Listen carefully: do you hear that sound? It’s the cry of lots of of beleaguered Dino Crisis followers, mourning the revival that would’ve been.
Adi Shankar, the creator of Netflix’s upcoming Devil May Cry present and a filmmaker with a powerful repute for online game anime diversifications (Castlevania, Captain Laserhawk), revealed some attention-grabbing info in a recent X/Twitter post. Specifically, when he first began speaking to Capcom years in the past, his sights weren’t really set on Devil May Cry.
He started by sharing some fast ideas on every of the three Dino Crisis video games, praising the primary two whereas conceding that the third “misplaced that magic” because it headed off Earth.
“Why am I telling you this?” he continued. “Because once I first went to Capcom in 2017, my mission was clear: I needed to convey Dino Crisis again. But in an superior accident, they bought me Devil May Cry as a substitute! I didn’t suppose DMC would even be on the desk.”
1. Dino Crisis 1 nailed the survival horror vibe, mixing the strain of Resident Evil with the sheer terror of being hunted by dinosaurs—good.
2.Dino Crisis 2 took it up a notch with fast-paced motion & unimaginable degree design.
3.Sadly, Dino Crisis 3 misplaced that magic—it took… pic.twitter.com/0pOZReOdkf— Adi Shankar (@adishankarbrand) November 6, 2024
It’s an virtually comically tragic accident for Dino Crisis fanatics, who’ve lengthy awaited one other installment within the survival sequence created by Resident Evil’s Shinji Mikami. “Like it’s cool Devil May Cry followers can eat however god rattling. Dino Crisis followers keep in unhappy I assume,” bemoaned one X/Twitter user.
The final mainline Dino Crisis sport got here out all the way in which again in 2003, and rumors have swirled for years a couple of potential fourth sport. There are a number of causes to not maintain your breath, although: for one, Mikami mentioned earlier this yr that the recognition of Monster Hunter would not depart lots of room for an additional Dino Crisis entry. Plus, Capcom just lately tried its hand at one other dinosaur-focused sport, Exoprimal, a multiplayer title that stopped including new content material only a yr after its launch.
Still, hope for a revival in anime kind is not fully extinct simply but — even when it is just a little skinny. While clarifying that he is at the moment dedicated to a “very long-term plan” for Devil May Cry, Shankar added, “But sure, in the future maybe I often use my powers to resurrect Dino Crisis.”
Devil May Cry, no less than, remains to be set for an April 2025 launch date. For extra, try my profile of Shankar final yr, the place we talked his Captain Laserhawk for Ubisoft and Netflix and far more.
Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or modifying, you could find her studying fantasy novels or taking part in Dungeons & Dragons.
