The Metal Wolf Chaos XD Remake Was 100% Devolver Digital's Idea

A lot of exciting things came from this year’s E3. But one of the most surprising of these exciting things came from Devolver Digital, typically known for using E3 to take the piss on the industry, announced that they would be re-releasing the 2004 Japanese-exclusive FromSoftware classic, Metal Wolf Chaos XD. That, within itself, was an eye-raising proposition for most people, considering the game was basically unknown until this point, but when you examined the plot of the game, it starts to make sense why the famously cheeky Devolver Digital would be interested in re-releasing the game today.

In fact, according to the old Metal Wolf Chaos director, Masanori Takeuchi, even says the whole thing was their idea to begin with.

Speaking at Gamescom:
 

"This whole project started with Devolver [Digital]. Devolver tweeted at From out of the blue, no pre-context, they just said: 'Hey, would you like to collaborate on re-releasing this game?' The project did not start from From Software, but it is interesting timing because of the political climate. A lot of people are fascinated by the President, what he does every day—both positively and negatively."

Metal Wolf Chaos stars Michael Wilson: an American President whose administration is in turmoil when his vice president Richard Hawk (can’t fault the developer for subtlety) gains control of the nation’s government and stages a coup against ol’ Michal. In retaliation, Michal gets in a special mech suit and begins his one-man battle to keep his country free and his administration in control. It’s the kind of crazy plot that would have been a pretty good joke in 2004, but in 2018 seems stupidly plausible: why wouldn't Donald Trump order special mech suits for his upcoming “Space Force”?

Regardless. I look forward to seeing what Devolver Digital decides to do with this.