Capcom has received some 100,000 requests for a Darkstalkers revival, but there's still a ways to go before they're willing to green-light it.
Capcom has revived both Street Fighter and Marvel vs. Capcom for the current generation, but appearances by the publishers's other fighting franchise, Darkstalkers, has been largely limited to collections and isolated Morrigan and Felicia cameos. According to producer Yoshinori Ono though, requests for a new entry in the franchise have been rising, even if they are still well short of what it will take to get Capcom to consider a new entry in the series.
Producer Yoshinori Ono told Eurogamer that Capcom has received 100,000 requests for a new entry in the series, which is a considerable jump from the 5000 they had last year. But it will take as many as a million requests for Capcom to consider reviving Darkstalkers.
"One day, if it goes half a million, Capcom may raise its eyebrow a little bit and I could do what I did in London in 2007 when I announced the comeback of Street Fighter," Ono said. "In the near future, with your help, it may become true. It's on its way, because we're pretty much where we were with Street Fighter a few years back. So keep it up."
Given the recent Capcom fighter renaissance that has included Street Fighter IV, Marvel vs. Capcom and Street Fighter x Tekken, it may very well happen. At this point though, it's up to the fans.
Source: Daily News from GamePro.com
Saturday, March 26, 2011