Konami's "Hyper Sports R" for Switch cancelled

[Camjo-Z]

https://www.gematsu.com/2020/06/hyper-sports-r-cancelled

Notice Regarding the Cancellation of Hyper Sports R

As of today, we have decided to discontinue development on Hyper Sports R for the Nintendo Switch. The team had been continually working on the game since its initial reveal in June 2018. However, after much consideration, we have decided to cancel its development due to various circumstances.

We deeply apologize to all our valued customers who have been patiently anticipating the release of this game for this significant inconvenience.

We hope that you will continually enjoy our products and services.

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I doubt many people were still looking forward to this revival given that it was announced two years ago and looked to be doing basically the same stuff Sega's Olympics tie-ins have already done on Switch... but at least you finally have closure, invincible2020.

Here was the original reveal trailer for anyone who forgot what this was:

 

[Porygon]

Konami was working on a video game?....

 

[Adulfzen]

seems like a wise decision once Mario and Sonic at the Olympics was released.

 

[Ravelle]

Konami was working on a video game?....

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They probably forgot they were''t suppose to make video games anymore and canceled it when they found the memo under their desk.

 

[Reinhardt Schneider]

I didn't even know this existed

Oh well, don't worry Konami, i know how you can compensate us Switch owners

You can release SotN for the first time on a Nintendo console, for example

 

[Keym]

I'm so confused

What does this mean for Silent Hill

 

[Aztorian]

They probably forgot they were''t suppose to make video games anymore and canceled it when they found the memo under their desk.

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The boss came in and started wondering how they would make it work on a slotmachine.

 

[YolkFolk]

I wouldn't be surprised to see PES cancelled in the near future.

 

[Strat]

I'm so confused

What does this mean for Silent Hill

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I'd love to know what leaps of logic you've taken to assume they're at all connected.

 

[ace3skoot]

Konami just remembered they don't make video games

 

[Lord Fanny]

I'm so confused

What does this mean for Silent Hill

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Probably means it was all a damn lie

 

[Strings]

 

[Deleted member 5028]

No Olympics, no frenzy to cash in on. Makes sense.

 

[8bit]

Huh, I was wondering about this recently. Oh well.

 

[D.Lo]

No Olympics, no frenzy to cash in on. Makes sense.

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Huh... yeah. Original was even 'Hyper Olympic'

 

[clay_ghost]

No Olympics, no frenzy to cash in on. Makes sense.

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Watch this game apper again if Olympics returns next year.

 

[Jedi2016]

Konami was working on a video game?....

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Until management found out yesterday, it seems.

 

[Shaymin]

Based on what DKoops said when he previewed it nothing of value was lost.

 

[BassForever]

I'd love to know what leaps of logic you've taken to assume they're at all connected.

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I think the logic is something like this

The Joke

Your Head


I didn't even know this game was in development, how did it take Konami this long to not be able to poop out some low effort mini game collection?

 

[Strat]

I think the logic is something like this

The Joke

Your Head


I didn't even know this game was in development, how did it take Konami this long to not be able to poop out some low effort mini game collection?

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I'd love an explanation on it

 

[JigglesBunny]

Is it too late to cancel Metal Gear Survive?

 

[Deleted member 5596]

Konami: Wait! who escaped the Pachinko dungeon and started making console games again?!

(I know is probably due to the Olympic games being canceled.)

 

[Kouriozan]

It just show further how much they care aboout traditionnal console gaming, sad but old Konami won't come back anytime soon.

 

[unicornKnight]

So it's true, Sony bought them.

 

[NoKisum]

I didn't even know this existed

Oh well, don't worry Konami, i know how you can compensate us Switch owners

You can release SotN for the first time on a Nintendo console, for example

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That would require them to work on a video game, though. Something they just don't do anymore. Except...

I wouldn't be surprised to see PES cancelled in the near future.

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This is probably their one exception. I doubt we'll see a cancellation. Maybe a delay at best.

 

[Zacmortar]

I'd love to know what leaps of logic you've taken to assume they're at all connected.

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This is cancelled which now means the silent hill revival is now also cancelled

 

[BGBW]

Guess we'll never get to play as athletic Shaggy in the corner there.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

 

[Mr. Pointy]

We deeply apologize to all our valued customers who have been patiently anticipating the release of this game for this significant inconvenience.

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But were they?

 

[Cactuar]

I'm so confused

What does this mean for Silent Hill

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It means THEY PLAYED US LIKE A DAMN FIDDLE!

 

[Strat]

This is cancelled which now means the silent hill revival is now also cancelled

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So not a joke at all then

 

[RPTGB]

That trailer looked pretty awful, having said that, I think there is room for a fun update of those classic multisport games...that dont feature Mario or Sonic.

Ahem, Sega, you're up next.

 

[Foffy]

This was the game Konami had at E3 last year and put a time delay embargo on, when people thought it was Castlevania.

ANY interest this game had was because people thought it was something else due to how Konami was being tightlipped about it.

 

[Camjo-Z]

It just show further how much they care aboout traditionnal console gaming, sad but old Konami won't come back anytime soon.

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Actually, Konami just put out Skelattack on consoles 8 days ago and they're looking to publish even more games from Western studios in the future.

 

[Zacmortar]

So not a joke at all then

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Its a joke lol

 

[Ouroboros]

Let's riot.

 

[mclem]

I doubt many people were still looking forward to this revival given that it was announced two years ago and looked to be doing basically the same stuff Sega's Olympics tie-ins have already done on Switch... but at least you finally have closure, invincible2020.

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I was cautiously optimistic:

In principle I'm okay with this, 'cause Hypersports was rad. We'll see how it actually pans out, though.

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[mclem]

I'd love to know what leaps of logic you've taken to assume they're at all connected.

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[ShinobiBk]

Game looked pure trash from the jump anyway

 

[Guaraná]

what is a Konami?

 

[BumbaT BrowN]

I remember playing hyper sports in 1987 although the game came out a few years before. I didn't know konami still made games in this series.

 

[mclem]

I remember playing hyper sports in 1987 although the game came out a few years before. I didn't know konami still made games in this series.

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They didn't for a long time, the only recent one as far as I'm aware was New International Track & Field on the DS (which is where the screenshot I posted above derives from)

 

[dep9000]

Konami has given up on video games. They tried and failed. Pack it up, folks.

 

[Ravelle]

No Olympics, no frenzy to cash in on. Makes sense.

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I loved to play olympic games back in the day though back on the old IBM.

 

[Deleted member 5028]

I loved to play olympic games back in the day though back on the old IBM.

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Track N Field was the best!

 

[Stef]

Actually it could have been a nice game.

I mean: was is really THAT bad that had to be cancelled?

I guess Konami is in a worse state than we actually expect.

 

[Dooble]

That trailer looked pretty awful, having said that, I think there is room for a fun update of those classic multisport games...that dont feature Mario or Sonic.

Ahem, Sega, you're up next.

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you can actually play Olympics 2020 even tough the western release (region free and completely in english) is in limbo right now

 

[Deleted member 51691]

I wouldn't be surprised to see PES cancelled in the near future.

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No way it's still a core revenue stream for them along with their Japan-only annual baseball games

Unless the PES series' fortunes have declined? The 'eFootball' added last year did seem a bit, uh, desperate

 

[Liam Allen-Miller]

I was sort of interested because the Track and Field games are pretty dope, but I'm not really too shattered but the cancellation, either.

 

[samred]

I played this game's demo at E3 2018 and totally forgot it existed. It was... not good. Though I'm surprised they didn't just fart this out as eShop shovelware to recoup SOMEthing.