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RUMOR: Nintendo has plans to revive a 'Dead and Buried' game (Update: Possibly Scalebound?)
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Arguably, a bad game is worse.
Cygames is finishing it on its own.
I love when Japanese teams work together like this, magic happens a lot through these types of collaborations
i dont understand why this game doesn't exist yet
COME ON, NINTENDO!! I BELIEVE!!!
Astral Chain doesn't really look like Scalebound so I don't think sources can confuse the two.
But some ideas might be reused
But some ideas might be reused
Thank you for explaining that, it should help some of the discussion here.
Gotcha, no problem. I made quite a few posts in this and the locked thread trying to make the same correction you did.
IP law isn't really something the average person understands or deals with in day to day life so naturally there is gonna be some confusion in threads like these.
i can't think of a situation where mega man legends makes sense. iwata seemed to be the dealmaker with capcom and after his death, sony went in hard and secured a partnership for most games, combined with capcom's desire to be on consoles and off handhelds (a deal that seems to have paid off for them pretty well). maybe capcom's figured out a way to get monster hunter world on the switch or nintendo entered in for their own deal with capcom to get the game exclusively, but we're talking about a canceled sequel to a series that's over 20 years old. it doesn't have a lot of value.
scalebound makes more sense in that nintendo and platinum have been working together for a good number of years at this stage. with astral chain, star fox, and two bayonettas funded since 2014, paying for one more wouldn't be a major issue - nintendo already knows the score with this company and it seems their producers work well with platinum. it would also be a pretty solid score as far as building the switch's userbase with an ex-microsoft game. nintendo playing hero with this game like they did for bayonetta 2 would ultimately work out in their favor, especially since the wii u is not the switch. the major issue is that it would probably need to be completely remade. it's not like bayonetta 2 where ps3 and wii u weren't that much different. scalebound was built for the xbox one, and remaking it for switch would require more time and effort than just finishing up a game.
the same goes for something like silent hills. whatever was done would need to be made from scratch. plus, it's not like nintendo and konami have a strong relationship outside of some smash bros. stuff, and guillermo del toro and kojima seemed pretty key to the project. producing it without them would be a nonstarter creatively speaking.
cry on seems like a good shot. made for xbox 360-level hardware, cancelled, and from a small team that nintendo worked with previously for a couple titles. nintendo may not have been willing to support sakaguchi when they were struggling with wii u and planning the switch, but maybe now that the system is pretty stable, they're willing to branch out again. they could also be working with marvelous if anyone from the original cavia team was around, considering how closely nintendo is working with them for daemon x machina.
scalebound makes more sense in that nintendo and platinum have been working together for a good number of years at this stage. with astral chain, star fox, and two bayonettas funded since 2014, paying for one more wouldn't be a major issue - nintendo already knows the score with this company and it seems their producers work well with platinum. it would also be a pretty solid score as far as building the switch's userbase with an ex-microsoft game. nintendo playing hero with this game like they did for bayonetta 2 would ultimately work out in their favor, especially since the wii u is not the switch. the major issue is that it would probably need to be completely remade. it's not like bayonetta 2 where ps3 and wii u weren't that much different. scalebound was built for the xbox one, and remaking it for switch would require more time and effort than just finishing up a game.
the same goes for something like silent hills. whatever was done would need to be made from scratch. plus, it's not like nintendo and konami have a strong relationship outside of some smash bros. stuff, and guillermo del toro and kojima seemed pretty key to the project. producing it without them would be a nonstarter creatively speaking.
cry on seems like a good shot. made for xbox 360-level hardware, cancelled, and from a small team that nintendo worked with previously for a couple titles. nintendo may not have been willing to support sakaguchi when they were struggling with wii u and planning the switch, but maybe now that the system is pretty stable, they're willing to branch out again. they could also be working with marvelous if anyone from the original cavia team was around, considering how closely nintendo is working with them for daemon x machina.
i don't get it, how is it going to be scalebound? isn't that a microsoft IP? even if they change the name, is PG allowed to use the concept and the work done on the project?
