Platinum ‘announced’ 9 retro games in a bizarre press conference, but won’t say if it’s an April Fools
PlatinumGames has potentially announced that it’s working on nine more games in its retro-themed Neo-Classic Arcade series.
In a new announcement video clearly designed to look like an April Fool’s joke, Platinum co-founder Hideki Kamiya, dressed in costume, announced that the studio is working on nine more games which, combined with Sol Cresta, would be referred to as the “Shocking 10”.
Kamiya then ‘attacks’ a cameraman on the way out of the room, leaving him lying unconscious on the floor.
The name may be a reference to the Capcom Five, a series of (what were supposed to be) GameCube exclusives, one of which was the Kamiya-led Viewtiful Joe.
Although the announcement’s humorous nature and its April 1 release date appear to be making it look like a clear April Fools joke, there are signs that point to it potentially being a legitimate announcement.
Sol Cresta was announced on April Fool’s Day 2020, leading many to believe it was a joke announcement rather than an actual game. However, PlatinumGames then confirmed a year later that the game was indeed a real product, and the first part in a planned series.
VGC was aware of the announcement before the video was released. When we asked Platinum if it was legitimate or an April Fool’s joke, they said: “We will leave it up to you to decide after watching the video.”
Kamiya has also regularly been tweeting about his growing collection of Arcade Archives titles, digital re-releases of old arcade games published by Hamster Corporation (which helped in the development of Sol Cresta).
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If the nine new games are legitimate, the full ‘Shocking 10’ series is as follows:
Speaking to VGC earlier this
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