Ghost TrickTM Phantom Detective will be coming to Nintendo DSTM and DSiTM in Winter 2010. Brought to you by Shu Takumi, the original creator of Capcom’s Ace AttorneyTM series, Ghost TrickTM Phantom Detective tells an intriguing story combining logic puzzles and elements of humour that those familiar with the Ace Attorney games will know and love. Gamers will be entertained for hours with over a dozen chapters full of mystery and surprise as the spirit world collides with real life.
In Ghost TrickTM Phantom Detective, players are transported into the spirit world of Sissel, a murder victim who has lost his memory and returned as a ghost to solve the mystery of his suspicious demise. As Sissel’s ghost it’s up to players to possess and manipulate items found in the real world to solve the captivating puzzles he encounters.
Talking to ONM, Motohide Eshiro, producer of Okamiden for DS explains why the game is only bound for that console.
“The distinctive feature of the Celestial Brush is just screaming out to be realised on the DS touch screen. I think it’s only natural that Okamiden was designed for DS. …Showing such diverse, sensitive colours that were seen in the original Okami was one tough task indeed. However, it was rather fortuitous for Capcom to have plenty of talented programmers and graphic designers that they have put everything into this title and recreated that very experience on the DS.”
Unfortunately it seems like Resident Evil Revelations or StreetFighter IV 3D won’t make it for the launch of the 3DS. Let’s hope they come out soon after!
- “We announced Resident Evil Revelations and Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition at E3, but these are not included in our plan for this fiscal year.”
- Talking of the timing of 3DS releases – “At present, it’s to be determined.”
- Talking of 3DS development cost -) “If we use our internally developed engine MT Framework, it is possible to share the basic development process with other platforms, so we don’t think [development costs] will see extreme rises.”
- “We decide platform by considering the type of game and other areas. It’s not the case that we’ll simply release one game on all platforms.”
I was so glad that Capcom ported Okami to the Wii and the game was excellent controlling it with the Wiimote. Unfortunately sales were very poor and I thought that would be it for Okami goodness on Nintendo consoles (or any console as the PS2 game sold poorly too) but then came news of Okamiden for DS which was more than welcome news.
These games deserve to sell by the bucket as they are simply awesome! Capcom’s Motohide Eshiro has hinted that there could possibly be an Okami on 3DS too, but first the DS version needs to be well received and sell well. Fingers crossed…
“I actually had a chance to see and get some information about the 3DS yesterday and I think it’s a great system with a lot of potential for game designers — there’s a lot you can do with it. Especially from a graphics stand-point, there’s so much potential there. I’d like to be able to make some games for that in the future, but as far as being approached by Nintendo, I personally haven’t been approached by them to make anything for it as of yet. Maybe someone at Capcom has, but personally speaking I haven’t at this moment.
For Okamiden itself, I don’t think it’s unfortunate that we couldn’t make it a 3DS game. I’m very happy that it’s a Nintendo DS game because of the touch-screen. We wanted to make it really suited to everything you can do with the touch-screen, so we worked really hard to make sure that those aspects of the game are being fully exploited. That was the main challenge for us to overcome and hopefully when we get this into people’s hands and they start playing it, they’re going to see how great using the touch-screen is. Hopefully they have a really good reaction to Okamiden on the DS and start clamouring for a sequel. Then if they ask for that sequel on the 3DS, well… we’ll see what we can do.”
“Following last week’s announcement that Capcom currently has two titles, Resident Evil: Revelations and Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (tentative title), in development for the Nintendo 3DS. The first trailer for Resident Evil: Revelations has just been released and is now available for download from our press extranet featuring appearances from Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine the trailer is rendered in real time using the game engine.”
Nintendolife managed to get an interview with Okamiden producer Motohide Eshiro and briefly talks about the chances of the franchise appearing on 3DS.
He says if Okamiden sells well enough then it may well happen, so you know what to do when it comes out on DS – buy it!
NL: Have you had the chance to see Nintendo’s new 3DS system yet and do you think it would make a great home for a future Okami title?
ME: (Laughs) Actually I was lined up before to try it out, but I didn’t have a chance because the line was way too long. I do hope that sometime during my stay at E3 that I’ll get a chance to get my hands on it and try it out.
As for as a new Okami title on the 3DS, first of all I want to put all of my efforts into getting Okamiden out and into the public consciousness. I mainly hope the public reaction to Okamiden is good and that fans like it. Hopefully if the reaction is good enough and fans want to see another game we can look at possibly developing an Okamiden game for the 3DS. We’re certainly not ruling it out.
Capcom’s European senior director of marketing Michael Pattison has said that fans of the developer will be happy with some of their upcoming announcements regarding old franchises, which they are planning .
Could this be an updated Megaman? Who knows, but all should become clearer next week at E3. Let’s hope whatever they have up their sleeve is for a Nintendo console!
“Capcom is very proud of its multi-million selling established franchises such as Resident Evil, Street Fighter and Monster Hunter. But we’ve also got some other franchises in our locker which we’re going to re-establish on the global stage in the near future. We’re not going to rest on our laurels and even with established franchises we’re going to try new things. We have quite a few surprises up our sleeves as we look to bring back some much-loved brands, create new ones and innovate with our existing line-up. I believe our fans will be happy with what we’re planning.”
A Bundle of the Legendary Mega Man Zero Titles Is a Definite Must-Have for your Nintendo DSTM Collection
SAN MATEO, Calif. — June 08, 2010 – Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games announced today that the Mega Man® ZERO Collection has shipped to North American retailers only on Nintendo DSTM. Mega Man ZERO Collection is comprised of all four Mega Man® ZERO titles previously released on GameBoy® Advance system. Mega Man ZERO Collection is rated E for Everyone and will be available for a suggested retail price of $29.99.
Here are Capcom’s games for E3 2010, excluding their surprises of course!
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Ōkamiden
Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Heroes
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Dead Rising 2
Dead Rising 2: CASE ZERO
MotoGP 09/10
