@@Brianycus Even Street fighter only gets a new game a console generation Resident Evil gets a new game every year I kind of hate Resident Evil to be honest
Capcom is 100% at fault. We've done everything. We've bought MM11, we've bought the legacy collections, we've bought the Kotobukiya model kits, we've bought the art books, we've bought games that were made in the vein of Mega Man, we've developed fan games, we've bought and read the comics, we've done EVERYTHING. There's nothing left to do on our side. We have money to throw at it, but they won't give us money to throw at it. At this point I think Capcom needs to just let go of Mega Man and sell it to someone who will work with this IP.
Hm. You are half right, in a TL;DR, Capcom doesn't advertise Megaman as this must have game, also it does not help tgeae games cab be cleared under 2 houra if you are casual, ad the games themselves are 40$ minimum. People of coursw lose interes ans the only way to make MM gamwa interesting is to do a pseudo open world with quest like MMZX
Fun(?) fact: Protoman is Megaman’s older brother and Roll is Megaman’s younger sister so that means the Megaman is the middle child which is the only logical explanation as to why Capcom keeps forgetting about his existence
I wouldnt say MM is dead, but rather CAPCOM isnt striking while the iron is hot. Tens of millions of people, myself included, bought that NT Warrior Legacy collection, so clearly people love the series and the franchise in general. A smart person wouldlve had a new game ready and waiting in the event that the number of units sold for the Legacy collection was positive. They couldlve had something ready to show in the Gaming Awards so the Idea of Megaman stayed in our minds in the New Year. Not to say that cant still happen, but why drag their feet.
I feel like they don't understand that Mega Man can still give them profit, so long as they stick to a reasonable budget. MM11 works because it was done in that manner and sold really well. Plus, when you tihink about it, Mega Man is like the Metroid of Capcom now. It can still ring profit based on the circumstances of that franchise.
That's backwards logic. Companies are not unhappy to miss out on cash, they're unhappy to pour in millions of dollars and only be treated with entitlement, that the investment should be a public service. As if "just having a game ready" is nothing. They invested in the past to put all these creatives together, to create and HAVE these briliant IP's that they can now preserve and spread to NEW audiences. That's the whole point of owning something, that it keeps makng money. But the same West, that created this overbearing "intellectual" property economy of usury, now says that monetizing somthing you own is LAZY. That you should conjure up more and more investment money until the probablity of investments failing reaches 100%. If you like the idea of a title being created ONCE, and then the company just keeps working steadily for ever and ever for a pipeline of new iterations, to have "a new game ready", that's been done. That's the basic economic model of USSR and China, and that's also how art and science grants by governments keep non-profit work going on.
Anyone miss that Street Fighter X Megaman PC Game? I wish that would get ported to consoles, you would think Capcom would milk that since they love Street Fighter.
@@Majinhero Then I mixed it up with the 38 million units sold in the franchise overall, not that it matters. Either way, enough people bought it ot justify another game.
The problem with companies is that they don't want to invest. They want guarantees which means a very narrow, formulaic system.. It's impossible for every game to be a banger. Sometimes a team needs practice. Something can't improve if it's not given opportunities to, and something NEVER improves or grows if it's left derelict.
Even if a game does not exceed on sales and breaks even, just having decent sales is good enough, overtime, the game stays on the market and keeps selling after its release after years. There's just no lose to it.
@@invader2867 that's not how it works. A game worth is tested within the first few months of its release since that's when it makes most of its money per sale.
Me: Capcom,that's why you are lagging behind and always look dumb whenever there's a game presentation show and stuff. Oh and news flash, Sega reviving lots of their old franchises something you should do as you have TONS of franchises that hasn't been touched in years. But even after that announcement I bet you'll only rely on just Resident Evil and Monster Hunter. That's why even Sega of all gaming companies are going to kick your ass, Capcom.
@@virtualpellot933you really have no idea how capcom works now. You do realize that 10 years ago capcom was close to bankruptcy and I think they even went on sale once. Their saving grace was monster hunter. Those games kept the company afloat while they recovered from their other games underperforming. Then resident evil got a little bir of a resurgence with the remakes and re7, 8. Street fighter is one of those that is simple and sells alright. So it's a no brainer to prioritize what is making them the most money. I personally wish they would liscense out their ips that they are not using. That way other developers could make good games that they won't bother making
@@israelruiz8706 I am not saying they shouldn't do RE or MH (Street Fighter doesn't get a yearly release so it's ok), but they shouldn't just over rely and make only those 2. But I can't help to wonder, they don't have much workers like they used to right? It's because back in the 80s, 90s and 2000s (hell even 2010-2012) you could see different games from other IPs being released even experiment on new IPs many that were good (ok, some were hmm) and it wasn't 1 or 2 games per year and not the usual same ones.
@@israelruiz8706 but I agree they should either license or even sell some of their IPs to other companies. Inti Creates would do wonders with not just Megaman but Strider and a fe others too.
@@virtualpellot933 Sadly then it comes to Mega Man theres a problem. Unlike Mario where power ups are just one part of his adventures. Powers ups are MM entire appeal. Since MM had so many games that means that the devs had create different power ups for each one. However some power ups are better than others. In fact people made a lists of the worst MM power ups. By the time MM 10 was done, I think Capcom may have slowly run out of ideas for the character. Which is why Capcom put MM on an 8 year hiatus till the next one came out. So Capcom may have a hard time figuring out how to top 11 and the fact that Kazuhiro Tsuchiya the producer of the game, has left the company doesn't help matters ether😓.
If Mega Man goes down, it marks the end of an entire internet era So much of the more vintage gaming community revolves around Mega Man Let's keep shooting our lemons, Mega Man fans
The problem isn’t if megaman makes money, it’s if it makes more money than capcoms other products Capcom has a lot of franchises. Many of them have been dumped even though they were well liked or possibly made a profit. At the end of the day, capcom will put more resources in monster hunter, resident evil, and street fighter because that makes the most money. The other franchises they’ll throw a bone once in a while, or in the case of project justice about three decades.
Don't forget about Devil May Cry. I think the main problem is that, in the last five or so years, Capcom has focused entirely on the development of AAA games, leaving aside the development of smaller titles like Mega Man or Ace Attorney. It's very different from what other companies like Square-Enix or Bandai Namco have managed to do, i.e. making big and smaller games, and a total opposite from what Konami has managed to achieve in Japan with Momotaro Dentetsu (a low budgeted title, based on an old IP from Hudson Soft, that has managed to sell millions of copies) Street Fighter is an interesting case, since while the series is the most famous fighting game of all time and it sells quite well, it doesn't actually sell as much as other games like Mortal Kombat or Tekken, but Capcom has succeed in reviving the brand and with 6 it seems they have managed to attract both a hard-core and a casual auidience. Though sadly, outside of some hardcore fans, Darkstalkers never had enough fans to guarantee a new game, and very few companies can actually maintain more than one fighting game series, even Namco has put less emphasis on Soul Calibur, and instead they have focused primarily on Tekken. Only SNK seems to be able to make multiple fighting games (KoF, Samurai Shodown and Fatal Fury), though that's because out of all the games they used to make, people associate SNK mostly with fighting games, and they even admit that they want to diversify their repertoire.
The more time goes on without a new game, the more I feel Mega Man 11 was just Capcom throwing us a bone after the many cancelled Mega Man games in the 2010's. Now, 5 years after Mega Man 11, there's no word on a Mega Man 12, or any new Mega Man games at all.
I almost feel that Capcom made MM11 just to piss on Inafune, maybe in their minds they weren't thinking that it would sell but in turn it just opened a Pandora's box.
@@virtualpellot933 Or maybe just to say, "hey, look guys, Mega Man is not dead!" It's weird how they went from milking the Mega Man franchise during the 2000's to more or less killing the franchise after Mega Man 10. From one extreme to the other.
@@NeoKokoro20 I don't think they should do that same mistake of dropping an annual MM game, but now it's worse due to nowadays Capcom drops RE and/or MH practically annually and only that, hardly anything else! At least during the 2000s they weren't over reliant on just MM games as they worked on other stuff and they could experiment on new, original IPs/games.
Apparently the reason for why there has been no mega man 12 is because of the fact that mega man is nowhere near as popular nor influential as he used to be so Capcom just doesn't want to put in the effort into making a game that they think people won't buy.
@@ashuraomega1000 So basically Capcom's claims that MM11 and Legacy collections sold "great" and that they are "satisfied" and "working" on a few MM games were just lies as usual, correct? Maybe they said that and filled people with false hope was to keep people of their hair and draw fake smiles when in reality that wasn't the case at all isn't it?
