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jammy2211 said: I don't find it that hard to beleive. Capcom invested alot into that franchise, but where is it now? Nowhere, because it lost money. If it was profitable we'd have another title in the series, especially with how the Wii is selling at the moment. Sequels don't mean the first title made profit, it can just point to strong sales in the first title, but most likely not enough to outweight marketing and dev costs. Every company dreams of having IP's with enough brand recognition to sell big without a huge marketing budget and a game developed from previous middleware, using previous game resources etc, and investing enough money to surpass early losses is part of the parcel. While I think Viewtiful Joe sold good sales numbers to justify sequels and keep Capcom investing in it, ultimately it didn't take off how they expected and they had to drop the axe on it eventually.
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What then, do you propose, would justify a sequel? Because the executives think it is a super neat idea? Z&W and Okami were both viewed very favorably by the company and look at where they are now. The game didn't get various sequels and spin-offs by hemoraging money at every turn. The series ultimately started to lose money yes, but thats when it was canned. It makes zero sense for Capcom to make a fighting game based on a failing IP. There is simply no logical explanation.
