Is Double Helix a respectable studio now?

[Goatseye]

retroking1981 said:

What cracks me up about this is how little people cared for the series back in the day.

Sure it 'hyped' the N64 but it ended up on the SNES and whilst being very good and selling well it was all about Tekken and to a lesser extent Virtua Fighter back then, the whole 3D revolution.

By the time it did come to N64 people didn't care, both critically and commercially.

Now everyones hyped for a sequel to a game no one cared about?

Personally I love KI and will no doubt be all over this when I get an Xbox One but I'm just amused at everyone coming out from under a rock. Where were these fans in 1996/97?

This is in no way aimed at individuals in this thread, I'm just speaking as a whole since this was announced at E3.

To answer your question without beating around the bush.

It was a launch title for N64, that tells you everything about the fans location.

Play Station was catching fire and enthusiasm of 3D gaming over 2D was instant.

Virtua Fighter was way more popular and technical(3D rendering) than Tekken... in the arcades where it mattered in the 90's.