If it's not a dude throwing hadokens, super agents killing zombies, or monster hunting, it seems like they don't care. I love Megaman. MM11 did well but for some reason they are only chasing the money with their big 3 franchises. A new Strider, Final Fight & especially a new Bionic Commando (my personal favorite series 😎) would be sooo awesome
It really seems that Capcom, and most Japanese developers that aren't Nintendo, SEGA due to its recent announcements and Square-Enix, do not care about that much about developing smaller games, instead focusing only on AAA games maketed for the West. The same thing happens with Namco in that they just focus in big franchises like Tekken, while other games like Pac-Man or Klonoa being relegated to having remakes, while other franchises like Ridge Racer haven't had a game in years. I know that these big companies like to prioritize big game that will bring in millions of copies sold, but they should diversify their ouput with smaller titles and try to revive some old titles. SNK have said that they're exploring the possibility of reviving their older games like Athena/Psycho Soldier and Art of Fighting Ironically, Konami is one of the few Japanese developers that managed to make a million-seller with a new version of an old Hudson Soft title with Momotaro Dentetsu, which became their best-selling game in Japan
Bro, there are 7 Megaman franchisees, 3 of them are left with cliffhangers. You telling me Capcom can't make a new game out ANY OF THESE!! I don't know much about game development, but is it that hard to make a game out of any of these Megaman franchisees?
People that want a high budget next gen Megaman, you're not getting that not without some major compromises because if they want to blow a lot on this franchise, they're not making a 2D game, they're making a 3rd person shooter Megaman possibly an over the shoulder 3rd Person shooter, at best, you're getting Ratchet and Clank, maybe Zero May Cry but at that point they'll just make DMC6. I suspect it's because of that, Megaman is stuck in limbo, everyone is probably going to war in Capcom with how to bring this franchise to the modern age. If Capcom really considers Megaman as a tier 1 franchise they will not waste Megaman to make a AA game even if they will make a AAA game later on. But even if Capcom doesn't consider Megaman tier 1, I still don't think they can make AA games for it because I don't think they want to make AA games.
Even if they think Mega Man is outdated, a Mega Man Legends 3 would be a no-brainer. Especially cuz his name = cash. Blow our minds. I think developers need to stop restricting themself by the past and allow things to naturally evolve. Mario Wonder is a great example of this. It switched up a ton of things in the formula, but fundamentally, it still feels and plays like a Mario game. It's like they're not even trying or inspired anymore. Or make a fully 3D Mega Man X title 🤷🏻♂️ Glad you brought up Legends 3 too tho. I think it's also because Inafune's leave... No one was as adamant on releasing Mega Man as that guy. It's like... They hope we forget about Mega Man or something.
Have you heard the development teams comments on Mega Man's absence and how Mega Man 11 came to be? It's pretty interesting. It sums up to nobody wanting to take the mantle when it came to Mega Man because of the legacy behind it. And when they had gotten a director, before the games development he made them play every Mega Man game, including X6. Pretty cool how dedicated they were to delivering a great game.
@@Brianycus you probably have to take in to consideration the high expectancy from fans. (especially with the millions of mega man fangames) we may have unintentionally set the bar Too high for Capcom.
Unfortuntately but I am confident they will deliver. Kinda like how they don't want Ace Attorney to die out with how much they want to bring more for the series@@valkyriehero6271
I think the issue with Megaman, is that Capcom feels like they've already done everything they could've done about the series, I just think they're lacking ideas how to evolve the series while keeping it "Megaman".
It’s been 5 years since Megaman 11 and X Legacy Collection, just wanted to point that out, I’ve been in a Megaman mood myself since the Anniversary and have recently played X7 in the XLC, as well as the Zero and ZX in that collection too. But yeah let’s not ignore the Elephant in the room… We’re never get X Corrupted aren’t we? The SNES X8 Demake feels more possible than Corrupted.
@@TheRealBlazingDiamond Sadly then it comes to Mega Man theres a problem. Unlike Mario where power ups are just one part of his adventures. Powers ups are MM entire appeal. Since MM had so many games that means that the devs had create different power ups for each one. However some power ups are better than others. In fact people made a lists of the worst MM power ups. By the time MM 10 was done, I think Capcom may have slowly run out of ideas for the character. Which is why Capcom put MM on an 8 year hiatus till the next one came out. So Capcom may have a hard time figuring out how to top 11 and the fact that Kazuhiro Tsuchiya the producer of the game, has left the company doesn't help matters ether😓.
Yeah it's unfortunate that the Mega Man franchise is in this state. Not that the franchise is completely dead or anything, but rather the fact that Capcom won't actually push the Mega Man series as much as they push their other franchises. Hopefully one day Capcom will realize how much money we're willing to throw at the Mega Man series 😆
How to know if Capcom will make a new MegaMan game: A)Can they sell the same game at least twice to customers? B)Can they sell it as live service? C)Can they sell you a NES length game at 50 bucks with 25 bucks worth of DLCs?
The one thing that gives me hope is that Capcom's investors specifically asked: 1. Are there going to be more collections after the success of the BN Legacy Collections? 2: What's the future of the IP Capcom mentioned both the success of MM11 and the LCs as well as the fact that Mega Man is one of their "historic IPs". They even said that they're considering how to approach future projects, meaning that the interest and plan is there. Also, the fact that the investors want more Mega Man means they pretty much have to at least be aware of the demand. I think it's a mixture of COVID slowing down work and Capcom's risk-averse model of pumping out RE and MH non-stop to support them during COVID. I mean, the BN Legacy Collection was supposed to be announced much earlier than it actually was since it was supposed to coincide with the series' anniversary. It seems like Capcom is still lagging behind in terms of their non-AAA IPs since it's been all hands on deck for the last few years. I'm confident that there will eventually be a new, original Mega Man game. I just don't know if it will be soon or in the next several years. Depending on if Taisen got canned or not, we could be waiting a hot minute for the next entry.
The problem is Capcom like other Japanese devs are caught in a time bubble. They still expect sale results from yesteryear. New generations had a different experience than us kids back in the 80s and 90s. The other problem today is that these games have have become outrageously expensive to make. So… if they dont come out on top with sales they wont push. Breaking even is not enough. Not today. Never was. The fans can scream and cry all day. Business is business and youre in it to make money.
I often hear that the reason why Mega Man 11 was created to begin with was because Capcom wanted to spite Inafune for his failed attempt at making his own Mega Man game. And as the years go by, with no real news on major game announcements, I can't help but be black-pilled on the Blue-Bomber himself.
@@227someguy It could possibly be that too, but if that were to be the case, I'd agrue we'd have an X9 by now because of how well the X Collection Sold worldwide.
@@DapperDan22it’s generally agreed that the RE4 Remake is at least as good as the original game. If you’re going to complain to about something, you should at least know what you’re talking about.
@@227someguy just because its “generally as good as the og” doesnt actually make it as good. Ppl believe its as good as the og, thats different. Remake has its issues and i dont mean a few. I mean A LOT
Make megaman a metroidvania. Nonlinear levels. Power ups like wirh rush that allow you access to special areas. Places you can't jump to yet or a wall you need to destroy. This would be a GOLD MINE. Like what konami did with castlevania. Symphony of the Night was a paradigm change.
Well we did have an Mega Man Metroidvania like game with the ZX games. But they weren't all that impressive honestly. Legends is also an Metroidvania like game and it's pretty good.
Fans are going to have to make Mega Man X9, Mega Man ZX3, and Mega Man Legends 3 at this point. Last point, The Mega Man X5 Addendum and X6 mod projrcts needs to replace the orginal games going forward. Makes the games feel and play smoother.
It's actually hard to greenlight anything the execs or shareholders consider to not be profitable, they don't live in the same dimension the gamers n devs do, they see the whole industry in a different way to profit than just give what the fans, unless they let a small team do it with low budget is mostly impossible any fan demand will be done, ofc it depends on company to company but the consensus is how much they can profit considering how much they'll invest, it includes possible deeds with other companies in case of sharing some rights to something n the localization n platforms and the price n marketing etc
At this point, is it possible if some company managed to acquired Mega Man like Nintendo or Sega. Because they could do a much better job to handle his franchise than Capcom.
I’m hoping for a Mega Man World Legacy Collection because we were gonna have one alongside the original anniversary collection way back when but it got cancelled
Why there aren't any new megaman games? It's simple. Capcom basically ran out of ideas for making megaman games. They've done everything besides a 3rd person shooting game like how Nintendo did with Metroid Prime. At this point in time i wouldn't mind if Capcom did an all Mega Man fighting game with gameplay like the Capcom vs Marvel series.
One thing I've learnt from beloved franchises continuing too long is that it's never good. I've learnt that from dragon ball, street fighter, guilty gear and mortal kombat. Megaman franchises has a properly written lore and conclusion, at least till the zero series. The only thing it lacked was a proper link between the classic, x and zero series. Best to leave it that way because if they tried to revive it in this toxic age, they'd 100% have their own agendas and ruin it. They'd try to be too clever and retcon established stories, add overpowered spotlight hog characters of their own creations like a 12 year old fan fic writer, or at any rate try to appeal to todays generation whos tastes are never good. Best to leave it be.
It’s unfortunately a problem with a lot of the larger third party companies. They’re only interested in gigantic AAA titles. Mega Man 11 wasn’t even a full price game, they see it as a “budget” series.
MegaMan is like Astro Boy, Mecha anime, Sentai series. The problem is that all of those things are becoming less popular in sales. Unless they reinvent him like in Legends or when they partnered with IntiCteates, I think we will see occasional cameos, gatcha games and a handful of releases until then.
Megaman 11 was the highest selling game in the franchise's history. It doesn't sell as well as Resident Evil, but 1.6 million units is nothing to scoff at.
