Grasshopper Manufacture Teases Three Possible New Projects In Their Grasshopper Direct

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Grasshopper Manufacture has leaked what appear to be three upcoming projects, no platforms, just two trailers and some live gameplay.

We’ll get the obvious one out of the way. At the end of their Grasshopper Direct, there was a skit where they caught Grasshopper CEO Goichi Suda asleep in front of the sofa. Apparently he had been playing their latest game, and was asking if it was OK that they were already showing it.

So what do we see on Suda’s screen? A very brief screen showing a field and some UI, which then gets cut to a pause / menu screen. Apparently this game is being played in first person perspective, or Suda’s body is blocking our view. The pause / menu screen also seems to show the player’s character, but Grasshopper has scrambled that image out of view.

It’s a very intriguing tease, but unlike every other studio afraid of being accused of bullshots and the like, Grasshopper refuses to commit to platforms, release dates, or even the name of this game. So it will remain mostly a mystery until Grasshopper decides to show us everything.

For what it’s worth, Grasshopper showed two other pseudo-trailers in the Grasshopper Direct, which may be referring to one game, or three separate games. These pseudo-trailers come in the form of fake YouTube ads that supposedly interrupt your viewing of the Grasshopper Direct. All we can do is talk about the trailers and what they show.

The first trailer, Pistol Yakuza, looks like it’s for an upcoming grindhouse/direct to video yakuza action movie. The lead character is shown with blood all over him, crying about losing his girl, cat, and katana, and asking what he has. At the end of the trailer, he picks up his pistol and is shown shooting at something offscreen.

Pistol Yakuza