Clover Studio is no more...

2006 October 12th

Everyone　　

Company name:　Corporation [kapukon]
Representative name:　Representative President Tsujimoto construction
(Code:　The 9697 Tokyo Stock Exchange & Osaka Stock Exchange 1st section)
Ahead communicating:　Public information IR room
Telephone number:　(06) 6920-3623

Dispersion of this corporation subsidiary company and the news regarding clearing off

Because this corporation resolved the dispersion of the clover studio corporation which is the subsidiary company of this corporation in the board of directors of 2006 October 12th opening, we inform.

Description

1. Summary of the subsidiary company which it disperses
(1) trade name:　Clover studio corporation
(2) address:　Plain town three Chome 2 - 8 inside the Osaka city Chuo Ku
(3) representative name:　Tsujimoto spring Hiro
(4) establishment date:　2004 July 1st
(5) capital:　90,000,000 Yen
(6) business contents:　Development of game software for home
(7) Principal shareholder:　Corporation [kapukon] 100%

1. Reason of dispersion
The clover studio corporation creating the title which has creativity started doing the development of the game software for home in purpose, but in order to assure efficient development development with the selection and centralization of all groups, to disperse the same company.

2. Future schedule
Clearing off joining Ryo:　2007 3 end of the month day schedule

3. Future prospect
Concerning the loss seeing capital stock which accompanies the dispersion of the particular subsidiary company, in 2007 March period interim closing it is the schedule which appropriates approximately 400,000,000 Yen as a extraordinary expense. Concerning contents, we have interwoven to the correction of achievement expectation of the same date.


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Unfortunate. Hope this doesn't effect the Europe release of Okami.

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There goes my hopes for an okami sequel.

The chances are that whats left of Clover Studios will merge with Capcom's main game studios.

Ryo did it!

There's rumors that they may become an independent studio:

http://blog.wired.com/games/2006/10/capcoms_clover_.html

Who?

Clover Studios are responsable for the following games:

Viewtiful Joe – (2004) (PlayStation 2 - Port from GameCube)
Viewtiful Joe 2 – (2004) (GameCube)
Viewtiful Joe 2 – (2004) (PlayStation 2)
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble – (2005) (GameCube)
Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble – (2005) (Nintendo DS)
Ōkami – (2006) (PlayStation 2)
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble – (2006) (PlayStation Portable)
God Hand – (2006) (PlayStation 2)

charge them with the task of making street fighter 4 then dissolve them midway through to piss people off even more

sad

Well...This kind of sucks.

Sure I don't own any of those games...Heck, I don't think I've even PLAYED them, but still...This kind of sucks.

Why the **** does Capcom need to focus more on Megaman and Resident Evil when they already **** out like a jillion of them per year? And as far as I'm concerned DMC and Street Fighter aren't even worth focusing on (OHHH yes I went there). Seriously, what the ****.

Before everyone starts *****ing(too late?), there's probably a lot more to this story than we know right now. Viewtiful Joe(the US GCN version), Okami and God Hand all sold well. I don't think Capcom would just let Clover go for no reason with such a good track record. They've been a pretty good money-maker for Capcom for a while now and it's unlikely they just let them go to focus resources on other titles.

They also developed the original Viewtiful Joe for GCN.

Actually, Capcom Japan has gone on record stating that it no longer wants to produce any more Street Fighter games. From now on we'll probably only get ports and maybe something from Capcom USA.

Yeah, I know. I'm hoping they keep to that.

Oh and there's some rumors going around that either Clover is just being absorbed fully into Capcom or they're brnaching off into an independent studio.

Whatever Greliz, you know Street Fighter 4 would be the cat's pajamas. And if not at first, at least give them until Street Fighter 4: Fourth Hard-On.

I stand by the opinion that Street Fighter games are overrated and Guile would lose if he got in a fight with Flat Top.

I stand by the opinion that turtling won't save your shoto selecting ass forever, tick junkie.

If I knew what that meant I'd probably have a seizure.

In our realm, seizures are called "Super Combos".

More importantly, who would win...Dick Tracy, or Q?!?