Running at 720p without extra particle effects doesn't make a game bad.
Does AC look like a Scalebound copy in a different skin? If Kamiya really wanted to make it but MS pulled it because it looked trash, maybe he found another partner in MS who will throw cash his way.
I don't see why not. Take Scalebound, change the Dragon to the Legion, reskin it with Sci-fi and manga art, and you pretty much have what we know of Astral Chain.
Of course, the rumor would still be false, because Astral Chain isn't Scalebound, but it's plausible that Scalebound's ideas and basic gameplay loop have been repurposed into Astral Chain.
It does.
Monolith Soft to the rescue if Nintendo got a hold of the IP? They could definitely lend a hand to Platinum Games on making the game. Maybe it isn't the Scalebound that we've seen, but the original vision of the Wii game Kamiya was initially working on.
Also, in case ZhugeEX sees this. You've had me blocked on Twitter for two years, and I never found out why. Can I please be reinstated? :( @ForceinUnison
Isn't this what happened with Resident Evil 4 and Devil May Cry?
(and if so, Kamiya did it twice? Holy shit!)
Man, I'm so excited. Please don't break this fragile heart again.
Fuck.
Onami.
Because two words.
Fuck.
Onami.
I believe DMC will appear on Switch eventually in the form of ports , im not sure about Scalebound it seems unlikely
Tbh when I first saw the thread title this morning I immediately thought of Scalebound, lol. No joke, and now it has some rumored weight to it? It's gotta either be Scalebound or Megaman Legends 3. Those are the only two cancelled games that made a big enough impact as cancelled projects that would be feesible for the Switch.
The only other game that was cancelled that was even more high profile than that from a Japanese developer is Final Fantasy Versus13, but there ain't no way Nintendo is touching that (...or is there?).
Another possibility I could see is Okami 2. It doesn't need Platinum Games involvement afterall. What if Nintendo is developing it in-house with Aonuma in charge?
The only other game that was cancelled that was even more high profile than that from a Japanese developer is Final Fantasy Versus13, but there ain't no way Nintendo is touching that (...or is there?).
Another possibility I could see is Okami 2. It doesn't need Platinum Games involvement afterall. What if Nintendo is developing it in-house with Aonuma in charge?
So uh, I saw someone say the Scalebound rumour was picking up steam in this thread. Any new rumblings beyond the Nintendo Insider article?
So you're saying that this game got leaked within days to weeks of its pitch/preproduction? Sounds horribly unlikely. Also if that were even the case, then that would mean we won't see this game release for a good 3 years or so
Well, maybe it is then. Seems odd that he could not manage with MS, yet seems to push out another Nintendo title.
I just don't see why Microsoft would sell the rights to Scalebound even if they aren't doing anything with it.
By that logic you'd think Nintendo would've tried to buy back some of the unused Rare IP.
By that logic you'd think Nintendo would've tried to buy back some of the unused Rare IP.
Me neither man, wasn't it a success?
Revengeance 2 must happen at some point, 1 was so good. D:
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Sorry and thanks for clarification!
About that, I don't trust them so much, so we will see. Scalebound was the reason why I bought Xbox One, so I would be happy to see it on Nintendo Switch.
That moment when you realize, if Platinum really is making Scalebound for Nintendo, we're going to get Scalebound and a new IP on Switch before the Wonderful 101.
Let me repeat that.
There is a possibility that Scalebound will appear on Nintendo Switch before the Wonderful 101.
Let me repeat that.
There is a possibility that Scalebound will appear on Nintendo Switch before the Wonderful 101.
I don't think Imran can shut down the rumors, since the Nintendo Insider stated this has been confirmed outside of Imran and that he could very well be talking of a different game.
Bayonetta 2 wasn't cancelled by MS, like Scalebound.
It was just left without a publisher when Sega backed out after the game was nearly done and it was at a time Nintendo didn't have a single significant 3rd party dev/pub on their side. Same reason Devil's third happened.
absolutely not the same case here.
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