@@dr.ramilo84 It's not going down, it's just niche. It will never go away, but, it's not going to be as big as it was before when robots were what we thought was going to be the future.
@@nicodalusong149 I agree that mecha anime is kind of a niche genre nowadays, it seems like the only mecha shows that still get attentions are those which are sequels to old franchises, like Gundam, Macross and Mazinger. That, and the fact that there aren't a lot of animators that can draw mechas by hand, most shows outside of Gundam rely to much on CGI mechs I don't know how can I can compare that with the Mega Man series, outside of the facct that it seems Capcom has relied too much on AAA games since the last 5 or 10 years, and have almost abandoned the developent of smaller games. It could be attributed to the fact that game development has become even more expensive since the transition to HD, which means that smaller and shorter games. I mean, back in the 8-bit and 32-bit era Capcom's gaming lineup was incredible diverse, nowadays they only focus on AAA games like Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Monster Hunter and Street Fighter
Capcom has an easy gold mine with megaman X, Legends and things like Starforce. If Kirby can still be successful, Sonic making a whole revival, and indie metroidvania games like Hollow Knight and Metroid can thrive, damn sure Megaman can. The lore is there, the characters are there, and the gameplay is most definitely there.
Exactly. They need to bring him back and at leat finish some of what he started. The only series to have a proper conclusion was Mega Man Zero. The rest need their closures too.
A 3D third person or even first person game would do wonders for this blue boy. I'll never understand why they cancelled that Maverick Hunters Megaman FPS
Megaman legends 3 was the way to go and the 3DS was the perfect platform for it ): still can happen on switch or next nintendo console or wherever though
I am a newcomer to the MegaMan games. I love MM 11 and it inspired me to buy all of the other collections for my 3ds and my switch. They better not let this great character die! He awesome.
Welcome to the community, Justine! There's a lot to like about MM. ^_^ And honestly yeah, it would be a shame. Still, fans make a lot of work to show that it would be very difficult for Megaman to completely disappear.
You know its sad when even SquareEnix of all companies has started releasing sequels to their legacy games such as the new Mana game and Saga game announced. They remade each Mana game over the last few years to gauge interest and it clearly succeeded so a new game got greenlit. Saga had no such thing but they still greenlit a new project for it regardless. Wish Capcom would take notes instead of releasing the same 3 games over and over (SF, RE, MH)
Since Mega man has been milked dry, it's better to do a good game like 11 once a while than give us annual crap with zero (pun intended) passion. I'm not worried of when the next game is coming but HOW will it be.
@@DavidMorales-s8d Sadly then it comes to Mega Man theres a problem. Unlike Mario where power ups are just one part of his adventures. Powers ups are MM entire appeal. Since MM had so many games that means that the devs had create different power ups for each one. However some power ups are better than others. In fact people made a lists of the worst MM power ups. By the time MM 10 was done, I think Capcom may have slowly run out of ideas for the character. Which is why Capcom put MM on an 8 year hiatus till the next one came out. So Capcom may have a hard time figuring out how to top 11 and the fact that Kazuhiro Tsuchiya the producer of the game, has left the company doesn't help matters ether😓.
Another thing is that if another game came out, it would most likely be more of the same. More Mega Man is still good, but it seems like one of those IPs where it's hard to inovate the formula to me. But you might have more ideas than me on how to make the formula new again.
While that is true, it also adds leverage to the gaming industry. Because you can argue all open world games are the same thing with the same objective, but just have different art styles. Mega Man would still have the same formula, but it would still be ironically a fresh breath of air .
Yes, I see your point. And I agree with it. I'm just saying that there is always a point where it feels like if you play one game, you've played them all. However, admittedly, the Mega Man franchise is pretty good at making each game feel slightly unique rather than the same game with a different coat of paint.
I'm actually pretty okay with it right now. I'm fine with the franchise goes into a hibernation because if it was revived right now it would be completely butchered, like so many IPs are now-a-days. Let it rest until they know how to make it profitable and after the current era
after 6 months this video still relevant , no news about new game not even leaks or rumors all hopes and dreams are dead, what the reason that stop copcom form making a new mega man game , they are cheap and there is a solid fan base that will buy them so no money loss and mega man sells merchandise also
Platformers are hard to sell. they just need to find a format to integrate it into today. Platformers were popular in the 90s early 00s like mario/sonic. Megaman needs to evolve like those did
The thing is it did evolve and did a very VERY good job in that department. It was called Mega Man Legends. In terms of a 3D platformer, they weren't ambitious enough with X7 and that's why that one failed. And also Wonder is a really good 2D Mario game. @@slimyyetsatisfying6637
Except it does. Mario may be Mario, yeah the name sells, but it's been a long time for a proper evolution to a 2D Mario game to happen until Wonder. And look at Wonder now. @@pftmclub
@@BrianycusI have a bad feeling that if Capcom made a new Megaman this year then this game will end up as Woke with too much leftist agenda getting a lot of backlash. I think that it's best for Capcom to let the Megaman franchise to rest for now because I don't want this company to screw this franchise up
Supposedly there was a Rockman Taisen or Mega Man Match leak. In the same leak there was mention of an Ace Attorney collection and Dragons Dogma 2. The Ace Attorney collection is like less than a month after release at the time of posting. And dragons dogma 2 is out. So there’s some hope but I’m not holding on at this point.
its time to be honest folks. Inafune, no matter what you may think of him, was the only one keeping the Mega Man IP alive at Capcom. Capcom would have killed the series MUCH sooner had he not been there. And they only created MM 11 in a bid to spite him for trying to go a different route to keep the spirit of the franchise alive. Love him or hate him it cannot be denied that after he left and MM 11's fanfare was said and done, Capcom just flipped the lights switch off in the blue bomber's room.
But make it have the same tone as the X series and make it have a actually story that doesn’t have repetitive cutscenes after a boss fight like ToTk had
What's interesting is that the answer to why Mega Man currently has no new games is apparently simple, since apparently Capcom has stated that they're still thinking about what to do with the IP and sadly, Kazuhiro Tsuchiya leaving the company might have contributed to more uncertainty as he was the current ''Mega Man guy'' there. Thing is, this also rises the question of why Capcom didn't have any foresight on what they would do with the series if MM11 was a success, specially since Mega Man's comeback was the main selling point of that game. It makes you wonder if Capcom ever had an interest on long term plans with Mega Man to begin with.
If this is the case, which makes a lot of sense, then Capcom should have considered the possibility of revival, especially for the franchise that helped them put themselves on the map.
i always loved megeman, but i think its too hard for kids these days. they cant stand dying and starting a level over and they dont want to work at getting better at anything.
It honestly feels like Mega Man has been dead since Inafune left the company. Then again, look at how long it took them to commit to a Dragon's Dogma 2.
Reviving Legends 3 would be great. X is my favourite design, so I'd be ecstatic if we got an X9. I also think that maybe Capcom should come up with a new version of Mega Man to experiment with the character a bit. There was a prototype for a first-person Mega Man game that got canceled. I realize that a first-person game would be a strong departure for the series, but I would be open to almost any experimentation if the final product was good. I was surprised that you didn't mention the Mega Man game that was included in the Capcom leaks. It was called Mega Man Match, I think. Something might be coming.
I was never book smart, I'm money smart Makes me more intelligent Call me Mr. Rock festival I got hella bands Shorty cute, and her circle too Told her get a friend She gon' make me slide with my dog like I'm Mega Man
My guess is that they're trying to bring all (or at least several) of the mainline games to a form easily accessible on moderns platforms before doing anything new. Which does make some sort of sense, they're not going to make a X9 for only the 4 people who bought 19 years ago to buy, and people who aren't already fans wouldn't go through the effort to check theses games. however, if that is indeed their strategy, it would be better to alternate between collections and a new game here and there.
@@emperormegaman3856 The problem with Mega Man is that creating new ideas for powers ups is not easy. MM 4 and 5 are examples of games where some of the power ups are disliked. So it's only natural that Capcom might runout of ideas for mega man. So Capcom needs to be sure if the next MM game can be as good as 11, before they make it.
But yeah. I think Capcom’s main focus for the Mega man franchise is to get all the Legacy Collections out there and test out if Fans and causals/ newcomers are willing to buy them. I’m kind of a bit nervous as to how they are going to make a mega Man Legends legacy collection. Will they simply port all 2 games (Including tron Bonne?), have them Remastered or give us the option of both? Will they also give out Analog Support for the first legends game ? since it didn’t support that controller option back in the days of Early 1997. It’s unheard of.. As for the StarForce Collection how will they Handle 2 Screens? Will the top Screen transition to the bottom one or can you switch between two etc?
Not entirely sure as there were elements of the game that required extensive touch screen inputs (e.g., drawing symbols on Mu Guardians, SF1 in general, etc.). ZX and ZXA could get away with having a smaller bottom screen that could have touch elements activated with a button command, but Star Force requires some reworking (like how the Star Force DX fan made patch fixed things).
