Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4436775-20130713014204/@comment-1824272-20130721124917

There's rumors that've been going around the mill (believable ones) that Namco-Bandai are the guys forcing PA into a chokehold to make Ace Combat take place on Earth. That's why we got Assault Horizon on the consoles, after what they deemed was a failure concerning AC6. PA put their best effort into that game, and I commend them for that.

However, a retcon like this gives them much more freedom. Yeah, we don't have Osea, Yuktobania, North Point, Erusea, Belka, etc. but we still have what looks like the same event. Ulysses brought Strangereal to its knees, and it'll likely do the same thing for Earth.

I'm not exactly... worried, so much as I am watchful. This could go one of two ways, and there's a fine line separating the outcomes of success and failure. But I have faith in these guys. As long as they don't bring Jim DeFelice back (who I do not blame for mediocre storyline, at least not fully), and as long as they don't use any outside author like him, then I think we'll be very happy with Infinity. But again, we have to wait for details (seems like no one in the fandom is thinking of doing that, even if it is just pure speculation).