Ever since Capcom began to remake its classic Resident Evil franchise with a faithful adaptation of Resident Evil 2, there has always been one other series that fans want to be brought back. It's Dino Crisis, of course, and with strong speculation of a Resident Evil 4 remake currently in the works, it doesn't look like their wish will be granted any time soon. However, that's not to say that teams at Capcom haven't already tried to bring the dinosaur-focused series back in the past. In fact, Capcom Vancouver pitched a reimagining of Dino Crisis to Japanese higher-ups more than half a decade ago.
That's according to Liam Robertson, a person who has in the past reliably shared accurate information and told development stories normally kept behind the scenes. In his latest video, which discusses the troubled development of Dead Rising 4, Robertson states that Capcom Vancouver saw employees leave in their numbers after senior leads on the game were fired. Adding to those woes was the denial of development on various classic Capcom franchises.
"The Vancouver branch then attempted to revive survival-horror series Dino Crisis with a new game for modern hardware. This endeavour never advanced beyond the pitching phase, being shot down by Capcom Japan after a few months of work. Developers believed that they were unwilling to make the significant investment in new technology that the project would have required." Robertson goes on to state that developers he interviewed shared details on a rejected pitch for an action-oriented Resident Evil X, a revival of the Onimusha series, and a side-scrolling Mega Man title.
It's still very much unclear whether or not Capcom will ever return to the Dino Crisis franchise, but according to Liam Robertson, the Vancouver team at least tried to get the ball rolling. Would you like to see Dino Crisis come back in some form in the future? Share your thoughts in the comments below and make sure to check out the full video we've embedded above. It's an interesting one, that's for sure.
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Dude, why not? There’s literally no other dinosaur games out besides Ark, and I’m not jumping into that sh—, so please bring back Dino Crisis for the love of god!
I'd rather have a new Onimusha or Maximo to be honest.
Oh gimmie some Dino Crisis already! That new RE Engine would be amazing for that game....
I never even got to play the Dino Crisis games so would definitely like to see them remake them if they aren't going with Code Veronica as Resi 4 does NOT need a remake.
With how things were going at Capcom Vancouver, I'm not confident I would have wanted a Dino Crisis from them.
Capcom don't seem to be able to see potential sales beyond a current release. It's why I'm glad Resident Evil 3 remake didn't sell as good as 2 remake, and why I hope 4 remake flops...
Capcom are one of the worst companies for taking risks. They will milk a successful formula until all joy has been wrung out completely. We won't see a Dino Crisis or an Onimusha title unless Resident Evil sales drop. It's just not in their company DNA unfortunately
I’d 100% take a Dino Crisis 1/2 remake like Resident Evil 2/3!! Keep on hoping they’ll do it but I doubt it’ll happen with how popular RE is. They’ll probably remaster 4-6 and make RE 8 & 9 before a DC game might come up
C'mon Capcom. I've literally been begging for this for nearly 15 years! You've seen huge success with the remaster if RE2/3, Dino Crisis will be a big hit I'm certain if it!
I mean, I DO have the original PS1 copies but i'd absolutely love a full remake with the love RE has gotten, DC is one of the crowning jewels if the PS1 era along with Spyro, MediEvil and MGS imo.
Saw the video and all I can say is that Capcom Japan really hate change.
Give us Maximo please
I think putting out Dino crisis remake wouldn't bring in enough income to justify its development.
Also the concept behind the franchise itself looks rather silly today.
No wonder Capcom rejected it.
I loved the RE2 remake so I’d be all over this.
Dino Crisis needs a remake far more than Resident Evil 4.
@thefirst Its a Capcom franchise so why should Sony fund it?
@Blacksmith1985 Zombies with guns dont look silly with RE5 not that it was that bad but that stupid AI. And the garbage that was RE6 dont get me started about on that.
@Wazeddie22 If you cant get your hands on the PS1 classics then you are in for a classic.
@thefirst while i agree with you, the last guardian was a passion, auteur-like project that is increasingly rare there days. sony did not want to sour its relationship with ueda-san so that is likely part of why it wasn't cancelled. also, part of the reason last guardian took so long was because the project was stopped many times and eventually the staff was reduced to less than half of what the project started out with. that in itself was likely due to sony pulling resources away from it as the development problems got out of control. but, hell yes, would i like to see a dino crisis sequel... even above a new resi game to be honest. it makes you wonder if anyone at capcom really cares enough to do it, though, otherwise it would have happend by now.
