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On Thursday the Japanese development giant announced that it is developing a new entry in the Onimusha franchise, the first in several years. The game, which is set to release in 2026, will be a new entry in one of the many Capcom franchises that fans have requested new games from for some time.

Now, Capcom has said that it’s working on bringing more legacy franchises back in modern forms.

“In addition to regularly releasing major new titles each year, Capcom is focusing on re-activating dormant IPs that haven’t had a new title launch recently,” reads a statement on the company’s investor relations site.

“The company is working to further enhance corporate value by leveraging its rich library of content, which includes reviving past IPs like the two titles announced above, in order to continuously produce highly efficient, high-quality titles.”

Earlier this year, the company asked what franchises that fans wanted to see return.

The publisher launched its ‘Super Elections’ survey in February on its Capcom Town website, asking players 10 questions about various aspects of Capcom.

One of these questions asks: “Are there any Capcom game series (including spin-off games) that you would like to see get a sequel or new game?” and gives 20 options.

At the time, Capcom shared a word cloud showing which games have appeared most often in the survey answers.

The words shown largest in the word cloud are those which have appeared most frequently, suggesting that Dino Crisis and Mega Man had been the most requested series.

Capcom says it’s working on ‘re-activating other dormant IPs’ like Onimusha and Okami | VGC

Capcom plans to bring more classic franchises…

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[RAIDEN1]

Would they reboot Bionic Commando though...

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Do Mega Man X

 

[Wandering Leopard]

I'd like a new or even a remake of Shadow of Rome, had fun combat mechanics and online modes have a lot of potential.

 

[Oberstein]

And what about reactivating “Deep Down”?!

 

[Danjin44]

 

[RoboFu]

I'd like to see them do a modern take on commando. lol

But I also think the 3d side scrolling beatem up could be big if done right. Time for a new final fight.

 

[Badlucktroll]

And, lord willing, Konami shall reactivate Metal Gear, Silent Hill, and Castlevania.

 

[ProtoByte]

This is unhealthy.

Onimusha was in the past, and maybe for a good reason. Do we really need it in amongst the Nioh franchise, Wo Long, Sekiro and a dozen other spins/overlaps on feudal Japanese swordsman fighting yokai?

 

[diffusionx]

Capcom is one of the only companies I actually trust to do their old IPs justice.

This is unhealthy.

Onimusha was in the past, and maybe for a good reason. Do we really need it in amongst the Nioh franchise, Wo Long, Sekiro and a dozen other spins/overlaps on feudal Japanese swordsman fighting yokai?

I’ll take revivals of long dead franchises over more fucking remasters. And yea samurai are definitely having a moment.

 

[Punished Miku]

A high quality Final Fight on par with Streets of Rage 4 seems like a low investment / low risk no brainer.

 

[diffusionx]

Would they reboot Bionic Commando though...

They tried that once, it didn’t go well

 

[GrayChild]

There are too many people I hate that want "Dino Crisis" to be resurrected. So I hope Capcom leaves this particular franchise dead forever.

Please do another "Haunting Ground" though.

 

[Guy_who_thinks_hes_cool]

honestly, I wish they should have just remake onimusha 1

 

[RAIDEN1]

They tried that once, it didn’t go well

Yeah, but would they have learned the lesson as to why it flopped..

 

[March Climber]

You all can now relax...and wait.

 

[Big Baller]

I only care about Mega Man

 

[Skyfox]

This is unhealthy.

Onimusha was in the past, and maybe for a good reason. Do we really need it in amongst the Nioh franchise, Wo Long, Sekiro and a dozen other spins/overlaps on feudal Japanese swordsman fighting yokai?

I agree. It’s been clear for a couple of years that they were exploring a remaster. The game was amazing - AT THE TIME. This genre is completely over saturated today.

All teams should be on a Dino Crisis remake.

 

[JimmyRustler]

I love that OP included the Dino Crisis logo. Today OP was a good guy.

To tell you the truth… Even though I like Onimusha the first thought I had when they announced it was … Thar means they‘re doing Dino Crisis fo sure!!!

 

[SHAKEZ]

I'm still waiting on that X9 Capcom.

 

[Robb]

Good, Mega Man deserves a lot more love.

 

[Soren01]

Dark Void

 

[Crystal Winters]

Please bring back Dino Crisis and more Onimusha games.

 

[Kacho]

No matter how bad the industry gets, be thankful we still have Capcom. God bless them.

 

[Evolved1]

I want them to take some of the more action-oriented combat from RE6 and build a Dino Crisis game on its bones.

 

[ungalo]

This is unhealthy.

