Vanquish's Scrapped Canine Companion (Plus Gameplay Video)

If you don’t know much else about Vanquish, you've probably admired protagonist Sam’s slick ARS Suit. On a recent update to Sega’s European blog, the artist responsible for Vanquish’s character models – Yoshifumi Hattori – detailed some of the early ideas that never made it to the final iteration of the game.

Scrapped concepts include a female android partner that would transform organically into items for Sam to use – such as a boomerang or a large gun. A second idea included a canine companion. This one stuck as long as the modeling phase before being left on the cutting room floor. Similar to the android idea, the dog would support Sam in various ways, even acting as portable cover.

While the co-op transformations were scrapped, Hattori noted that they retained some of them on a smaller scale, such as Sam’s helmet opening and the basic weapon transformation.

You can check out the full blog here.

As an added treat, Sega just posted a new gameplay video to start your weekend off right. Check it out below.