Sony has been delving into its back catalogue a little more recently, and it seems it’s going right back to the beginning, according to former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida.

Speaking to VGC, the indie games advocate revealed that Jumping Flash was on the cards to make a comeback with an original virtual reality game, but it never came together.

“Some developers wanted to license Jumping Flash to develop it into a part of their new VR game,” Yoshida said, not mentioning which studio was working on the title.

He went on to mention one licensed project that did bear fruit. “One of the ones that actually happened was that the original creator of Fantavision asked for the license and remade it in VR.” Shu is referring to Fantavision 202X.

As mentioned, Sony has been exploring its older IPs and licensing them out to external teams. Recent examples include Freedom Wars Remastered as well as upcoming titles Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots and Patapon 1+2 Replay.

A new Jumping Flash seems like it would’ve been a good fit for PSVR2, but it seems it won’t be happening now. It’s at least interesting to hear that these conversations are happening, whether they get off the ground or not.

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