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Archives for: April 2007
04/30/07
 Wanna kick it old school? No, don’t go see the movie, instead, watch ScrewAttack’s video on GameTrailers.com about Capcom’s other old school beat ‘em up, Knights of the Round.
After familiarizing yourself with the game from the video, go ahead and pick up a copy of Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 to satisfy that undeniable urge to play it yourself.
04/27/07
Rock Man is finally living up to his original, musically-based naming roots of rocking and rolling. From the same creator who brought you the Mega Man + Haruhi mashup comes a new mashup involving Mega Man and the new anime, Lucky Star. Somehow, having Mega Man and/or 8-bit music makes everything better, so could this be the start of some crazy Mega Man phenomenom?
Click on “Read more” to see another video of the mashup and the original in a side-by-side comparision to see how cool the mashup really is. And in case you missed the original Mega Man + Haruhi mashup, there’s also a video of the “synced” version.
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04/26/07
- The Ace Attorney series has now shipped a total of 2 million units worldwide! -
 Capcom Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that the latest iteration of the Ace Attorney series, Ace Attorney 4, has shipped over 500,000 units in just one week since its release on April 12th.
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04/25/07
A Japanese Mega Man and South Park fan recently came up with this very well done mashup of Mega Man and South Park. Is it me, or does Kenny look like an Ice Climber?
Via Kotaku.
A new entry over on Scarlett’s Lost’s Blog gives an inside look at Capcom’s Spring 2007 Gamer’s Day that should shed some light at some of the other boring cool stuff that happens at events such as these.
04/24/07
The Japanese Devil May Cry site has been updated with brand new Devil May Cry 4 screenshots. To save you the trouble of going there, I’ve grabbed them all and hosted it on our Flickr site as well. Click on the image to check them out.
As often happens during presidential races, you’re usually left with candidates whom are weak, all of whom you dislike, and end up having to vote for the lesser of two (or three) evils.
Well, “settle” no more!
For the upcoming 2008 President Election, Capcom has an interesting proposition for you to vote on: Mike Haggar (Of Final Fight fame) for President! Why should you vote Mike Haggar? Well, because he’s freakin’ awesome!
Ok, we’re biased, so we’re going to let the folks over at Destructoid give you an unbiased list of the top 10 reasons to vote for Mike Haggar in 2008.
 Japanese gaming magazine, Famitsu, considered the most important gaming magazine in Japan, has honored Capcom with three awards for their Famitsu Awards 2006.
The games under consideration for this year’s awards were games that were released in Japan during the period of January 1st, 2006 through December 31st, 2006. Votes were cast by game players around Japan and the editors from the Famitsu Group of Enterbrain’s publications determined the final awards based on the votes received.
Monster Hunter 2 Dos was awarded for Best Multiplayer Action Game, Dead Rising received an award for Best Impact Game, and Okami received an award for Best Game Design.
Our Lost Planet PC Product Marketing Manager Frank Filice was recently interviewed by the guys over at FiringSquad about the upcoming PC title.
FiringSquad: What can you tell us about Lost Planet’s controls in terms of support for keyboard/mouse as well as gamepads?
Frank Filice: PC gamers have the choice to play the game with mouse and keyboard or with a gamepad. It’s really up to the player’s preferences and hardware.
To read the whole interview, hop on over to FireSquad.
04/20/07
By now I’m sure you’ve read about our Gamer’s Day announcements (If you haven’t, you should), but what really goes into an event like this? While I’m not going to go into the boring, tedious and careful planning obviously needed for an event like this, I will give you guys a general look into the event to somewhat satisfy the curiosity you may have.
Wednesday
 Even though Gamer’s Day was billed as a one day (really a one night) event, for us here at Capcom, Gamer’s Day was a two day event. On the first day, Wednesday, most of us here in marketing as well as production made the 25 minute drive into the City By the Bay to Broadway Studios, our location for the event. Stepping inside, the atmosphere and dcor made me feel as if I had stepped back into a scene from the 20s that you’d see in the movies.
Our U-Haul contained most of the equipment, such as the monitors, console systems, etc. A few of us also took truck full or gear in our cars to help out as well.
