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Could Capcom Be Hinting At Onimusha's Return?

June 30, 2009 in Rumor comments 9

You might remember the recent teaser site that Capcom has posted up. It's been presumed that the site is there to promote a new Sengoku Basara (Devil Kings) game. However, with some recent changes to the site, speculation has now shifted to the possibility of it being related to a new Onimusha game.

While everyone was paying attention to Square Enix's slowly morphing teaser website, Capcom's own teaser site was undergoing some changes of its own.

To recap, the Capcom site originally displayed the year "1560." The site was linked to off the Sengoku Basara (aka Devil Kings) official site, so we assumed we'd be getting a new Sengoku Basara game set in that year. The franchise is quite popular in Japan, and recently saw a PSP entry.

And then came a Monday update to the site, with the 1560 crossed out, replaced by a 1573. Tuesday came along, and the 1573 was crossed out, replaced with a 1582.

Some Japanese gaming blogs clued us into the pattern here. Those years correspond closely to the time frames for Onimusha, Onimusha 2, and Onimusha 3. Could Capcom be teasing a new entry in the series that we thought would go to the grave with the PS2?

Let's see if tomorrow's update to the site lists a 1596 (or around that time), corresponding to Onimusha Dawn of Dreams.
McClubbin via ds.ign.com »
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    Akira_EX Jun 30, 09
    Sengoku Basara x Onimusha crossover?

    ...probably not.
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    Storm Jun 30, 09
    Onimusha was a great series...would like for them to bring it back but eh, for the sake of it not failing, the series is good as is.
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    Neo Windu Jun 30, 09
    In anticipation of Capcoms mystery site. I posted a nice article about Onimusha. I was thinking it was time for it. And Capcom has been on fire lately. I checked the three dates that have came up so far. Yes, all of the dates deal with Oda Nobunaga. Check out FromHeroesToIcons.com
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    FinalFantasyFanaticc Jul 1, 09
    It's so obvious it's Onimusha now its laughable.

    First game was set in 1560 second game was set in 1573 and the third game was set in 1582 now it looks like the fourth game will be set in the year 1600.

    Because the fourth Onimusha game was not entitled "Onimusha 4" but just Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, so they could easily bring in a fourth one whilst bringing Samanosuke back as the main character.

    Knowing Capcom and how much they cherish multiplatform games nowadays, this'll be released on the PS3/360/PC.
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      McClubbin Jul 1, 09
      Yeah, I think it's definitely Onimusha now. I still think it's kind of funny that they tried to throw everybody off by listing it under the Sengoku Basara portal.
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    Akira_EX Jul 1, 09
    1600

    Battle of Sekigahara was in 1600.
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    BANDITO ATTACK Jul 1, 09
    onimusha is too god damn hard

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