Thanks, Skills. Looks like Capcom is free to make new Okami/VJ games. Imagine if they made a sequel look like the old scrapped look for Amaterasu that one of the kamic transformers gives you.

Well, we can keep an eye on Seeds, because there's definitely talent there. Who knows if another Okami-caliber title will be produced by them? Unlikely unless someone picks them up and they avoid making Japan-only DS/PS2 games.

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Dammit you guys. I was having high hopes about an Okami sequel. Way to shut me down :(.
Yeah. I don't want to sound dumb, but what's an 'IP'?

Intellectual property.

It doesn't mean no sequels. It just means no sequels done by the same guys. Capcom can get an intern to write a sequel on his coffee break for the N-GAGE if they want, for example.

Intellectual Property. It's the fancy term for either "game" or "potential franchise" when talking about game titles.

Edit: Aw, beaten. Yeah, Seeds is pretty much just doing new stuff now. Fine by me, there need to be more non-franchise titles out there.

Let me get this straight. Are you saying a studio consisting of Capcom employees (including 2 director's from the Resident Evil series), governed by Inaba, who made Viewtiful Joe, Okami, and God Hand, won't be able to create sequels?

All they've done is form another studio. It doesn't mean they can't work under Capcom or not. It would be real inconsistent and irresponsible of Capcom to disallow creators who are recuperating from a large loss in (or their lackof) profit to continue with their work.

In saying that I highly doubt there will be a sequel to Okami. God Hand and Okami are unique games and totally different in their own ways. Maybe a prequel where you played as Shiranui, but sequels have so much fanbase pressure from their original title it's possible it'd sell even more poorly than the first. (See Valkyrie Profile 2, Tales series, Halo 2, etc.)

You do realize Clover was an internal house of Capcom's, right? Ala Overworks and Sega.

Same guys implies same team, and it's unlikely that a team that's now independant of Capcom will again work on one of the IPs they no longer control. I doubt we'll see any VJ or Okami sequels at all, from anyone, but that's just a personal assumption and I have no way of knowing for sure. Weither or not they partner up with Capcom again has yet to be seen.

And you're wrong again on sales numbers, by the way. As of March 2006, Halo 2 has sold about 8 million copies, and Halo the first sits at about 5. Later Tales games like Symphonia have sold siginficantly more than the earlier games like the Destiny games on PS1. I can't find any solid, backupable numbers on VP2, but it would have to flop to sell less than ehe 40-odd thousand copies the first one moved.

Perhaps you mean are less fun instead of selling more poorly, since I'll agree that the first Halo, Tales of Phantasia, and especially Valkyrie Profile are better than their sequels.

What I meant was sequels are usually purchased from hype and expectation.

This is why I said a prequel might work. Playing as Shiranui accompanied by Kamiki in the way that Amaterasu had whatshisface. Then again, even this situation doesn't pan out because prequels aren't always as good as their original titles (ICO, SotC).

What I'm trying to say is that there'd be a lot riding on a sequel (or prequel, whatever) due to the fanbase and people wanting it to live up to the original. People are bound to be disappointed with something. I wouldn't rule out a sequel jus yet but I wouldn't get your hopes up either.

So Elixir replying Senko no ronde to a guy who asks what will their first project makes me retarded? Sorry for me not knowing the publisher of every obscure shooter out there.

Also why aren't you banned yet fuckface?

I said this was the second best news I've heard this month. He asked what the first was. I answered.

Try to keep up.

Ok my bad then. Must have been half sleeping when I read that.