Adding to what I said before, I wanna add this thought: When a thing is over, it gets to live on in the realm of memory, where it is pure and uncorruptable. Inevitably, whenever a franchise is kept going for too long, people start to feel a malaise. Let me ask you: does anyone genuinely get excited when they announce a new Scooby Doo direct to video movie? And here on RUclips I've seen videos complaining that the Angry Nerd has become a passionless money-mill.... ..... But if Capcom did indeed make more Mega Man games, what makes you think it wouldn't suffer that exact fate?
Except Mega Man *isn't* over. It has not given a proper conclusion to any of its series. The only one that has done that is Mega Man Zero with 4 games concluding Zero's story. Mega Man 11 hasn't done that and it's been 5 years since then. Mega Man X8 was in 2004 and we still don't know what happened to Axl or how the X series ties itself with the Elf Wars in Zero properly. ZX3 was cancelled and so was Legends. And trust me: Mega Man is not going to suffer that fate. Otherwise it would've have been doing that for years already.
@@Brianycus I'm not really convinced by this argument. Thing is, with any corporate franchise, they "end" when the company just decides to stop making more. Its been that way forever. Jonny Quest never did get to kill Dr. Zin, Captain America will always be fighting the Red Skull, He-Man never has a final battle with Skeletor (unless you want to count the 1986 live-action movie and even THAT ends with Skeletor emerging and saying "I'll be back"), the Smurfs are still dealing with Gargamel... .... Megaman occupies this exact sort of tradition. Unsatisfying as it might be, "it ended because Capcom never made another one" is likely the only "conclusion" you're ever gonna get. At least, officially. There's plenty of fanworks (including at least one fangame I know of) which actually do follow up on hints and implications Capcom laid out over the years and actually advance/conclude some of the storylines. And frankly, Capcom's own writers are kind of terrible, and have a lot of Marvel or DC Comics-ish tendencies (most notably a bad habit of introducing an idea, acting like its gonna be significant, only to totally abandon it) so I'm all the way okay with Megaman's legacy being carried on by fangames and the like.
There will always be a place for platformers, look at Mario. And as Mario is getting more and more simplified, MegaMan would be a decent platformer for gamers who don't like hand-holding
@@BigJonB36 I'm starting to think there's not since most platformers outsell of Mario don't sell well except Sonic. Mega Man is just niche in today's gaming market.
megaman will always live on, as long as loyal fans keep it alive and healthy. As long as you continue to keep talking about megaman, he'll always live on
mega man 11 is now officially the best selling mega man game of all time. i myself actually ended up buying 3 copies of mega man 11 cuz i lost my physical copy for a while and got a digital one and then my son who is 5 wanted it on his switch too. so i dont think mega man is dead at all they just need to start making more games
I seriously wonder why tho. Like Megaman 11 and all the legacy collections have been such a modest success so far. Not a insane success boom like MH or Resident Evil that would warrant kicking Mega Man into high gear again with AAA budgets, making it 3D and whatnot, but more than enough success to warrant another new Mega Man that is just more of the same good stuff that the series is known. Like an X9, 12 or whatever else with solidly amazing level, character and boss designs with creative level themes that use clever ways to use all your sets of abilities you gain throughout while adding staples we know and love like item hunting and such, would be a dream and reflect the modest, financial success the franchise has been getting as of late. I'm not a game dev but I'm willing to bet that is not that expensive to make a Megaman game like that, at least not as expensive as Monster Hunter and Resident Evil has been getting so, yeah, idk why they haven't done or announced a new one. Like even a tease, a Capcom dev saying something like "yeah, we're still working on new Megaman projects" or something. Anything (please)
It doesn't hurt their budget either and it can MASSIVELY be their biggest profit because of how much people have been asking for more Mega Man titles. Legit if you show us a teaser of X9 and say we can pre order that same day, it would be the biggest pre order sale in Capcom's history. Look at Metroid Dread alone for that.
@@Brianycus Exactly Metroid Dread is what I was think of. Everything the series is known for, refined. Just a reaaally good Metroid game. Nothing else, and I bet it did not cost that much to make
I so want to see the Archie Comic series of Mega Man continue. I would definitely kill for a Battle Network revamp featuring new mechanics such as better graphical interface instead of white textboxes (akin to the futuristic look of Mega Man Zero), better variety of NPCs, a more epic storyline that lives up to the X series, bigger battlefields instead of the 6x3 grid you're restricted to, plus more.
The problem with Megaman titles as they are being made now is that each entry is lore relevant and that's what's slowing them down or got them stuck. They aren't in the mindset of throwing out 'just-for-fun' games like Battle&Chase, Soccer, or Rockboard that keep Megaman relevant while buying time for the mainline titles to be made. They're really stuck with how to proceed with Megaman. In particular, they're stuck with what to do with ZX3 and Legends 3 because lore-wise, they are connected. Theoretically, whatever system Trigger has to fight in Legends 3 is the same System Vent/Aile and Ashe/Grey will be trying to stop (but fail) in ZX3. Then there's the whole thing with Into Creates that I'm not too well informed about. As for Classic and X, their space for new stories is nearing a limit (timewise in-universe), this more so for Classic than X as only Zero can/must be removed as a plot point to connect with the Zero series (that's right, at a certain point, the X games will have to only feature X and Axl). Definitely Capcom's fault for letting Megaman's relevance slip big time. We've done our part in showing our support.
Legends 3 & ZX3 have their story already written for its self, is it that hard to fill in the blanks? Just think like these modern day globalist, its not hard >.> I also have a similar feeling towards Classic & X series. Classic should make a story where ALL the robot masters have to chip in, including mega man & company, to destroy the next threat since they end up disappearing in more or less a 100 years. And the X series might be the easiest to finish, just make 2 chapters out of it...X8 made it obvious Axel might be the new villain, I say make him chapter 1 boss, and the 2nd half be the Elf Wars, which is pre-MMZ. Of course you can even squeeze 2 games out of that. Heck they can even tie the wily virus into all the stories if they really wanted to.
You know, on the topic of the Legacy Collections...I was HOPING that Capcom would make a Mega Man collection based on the semi-obscure Game Boy games...but in color! Sure, they seem like just shrunken-down ports of the NES games existing at the same time, but some of them (mainly III, IV, and V) have their own unique characters and bosses: the Mega Man Killers. Yes, I know they were going to do that in the GBA days, but since they cancelled it then, they could remake them now on a new engine for the Switch, PlayStation and Xbox! Do they not know how much money that would make them...or how many people would smile when they get to play these games in a new form?!? Heck, even Mega Man Maker cares about the Game Boy games. Maybe we can even get the fabled Mega Man VI (6) made just for a nostalgia trip?
I don't think the thing that is objectively holding Capcom back from making Mega Man games is the fanbase, it is the sales _and_ the fanbase. The size of both, particularly. Mega Man 11 has done 1.7 million units over the course of 5 years since its release. That's good sales numbers for a Mega Man game, but not exactly hot numbers for a _Capcom_ game. The numbers are comparable to the brand's Legacy Collection releases, and when you factor those in 11 does _not_ look as sterling. 11 months out from release, 11 had sold 1.3 million across all platforms. By comparison, Battle Network Legacy Collection broke 1.42 Million this past October, with a much shorter gap of 6 months. It doesn't matter if 11 is notable for being a top seller for Mega Man, because Mega Man doesn't really sell when compared to Capcom's more recent brands. Resident Evil 4 Remake released this past March, and by July it was reported to have done 5 million. Monster Hunter Rise hit 4 million on launch week alone and the latest numbers estimate somewhere around 16 million sales since launch. Mega Man can't even beat Street Fighter 6, which has only hit 2.47 million since launch despite its presence! Plus, the brand is on its _36th_ anniversary. Much of the base has long since aged out of being Capcom's main demographic. New ventures also haven't went so well, from Fully Charged getting both the runaround as far as distribution _and_ the veteran fans very much being against it, to X DiVE being regularly described by veterans as a predatory cash grab. I would even say that even 11 hasn't went well, because I'm at least 80% certain that the bulk of its sales happened during discount periods, which should be troubling on top of the fact that the game launched _at_ the price point of the collections. So, comparatively weak numbers, comparatively weak profit even against the collections, I don't see it as too much of a surprise that Capcom isn't making the games that the fans want. Now, I know some will say that the fault still lies with Capcom because they aren't making games, but if there is any one thing that has proven true over the company's existence... It is that Capcom is a very reactive company. Mega Man Legacy Collection's sales figures _were_ cited by Tsuchiya himself as a boon for Mega Man 11, but 11's relative failure might've made Capcom wary of looking at the other collections in the same way. Or worse, they decided that the next mainline entries would only be collections because their actual, all-new major entries aren't doing so hot. While we don't have X DiVE's actual sales numbers, its reputation and the impact it and the NFT stuff inevitably have on X DiVE Offline probably makes it a dead in the water thing as far as sales go, unless the modding scene _seriously_ picks up with what they can do with X DiVE's engine. Also if Capcom somehow doesn't decide to lock the game down as a response like they've done almost every other major PC release of theirs... _Thanks for that, Street Fighter._
Well, Capcom doesn't advertise Megaman games as a must have games, unlike the RE series and Street Fighter. Both R.E and S.F have somehow changed the formula while retaining core gameplay, meanwhile Megaman is exactly the same ans Capcom expects people to buy megaman games? Lmao. The last megaman game that changed thw formula were rhe Zx series. At least they tried something different
@@Yokai_Yuri A problem is that even mild variations don't trend well with the veteran fans of Mega Man, which is why I named it as part of the problem. Legends despite posthumous popularity is a dud sales-wise. X7 is a meme, Xover didn't stand a chance, and people think X DiVE Offline is still a gacha despite that part being completely removed, and I regularly see people demanding vengeance for the fallen, as if Capcom is the only imaginable thing to blame for why so many games ended up cancelled.
