For years I recalled having seen a teaser in one of my old game magazines for an upcoming CAVE project with unique art that never saw production, but I struggled to ever find that teaser again. While cleaning up my garage, I recently found my box of 40 or so JP gaming mags and I thought I'd flip through a few. Well, I found it. Arcadia No.017, Oct. 2001:
It was featured on the "News Transmitter" page:
Closer:
The magazine date puts it between Progear and DOJ/Ketsui, so it may very well be simply a scrapped character design for one of the latter titles. Or perhaps it was a game concept scrapped altogether?
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Guwange was before Progear by 2 years so it’s unlikely to be hinting that. They probably recycled the mask design for a promo image/dug out some old concept art. (The glasses also don’t point to Guwange).
When was Oni Death’s development and cancellation in the timeline...?
CStarFlare wrote:Guwange was before Progear by 2 years so it’s unlikely to be hinting that. They probably recycled the mask design for a promo image/dug out some old concept art. (The glasses also don’t point to Guwange).
Also, Joker Jun does seem to like a similar style across many different projects. The mask design is strangely similar though, and why is a guy with modern (pilot?) sunglasses holding a demon mask.
Maybe a sequel to Guwange set in modern times?
Even if this was actually a planned title at some point it's probably unlikely much more was created than that promo image.
