They made some great games at the 7th generation (Bangai-O Spirits, Bleach DS, Sin&Punishment 2), we saw old Sega Saturn goodies on a modern console (Radiant Silvergun, Guardian Heroes)...And now? Nothing, expect from Gaist Crusher for 3DS published by Capcom and that's Japan only. And it looks just ok but nothing more. Have the publisher companies forgot Treasure? Isn't Treasure caring to make even a small, self-published game for digital only release like other small companies do? With so many japanese video games companies focusing to smartphone market (even Nintendo didn't resist), it's a miracle that Treasure didn't followed the trend (excluding the smartphone port of Ikaruga).
Could be that they're secretly developing something for the eighth gen (I'd imagine they were relatively low in priority for dev kits as well).
Treasure is making 3DS games but they are Japan only. They did Gaist Crusher and it's sequel. They are ok games but I got rather bored of them quickly and didn't bother finishing them.
I don't think Hiroshi Iuchii works for Treasure anymore, so there goes a lot of their good output (granted, I'm likely one of the few who view him as a one trick pony (Radiant Silvergun), I've never found anything else by him that I've particularly liked (yes, that includes Ikaruga), unless Taromaru counts (which it shouldn't)).
Did you guys ever play McDonald's Tresureland Adventure? That was a game by them, one of the better, platformers on the genesis, shit you not.
Raguaki Showtime, silliuote mirage, radiant Silvergun, bangai go, sin and punishment, ikaruga, alien soldier, and yuyuhakusho all unreleased in the United States on original launches. Silliuote mirage was ruined by working designs for the ps1 port.
As much as you or I would love more new Treasure games, the current reality of the market doesn't really make it feasible for the company to experiment as much as they did. It's a lot of factors, including the fact that many "best-selling" non-Nintendo Japanese games are usually animu games, and in the West it's mostly action shooters. I would love to buy a Treasure game, but I doubt they have the marketing budget to defeat those modern games we loathe/love so much.
So there was like five games last generation and now they completely halted production. Oh no! I'm joking I like treasure a lot! Of course they should be on mobile. The japanese companies can't really face the investors like the former Nintendo president did. Don't worry after the mobile crap bubble is gone we'll have nice companies making great games.
Yeah, I also think that due to the current market conditions, Treasure is only keeping it safe, low budget and oursourcing games to them. Worse though, is the mobile gaming will probably might burst, but will not collapse, because IMO mobile phones are now a necessity in life, and lazy parents who give ipads, phones and tablets to their 3 year old children as it's babysitter is in no danger of running out anytime soon.
All of their games are quirky but not mass market material. I wouldn't be surprised if "Treasure" was 1-3 people at this point.
