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[Captain Toad]

Why don't they make AAA animes, period?

There's your answer.

 

[01011001]

Because most people don't watch anime after they turn 15 years old, the games would have a very limited appeal.

have you seen how crazy the american comic book market crashed? (because it's all pure shit) yet Marvel films are still being made...

 

[Doom85]

Why don't they make AAA animes, period?

There's your answer.

82 million copies of the Demon Slayer manga were sold in 2020 alone. This isn’t the 1980’s anymore, folks, get with the times.

 

[timmyp53]

 

[nial]

there's a re-skin Yakuza game with Hokuto no Ken theme that never came to west

It did, though.

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

Theres a ton of great anime out there, from beserk to cowboy bebop that if given the proper attention and money could make superb video games and stories. But we get stuck with asset flips from bandai namco with low budgets and rushed development. Being that some of the biggest property in one of the largest gaming markets is anime why don't we get AAA anime adaptations in the same way we get AAA comic book adaptations in the west. I doubt it, but with Sony now owning crunchyroll I hope that we can get them to invest in a AAA anime game.

Dbz got FighterZ which was amazing. Also Dragon Ball Kakarot. But yes even cross promotional stuff like Jump Force felt like Bamco didn't want to spend too much on it.

 

[Kataploom]

It did, though.

Wait, rly? I think I'll get it whenever I get a PS5

 

[Belthazar]

Because the games wouldn't sell the 5 million+ copies they would need to break even.

 

[nial]

Wait, rly? I think I'll get it whenever I get a PS5

Yup, even got a PS4 hits label.

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

A AAA Berserk game would be nuts to see, let alone Cowboy Bebop. We can dream.

Well it would have gloss over many key sections of the story because Berserk is a dark fantasy work that pulls 0 punches. Twitter would have a field day if the game showed everything that happens in the story. The game would have to focus more on the combat then the "dark" parts of it's dark fantasy.

 

[xellos2099alpha]

Naruto UNS games when they come out was really dope and awesome,

 

[Soapbox Killer]

Anime games peaked ith Ultimate Jump Superstars on DS.


I would pay real money for Golgo13 game that played like Hitman.

 

[dezzy8]

I would love a samurai champloo RPG or something.

 

[01011001]

Yup, even got a PS4 hits label.

that game was fucking awful tho lol, I played the demo and turned it off after like 2 minutes because of how awful the combat system felt

 

[pramod]

Maybe because it doesnt make sense to make a western style AAA game based on Japanese pop culture just to cater to a small user base of western anime fans?

I think that a lot of the Super Robot Wars games especially the classic ones are AAA titles, but those games are strictly made for a Japanese audience, its not the style of game Western gamers go for.

 

[xellos2099alpha]

Maybe because it doesnt make sense to make a western style AAA game based on Japanese pop culture just to cater to a small user base of western anime fans?

I think that a lot of the Super Robot Wars games especially the classic ones are AAA titles, but those games are strictly made for a Japanese audience, its not the style of game Western gamers go for.

SRW play heavy on collabration with all diferent kind of series and make it into a share universe. Which is kind of like how kingdom heart or super smash brother would be or kind of like Justice league and or avenger. Kingdom heart and super smash is from japan. And we never really have a good avenger or a justice league game.

 

[DragoonWalker]

A AAA Berserk game would be guts to see, let alone Cowboy Bebop. We can dream.

Fixed that for ya.

Also I'd love a proper Cowboy Bebop game. That's been a dream forever. Arc System Works style graphics, mission based (not open world!) with the Bebop as your hub. Chat with the crew between missions, or play some shogi against Ein. Choose between Spike, Jet, and Faye for various missions, each with their own strengths, with the occasional story arc character specific mission. Actually come to think of it Guardians of the Galaxy came pretty close to this.

 

[AJUMP23]

It's called "Dark Souls".

I thought it was called Metal Gear.

 

[_Ex_]

I want a Triple AAA Made In Abyss game

It's not exactly AAA but:



Releases in September.

Amazon.com: Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness - COLLECTOR'S EDITION for PlayStation 4 : Video Games

Amazon.com: Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness - COLLECTOR'S EDITION for PlayStation 4 : Video Games

www.amazon.com

 

[justiceiro]

Technically, we do get anime AAA games...

They are called pokemon games.