Bandai Namco’s Ace Combat series might be the next big franchise to get a remake, according to a recent interview with Famitsu. Ace Combat brand lead Kazutoki Kono sat down with the Japanese publication for a wide-ranging interview that talked about Ace Combat’s history as well as Bandai Namco’s recent team-up with ILCA to make the next Ace Combat game.
And when asked if the next Ace Combat might be Ace Combat 8, Kono had this to say: "We don't know what the final form of the game will be until we move forward, but at this point, we're working on a lot more things than you might think. We're starting with a review of past Ace Combat games, setting technical goals, and a lot more..."
Not only that, it sounds like Ace Combat might expand beyond merely one game every generation. Ace Combat 7 producer Manabu Shimomoto spoke of the ILCA partnership and revealed that the plan isn’t just to make a single new Ace Combat game, “but to recruit human resources with an eye on the long term that will lead to the next 25 years.”
Shimomoto added, “This is a project that will open up the future, because these are the people who will develop not only [the next Ace Combat game], but also the next, and the next, and the next."
As for what that next game might be? That’s still an open-ended question. While a review of past Ace Combat games might lead to a remake, it might just lead to the plot point that serves as the focal point of Ace Combat 8. Or we might just get both a remake and a new game too.
"It's still very chaotic at the moment,” said ILCA representative Koya Iwasaki. “The developers have a lot of ideas and imagination about what they want to do, and we're struggling to find the answers."
In the meantime, Ace Combat 7 can enjoy the game again with the new Cutting-Edge Aircraft Series, which is available on all platforms now.
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