Capcom should just sell Megaman to Inti Creates, what's the point Megaman 11 game being successful but not wanting to use its potential to revive the franchise? Even after 2018, new Megaman game Capcom really has no intention making a Megaman game.
Since capcom doesn't want to make new mega man games I would just reboot the entire franchise and fix errors from the original Like this time make X playable in the zero series
No new Megaman, Darkstalkers, Onimusha , Final Fight, vs series , Plasma Sword or Power Stone so many Capcom titles are just dead 💀 all they know is street fighter smh
I would rather say that instead of dead, crapcom dosn't care about it, they just don't want to give money to small games like megaman(by small i say short played games since megaman games are short) and just want to pump the same 3 ips with super high end graphics, its like their artistic side is out of inspiration, wich is the sad part.
I wouldn't want BN6 since they have definitively ended that series, but a Battle Network Zero would be nice. Like, Star Force can be looked at at "Battle Network X". Much like Mega Man X did for classic Mega Man, Starforce took what Battle Network did and updated it to the standards of the DS era. So a new Battle Network would take that next step much like Mega Man Zero did to build on what Star Force gave us for an even more modern take on the series.
It's pretty simple. Megaman just doesn't sell like Capcom's other games. People are always very vocal about wanting new MM games, but when a new game comes along, they withdraw to their hiding holes and there's zero hype around the game. I was a MM fan when MMX , MMZ and Battle Network were all still getting new entires, but people just didn't care. I feel like that continues to this day. They only care when they can blame a big company for not giving them something. Negativity is what keeps people happy, not new games. I'm just glad if we keep getting a new MM11 quality game every tens years or so. That's still something.
Considering the Insomniac hack, we cannot forget Rockman Taisen/Match. Also that unannounced game for next year may have been Monster Hunter Wilds, but because it got delayed, Dragon's Dogma 2 got moved to that position.
I'm just gonna be positive and say its just taking a lot of time to get a new game out. I mean personally I'm in no rush as a lot of fan projects satisfy me as far as been a megaman fan goes.
All this I.P. ever was to them was a secondary. Looking back, it's just so obvious they wanted to put as little effort into it as possible and continue to make money and pull cash grabs. Only innovating when they absolutely had to. Basically like the goose laying gold eggs, but they only fed it the minimum quality food. They promised us more storyline with the X series but when you look at it objectively, they were winging it and being very formulaic like its predecessor series. It ended up being semi-incoherent with the dropped story arc. Granted I understand that X6 onwards was meant to portray the stuff that didn't make it into the previous 5 games, and what also was in the Rockman X megamissions card collection. However Capcom dragged their feet in delivering the story. This isn't an observation I make lightly because I grew up with the franchise. I'm of a split mind about MML3: on the one hand, do we really want them to make another entry if this is how they're handling the I.P.? Sequels have a tapering-off in terms of how good they appear to be and indeed objectively it just doesn't do as good as its predecessors. Plus all the identity politics and checking boxes tends to depress the story if not ruining it. On the other hand, I would love for another entry into this series. I understand there is a game called 30XX now as a spiritual successor in the same universe as the original and X series. I'm enjoying the fan games, ROMhacks, and mods of older games, though.
TBH I'd be happy if we'd got Mega Man Legends: Legacy Collection, Mega Man 12, Mega Man X9, Mega Man ZX 3 (Mega Man ZX: the great flood) and a rework of Mega Man Legends 3, it's been almost six years since Mega Man 11 and that game sold well and it showed Capcom that it's time for Mega Man to return. But all Capcom cares about is Monster Hunter and Resident Evil as the saddest part is that those games sell more than Mega Man and even Street Fighter (I think, I know that Street Fighter has become a E-Sports shell,) even since Mega Man was announced in Super Smash Bros. 4 the IP has become big and we got Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 & 2, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2, Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection, *cough the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection cough* and Mega Man 11 after fans of the series got pissed at Capcom for cancelling Mega Man Universe, Mega Man Legends 3, Rockman Online and Maverick Hunter FPS. I hope we get news on Mega Man soon (mostly Mega Man X9 for me BC I like X more) and I don't want another drought we got from 2011 though 2016
No. Capcom just isn't "BACK!" as everyone mindlessly screamed at the start of the RE Engine era. They don't care about anything that isn't Monster Hunter, Resident Evil or Street Fighter nowadays. I roll my eyes at people still giving Square Enix a lot of shit for no reason because i think they at least try to do some mid budget stuff here and there outside Final Fantasy. Capcom makes good games, they are competent and certainly doing way better when compared to their PS360 era output (Thanks Inafune!) but they are so bland and safe at the same time currently imo. I thought the same thing about Nintendo at the start of the Switch but they certainly stepped up their game and we do get some neat surprises from time to time. Meanwhile Capcom's like "We still have a surprise announcement this year for you guys aaaaand its fucking Monster Hunter again. Who would've thought?" Man it's been 20+ years but we really had it great in the 2000s in retrospect. X8, Command Mission, the Zero and ZX Series, a billion Battle Network titles, a remake of MM1 and X1. Like i am glad for MM9-11 and all the Legacy Collections but it's kinda sad that Capcom has so many great IPs and they do so little with them.
About a year ago, some internet sleuths found that Capcom had updated placeholder domains for "Mega Man 12-15". Of course that doesn't mean 4 more Classic games will be made, it's just a standard copyright practice, but it's pretty much what's kept my hope for a new game alive. A myriad of perfect opportunities have come and gone since... Capcom presentations of anything but Mega Man, a quiet acknowledgement of Mega Man's 35th anniversary. I thought maybe it'd come once all the Battle Network Collection/XDive promotion was out of their system, nada. You make some great points, but as a jaded lifelong Mega Man fan, I'll believe it for 2024 when I see it. We'll probably just get another collection before anything new 😅
Even if you want to argue that the franchise isn't "dead" per say, it's become abundantly clear (especially in recent times) that mega man as a series is nowhere near as popular and influential as it was back in it's peak in the 80s and 90s. Which is a shame because mega man has a lot of potential stored in his vault but Capcom just refuses to do anything with the character. I imagine that if they attempted an animated film similar to the Mario movie they could regain a lot of the success mega man used to have back in the old days.
This just popped into my head to be honest...anyways back to Ace Attorney!
All Capcom cares about anymore is Resident Evil
And Monster Hunter. And also Street Fighter...@@doomdimensiondweller5627
@@Brianycus
Even Street fighter only gets a new game a console generation
Resident Evil gets a new game every year
I kind of hate Resident Evil to be honest
@@doomdimensiondweller5627 resident evil and monster hunter*
@@doomdimensiondweller5627 There's also Devil may Cry.
Capcom is 100% at fault. We've done everything. We've bought MM11, we've bought the legacy collections, we've bought the Kotobukiya model kits, we've bought the art books, we've bought games that were made in the vein of Mega Man, we've developed fan games, we've bought and read the comics, we've done EVERYTHING. There's nothing left to do on our side. We have money to throw at it, but they won't give us money to throw at it. At this point I think Capcom needs to just let go of Mega Man and sell it to someone who will work with this IP.
You know what’s sad? They announced NFTs for Xdive.
Hm. You are half right, in a TL;DR, Capcom doesn't advertise Megaman as this must have game, also it does not help tgeae games cab be cleared under 2 houra if you are casual, ad the games themselves are 40$ minimum. People of coursw lose interes ans the only way to make MM gamwa interesting is to do a pseudo open world with quest like MMZX
Agreed, hell, sell Darkstalkers to Arc System, so we can get another installment, after two decades of zero!
@@rockylopez7846 After how they butchered the GG lore? HELL NO! If anything let SNK buy it.
@@HenshinFanatic Fine, fair enough, lol.
Fun(?) fact: Protoman is Megaman’s older brother and Roll is Megaman’s younger sister so that means the Megaman is the middle child which is the only logical explanation as to why Capcom keeps forgetting about his existence
I will never give up on this series man
Me neither man
I won’t either. 🩵💙
@@JackOBunny87 Good news Keiji Inafune and Indi Creates did create a successor to the Zero series called Azure Gunvolt. There's also 30XX.
Its Joever.
Me neither…which is why I’m making my own campaign in Mega Man Maker.
I wouldnt say MM is dead, but rather CAPCOM isnt striking while the iron is hot. Tens of millions of people, myself included, bought that NT Warrior Legacy collection, so clearly people love the series and the franchise in general. A smart person wouldlve had a new game ready and waiting in the event that the number of units sold for the Legacy collection was positive. They couldlve had something ready to show in the Gaming Awards so the Idea of Megaman stayed in our minds in the New Year. Not to say that cant still happen, but why drag their feet.
