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RUMOR: Nintendo has plans to revive a 'Dead and Buried' game (Update: Possibly Scalebound?)
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It doesn't need to be the original team. It could be just exactly the same thing.
I can't say if there was any fangame worth reviving, but I was reading through the list of cancelled games and this one seemed quite fitting to me. And Square Enix is on pretty good terms with Nintendo and the Switch lately.
In this case EA wouldn't be the biggest issue. I don't see Disney signing off on OG Star Wars being revisited "like this". They want to sell their new universe. Any call backs to the OG requires their own expanded spin on it.
People might be paying too much importance to it being in a genre that Nintendo isn't "familiar" with. Imran isn't really saying that.
You'd really think Nintendo would be willing to pay high price for a cancelled IP like Scalebound? When they could just make notScalebound?
That Nintendo. The one who's super-averse at buying studios and prefers contract work?
Oh, very cool then! I was disappointed it might have been Rune Factory 5 (a series I don't know much about, but my cousin tells me the point of the 4th game is obtaining a spouse, or something). This will still probably end up being a game I don't personally care about, but the torch of hope still burns! Thanks!
I would argue it is very different from Fatal Frame, but yeah... my gut tells me it is possible.
I have to say that Mega Man Legends 3 seems like the most likely candidate here. My heart of hearts still wants to see Okami 2 (proper sequel), but we didn't know that was even considered until fairly recently.
It's not a Nintendo game and it was canceled...Mother 3 doesn't fit either criteria.
I still remember the hype around what essentially amounted to a vague key visual trailer and some artwork.
It's the same bollocks as Ravenblade. Absolute madness.
Megaman Legends 3 should be the clear favorite considering it's the easiest for Nintendo to get done with Capcom. A lot of these other games Nintendo has to jump through so many more hoops.
Would you call a game that was actually released in Japan and just didn't get a localization ... "dead and buried"? ^^
If the game can't be played on Gamepass anywhere else, then it's useless to Microsoft's plans.
We know this is a Switch-exclusive.
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Scalebound seems to make the most sense, but to throw something else out there: Killer Freaks from Outer Space.
It started off as an FPS where you killed Rabbids before morphing into "Killer Freaks" (and later, ZombiU), and I wouldn't be surprised if it's been re-fit into the Mario & Rabbids universe as a lighthearted FPS.
It started off as an FPS where you killed Rabbids before morphing into "Killer Freaks" (and later, ZombiU), and I wouldn't be surprised if it's been re-fit into the Mario & Rabbids universe as a lighthearted FPS.
Agent makes a lot of sense:
- Was a PS3 game, so porting to switch won't be a problem
- Take two already confirmed that they would keep releasing the right games for switch
- We didn't heard a peep from it, but keeps showing in some financial documents from the dev, so...
Featuring Diddy and Dixie Kong from the Donkey Kong Country Series
LOL. You are the first reply out of hundreds to bring skepticism of the original source. People are throwing shade at the 2nd guy trying to piggy back off him but everyone is willing to entertain Imran Khan having good intel.
TS4 was cancelled long ago, and THQ Nordic just got the rights last year.
Believe.
This makes sense in a way. Switch doesn't have many shooters so it would make sense for Nintendo to support this.
Damn, I haven't seen this video until now, game looks amazing, so sad it never got released :/
That said... I think it's more likely to be something from a japanese dev. Scalebound is possible but it would probably be renamed and reworked into something different to fit the hardware better.
Not gonna happen. Agent was never "publicly cancelled" and, in fact, it still appears on Rockstar's website.
Aside from Mega Man Legends 3 fitting the description inside the OP - what interest would both Capcom and Nintendo have to bring that specific title back?
This is not a bad guess. Especially since it was supposed to be a 3DS exclusive
TS4 was cancelled long ago, and THQ Nordic just got the rights last year.
Believe.
For this too I would do terrible things. I just got finished replaying Perfect Dark 64 the other day and could totally go for another round on that kind of arcade-y shooter again.
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