If you had hope for the crazy 2005 action game for almost two decades, Killer7 to make some kind of return, then you are not alone. It turns out that the original creators of the game, Grasshopper production‘s Goichi Suda (aka Suda51) and Shinji Mikami (from resident Evil Fame) also want to bring back Killer7 in more ways than one. This could include making the game more accessible to modern audiences, and ideally it would also mean a sequel.
Mikami and Suda discussed the cult classic during the last Grasshopper Direct on July 31. The two were mainly there to talk about the upcoming reissue of the 2011 Shadow of the Damnedwhich will be released this Halloween. During the presentation, Mikami said that he would “like to see Suda make a sequel to Killer7”, with Mikami also being involved in the project.
Suda seemed surprised by this statement and initially reacted by saying, “Seriously?” Suda then joked that there might be a sequel or remaster of Killer7 in the future as long as he works with Mikami on the project, although he would prefer to create a complete edition of the original before moving on to something new. “Fans would probably be happy to see a complete edition,” Mikami noted. “That could actually be doable.” If there is a sequel, the two already have some names in mind, such as Killer7: Beyond or Killer11.
Killer7 was released in 2005 for GameCube and PlayStation 2. The action game is an on-rails shooter in which you take on the role of the title hero. Killer7seven assassins working for the US government. All seven killers are different personalities of the main character, an old man in a wheelchair, physically manifested from his mind. If that sounds strange, well, that’s not even the beginning. The game has a gripping thriller story full of international political intrigue, crazy alternate history and conspiracy-like shenanigans. Although no sequel has appeared in the nearly two decades since its release, Killer7 is something of a cult classic and Suda himself has long been loudly about wanting to do more with the IP. While he said in the past that it will “probably never happen” since Capcom owns the rights, we can all dream of what could be.
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