To move the gear, we parked in a small alley with backdoor access to Broadway Studios. However, it was on the second floor, so a rickety metal staircase had to be lowered (with counter-weight and all) to give us access. As I carried a big box of equipment up those stairs, I muttered, “Is this thing safe?” This was over-heard by the proprietor of the place (Oops!), to which she replied, “Yes”. I still wasn’t so sure, as it moved and shook like bell-bottoms at a 60’s dance party.
Once all the gear was moved in, we proceeded to setup all the stations. Screwing screws into monitors and placing systems on the stands isn’t so interesting, so I’ll just move on.
After dinner, the producers and other members of Capcom Japan came in to the 1st of their 2 rehearsals. Since I wasn’t staying the night up in the city (most of us got hotel rooms to stay the night to avoid the drive back home), my day ended before this, so I didn’t not get to see it.
Thursday
Word of advice for those of you who ever plan on visiting San Francisco: Avoid Embarcadaro during anytime that even resembles rush hour. I was stuck in traffic there for over 30 minutes in the morning, for something that would normally take less than 10. After finally getting back to Broadway Studios, I got to watch the presentations for the first time.
 At around 2:30-3pm, the invitees started filing in. Everyone chatted, mingled and munched on snacks for a bit as we waited for everyone to arrive. The official presentations started at around 3:30pm, with each producer talking about their projects and some walking the audience through trailers movies and videos.
Inafune-san was up first, giving an overview of Capcom’s development philosophies and plans. Next up was Kawata-san, who discussed both Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition.
Christian Svensson got up on stage next, talking a little about our digital initiatives (XBLA/PSN/VC). Mark (Beaumont) then announced to the world our licensing of the MotoGP property, along with the plans to develop a PS2 game based on it. Then, before intermission, Mega Man producer Horinouchi-san showed off both Star Force and ZX Advent.
For intermission, we gave the media a surprise they didn’t expect: A special exclusive short clip of the upcoming Resident Evil: Extinction movie. Trust me when I say, even though it was intermission, no one got up and left their seats until the clip finished.
 Midori Yusasa, president of Capcom Mobile came up first after intermission, giving those present a look at the upcoming Mega Man 2, Street Fighter II, Millionaire Music and Shade titles for cellphones.
Our new upcoming IP, Project Treasure Island Z was finally show next by Takeshita-san, who demonstrated the various ways players would need to use the Wiimote to interact with the game. Tsujimoto-san then showed off his million-plus selling (in Japan) Monster Hunter Freedom 2 with a long gameplay video while giving a very detailed walkthrough. Lost Planet PC, Ace Attorney 3 and Harvey Birdman was then announced by our own Jack Symon.
The last presentations was on a game I can’t discuss here. Let’s just say Kobayashi-san presented a title everyone is pretty familiar with, are eagerly anticipating and it looked and played amazing.
The presentations ended a little after 6pm, when the hands-on time began. Everyone proceeded to flood the various stations, eager to get their hands on the demos we had available, a lot of them for the first time. The memorized looks on everyone’s faces was cool to see, and it definitely proved to me that it is almost as fun just watching people playing games on the Wii as it is actually playing.
 About halfway through the demo session, a trapeze dropped from the ceiling and two sexy gymnasts put on a pretty amazing live show set to music. It definitely fit in with the vaudeville, old-timey feel of the room, but people were so wrapped up playing the new games that most kept their attention on the screens despite the girls’ impressive display.
Overall, the event was definitely a success. We spread the word about the great new games, avoided explosions, and I was kept fed on all the food they made available throughout the day. What else do I have to complain about?
– Lost
04/19/07
Gaming blog Kotaku is reporting the new sales data from Japan for the week of April 9th through April 15th, which was highlighted by Ace Attorney 4 premiering at the top of the chart with 250,186 copies sold. Monter Hunter Freedom 2 continues to do well in Japan as well, coming in at number 15.
Click on the link to go to Kotaku with the full list.
Link.
The awesome “I Am 8-Bit” exhibit finally opened last night. While we couldn’t make it there ourselves, others sure did, as gaming blog Joystiq is reporting a crowd that caused difficulty in breathing along with questionable heat related hygiene.
Anyways, the exhibit is about the art, and art was definitely exhibited. As art is best seen with pictures rather than described with words, hit the “read more” for links to photos. Be sure to go and check out the exhibit in person, if you’re lucky enough to be local.
