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DevilRising on 14 January 2014

Sadly no, and neither will Capcom, or Squaresoft, etc.



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IsawYoshi on 14 January 2014
Asdrendeluxe said:
RolStoppable said:
Asdrendeluxe said:

What are you talking? He is talking about Konamis lack of good title . You see Nintendo Nintendo and Nintendo.

Well, the Wii U and 3DS are my life. I would take a bullet for Nintendo.


Hahahaha you are so funny.Try it next time harder.

You have a big problem when you hate  a company so much then you see it everywhere.

You know, your vgpoints ain't the only thing revealing that you're new on the site.



Train wreck on 14 January 2014
RolStoppable said:
Wright said:

I liked the new Castlevania.

You also liked The Last Story...

On topic: No, I don't think they will return to Nintendo.

Of course not, not after the debacle that was Mirror of Fate.

OT:  You have to remember what made Konami great... and that was their huge presense in arcades.  Playing games in small bursts no longer flyes in today world   (unless made for Xbox live or ios/andriod) so their bread and butter style died out long ago.  Konami is a company that has truly ran out of ideas as the majority of their games since the mid 90s have been sequels and spinoffs.

As with the majority of Japanese 3rd parties, they had their biggest success and expansion during the playstation 1/2 era, if their was any was to recreate that time period, they would be golden.



Rafux on 14 January 2014

Completely agree.



V-r0cK on 14 January 2014
NiKKoM said:
V-r0cK said:
I haven't see a Gradius game in forever, but with the gameplay it is it's just going to be a straight-to PSN/XBL type of game.

I liked their Yu-Gi-Oh games but that's gone downhill sadly.

Graduis Rebirth for WiiWare.... >_>

but if there is a new Gradius game it's gonna be on iOS.. they even outsourced Contra for iOS

That's horrible for iOS.  I played Gradius and Contra rom games on my android phone and touch screen is horrible for games requiring fast response.

I knew Gradius Rebirth was "new", but I guess I was hoping Konami can do something different for it rather than keeping the same NES/SNES look.



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NiKKoM on 14 January 2014
V-r0cK said:

That's horrible for iOS.  I played Gradius and Contra rom games on my android phone and touch screen is horrible for games requiring fast response.

I agree on Contra but Gradius would work wonderfull on touchscreen.. all the Cave games (dodonpachi, deathsmiles etc) and Space Invaders Infinite Gene have proved shmup works flawless..

I also actually forgot they made Bomberman Touch..





 

Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!) 

Xen on 14 January 2014
Wright said:
Xen said:
Wright said:

I liked the new Castlevania.

I liked you.




Is that supposed to mean that you're the inspiration for his looks or something ?



Wright on 14 January 2014
Xen said:


Is that supposed to mean that you're the inspiration for his looks or something ?


He's sad :(



DanneSandin on 14 January 2014

man I cant remember when I played a Konami game last time - that isn't an old NES game... what a shame! I hope and wish that the whole Japanese gaming industry gets reinvigorated some time soon!



I'm on Twitter @DanneSandin!

Furthermore, I think VGChartz should add a "Like"-button.

DarkFury on 14 January 2014

As a games company, they are indeed in dire straits. As a company overall, they are a giant 3.25 Billion dollar company with diverse business interests (slot machines, health clubs, casinos etc.) and healthy profits, a state which most games companies right now can only dream of. There is a possibility that games just are not that important to their overall business anymore. So it really depends how you define greatness.