This might be a formality for Capcom, but it could lead to something that we’ve been waiting for for a long time.

According to a Twitter account that tweets out trademark applications in Japan from the “Public / International Trademark Gazette”, Capcom has filed several new trademarks. Apart from Power Stone and Rockman, the ones that genre fans are interested in are Capcom’s 1998 panic horror classic Dino Crisis and Vampire, aka Darkstalkers!

According to the listings, the trademarks were filed on November 29th.

Again, this could all be a formality, but as we know, Capcom has caught a resurgence wave as of late, and is looking at giving second life to their back catalogue. So perhaps we might see these two franchises (amongst others) resurrected in the new year?