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04/16/07
There’s been a flood of reviews, previews and impressions around the Internet from the all the media sources we invited to our Gamer’s Day last week. Click on Read More to peruse a collection of some of the initial articles.
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Gamer’s Day saw a plethora of game announcements by us, most accompanied by either gameplay or trailer videos (sometimes both). In case you have not seen them posted everywhere by now, here they are, in all their glory.
Click on “read more” to see them all.
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04/13/07
Alright, time for winner #3 for the Plead Your Case contest. Drum roll please…
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04/10/07
Mega Man? In a movie? It’s definitely an intriguing idea. Though we don’t actually have any official Mega Man movies planned, college student Adam Kelly created a mock Mega Man movie trailer as part of a college project. But not only that, it’s a live action Mega Man movie trailer. Check it out, as it’s actually pretty good.
Street Fighter fans, rejoice! We have an exclusive preview of the upcoming Street Fighter Alpha manga, adapted in English from our partners over at Udon. Scheduled to be released on May 25th, 2007, this preview gives you an early look at your favorite Street Fighter characters in action as they take on the evil M. Bison.
Click on the cover image below to start reading. Then, when you’re done, you can pre-order the manga from Amazon.
04/09/07
We’ve got some screenshots for you to feast your eyes on after last week’s Resident Evil announcements.
Click on the images to see the whole set.
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition
Hey Guys,
Lost here. I’m back with winner #2 of the Plead Your Case Contest. So without further ado, I give you Entry #65! It was the “Edgey Poo” that won us over…
Click on the image to enlarge.
Come back Friday as we announce the last winner!
Is this a trailer for a new Ace Attorney game? Unfortunately, no, but it is still very cool. This is the creation of YouTuber foxfighter, who took Jim Carrey’s movie, Liar Liar, added some scenes and music from our Ace Attorney games, with the end result being this hilarious mashup.
04/06/07
Flailing Zombies Meet Motion-Sensitive Controls in Two New Resident Evil® Games
SAN MATEO, Calif. – April 6, 2007 – Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that the incredibly successful Resident Evil® series, with over 30 million games sold worldwide, is coming to the Wii™ video game system from Nintendo with two new titles. This summer, Capcom will release Resident Evil® 4 Wii Edition, a new version of the award-winning game that incorporates the control functionality of the Wii Remote™. Capcom will be bringing a new game, Resident Evil®: The Umbrella Chronicles, to the Wii at a later date.
=> Read more!
Multiplayer map pack #2 for Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition for Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft is now available for download on Xbox Live® Marketplace. The map pack costs 400 Microsoft Points™ and includes two new multiplayer levels: “Hive Complex,” an abandoned mine with twisting tunnels and bridges set on a war-blasted mountain side, and “Trial Point,” a modern day office complex featuring a photorealistic backdrop of a busy city center.
You can check out both videos and screenshots for the new maps by clicking on the links.
04/05/07
This week’s Retronaunts, a weekly 1up.com podcast, features a discussion on old-school Mega Man, as this year marks the 20th birthday of the Blue Bomber.
Click on the link to check it out.
Link.
Cavia, developers of other Capcom games such as “Beat Down” and “Gun Survival 4 Biohazard Heros Never Die” (Resident Evil in the US), and Capcom Japan is announcing a new action fighting game called Fate/Tiger Colosseum. Based on the Fate/Stay Night universe, the game is slated to be released for the PSP.
There is currently no word on a possible US release.
This fan video is actually pretty well done. Featuring Mega Man from his Mega Man II days, the video proves once again, Mega Man owns. Mega Barrel Toss Buster ftw!
Remember to blow on the cartridge before inserting that copy of Mega Man II into your NES!
04/04/07
I don’t know where, but someone has managed to dig up a picture of the kid from the old Capcom Craze Club from somewhere.
Also be sure to check out his extremely radical video (Click his picture), which, if you’ve never seen before, is extremely radical.
Like, totally, dude.
04/03/07
Oops, I fell a little behind schedule. To catch up, this week we will announce two winners. One today, and one on Friday as well. Today’s winner is… drum roll… Entry #1! Congratulations!
And now we’re going take you back. Way back. All the way to… 1994. Here is the music video for The Pharcyde’s Pandemonium, which was featured on the soundtrack for Street Fighter: The Movie. The video features gameplay footage from Street Fighter II.
I miss the 90s!
04/02/07
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