While Capcom has been making plenty of official announcements, including a remake of and updates on, a potential leak indicates that a remake of the first might also be in the works.
Originally released in 2001, is largely considered to have created the hack and slash, or «character action» genre, going on to influence the development of franchises like and, the latter of which was a later work of 's director, Hideki Kamiya.
A recent post by Redditor MXHombre123 indicates thata remake of, along the same lines as the remakes, might be in development at Capcom, citing an anonymous post where the poster refers to information from an unknown "" acquaintance.
While this might not be substantial on the surface, this information was also posted by Reddit user IcePopsicleDragon around the same time, with both sources saying that the info was paired with a leak that EA's franchise would also receive news — which it recently did.
According to the leaks,the prospective remake would include "", a "", and a "". News of the leak has also been paired with a statement from the voice actor for series antagonist Vergil, Daniel Southworth.