Capcom Five
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The Capcom Five was a series of video games under development by Capcom's Production Studio 4, originally intended to be exclusive to the Nintendo GameCube. Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami had a strong hand in the development of each game.
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P.N.03 (or Product Number 03) was the first released in 2003. It was panned by critics and failed to meet the expected sales quota by a wide margin.
In August 2003, Dead Phoenix was cancelled and there are currently no plans to revive the project.
Killer7, originally scheduled for release in December 2003, was pushed back numerous times but the game was finally released in early July 2005. The game was met with very polarized reviews and also failed to meet the expected sales quota, though it gained a strong cult following.
Viewtiful Joe garnered outstanding reviews from critics but failed to catch on with mainstream gaming audiences. Its sales, while moderately good, didn't live up to Capcom's expectations. Despite this, it convinced Capcom to spawn a new franchise (consisting of multiple sequels and an animated series) to help add to the company's homegrown I.P.
Resident Evil 4 is the standout among the five, selling over 200,000 copies in Europe during its first month, and over 1,000,000 worldwide. It consistently appears on many "Best Of" lists for both GameCube and PlayStation 2.
The Capcom Five has become infamous, particularly among Nintendo fans, as it did not turn out as many had expected. P.N.03 was classed as a mediocre game by the majority critics and Dead Phoenix was cancelled. Viewtiful Joe, Killer 7 and Resident Evil 4 were all ported to PlayStation 2. The Viewtiful Joe and Resident Evil 4 PS2 ports were both given extra features not included in the GC games.
