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Capcom Has Plans To "Utilize" Dormant Franchises

Let's hope Power Stone gets a remaster or a brand-new entry.

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Capcom has many titles under its umbrella, including well-known and active franchises like Devil May Cry, Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, Street Fighter, and many more. Capcom has now said it wants to revive some of its dormant classics too.

In a recent investor report, company president and COO, Haruhiro Tsujimoto, spoke about Capcom's plans for the future. Though he did not detail anything specific, Tsujimoto seems adamant about bringing back the classics.

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"For the time being, while we are placing a priority on maximizing the revenue from current core IP, we are also actively looking to utilize dormant IP," Tsujimoto said. "Further, as the creation of new IP is indispensable in generating medium- to long-term growth, we are working to develop new brands as well."

Tsujimoto's intentions seem firmly placed in the utilization of "dormant IP," but it's also worth noting that Tsujimoto notes the company is actively seeking ways to "develop new brands." This could mean Capcom is working on all-new franchises to introduce to its fanbase, but Tsujimoto did not clarify this statement.

Tsujimoto also talked about microtransactions and the monetization models for Capcom's titles, confirming that the company frequently "refrains" from implementing gacha mechanics in its mobile games.

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Would like to see a Viewtiful Joe 1 & 2 HD collection followed by Viewtiful Joe 3

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Power Stone 3

Nothing else matters

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I would love to see Dragon's Dogma 2, But seeing Capcom bring DIno crisis or Strider back to life would be great also.

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The skeptic in me has to wonder how they're going to monetize these old properties. The world has worn me down.

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@lionheartssj1:

In fairness, Capcom have shwn a reluctance to microtransactions and a dismissal of loot boxes as a mechanic.

If they use microtransactions at all it seems to be in a limp wristed pointless way like in DMC4 and 5.

They've been knocking it out of the park recently with Monster Hunter World being their most successful game ever and Resident Evil 2 proving the survival horror genre was never dead despite what "Triple A" publishers tell us.

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@Dragon_Nexus: You're right and I'm inclined to agree, but the nightmare of Street Fighter V looms in the back of my mind.

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I'm going to take credit for this. I tweeted last week about how much I missed the Breath of Fire series, and they are clearly going to re-release those titles now, especially BoF4. I hope.

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@Xanthus179: I was thinking Breath of Fire too.

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I would love a Demons Crest, in a "3d metroidvania" game, where you need to get the crests to open areas, move the story foward, etc, like batman arkhan asylum.

A proper Breath of Fire or dino Crisis game would be dope too! But no remakes, just a new game for theese franchises.

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a new king of dragons game would be awsome or a brand new beat em up type game to compete with streets of rage 4

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Dino Crisis or Onimusha revivals would be great, of course, but Capcom also needs to focus on either RE 8 or Resident Evil 3 Remake as well...

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@Jimbowesker: Code Veronica remake would be preferable. That would make me so happy.

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A new Dungeons & Dragons? Maybe a new Darkstalkers, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Final Fight, Demon's Crest? Give me at least a new Demon's Crest and a new Dungeons & Dragons i have been dreaming for the reviver and a new game from this long forgotten franchises.

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Dragon's Dogma.

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I know I'm one of only like five people that wants Capcom to make a proper Lost Planet game again. That nonsense they tried to pass off as a third game doesn't count.

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Two words:

Cyber. Bots.

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Henshin-a-go-go, baby! I guess this means the Viewtiful Joe could get PC ports.

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Please remake Onimusha 2, 3 and 4 and add a new sequel.

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Probably not what they mean, but I really really want the Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages to be remade on the Switch like Link's Awakening was. Those games were made by Capcom I believe.

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@Poodger: only the minish cap was made by capcom

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@shadowwarrior4: Just looked it up, the Oracle games were developed by Flagship, which is a subsidiary of Capcom. Ipso facto, the Oracle games were made by Capcom. The Capcom logo most definitely flashes when the game is booted up, which was what I remembered on my own when I posted my original comment.

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@shadowwarrior4 said:

@Poodger: only the minish cap was made by capcom

No, there's a screen on the oracle games that has both Nintendo and Capcom's logos on it as the game boots up. If Capcom wasn't involved, that shouldn't be there.

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Capcom should go back to making Disney games.

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So another Breath of Fire mobile game? Yay...

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@OdinXivraj: lol wtf?

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@shadowwarrior4: Did you not know that Breath of Fire 6 was an awful multiplayer mobile game released only in Japan? It was so bad it only lasted a year and a h alf before they shut the servers down. Got like a 1.5 out of 5 rating too.

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@OdinXivraj: actually no i didnt know they made any more after BOF 4 on psx and i didnt even play that i only played breath of fire 2

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Yes please! Capcom has a ton of games that I would love to see make a comeback.

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Darkstalkers

Rival Schools

Dino Crisis

Power Stone

Mega Man Legends 3 in some shape or form

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I'm probably alone in this, but I'm all for a Mega Man Legends reboot.

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@R34Vegeta: We NEED it. Also, many of us never got to play Megaman Legends 2. It would be great to get some remasters to get us ready for Megaman Legends 3.

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I just want an Okami sequel.

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can you port Marvel vs Capcom 2 to Switch

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They need to give us Darkstalkers already and none of this crappy port nonsense so they can say sales are bad and cancel the new game. Well duh, no one bought resurrection because it should have been a port of Chronicles instead. No one wants an incomplete roster when complete roster games exist.

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PROJECT JUSTICE PLEASE

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Darkstalkers for sure.

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Dino Crisis !!

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@afromakka: man witht he graphics engine that Resident evil 2 remake got
im salvating at the idea of a dino crisis remake!

those dinosaurs would be terrifying in modern revamped 4k HD graphics

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I've got my fingers crossed for Mega Man, Breath of Fire, and Gargoyle's Quest/Demon's Crest.

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Winslow best GS reporter. This is great news.

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As an avid consumer, I sure hope CAPCOM releases more pachinko machines and free-to-play mobile games for Apple and Android based on classic franchises like Mega Man® and Power Stone®!

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@Firosen: I don't know if you are being serious, but I guess it's sarcasm.

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Darkstalkers (Actual Darkstalkers game, not just guest stars.)

Star Gladiator.

Street Fighter 2010

Saturday Night Slam Masters

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@EvilTyger: I know it's a more recent game but Dragon's Dogma needs more love.

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1. Gigawing

2. Mars matrix

3. ?????

4. Profit!

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