The remake of RE2 had fans all excited to have a remake of RE3. However now after the release of the remake of RE3 most fans it seems are saying leave RE4 alone and remake Code Veronica and or Dino Crisis. Is Capcom listening?
I believe i have helped save the world enough by using my shotgun to help thin the zombie population. Now i hunger for big guns and dino's big and small.
Look, I desperately want these reboots, but honestly? Thank god. Dead Rising 4 was awful. Hopefully they still end up rebooting or reviving some of these, just with a more competent team.
I loved Dino crisis 2. Would be awesome to get a remake or reboot of the series based on it.
What i don't want is the original game. It was a weird one. It was resident evil with dinos instead of zombies, in enclosed spaces.
The sequel, wich expanded to jungle areas and pressed on time travel twists is the one that gave the series it's identity. The gameplay was more action oriented too, allowing shooting while moving.
I never understood why instead of making a proper sequel they then went with light gun dino crisis game and Dinos in space. It didnt look like they knew what to do with it. Reboot would be best.
Onimusha is the one i don't want. The story was never great and the Oni theme is already explored in many other games. Toukiden, Nioh, etc.
Dino Crisis and Parasite Eve...that's all I need
@Nem Really i loved them both cant wait to play with Regina again.
Bring back Dino Crisis
@Flaming_Kaiser That's fair enough. Not like i disliked it back then. I just want the series to return with a bang so we can get more of them.
For that, i believe it would be good to focus on what diferentiates the series from resident evil. Well, more than just dinos instead of zombies.
I loved playing with both Regina and Dylan. Would be great to see them back.
@thefirst I'll heavily beg to differ. RE2 was just much more better. Mr.X ACTUALLY being around walking in the RPD building instead of being a boss fight or a chase scene like in 3 made it far better. Not to mention more tense and scary.
DC Remake/Reboot in the RE Engine would be sweet.
If there is an RE4 remake, I'll get it, but it doesn't really need it unless they really expand on it.
@Nem Yeah i miss being young i had so much fun playing games now so little time. 😆
@Flaming_Kaiser in RE4-5 they're not zombies. They are people infected with parasite.
By the way Capcom did a brilliant job linking Nemesis to the lore of RE4. Because Nemesis is in fact Tyrant infected with parasite, developed by European branch of Umbrella. You can find documents with this information while exploring NEST2.
@thefirst Yet it's worked for Nintendo to personally fund a title like bayonetta series and you'd think Sony would do it again especially for Dino Crisis as a PS5 launch
@thefirst Well I liked him the way he was in RE2RE. It was fun, tense, and scary. A lot were hoping Nemesis was going to be just like Mr.X in 3RE and were disappointed, including me.
@thefirst This is not an accurate comparison, The Last Guardian was developed and published by SONY. Dino Crisis is a Capcom property, so why would Sony give a *****?
Racism strikes again
@Blacksmith1985 I know but in the end im still no fan of infected with guns its lazy.
@JesWood13 but you guys would've looked for something to co complain about like how you guy's always do when a new resident evil game is announced
I am literally driving right now and just made an account just to say please remain this game kept calm all my childhood memories are in 1 and 2 I also even like dino stalker, Like I said in my childhood every day I popped this game in and play it try to unlock all The Secret endings then when number 2 came out A little bit different take on it but it was so good now I am 26 years old and I will put down any amount of money I can possibly to just let cap com know we want a REMAKE AT LEAST!! I wil shutup for even a remake please just think of how a dino could look in 4k. Omg with he puzzles and concept of shooting dinos theres so much they could do even the side colosseum was fine. There's something distinct about having dinos in a game because for one there isn't no other game out there like this , unlike resident evil theres sooo much zombie games im sick of them. Even my son is asking for this i loved it so much I put a playstion emulater app on my phone and I can play DC 1 and 2 on it. Please consider it i mean look at the game " ark " I bought it just for the dinos GIVE US THE REMAKE CAPCOM! TAKE MY MONEY!!
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