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Keiji Inafune teases new zombie action title

Jonathan Toyad
By Jonathan Toyad, Associate Editor

Former Capcom producer's new game is called Yaiba, and will feature ninja and mecha elements; platforms are unconfirmed.

Former Capcom R&D head and producer Keiji Inafune has been keeping himself busy. Not only is he working on Soul Sacrifice, Kaio: King of Pirates, and a side-scrolling Android game called JJ Rocket, but he has also announced a new game called Yaiba ("blade" or "fang" in English).

Inafune's last zombie action title was the Dead Rising series.

Inafune's last zombie action title was the Dead Rising series.

According to a recent issue of Famitsu (via SGCafe), all Inafune has said about the game is that the zombie action title will have ninja and mecha elements in it. The article on Famitsu also showed off numerous artworks of zombie hordes.

On a related note, Koei Tecmo registered the trademark "Yaiba" in Europe on August 31 this year, which could mean that the publisher of the Dynasty Warriors and Ninja Gaiden series might be involved with Inafune's new game.

No platforms have been announced for Yaiba. More details on the game will be revealed on September 20, which is the first business day of Tokyo Game Show 2012.

Jonathan Toyad
By Jonathan Toyad, Associate Editor

Born and raised from a jungle-laden village in Sarawak, Malaysia, Jonathan Toyad has been playing games since the early 90s. He favors fighting games, RPGs, and rhythm titles above every other genre, and occasionally spaces out like Pavlov's dog to video game music on his iPod.

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Bowser05
Bowser05

I want another Mega Man :(. Screw you Capcom for forcing Inafune's hand like this. Can't wait to play Inafune's new stuff.

brxricano
brxricano

I just want to know why the mechs dont just go ahead and destroy the zombies? Why they gotta cause trouble too?? Its already not working for me....

IgotEpixx
IgotEpixx like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

I just want Dead Rising 3. It's one of the few games I want a sequel for.

 

Then again we waited five years for DR2 so a wait wouldn't stun me.

staranise
staranise

yay!! my favorite anime (yaiba) is going up against zombies!!

 

????(???)???!!!!!

BenFireFox
BenFireFox

great news :) looking forward to it

franzito
franzito

I'm waiting more news about it

d4rkscourge
d4rkscourge like.author.displayName 1 Like

Jonathan Toyad (reviewer) looks just like bobby lee form mad tv haha

thereal-15-cent
thereal-15-cent like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 3 Like

Over done or not, zombie games tend to be fun. I'll keep tabs on this one.

dab0ne
dab0ne like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 5 Like

Zombie games are this generation's WWII games.

bongsyas_23
bongsyas_23

when i read the words Dynasty Warriors, i lost interest :(

jubdeidamasta
jubdeidamasta like.author.displayName 1 Like

Oh boy another zombie game. Because there just aren't enough of them.

Fiscaldeal
Fiscaldeal like.author.displayName 1 Like

Ninjas, zombies and mecha... how could this go wrong?

Da4biddenOne
Da4biddenOne

A Ninja slicing up zombies from Capcom, they got mt attention.

CyhortI82
CyhortI82 like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 3 Like

Ugh, I can't be the only one completely sick of zombie games, right?

NeoIostars
NeoIostars

 @CyhortI82 you're not the only one. Zombie games bore me to death too. (no pun intended)

suplax
suplax

Way too vague , but i'll keep an eye out since I loved Dead Rising 2

thom_maytees
thom_maytees

It would be interesting what the game is about.

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