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10794527 No.10794527 [Reply] [Original]

>Cocoron
>PC Cocoron (unreleased)
>Pop'n Land (unreleased)

Could this have been a big series to compete with Mega Man? The idea of body-parts being swapped out is interesting.

>> No.10794583

Nope. Kitamura was not a "series" kind of guy. He's even saying this on his new Twitter. He wants to make singular "new" experiences. MM2 only got made because Kitamura didn't think MM1 showed the full extent of the concept (along with the fact that it's, like 80% enemy ideas they wanted to put in 1, but couldn't).

I'd love to see him make Cocoron the way he really wanted with the comparatively unlimited freedom that modern game development gives, but he's not going to let it have more than maybe 1 or 2 sequels.

>> No.10794667
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>>10794583
Those at Sur De Wave at least felt that it had potential for a series and the company didn't go down because of those games anyways, it was Nostalgia 1907 that doomed the company.

Maybe with some prodding, we could get a Sur De Wave collection? All their games, plus the unreleased titles? Who even owns the rights now?

>> No.10794680

>>10794527
PC Cocoron has already been leaked, it's in the Takenoko archive.

>> No.10794687

>>10794667
>All their games, plus the unreleased titles?
Those are also in the Takenoko archive

>> No.10794702

>>10794680
>>10794687
What is that? Archives seem unrelated.
https://desuarchive.org/_/search/boards/vr.desu.meta/text/%22Takenoko%22/

>> No.10794834

>>10794527
That mascot doesn't look very marketable.

>> No.10794913

>>10794834
Its the villain.

>> No.10794992

>>10794583
>Nope. Kitamura was not a "series" kind of guy. He's even saying this on his new Twitter
Link? Didn’t he nuke everything because of /v/?

>>10794702
Ignore him, it’s a same fagging anon that keeps posting bait for cocoron fans to go nuts over. He’s done this before giving (You)s to everyone

>> No.10795014
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>>10794992
He's still there. Look up "ak_blueprints" on Twitter. People do keep trying to bait him into shittalking Megaman (and Inafune by proxy), but he's very professional about it. The man did stay silent from practically 30 years.

>> No.10795023

>>10795014
Someone should ask him about nostalgia 1907 and Virgin Dreams, as he did graphics form them. I am more curious about those games.

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>>10795014
>>10795023
He used to have a page on his site listing his credits, and it revealed a few interesting details:

>His first game was the Famicom port of Trojan (directing, and graphics)
>did graphics for Virgin Dream and Nostalgia 1907
>last game was Zeriam Zone for the PS1

Virgin Dream isn't a porn game, more teasing. It's a management sim for a model.

>> No.10795072

>>10795014
He's at least eccentric, and maybe autistic. He's made it clear he won't comment on others games only the ones he's worked on and his contributions ot them, so keep doing that.

>> No.10795571

>>10794527
>Series
>only 1 game released
Sucks that this is the only platformer I know of with designable playable chars, wish there was more games with this concept...

>> No.10795682

I'm always shilling Cocoron whenever there's a discussion anywhere about obscure retro games worth playing. Easily one of my all time faves. I wish we could listen to the tracks in the Mega Man 2 ost before they were changed (all but Crash Man's) because I bet it sounded similar to Cocoron's ost.

>> No.10795824

I tried getting into Cocoron a couple times and both times the game didn't click with me but I still want to try again

>>10795053
what else did he work on for Capcom?

>> No.10795867

>>10795053
>Roll if she an adult human
NEED!

>> No.10795894

>>10794527
I had no idea third game was planned.

The most amusing thing about 1st one, aside from character generator is how enemies behave. Those armadillos are fuckin' nuts with their movesets I think those are just different enemies used the same sprite but for a while, I thought devs made some advanced AI pattern just for them

Also, could this game been more popular, I bet chinese pirates would totally rename it into Digimon and sold poorly made hacks on unlicensed carts. The basic likeness is pretty much there.

>> No.10795901

>>10795824
His last tame for Capcom was willow and my guess has always been that he and Fujiwara wanted to make a Zelda clone and they slapped the Willow license on it.

>> No.10796432

>>10795894
>I had no idea third game was planned.

It is unclear if they're enhanced ports or proper sequels. They seem to re-use a lot of designs and ideas but have a new branding.