I feel like they don't understand that Mega Man can still give them profit, so long as they stick to a reasonable budget. MM11 works because it was done in that manner and sold really well. Plus, when you tihink about it, Mega Man is like the Metroid of Capcom now. It can still ring profit based on the circumstances of that franchise.
That's backwards logic. Companies are not unhappy to miss out on cash, they're unhappy to pour in millions of dollars and only be treated with entitlement, that the investment should be a public service. As if "just having a game ready" is nothing.
They invested in the past to put all these creatives together, to create and HAVE these briliant IP's that they can now preserve and spread to NEW audiences. That's the whole point of owning something, that it keeps makng money. But the same West, that created this overbearing "intellectual" property economy of usury, now says that monetizing somthing you own is LAZY. That you should conjure up more and more investment money until the probablity of investments failing reaches 100%.
If you like the idea of a title being created ONCE, and then the company just keeps working steadily for ever and ever for a pipeline of new iterations, to have "a new game ready", that's been done. That's the basic economic model of USSR and China, and that's also how art and science grants by governments keep non-profit work going on.
Anyone miss that Street Fighter X Megaman PC Game? I wish that would get ported to consoles, you would think Capcom would milk that since they love Street Fighter.
"tens of millions" the sales numbers never go over 1,5 million.
@@Majinhero Then I mixed it up with the 38 million units sold in the franchise overall, not that it matters. Either way, enough people bought it ot justify another game.
The problem with companies is that they don't want to invest. They want guarantees which means a very narrow, formulaic system.. It's impossible for every game to be a banger. Sometimes a team needs practice. Something can't improve if it's not given opportunities to, and something NEVER improves or grows if it's left derelict.
That's very true
Gaming used to be fun and created legendary moments and it was truly an art. Nowadays it is a cash cow. It is pointless and no longer creative.
@jeanbob1481 games have always been about cash dude. That's the whole point of making them in the first place whether is was 20 years ago or now.
Even if a game does not exceed on sales and breaks even, just having decent sales is good enough, overtime, the game stays on the market and keeps selling after its release after years. There's just no lose to it.
@@invader2867 that's not how it works. A game worth is tested within the first few months of its release since that's when it makes most of its money per sale.
"If it's one of our franchises and it isn't _Street Fighter, Resident Evil_ or _Monster Hunter..._ don't even bother asking about it!"
*-Capcom*
Me: Capcom,that's why you are lagging behind and always look dumb whenever there's a game presentation show and stuff. Oh and news flash, Sega reviving lots of their old franchises something you should do as you have TONS of franchises that hasn't been touched in years. But even after that announcement I bet you'll only rely on just Resident Evil and Monster Hunter. That's why even Sega of all gaming companies are going to kick your ass, Capcom.
@@virtualpellot933you really have no idea how capcom works now.
You do realize that 10 years ago capcom was close to bankruptcy and I think they even went on sale once. Their saving grace was monster hunter. Those games kept the company afloat while they recovered from their other games underperforming.
Then resident evil got a little bir of a resurgence with the remakes and re7, 8. Street fighter is one of those that is simple and sells alright.
So it's a no brainer to prioritize what is making them the most money.
I personally wish they would liscense out their ips that they are not using. That way other developers could make good games that they won't bother making
@@israelruiz8706 I am not saying they shouldn't do RE or MH (Street Fighter doesn't get a yearly release so it's ok), but they shouldn't just over rely and make only those 2. But I can't help to wonder, they don't have much workers like they used to right? It's because back in the 80s, 90s and 2000s (hell even 2010-2012) you could see different games from other IPs being released even experiment on new IPs many that were good (ok, some were hmm) and it wasn't 1 or 2 games per year and not the usual same ones.
@@israelruiz8706 but I agree they should either license or even sell some of their IPs to other companies. Inti Creates would do wonders with not just Megaman but Strider and a fe others too.
@@virtualpellot933 Sadly then it comes to Mega Man theres a problem. Unlike Mario where power ups are just one part of his adventures. Powers ups are MM entire appeal. Since MM had so many games that means that the devs had create different power ups for each one. However some power ups are better than others. In fact people made a lists of the worst MM power ups. By the time MM 10 was done, I think Capcom may have slowly run out of ideas for the character. Which is why Capcom put MM on an 8 year hiatus till the next one came out.
So Capcom may have a hard time figuring out how to top 11 and the fact that Kazuhiro Tsuchiya the producer of the game, has left the company doesn't help matters ether😓.
Legends 3 cancellation was truly unforgivable.
Truly unforgiving
I will never, ever be over that.
True pain i felt the day they gave the news...
There are other unforgivable things that Capcom did
That and ZX3. But agreed.
If Mega Man goes down, it marks the end of an entire internet era
So much of the more vintage gaming community revolves around Mega Man
Let's keep shooting our lemons, Mega Man fans
The problem isn’t if megaman makes money, it’s if it makes more money than capcoms other products
Capcom has a lot of franchises. Many of them have been dumped even though they were well liked or possibly made a profit.
At the end of the day, capcom will put more resources in monster hunter, resident evil, and street fighter because that makes the most money.
The other franchises they’ll throw a bone once in a while, or in the case of project justice about three decades.
Don't forget about Devil May Cry. I think the main problem is that, in the last five or so years, Capcom has focused entirely on the development of AAA games, leaving aside the development of smaller titles like Mega Man or Ace Attorney. It's very different from what other companies like Square-Enix or Bandai Namco have managed to do, i.e. making big and smaller games, and a total opposite from what Konami has managed to achieve in Japan with Momotaro Dentetsu (a low budgeted title, based on an old IP from Hudson Soft, that has managed to sell millions of copies)
Street Fighter is an interesting case, since while the series is the most famous fighting game of all time and it sells quite well, it doesn't actually sell as much as other games like Mortal Kombat or Tekken, but Capcom has succeed in reviving the brand and with 6 it seems they have managed to attract both a hard-core and a casual auidience. Though sadly, outside of some hardcore fans, Darkstalkers never had enough fans to guarantee a new game, and very few companies can actually maintain more than one fighting game series, even Namco has put less emphasis on Soul Calibur, and instead they have focused primarily on Tekken. Only SNK seems to be able to make multiple fighting games (KoF, Samurai Shodown and Fatal Fury), though that's because out of all the games they used to make, people associate SNK mostly with fighting games, and they even admit that they want to diversify their repertoire.
No, I didn't forget DMC. They only make DMC once in a while now as well.@@pablocasas5906
Whispering into Capcoms ear like Heisenberg to Saul: We’re done when I say we’re done.
The more time goes on without a new game, the more I feel Mega Man 11 was just Capcom throwing us a bone after the many cancelled Mega Man games in the 2010's. Now, 5 years after Mega Man 11, there's no word on a Mega Man 12, or any new Mega Man games at all.
I almost feel that Capcom made MM11 just to piss on Inafune, maybe in their minds they weren't thinking that it would sell but in turn it just opened a Pandora's box.
@@virtualpellot933 Or maybe just to say, "hey, look guys, Mega Man is not dead!" It's weird how they went from milking the Mega Man franchise during the 2000's to more or less killing the franchise after Mega Man 10. From one extreme to the other.
@@NeoKokoro20 I don't think they should do that same mistake of dropping an annual MM game, but now it's worse due to nowadays Capcom drops RE and/or MH practically annually and only that, hardly anything else! At least during the 2000s they weren't over reliant on just MM games as they worked on other stuff and they could experiment on new, original IPs/games.
Apparently the reason for why there has been no mega man 12 is because of the fact that mega man is nowhere near as popular nor influential as he used to be so Capcom just doesn't want to put in the effort into making a game that they think people won't buy.
@@ashuraomega1000 So basically Capcom's claims that MM11 and Legacy collections sold "great" and that they are "satisfied" and "working" on a few MM games were just lies as usual, correct? Maybe they said that and filled people with false hope was to keep people of their hair and draw fake smiles when in reality that wasn't the case at all isn't it?
If it's not a dude throwing hadokens, super agents killing zombies, or monster hunting, it seems like they don't care. I love Megaman. MM11 did well but for some reason they are only chasing the money with their big 3 franchises. A new Strider, Final Fight & especially a new Bionic Commando (my personal favorite series 😎) would be sooo awesome
It really seems that Capcom, and most Japanese developers that aren't Nintendo, SEGA due to its recent announcements and Square-Enix, do not care about that much about developing smaller games, instead focusing only on AAA games maketed for the West. The same thing happens with Namco in that they just focus in big franchises like Tekken, while other games like Pac-Man or Klonoa being relegated to having remakes, while other franchises like Ridge Racer haven't had a game in years. I know that these big companies like to prioritize big game that will bring in millions of copies sold, but they should diversify their ouput with smaller titles and try to revive some old titles. SNK have said that they're exploring the possibility of reviving their older games like Athena/Psycho Soldier and Art of Fighting
Ironically, Konami is one of the few Japanese developers that managed to make a million-seller with a new version of an old Hudson Soft title with Momotaro Dentetsu, which became their best-selling game in Japan
This.
I’m ready for more Megaman action
Me too man. Me too
Bro, there are 7 Megaman franchisees, 3 of them are left with cliffhangers. You telling me Capcom can't make a new game out ANY OF THESE!! I don't know much about game development, but is it that hard to make a game out of any of these Megaman franchisees?
