Darkstalkers has been around since the Saturn/PS days, but hasn’t had a sequel outside of Japan since 2000. The fighting game introduced the 16-bit color animated sprites which Capcom used in later fighting series like Street Fighter Alpha and Marvel vs Capcom. Darkstalkers had managed a large following when several of the games transitioned from arcades to the consoles.
Due to the series’ continued acclaim, an updated HD compilation was announced at New York Comic-Con during the 25th Anniversary Street Fighter Panel: Darkstalkers Resurrection for XBLA and PSN in early 2013.
The game has been in the making for a year, at which point Capcom was ‘unclear about Wii U’s online strategy’, and was in planning cycles for longer than that. Fans of the game are consequently pushing for this title to appear on the Wii U, seeing as Nintendo has fixed just about every issue that could have impeded the project if it were on the Wii.
A Capcom employee has responded on the forums: “The request has been noted though. We’ll see.”
