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Producer to Fans: No Need to Wave Cash for More Darkstalkers/Vampire

<p><img src="/thumbnails/max400x400/encyc/A1034-36.jpg" vspace="3" hspace="3" align="right" border="1"><cite class="e person"><a href="/encyclopedia/people.php?id=91744">CAPCOM</a></cite> video game producer <cite class="e person"><a href="/encyclopedia/people.php?id=75626">Yoshinori Ono</a></cite> <a href="/convention/2012/san-diego-comic-con/5">hinted</a> at further developments in the <cite>Darkstalkers</cite> <cite class="e lexicon"><a href="/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=70">franchise</a></cite> at a <cite class="e person">CAPCOM</cite> panel at San Diego <cite class="e company"><a href="/encyclopedia/company.php?id=21005">Comic-Con</a></cite> last Thursday. At 2010's panel, Ono joked for fans to <a href="/convention/2010/the-x-button-at-comic-con/saturday-july-24">wave</a> cash in the air if they'd like to see more <cite>Darkstalkers</cite>. However, this year, Ono stated that the fans “don't need to do that now” — adding that this isn't necessarily bad news.<p><cite class="e person">CAPCOM</cite> filed to <a href="/news/2012-02-15/capcom-files-to-renew-european-darkstalkers-trademark">renew</a> their <cite>Darkstalkers</cite> trademark in the European Union in February.<p>The <cite>Darkstalkers</cite> <cite class="e lexicon">franchise</cite> (known in Japan and the rest of Asia as "Vampire") is a series of gothic-themed fighting video games that first debuted in arcades in 1994. The last release of the game, <cite>Vampire: Darkstalkers Collection</cite>, was released for <cite class="e company"><a href="/encyclopedia/company.php?id=19354">PlayStation</a></cite> 2 in Japan in 2005. A four-episode original video anime series, <cite>Nightwarriors - Darkstalkers' Revenge</cite>, was produced in 1997 and released in North America by <cite class="e company"><a href="/encyclopedia/company.php?id=4552">Viz Media</a></cite>. A<cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=39851">!<i> manga</i></a></cite> adaptation was published by <cite class="e company">Viz</cite> the same year. Udon Comics <a href="/news/2010-05-22/udon-entertainment-to-publish-darkstalkers/red-earth/maleficarum-manga">published</a> another<cite class="e anime">!<i> manga</i></cite> adaptation in 2010. The <cite class="e lexicon">franchise</cite> has also inspired an American cartoon series and a comic book adaptation.