Marvel vs. Capcom 3 developer Eighting is at the moment making a combating recreation primarily based on the Hunter x Hunter franchise, writer Bushiroad Video games introduced on the manga and anime-focused Leap Festa 2024 conference in Japan over the weekend (through Gematsu).
Precise particulars have been restricted, however Bushiroad promised to supply extra data on the “full-scale combating recreation” throughout its New 12 months’s broadcast on Saturday, Jan. 6.
Eighting’s combating recreation historical past during the last 30 years is huge and spectacular. Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and its Final follow-up are the apparent cornerstones, however the studio’s largely licensed resume additionally counts Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, Destiny/limitless codes, and Bloody Roar amongst its style highlights.
Extra lately, Eighting labored on Dungeon Fighter On-line spin-off DNF Duel alongside Responsible Gear creator Arc System Works and supported Nintendo’s improvement of Pikmin 4.
Hunter x Hunter started life in 1998 as a manga written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi, the enduring artist additionally identified for graciously bestowing Yu Yu Hakusho on the world. It’s since been acknowledged as probably the most common manga collection of all time, lately rating eleventh in a high 100 ballot performed by Japanese tv station TV Asahi.
Regardless of frequent hiatuses as a consequence of Togashi’s persistent well being points, Hunter x Hunter remains to be revealed to today and even loved two unbelievable (albeit incomplete) anime variations from 1999 to 2001 after which once more from 2011 to 2014.
Early reactions to the information of a Hunter x Hunter combating recreation developed by a studio as proficient within the style as Eighting have been cautiously excited. Whereas many see the uncooked potential of such a collaboration, extra competitive-minded people are cautious of being burned if this seems to be yet one more mediocre enviornment fighter primarily based on an anime property.
A couple of keen followers are even constructing hypothetical tier lists already, which might be a file of some sort.
“My Hisoka and Killua are going to go loopy,” six-time Evo champion Dominique “SonicFox” McLean wrote on X (previously Twitter), planting their flag in yet one more combating recreation.
Different headlines out of Leap Festa 2024 embody an all-new One Piece anime, a stunning teaser trailer for an animated Chainsaw Man film overlaying the manga’s Reze Arc, and the approaching conclusion of the Jujutsu Kaisen manga.
