Dino Crisis: Creator blames Monster Hunter for lack of new games in the franchise

Affectionately nicknamed “Resident Evil with dinosaurs”, Dino Crisis is a true survival horror classic. Many fans would like to see its return in a remake for the new generation, but it seems that there will be no room for it any time soon — at least while it exists Monster Huntersecond Shinji Mikami.

And the Japanese developer has a lot of authority to say this. Mikami is known for working on the main games in the franchise. Resident Evilalso being the director of the fourth game — which simply changed the course of the industry. In addition, he was the lead designer of the first and second Dino Crisis.

Monster Hunter’s popularity has overshadowed Dino Crisis over the years, says Mikami

In an interview with Eurogamer to talk about the remaster of Shadows of the Damnedone of the topics that came up in the conversation was the remake of Dino Crisiswhich is one of the franchises that fans most want to see return to Capcom’s catalog — according to a recent survey.

Mikami said he was surprised by the fan reaction to the classic game, but it seems that the popularity of Monster Hunter discouraged him from continuing in the series at the time.

Dino Crisis is one of the greatest classics of the PS1 era.Source: Capcom

“I’m very surprised to hear that,” Mikami said of fans wanting to see the franchise return. Dino Crisis. “The grandeur of dinosaurs and the things you could do with them, that was kind of really defined by Monster Hunter in recent years”.

“So even if I decided to do a remake or a new version of Dino CrisisI really don’t feel like there’s much room for that kind of game right now, since Monster Hunter has become such a big game. But yeah, it’s amazing.”

Fans have been clamoring for a Dino Crisis remake for years

It’s no secret that fans of Dino Crisis Capcom has been asked for years to develop a next-gen remake — and it seems the Japanese giant is well aware of this, to tell the truth.

In February of this year, the company conducted a survey to better understand the preferences of its audience around the world. When asked which property of the house players most want to see a sequel or a new game, the response from more than 80 thousand fans came loud and clear: Dino Crisis.

The first Dino Crisis is second on the list of best individual Capcom games, according to fans’ preferences.Source: Capcom

That’s almost 20,000 more votes than the runners-up — Mega Man e Devil May Cryrespectively. When asked which individual Capcom game they liked the most, the dinosaur game came in second, amid DMC 5 and the remake of Resident Evil 4. Yes, there is demand!

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