Mega Man walked so Sonic could run as he should, also in my personal opinion, Sega did many things that Capcom couldn't.
Like what ?
@@lamiamekni2802Come back when you have brain cells.
People that want a high budget next gen Megaman, you're not getting that not without some major compromises because if they want to blow a lot on this franchise, they're not making a 2D game, they're making a 3rd person shooter Megaman possibly an over the shoulder 3rd Person shooter, at best, you're getting Ratchet and Clank, maybe Zero May Cry but at that point they'll just make DMC6. I suspect it's because of that, Megaman is stuck in limbo, everyone is probably going to war in Capcom with how to bring this franchise to the modern age. If Capcom really considers Megaman as a tier 1 franchise they will not waste Megaman to make a AA game even if they will make a AAA game later on. But even if Capcom doesn't consider Megaman tier 1, I still don't think they can make AA games for it because I don't think they want to make AA games.
Even if they think Mega Man is outdated, a Mega Man Legends 3 would be a no-brainer. Especially cuz his name = cash. Blow our minds. I think developers need to stop restricting themself by the past and allow things to naturally evolve. Mario Wonder is a great example of this. It switched up a ton of things in the formula, but fundamentally, it still feels and plays like a Mario game.
It's like they're not even trying or inspired anymore.
Or make a fully 3D Mega Man X title 🤷🏻♂️
Glad you brought up Legends 3 too tho.
I think it's also because Inafune's leave... No one was as adamant on releasing Mega Man as that guy. It's like... They hope we forget about Mega Man or something.
You're right, Mega Man NEVER existed.
"Mega Man Legends 3 would be a no-brainer" The first two installment didn't sell very well, and you want a 3rd one?
@@StonerSquirrel mega man is DEAD!!!
@@agustinesquivel2610 Well DUUUUHHH, Thank you for stating the obvious, duuuuuude.
So you want more plot holes?
Have you heard the development teams comments on Mega Man's absence and how Mega Man 11 came to be? It's pretty interesting. It sums up to nobody wanting to take the mantle when it came to Mega Man because of the legacy behind it. And when they had gotten a director, before the games development he made them play every Mega Man game, including X6. Pretty cool how dedicated they were to delivering a great game.
Yeah. If only they continued with that dedication 😭
@@Brianycus you probably have to take in to consideration the high expectancy from fans. (especially with the millions of mega man fangames) we may have unintentionally set the bar Too high for Capcom.
Unfortuntately but I am confident they will deliver. Kinda like how they don't want Ace Attorney to die out with how much they want to bring more for the series@@valkyriehero6271
@@valkyriehero6271 Nah. The only fan game ever worth a mention was Mega Man Unlimited.
@@niemand7811are you really gonna ignore Street Fighter X Mega Man, the fan game Capcom themselves endorsed?
I think the issue with Megaman, is that Capcom feels like they've already done everything they could've done about the series, I just think they're lacking ideas how to evolve the series while keeping it "Megaman".
I think that's only partially true. You can still keep the franchise going with what you have. Capcom just isn't as ambitious with it unlike before.
It’s been 5 years since Megaman 11 and X Legacy Collection, just wanted to point that out, I’ve been in a Megaman mood myself since the Anniversary and have recently played X7 in the XLC, as well as the Zero and ZX in that collection too. But yeah let’s not ignore the Elephant in the room…
We’re never get X Corrupted aren’t we? The SNES X8 Demake feels more possible than Corrupted.
Yeah, it's still being developed. It's been how many years at this point? Finish it, damn
@@TheRealBlazingDiamond Sadly then it comes to Mega Man theres a problem. Unlike Mario where power ups are just one part of his adventures. Powers ups are MM entire appeal. Since MM had so many games that means that the devs had create different power ups for each one. However some power ups are better than others. In fact people made a lists of the worst MM power ups. By the time MM 10 was done, I think Capcom may have slowly run out of ideas for the character. Which is why Capcom put MM on an 8 year hiatus till the next one came out.
So Capcom may have a hard time figuring out how to top 11 and the fact that Kazuhiro Tsuchiya the producer of the game, has left the company doesn't help matters ether😓.
@@orangeslash1667 no, im talking about MMX Corrupted, the fan game
@@TheRealBlazingDiamond oh
@@TheRealBlazingDiamond4 months late, but the hour long gameplay trailer gave me some hope. I’ll bet it comes out before the end of the decade.
Yeah it's unfortunate that the Mega Man franchise is in this state. Not that the franchise is completely dead or anything, but rather the fact that Capcom won't actually push the Mega Man series as much as they push their other franchises. Hopefully one day Capcom will realize how much money we're willing to throw at the Mega Man series 😆
How to know if Capcom will make a new MegaMan game:
A)Can they sell the same game at least twice to customers?
B)Can they sell it as live service?
C)Can they sell you a NES length game at 50 bucks with 25 bucks worth of DLCs?
MMBN Legacy Collection and MMX Dive are the strongest proof of this statement.
The one thing that gives me hope is that Capcom's investors specifically asked:
1. Are there going to be more collections after the success of the BN Legacy Collections?
2: What's the future of the IP
Capcom mentioned both the success of MM11 and the LCs as well as the fact that Mega Man is one of their "historic IPs". They even said that they're considering how to approach future projects, meaning that the interest and plan is there. Also, the fact that the investors want more Mega Man means they pretty much have to at least be aware of the demand.
I think it's a mixture of COVID slowing down work and Capcom's risk-averse model of pumping out RE and MH non-stop to support them during COVID. I mean, the BN Legacy Collection was supposed to be announced much earlier than it actually was since it was supposed to coincide with the series' anniversary. It seems like Capcom is still lagging behind in terms of their non-AAA IPs since it's been all hands on deck for the last few years.
I'm confident that there will eventually be a new, original Mega Man game. I just don't know if it will be soon or in the next several years. Depending on if Taisen got canned or not, we could be waiting a hot minute for the next entry.
The problem is Capcom like other Japanese devs are caught in a time bubble. They still expect sale results from yesteryear. New generations had a different experience than us kids back in the 80s and 90s.
The other problem today is that these games have have become outrageously expensive to make. So… if they dont come out on top with sales they wont push. Breaking even is not enough. Not today. Never was. The fans can scream and cry all day. Business is business and youre in it to make money.
I often hear that the reason why Mega Man 11 was created to begin with was because Capcom wanted to spite Inafune for his failed attempt at making his own Mega Man game. And as the years go by, with no real news on major game announcements, I can't help but be black-pilled on the Blue-Bomber himself.
I heard that the game only exists because the original Legacy Collection was considered successful.
@@227someguy It could possibly be that too, but if that were to be the case, I'd agrue we'd have an X9 by now because of how well the X Collection Sold worldwide.
how did we go from mega man 11 being the highest selling of all time to wondering if the franchise is dead
Because it's been almost 6 years and we havent seen any movement compared to RE and MH
Even the new RE titles sucks lol
@@DapperDan22it’s generally agreed that the RE4 Remake is at least as good as the original game. If you’re going to complain to about something, you should at least know what you’re talking about.
@@227someguy just because its “generally as good as the og” doesnt actually make it as good. Ppl believe its as good as the og, thats different. Remake has its issues and i dont mean a few. I mean A LOT
@@DapperDan22 you’re literally the only person who I’ve known to feel that way.
Make megaman a metroidvania. Nonlinear levels. Power ups like wirh rush that allow you access to special areas. Places you can't jump to yet or a wall you need to destroy. This would be a GOLD MINE. Like what konami did with castlevania. Symphony of the Night was a paradigm change.
Mega Man and Sotn would be a great combination if done right.
Giving players a non-linear progress would be great.
Well we did have an Mega Man Metroidvania like game with the ZX games. But they weren't all that impressive honestly. Legends is also an Metroidvania like game and it's pretty good.
MegaMan is dead because Capcom is unsure of how to move forward with it. It's a shame because MegaMan is iconic.
Fans are going to have to make Mega Man X9, Mega Man ZX3, and Mega Man Legends 3 at this point.
Last point, The Mega Man X5 Addendum and X6 mod projrcts needs to replace the orginal games going forward. Makes the games feel and play smoother.
It's actually hard to greenlight anything the execs or shareholders consider to not be profitable, they don't live in the same dimension the gamers n devs do, they see the whole industry in a different way to profit than just give what the fans, unless they let a small team do it with low budget is mostly impossible any fan demand will be done, ofc it depends on company to company but the consensus is how much they can profit considering how much they'll invest, it includes possible deeds with other companies in case of sharing some rights to something n the localization n platforms and the price n marketing etc
At this point, is it possible if some company managed to acquired Mega Man like Nintendo or Sega. Because they could do a much better job to handle his franchise than Capcom.
Honestly they could, but Nintendo would lock it to the Switch
@@Brianycus Does it matter? As long as they are using the character instead of putting him in storage, then eventually they will use him again.
