Flashman wrote:
I really am surprised about no A vs P though - clearly the licencing disputes are over as it was released on that Joystick monstrosity a couple of years ago. I can only assume they are saving that one to get another 20 bucks out of us down the road, but seriously did we need every single SF game padding it out again?
Since I was just obviously wrong about a licensing issue, I probably shouldn't make any more assumptions, but for a lucrative license like Alien vs. Predator I think it's safe to assume that these licenses are on a case-by-case basis, it's not like Capcom just owns the rights to release AvP games all willy nilly now, that would definitely have cost them a lot more.
And I'm guessing the license sold for the case of the Capcom Home Arcade stick was probably sold to Koch Media, and not Capcom. Just like they bought the rights from Capcom to make that thing in the first place.
Honestly, to me the bigger travesty is Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and Punisher. Two legendary Capcom brawlers that have been doomed into obscurity ever since the awful MegaDrive port of the latter one.
I can understand Marvel licenses being hot bucks right now (even if Capcom did get it back for MvC:I), but what's holding Cadillacs & Dinosaurs back? I'm sure few people even know that was apparently a TV show that ever existed, so is it the Cadillac brand itself?
EDIT: Reportedly the C&D rights is being held by a private person who wrote the original comics, which is definitely gonna make dealing with it harder, since it relies entirely on whether he even cares to respond. It's just speculation but this GameFAQs thread touches on it:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/20 ... 647?page=3