Konami might buy out Capcom

[Dyne]

No, I'm saying that adding Silent Hill 2-4, Metal Gear Solid 2-3, Gradius V, and Suikoden III-IV to the GBA Castlevanias beats RE4.

okay so like i said earlier, you dont want to add DMC or VJ to the Capcom lineup?

and suikoden 3 and 4 are poor.

[Yoshi]

For the record, Capcom would be a reasonably close second, if I had to rank the Japanese publishers.

[Dyne]

For the record, Capcom would be a reasonably close second, if I had to rank the Japanese publishers.

fair enough

[avatar]

They have released licensed shovelware like Shaman King, TMNT and Cy Girls, a weak Contra sequel, bastardizations of Frogger, and rhythm game sequels. Konami hasn't been any better than other major Japanese company lately so I don't see how Yoshi can call them the only viable publisher left in Japan.

The Shaman King games have been pretty good.

[NeoZeedeater]

The Shaman King games have been pretty good.

Well, I just remembered I haven't played the most recent one but I didn't think the others were that good.

[Yoshi]

While we are dreaming, I want IGA thrown the hell off the console versions of Castlevania from now on. The DMC team gets to do them right.

[Dyne]

i havn't followed it much but does the newest ps2/xbox castlevania game still look like a hi-res N64 game? i have no idea how LoI could look as good as it did, yet this newer game looks like poo.

[Grave]

Well, I just remembered I haven't played the most recent one but I didn't think the others were that good.

I started the first one last night, and I can say that it's already been $5 worth of entertainment, but I don't really know how much more I'll get. If someone went into this expecting Castlevania, they'd be sorely disappointed. So far, though, it's not a bad game.

[Dolemite]

My words. In all honesty, I usually think Konami = Capcom, with each of the respective companies putting out a few good games, and the rest being crappy.

But it's only been like this recently. Both companies used to release a non-stop flow of great stuff.

There was a time when Capcom could take a shit, press it into CD shape, and it would be an awesome game. They were really my all-time favorite game company. Now, other than RE4 and DMC3, it's all literally shit.

The same with Konami. I mean, their 2D handheld Castlevanias are great (but they should be on consoles instead of shitty 3D versions), and while I hate anything storyline related to Metal Gear Solid, I fully admit that the gameplay is damn fun. Otherwise, Konami's in a rut too. Silent Hill: The Room was blah, and everything else sucks.

Well, Rumble Roses was fun.

[MrWhitefolks]

SegaSammy should buy them, and SNK-Playmore while they're at it.

yeah, so we can have 20 different 'high res sprite based horrible playing' fighters that come out on a bi-yearly basis. sammy hasnt produced anything worthwhile since the original buzz about GG's artstyle was the hip and in thing to talk about. period.

and we all know how awesome sega has been this last gen, so that's already a moot point.