Konami Cancellations on the Wii (and PS3) - corrected (false info)

Massive Cancellations From Konami
Gradius and other titles disappear from company's release list.
by IGN Staff
January 10, 2007 - Konami's support for both the PS3 and Wii appears to have taken a major hit. The release list in the latest issue of Famitsu reveals reveals that a number of next generation titles previously announced by the company are no longer in development.

Here's the full list of cancelled titles.



Gradius Series (PS3)

Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball (PS3)

New Action Game (PS3)

New Role Playing Game (PS3)

New Action Adventure Game 2 (Wii)

Role Playing Game (Wii)

With those titles gone, Konami's Wii and PS3 lineup reads as follows:


Pro Baseball Spirits Series (PS3)

Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)

World Soccer Winning Eleven Series (PS3)

Music Simulation Game (Wii)

New Action Adventure Game (Wii)

Sports Game -- Soccer (Wii)

Sports Game -- Baseball (Wii)

So what happened? Sadly, the magazine provides no details. However, you'll notice that none of the the cancelled games have actual names yet. It's possible that Konami had intended to make the games, but decided to go in a different direction.

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With those titles gone, Konami's Wii and PS3 lineup reads as follows:

Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)

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Konami Next-Gen Titles Revived
Wii and PS3 titles not cancelled after all.
By Jonathan Lumb, 01/11/2007

We previously reported that Konami had cancelled a number of Wii and PS3 titles. However, today Konami went on record to deny these cancellations, saying the printed release listings in Japanese magazines, Famitsu and Dengeki, are actually errors and the games are still going ahead as planned. None of the games currently have release dates, however.

Since the mistake happened in two magazines, we can only presume that someone at Konami provided the wrong information to the publishers. It should be noted that this does not apply to Coded Arms Assault, however, which was officially cancelled last week. We're just relieved that a new Gradius is still in the works.

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creepindeth said:

It's ok because 1up.com just released another article stating that there were no cancellations...

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mrs_enigma said:

So everybody was just freaked out for no reason....? Well, I am glad there will be games galore!

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