Dead Phoenix
Name: | Dead Phoenix |
Developer: | Capcom |
Systems: | GameCube |
Due date: | Q2 2003, then 2004 |
Dead Phoenix is a cancelled GameCube game from Capcom.
It was the black sheep of the Capcom Five.
Plot
You would play one of the last of the birdmen, a near-extinct tribe.
To save your people you must fight off against a massive army.
Gameplay
The gameplay was a mix of Panzer Dragoon and Dynasty Warriors.
Dead Phoenix would go a step further with allied team combat and charge attacks.
Development
Dead Phoenix was announced as one of the Capcom Five.
These were five GameCube exclusive games from Capcom to recapture market share.
All of them, save for P.N.03, was a GameCube exclusive. Dead Phoenix was the cancelled one.
Cancellation
The game attracted little attention. It didn't appear at E3 2003.
Capcom felt it couldn't live up to its potential.
Dead Phoenix was cancelled in August 2003.
Videos
Gallery
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Edge issue 119 (January 2003)
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G-Force issue 9 (January 2003)
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NGC issue 77 (February 2003)
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Electronic Gaming Monthly issue 163 (February 2003)
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Nintendo Gamer issue 17 (March 2003)
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Nintendo Gamer issue 18 (April 2003)
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Hyper issue 260 (October 2015)
External Links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121108205916/http://www.gamespot.com/news/capcom-cancels-red-dead-revolver-and-dead-phoenix-6073294
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capcom_Five#Dead_Phoenix
- http://capcom.wikia.com/wiki/Dead_Phoenix
- http://au.ign.com/articles/2003/05/12/e3-2003-dead-phoenix-absent
- https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/08/dead-phoenix-gc-unreleased/