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Sequel For Robotech: Battlecry Interests Vicious Cycle
Posted February 10, 2010 by David Radd

www.industrygamers.com/news/sequel-for-r...rests-vicious-cycle/




Robotech is one of the more beloved animated shows from the '80s, introducing scores of fans to anime for the first time. Even two decades after the series' original release, there was enough interest to help produce a brand-new movie sequel in 2006. When asked about making a sequel to their own Robotech video games, Vicious Cycle was very enthusiastic.

“I would love to do it tomorrow! It wasn't like my childhood series to watch, but I understand the anime fans and they're hungry for product,” said Vicious Cycle president and CEO Eric Peterson. “[Robotech] hasn't made it to current gen systems; there hasn't been an entry on PS3, Wii or Xbox 360. They're going to want to have it because they're hardcore fans, and we'd love to give it to them. It's an opportunity that could sell and the first game was a wonderful experience for us. There was a lot of passion for the company and we had a lot of Robotech fanboys, which helped! We had a collector's edition and it was a lot of fun making it. We had some great marketing for it and some positive reviews and eventually sold a half million copies."

When asked what happened with Robotech: Invasion, based around the third story arch of the Robotech series, Peterson was frank in his response. “We were told for Invasion to make a Halo clone. We wanted to make it a Battlecry sequel because we knew the fans wanted lots of missiles, Veritech fighters and cel shading. You take that out, you ruin the license,” explained Peterson. “We probably sold the expected amount of copies to those fans, but there are more Veritech fans out there and they buy into the Robotech legacy, but many of them don't remember the second series based on Southern Cross and probably even fewer remember Genesis Climber Mospeada.“

ONE PROBLEM

HG GOT THEIR LICENSE BACK. AND PROBABLY WILL SELL THE RIGHTS TO WB.

And they should sell it to WB..

Why ? As we know every Live action Movie as acompanied by a video game.. Usualy Bad..but at least there always is a PC version as well...


PC FOR HEAVEN SAKE...

“We were told for Invasion to make a Halo clone. We wanted to make it a Battlecry sequel because we knew the fans wanted lots of missiles, Veritech fighters and cel shading. You take that out, you ruin the license,” explained Peterson. “We probably sold the expected amount of copies to those fans, but there are more Veritech fans out there and they buy into the Robotech legacy, but many of them don't remember the second series based on Southern Cross and probably even fewer remember Genesis Climber Mospeada.“

Told by whom? My guess would be Harmony Gold, which puts the lie to Tommy Yune's repeated claim that HG doesn't tell their licensees what to do and/or how to do it.

MEMO1DOMINION wrote:

ONE PROBLEM

HG GOT THEIR LICENSE BACK. AND PROBABLY WILL SELL THE RIGHTS TO WB.

See MEMO!?
Look at the damage your beloved HG could do with Robotech if they decide to let WB use game rights for the LAM!

Maybe someone should tell Memo and HG just how pathetic movie based games usually turn out.But since I am the only gamer here at RtX no one will believe just me.

Considering Harmony Gold's poor judgement in recognizing Robotech fans and creating more I am safe to assume HG will keep sitting on their faces in regards to gamer fans who hoped for another game.

Heck with it.

Battlecry was kinda okay, but nothing great.

Licensed games have a history of being iffy regardless of whether they're based on an animated or live-action property. It's not just movie games that are genereally mediocre, it's TV/comic/novel games, too. Of course, they're not all bad (Aladdin on Mega Drive, Lion King and Jungle Book on SNES, Batman: Arkham Asylum on current systems) but there's no reason a game based on the LAME would be inherently worse than one based on the cartoon.

RIGHT THERE WITH YA ALADDIN.

SINCE I LIKE ROBOTECH I WOULD NOT MIND ANOTHER GAME.

Battlecry was fun except for one teeny little problem...
it wouldn't let you kill minmei! lol
I kept trying to drop her during that lame mission where you have to get her to her concert on time.

@PTH

You're not the only gamer, Penguins and I are gamers as well. She's more of an fps I'm more into sports.

On subject:

Of course I would like to see another Battlecry. Perhaps one that dealt with Jack Archer's fate. Although I am biased because I'll take the opportunity anytime i get to "fly" a VF1s.

Battlecry was fine, but the controls were lame. Perhaps something with better controls.

Count me in as a Part Gamer as well. Played out lot of stuff out there...


Yes.. the games comming along with movies usualy are bad.. but there are some honorfull exeptions.. Such as some of the Lotr Games, the new X-Man game,... There could be a reson for carefull optimism there

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The only advantage i see there is they do make a PC version for each one. And that is the only problem ive had with Battlecry..there is no a PC version.

Recently ive had a chance to try it out on a PS2 emulator.. But it is just not the same.