HAY GUYS

Kairi Li · Local time: Oct 12, 2006, 10:16 AM

Goddamit! What is it with creative companies disbanding?

Why are they going RIP? Cause sales have hit low with Okami or is there more to it?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Kairi Li · Local time: Oct 12, 2006, 07:27 PM

Not all hope is lost!

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http://www.insertcredit.com/archives/001350.html

There's some slightly inaccurate info about Clover going around today, so I thought I'd add some insight. The company is indeed dissolving as a Capcom company. However, we interviewed inaba at TGS, and some people were surprised, as they'd heard he was leaving Capcom to form his own studio. It may well be that he's leaving with Clover, and this is Capcom's 'face-saving' method of doing so. Regardless, I don't think you have to worry about Clover-esque games coming to market, as I don't think inaba has any intention of slowing down. So don't get all crazy.

As for his reasons for leaving, there are some hints in the interview, but I'll wait til they're properly transcribed. In brief, he mentioned in passing (when I said it suddenly seemed like Capcom had just decided to make good games again), that he wasn't sure whether people would still feel that way in five years. Lastly, some sources have stated that "Clover" comes from "creativity lover." We actually asked him what the name came from in the interview, and it comes from the 'mi' of shinji mikami (Biohazard creator and Inaba's mentor), and the 'ba' of atsushi inaba (Clover head). Thus, 'three leaves' - what has three leaves? Clovers. Then he went on to say that they used a four-leafed clover in the logo because it looked nicer. So now you know!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Kairi Li · Local time: Oct 17, 2006, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by Simo

For Capcom it is. They signed on the wrong guy and ditched the main creative output being Hideki Kamiya. It'd be nice if Kamiya and Inaba can setup their own development studio but then the problems come with funding, publishers and the like. If MSGS were smart they'd snap up Kamiya without question.

Its not like Capcom will fall apart without Clover, they lost something great yes, but not like they're gonna go bankrupt after Clover officially leaves. As long as both studios continue to make great games, I'm happy.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.