The popularity of Monster Hunter leaves no room for a reboot or remake of the popular PlayStation game Dino Crisis, said its creator Shinji Mikami.
The famous developer told Eurogamer he was surprised that players want more from this series, but doesn’t think it’s because of another popular series that’s all about killing big beasts.
“I’m very surprised to hear that (fans want more Dino Crisis),” Mikami said. “The awesomeness of dinosaurs and the things you can do with dinosaurs, that’s really been brought to the forefront by Monster Hunter over the last few years.”
“Even if I decided to make a remake or a new version of Dino Crisis, I don’t think there’s much room for that kind of game right now, since Monster Hunter has become such a big game. But yeah, it’s surprising.”
Dino Crisis first came out in 1999 and went on to have three sequels. While the first two were popular with fans, Dino Stalker and the final Dino Crisis 3 were not as well received. The latter was released in 2003, meaning it has been 21 years since the last Dino Crisis game was released.
Monster Hunter, ironically, came out a year later and has since become Capcom’s biggest franchise. Monster Hunter Wilds, the next entry announced in December 2023, is expected in 2025.
In our latest preview of the game, IGN said it “is shaping up to be pretty much what (we) hoped it would be: a Monster Hunter that embraces the parts of Rise that made it so much more inviting, but also doesn’t shy away from the larger scale and spectacle that helped make World the more enduring installment.”
Capcom attempted to create a brand new dinosaur video game last year with Exoprimal, but the live-service co-op shooter only ran for a year before Capcom announced that there would be no more new content.
The announcement of Exoprimal in 2022 was seen as a death knell for a possible Dino Crisis revival, but Capcom recently gave fans some encouragement when it tweeted a single image to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the popular dinosaur survival horror game.
Ryan Dinsdale is a freelance reporter at IGN. He talks about The Witcher all day long.
