PlatinumGames has potentially announced that it’s working on nine more games in its retro-themed Neo-Classic Arcade series.
Ina new announcement videoclearly designed to look like an April Fool’s joke, Platinum co-founderHideki Kamiya, dressed in costume, announced that the studio is working on nine more games which, combined withSol Cresta, would be referred to as the “Shocking 10”.
Kamiya then ‘attacks’ a cameraman on the way out of the room, leaving him lying unconscious on the floor.
The name may be a reference to theCapcomFive, a series of (what were supposed to be)GameCubeexclusives, one of which was the Kamiya-led Viewtiful Joe.
Although the announcement’s humorous nature and its April 1 release date appear to be making it look like a clear April Fools joke, there are signs that point to it potentially being a legitimate announcement.
Sol Cresta was announced on April Fool’s Day 2020, leading many to believe it was a joke announcement rather than an actual game. However,PlatinumGamesthen confirmed a year later thatthe game was indeed a real product, and the first part in a planned series.
VGC was aware of the announcement before the video was released. When we asked Platinum if it was legitimate or an April Fool’s joke, they said: “We will leave it up to you to decide after watching the video.”
Kamiya has also regularly been tweeting about his growing collection of Arcade Archives titles, digital re-releases of old arcade games published by Hamster Corporation (which helped in the development of Sol Cresta).
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If the nine new games are legitimate, the full ‘Shocking 10’ series is as follows:
Speaking to VGC earlier this year, Kamiya revealed that the next games in Platinum’s Neo Classic Arcade series were already in the planning stages.
“The most I can say is that we do have some ideas and we’re already thinking about the next step,” he said. “I’ve got an idea or two on the back burner that I’m already writing about as well, so I’ve got a lot going on in my head that I want to reveal to you when the time is right.
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“We were able to do one type of shooting game this time, but you’ve got other types of shooters as well for example, or sidescrolling and classic platform kind of games. You’ve even got really unique kinds of games like Marble Madness or something like that… there are a lot of different ideas that pop into our heads when we hear the words, ‘classic game’ or ‘classic old school arcade game’.
“What we want to do with this series is everything that pops your head like, ‘argh, I really wish they would do this for their series’. We want to fulfil all of those expectations for you guys, so we hope that you know we can do a lot of fun stuff.”
