Hear carefully: do you hear that sound? It is the cry of a whole lot 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 sturdy popularity for online game anime variations (Castlevania, Captain Laserhawk), revealed some attention-grabbing data in a recent X/Twitter post. Particularly, 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. “As a result of after I first went to Capcom in 2017, my mission was clear: I needed to deliver Dino Crisis again. However in an superior coincidence, they bought me Devil May Cry as an alternative! I didn’t assume DMC would even be on the desk.”
1. Dino Crisis 1 nailed the survival horror vibe, mixing the stress of Resident Evil with the sheer terror of being hunted by dinosaurs—excellent.
2.Dino Crisis 2 took it up a notch with fast-paced motion & unbelievable degree design.
3.Sadly, Dino Crisis 3 misplaced that magic—it took… pic.twitter.com/0pOZReOdkf— Adi Shankar (@adishankarbrand) November 6, 2024
It is an virtually comically tragic coincidence for Dino Crisis fanatics, who’ve lengthy awaited one other installment within the survival sequence created by Resident Evil’s Shinji Mikami. “Prefer it’s cool Devil May Cry followers can eat however god rattling. Dino Crisis followers keep in unhappy I suppose,” bemoaned one X/Twitter user.
The final mainline Dino Crisis sport got here out all the best way again in 2003, and rumors have swirled for years about a potential fourth sport. There are a few causes not to maintain your breath, although: for one, Mikami mentioned earlier this 12 months that the recognition of Monster Hunter would not depart a lot of room for one more Dino Crisis entry. Plus, Capcom lately tried its hand at one other dinosaur-focused sport, Exoprimal, a multiplayer title that stopped including new content material simply a 12 months after its launch.
Nonetheless, hope for a revival in anime kind is not utterly extinct simply but — even when it is a little skinny. Whereas clarifying that he is at the moment dedicated to a “very long-term plan” for Devil May Cry, Shankar added, “However sure, someday maybe I often use my powers to resurrect Dino Crisis.”
Devil May Cry, at the least, continues to be set for an April 2025 launch date. For extra, take a look at my profile of Shankar final 12 months, the place we talked his Captain Laserhawk for Ubisoft and Netflix and rather more.
Alex Stedman is a Senior Information Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or enhancing, you will discover her studying fantasy novels or enjoying Dungeons & Dragons.