Guardian Heroes 2 plans were scrapped in favour of XBLA port of original
by Matt Keller on Sep.22, 2011, under News
Guardian Heroes, Treasure’s rather decent (but not as good as people who paid far too much for it have led you to believe) beat ’em up is due to be re-released on Xbox Live Arcade in October, giving those who weren’t prepared to drop a hundred bucks for the game and a Saturn the opportunity to see what all the fuss is about.
Well, it turns out that project came at the expense of an actual sequel.
Speaking with Eurogamer Treasure’s Hiroto Matsuura states: “Originally, the project started as Guardian Heroes 2. The team that had been working on Sin & Punishment: Star Successor wanted to start a new game. But the publisher [Sega] said in order to create a sequel, they wanted us to revitalize the IP. So instead of starting on the sequel we made a remake.”
Evidently Guardian Heroes 2 would have played like the original, but using 3D assets. Apparently it still might happen if the XBLA version sells well enough. Until then, I guess you could attempt to console yourself with Advance Guardian Heroes, but I don’t recommend it.
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September 28th, 2011 on 13:06
[…] As reported (via Eurogamer), Treasure were going to get cracking on a sequel to the amazing Saturn original, Guardian Heroes, but Sega (as the publisher) wanted to have the franchise’s presence drummed up a bit before giving the green light for the sequel. So instead of Guardian Heroes 2, we are getting the original Guardian Heroes with a silly (and thankfully optional) graphics filter on XBLA only. This isn’t a bad thing on its own, as it will enable more people to enjoy this brilliant game (and having been playing and trumpeting its greatness since owning it in 1996 on my happy Saturn), it’s a bit sad that we didn’t get a sequel. […]