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Capcom collaborating with Treasure on Gaist Crusher
Capcom's 3D, action-oriented game connected to its cross-media Gaist Crusher efforts will be a collaboration with Sin and Punishment 2 developer Treasure, their website revealed today, as translated by Siliconera. Gaist Crusher is scheduled for release on the 3DS in Japan this winter. Gaist Crusher's futuristic setting follows the world's discovery of Gaimetals, a type of high-energy metal. Gaimetal-plated monsters called Gaists appear shortly after the resource's discovery and promptly do their best to destroy all of mankind. In retaliation, the world's leading scientists launch the "Gaist Crusher Garrison," a program that directs a four-pack of Saturday morning cartoon heroes through their efforts to save the world. Gaist Crusher will include both co-operative and competitive multiplayer modes. A real-world Gai Metal replica can also be placed upon the 3DS to grant rare and exclusive items. The game's first trailer shows footage of each protagonist in battle and offers a glimpse of Gaist Gear's anime.
Capcom's 'Gaist Crusher' is a cross-media assault on Japanese kids' allowances
Capcom's newest IP, Gaist Crusher, is planned at the outset as an exercise in the company's "Single Content Multiple Usage" strategy. It's primarily a 3DS game designed for children, but it'll also be a manga series in Saikyo Jump and V-Jump magazines, an anime produced by Pierrot, music by Avex Entertainment, and "Gaimetal" toys by Bandai.The new game combines Capcom's "expertise in producing content for children," gained through years of Mega Man games, and the "high-grade multiplayer capability that generated a strong response for the Monster Hunter series."Whether this vaguely cynical, corporate-driven approach to creating a hit franchise will work or not remains to be seen, but, uh, the game looks pretty fun. It'll be out in Japan this winter.
