’t. In any case, I want to share with you, the viewer, the 10 Japan specific games that made my stay in Japan all the more glorious!
you should have included Gundam vs for PS3.. a much better version of your number one pick... love your video... i wish my Japanese was as good as yours!
The Japanese branch of Capcom has revealed that the Resident Evil and Sengoku Basara 3 twin packs will be coming exclusively to the Playstation 3 in Japan.
Well if it's only coming out in Japan, I believe the correct term is Biohazard twin pack.
Why havent we got retail versions of RE 4 and Code Veronica , they even did a CE in Japan, of all the times Capcom would try and milk money out of us and this is one of the things I would of bought.
and now this.....come on Capcom.
0h yea well f*** you scamcom.
when will this company go bankrupt thank you for megaman and other great titles in the past but fuck off now!
they've released the serie multiple times and it doesnt sell , what would any other publisher do in this situation anyway ?
So your angry with their dlc , megaman , the fighting games re-release or all of the above combined ... fine .
But this time it's a silly excuse to hate them .
Best served trying to convince capcom of letting a smaller publisher distribute the game
Weird, didn't think this was the way the world was going.
Thought there would be more japanese games trying to take on the world as the industry grows bigger.
Good thing I never got into this franchise to end up disappointed, This is nothing new though Capcom cancel and refuse to localise games all the time. Where's Dino crisis 4, Onimusha 5, Breath of fire 6 and Megaman Legends 2? Capcom doesn't want to make them so we don't get them, but they make sure we get plenty of their half finished and rehashed fighting games.