Onimusha was in the past, and maybe for a good reason. Do we really need it in amongst the Nioh franchise, Wo Long, Sekiro and a dozen other spins/overlaps on feudal Japanese swordsman fighting yokai?

If they make it a clone of those games like they try to "modernize" other IPs, definitely not.

But that's the problem, seeing something as nothing more than a vague premise like "it's feudal japan with swords", no one gives a shit about actual design and devs like Capcom are really understanding it now, so i predict it will be very Sekiro-ish.

 

[Mister Wolf]

 

[intbal]

Lost Planet 4

 

[SALMORE]

why ppl act like the mega man franchise is dead ? we just got got MM11 & the EXE collection

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Mega Man XX

Mega Man Legends 3

Breath of Fire 7

Viewtiful Joe 3

Power Stone: Capcom Legends

Ace Attorney: Edge of Justice

Marvel Vs. ______

Dino Crisis Remake

 

[March Climber]

why ppl act like the mega man franchise is dead ? we just got got MM11 & the EXE collection

They are still upset from what happened last decade with Legends (and the mystery of why Capcom refuses to make a collection of Legends franchise).

 

[Jinzo Prime]

why ppl act like the mega man franchise is dead ? we just got got MM11 & the EXE collection

Mega Man 11 came out six years ago.

 

[nush]

They tried that once, it didn’t go well

1/2 of the reboot did.

 

[Fahdis]

Capcom starting to become CapGods in my eyes.

 

[diffusionx]

Yeah, but would they have learned the lesson as to why it flopped..

probably, but I don't see them going back to it.

1/2 of the reboot did.

1/3rd imo (Rearmed 2 sucked).

 

[graywolf323]

please give us a Breath of Fire remaster collection, at least III & IV

 

[Shifty1897]

Breath of Fire when?

 

[March Climber]

And what about reactivating “Deep Down”?!

 

[DevilHunterX0]

God Hand?

 

[HYDE]

This is unhealthy.

Onimusha was in the past, and maybe for a good reason. Do we really need it in amongst the Nioh franchise, Wo Long, Sekiro and a dozen other spins/overlaps on feudal Japanese swordsman fighting yokai?

Yes

 

[Fahdis]

This is unhealthy.

Onimusha was in the past, and maybe for a good reason. Do we really need it in amongst the Nioh franchise, Wo Long, Sekiro and a dozen other spins/overlaps on feudal Japanese swordsman fighting yokai?

Yes

 

[Woopah]

More Viewtiful Joe please!

 

[HYDE]

Please bring back Dino Crisis and more Onimusha games.

I feel like Dino Crisis has potential to be great.

Also, Onimusha needs to stick to what made the first two games great, but get away from featuring actors like Jean Reno. Make a unique protagonist like Wolf from Sekiro, or the option to create your own character. The third game was great, but some of the locations like France were out of place and pulled me away from the iconic ancient Japanese setting.

 

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I'd like to see them try a MegaMan FPS (or TPS) spinoff using the RE engine. Their developers are at the top of their game right now so I'd love to see what ideas they come up with. It could be amazing, it could be awful, I want to see it though.

Also, a Street Fighter game that's not a fighting game but some other genre (action platformer?, Metroid Vania? Soulslike?) could be fun!

 

[HYDE]

I personally want a 3D Castlevania like take on Ghouls n Ghosts n Goblins n Gremlins n Gnomes n…

And no not Maximo

 

[Crystal Winters]

I feel like Dino Crisis has potential to be great.

Also, Onimusha needs to stick to what made the first two games great, but get away from featuring actors like Jean Reno. Make a unique protagonist like Wolf from Sekiro, or the option to create your own character. The third game was great, but some of the locations like France were out of place and pulled me away from the iconic ancient Japanese setting.

This. I would love the option of a female protagonist in Onimusha. Like Nioh 2, but actually speaks.

 

[Mr Hyde]

A new Haunting Ground? Or even a remaster of the first?

 

[Werewolf Jones]

This is unhealthy.

Onimusha was in the past, and maybe for a good reason. Do we really need it in amongst the Nioh franchise, Wo Long, Sekiro and a dozen other spins/overlaps on feudal Japanese swordsman fighting yokai?

Begone tourist. You probably only play Resident Evil.

Capcom are FINALLY going back to how it should be.

 

[Perrott]

Dead Rising reboot from Capcom HQ, please.

 

[Thief1987]

So they are saying that creativity is pretty much dead out there. They can't create anything new and worthwhile, so they need to dig up these naphthalene covered IPs, because they are running out of resident evils to remake.