During the early 2000s, Capcom had begun skyrocketing in popularity, proving themselves to be one of the most exciting developers in the video game industry. However, because they had multiple franchises that were already doing extremely well, such as Resident Evil and Devil May Cry, a smaller subteam going by the name of Clover Studio was formed to work on a few new IPs that could be a little more experimental and unique in their gameplay.