I’m hoping for a Mega Man World Legacy Collection because we were gonna have one alongside the original anniversary collection way back when but it got cancelled
Why there aren't any new megaman games? It's simple. Capcom basically ran out of ideas for making megaman games. They've done everything besides a 3rd person shooting game like how Nintendo did with Metroid Prime. At this point in time i wouldn't mind if Capcom did an all Mega Man fighting game with gameplay like the Capcom vs Marvel series.
It's now 2024 and I'm getting really questionable ads from Mega Man X dive :/
Megaman is the Kenny McCormick of gaming. He dies just to come back to life only to die again.
One thing I've learnt from beloved franchises continuing too long is that it's never good. I've learnt that from dragon ball, street fighter, guilty gear and mortal kombat. Megaman franchises has a properly written lore and conclusion, at least till the zero series. The only thing it lacked was a proper link between the classic, x and zero series. Best to leave it that way because if they tried to revive it in this toxic age, they'd 100% have their own agendas and ruin it. They'd try to be too clever and retcon established stories, add overpowered spotlight hog characters of their own creations like a 12 year old fan fic writer, or at any rate try to appeal to todays generation whos tastes are never good. Best to leave it be.
It’s unfortunately a problem with a lot of the larger third party companies. They’re only interested in gigantic AAA titles. Mega Man 11 wasn’t even a full price game, they see it as a “budget” series.
MegaMan is like Astro Boy, Mecha anime, Sentai series. The problem is that all of those things are becoming less popular in sales. Unless they reinvent him like in Legends or when they partnered with IntiCteates, I think we will see occasional cameos, gatcha games and a handful of releases until then.
Man, I hate seeing that mech anime, one of the most influential genres is just going down...
I don't see why they don't or won't work with Inti Creates again, they made awesome stuff together back in the 2000s.
Megaman 11 was the highest selling game in the franchise's history. It doesn't sell as well as Resident Evil, but 1.6 million units is nothing to scoff at.
@@dr.ramilo84 It's not going down, it's just niche. It will never go away, but, it's not going to be as big as it was before when robots were what we thought was going to be the future.
@@nicodalusong149 I agree that mecha anime is kind of a niche genre nowadays, it seems like the only mecha shows that still get attentions are those which are sequels to old franchises, like Gundam, Macross and Mazinger. That, and the fact that there aren't a lot of animators that can draw mechas by hand, most shows outside of Gundam rely to much on CGI mechs
I don't know how can I can compare that with the Mega Man series, outside of the facct that it seems Capcom has relied too much on AAA games since the last 5 or 10 years, and have almost abandoned the developent of smaller games. It could be attributed to the fact that game development has become even more expensive since the transition to HD, which means that smaller and shorter games. I mean, back in the 8-bit and 32-bit era Capcom's gaming lineup was incredible diverse, nowadays they only focus on AAA games like Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Monster Hunter and Street Fighter
Capcom has an easy gold mine with megaman X, Legends and things like Starforce. If Kirby can still be successful, Sonic making a whole revival, and indie metroidvania games like Hollow Knight and Metroid can thrive, damn sure Megaman can.
The lore is there, the characters are there, and the gameplay is most definitely there.
Exactly. They need to bring him back and at leat finish some of what he started. The only series to have a proper conclusion was Mega Man Zero. The rest need their closures too.
I remember there being a petition for MML3 with a good amount of names to it and capcom said the people didnt want it enough to make it
Nah, that was entirely spite towards Inafune for leaving. They won't gaslight me.
A 3D third person or even first person game would do wonders for this blue boy. I'll never understand why they cancelled that Maverick Hunters Megaman FPS
I think MegaMan should start a new series, with fresh new ideas of gameplay and structure
Agreed. A whole new structure of gameplay is in order. Not sure what, but something other than side scroll.
Yup
MegaMan Legends 3 is a great opportunity to give closure to the timeline and then have a reboot, we could get great lore out of it
Megaman legends 3 was the way to go and the 3DS was the perfect platform for it ): still can happen on switch or next nintendo console or wherever though
I am a newcomer to the MegaMan games. I love MM 11 and it inspired me to buy all of the other collections for my 3ds and my switch. They better not let this great character die! He awesome.
Welcome to the community, Justine! There's a lot to like about MM. ^_^
And honestly yeah, it would be a shame. Still, fans make a lot of work to show that it would be very difficult for Megaman to completely disappear.
@@twaggytheatricks4960 Good news Keiji Inafune and Indi Creates did create a successor to the Zero series called Azure Gunvolt. There's also 30XX.
You know its sad when even SquareEnix of all companies has started releasing sequels to their legacy games such as the new Mana game and Saga game announced. They remade each Mana game over the last few years to gauge interest and it clearly succeeded so a new game got greenlit. Saga had no such thing but they still greenlit a new project for it regardless.
Wish Capcom would take notes instead of releasing the same 3 games over and over (SF, RE, MH)
Since Mega man has been milked dry, it's better to do a good game like 11 once a while than give us annual crap with zero (pun intended) passion. I'm not worried of when the next game is coming but HOW will it be.
Imagine a new megaman battle network with current technologies with futuristic stuff😭 it would be fire
MegaMan needs a reboot cause we are in the future now :p. Some new sci-fi ideas for a game of this kind to work now days.
@@DavidMorales-s8dwell said. Agreed.
@@DavidMorales-s8d Sadly then it comes to Mega Man theres a problem. Unlike Mario where power ups are just one part of his adventures. Powers ups are MM entire appeal. Since MM had so many games that means that the devs had create different power ups for each one. However some power ups are better than others. In fact people made a lists of the worst MM power ups. By the time MM 10 was done, I think Capcom may have slowly run out of ideas for the character. Which is why Capcom put MM on an 8 year hiatus till the next one came out.
So Capcom may have a hard time figuring out how to top 11 and the fact that Kazuhiro Tsuchiya the producer of the game, has left the company doesn't help matters ether😓.
MegaMan StarForce 🔥🔥
Another thing is that if another game came out, it would most likely be more of the same. More Mega Man is still good, but it seems like one of those IPs where it's hard to inovate the formula to me. But you might have more ideas than me on how to make the formula new again.
While that is true, it also adds leverage to the gaming industry. Because you can argue all open world games are the same thing with the same objective, but just have different art styles. Mega Man would still have the same formula, but it would still be ironically a fresh breath of air .
Yes, I see your point. And I agree with it. I'm just saying that there is always a point where it feels like if you play one game, you've played them all. However, admittedly, the Mega Man franchise is pretty good at making each game feel slightly unique rather than the same game with a different coat of paint.
I'm actually pretty okay with it right now.
I'm fine with the franchise goes into a hibernation because if it was revived right now it would be completely butchered, like so many IPs are now-a-days.
Let it rest until they know how to make it profitable and after the current era
after 6 months this video still relevant , no news about new game not even leaks or rumors all hopes and dreams are dead, what the reason that stop copcom form making a new mega man game , they are cheap and there is a solid fan base that will buy them so no money loss and mega man sells merchandise also
We need him alive and well soon...
Platformers are hard to sell. they just need to find a format to integrate it into today. Platformers were popular in the 90s early 00s like mario/sonic. Megaman needs to evolve like those did
I don't know man. Super Mario Wonder would like to say a word with you lowkey. I think things need to be modernized and improved.
@@Brianycus Dude, it's Mario . Nothing to do withh platformers are hard to sell
The thing is it did evolve and did a very VERY good job in that department. It was called Mega Man Legends. In terms of a 3D platformer, they weren't ambitious enough with X7 and that's why that one failed. And also Wonder is a really good 2D Mario game. @@slimyyetsatisfying6637
Except it does. Mario may be Mario, yeah the name sells, but it's been a long time for a proper evolution to a 2D Mario game to happen until Wonder. And look at Wonder now. @@pftmclub
@@BrianycusI have a bad feeling that if Capcom made a new Megaman this year then this game will end up as Woke with too much leftist agenda getting a lot of backlash. I think that it's best for Capcom to let the Megaman franchise to rest for now because I don't want this company to screw this franchise up
Supposedly there was a Rockman Taisen or Mega Man Match leak. In the same leak there was mention of an Ace Attorney collection and Dragons Dogma 2. The Ace Attorney collection is like less than a month after release at the time of posting. And dragons dogma 2 is out. So there’s some hope but I’m not holding on at this point.
No
MEGA MAN DROPS JANUARY 7
THAT'S SO TRUEEEE
its time to be honest folks. Inafune, no matter what you may think of him, was the only one keeping the Mega Man IP alive at Capcom. Capcom would have killed the series MUCH sooner had he not been there. And they only created MM 11 in a bid to spite him for trying to go a different route to keep the spirit of the franchise alive. Love him or hate him it cannot be denied that after he left and MM 11's fanfare was said and done, Capcom just flipped the lights switch off in the blue bomber's room.
A breath of the wild style in terms of reinventing with MegaMan legends 3 would do absolutely wonderful
But make it have the same tone as the X series and make it have a actually story that doesn’t have repetitive cutscenes after a boss fight like ToTk had
What's interesting is that the answer to why Mega Man currently has no new games is apparently simple, since apparently Capcom has stated that they're still thinking about what to do with the IP and sadly, Kazuhiro Tsuchiya leaving the company might have contributed to more uncertainty as he was the current ''Mega Man guy'' there.
Thing is, this also rises the question of why Capcom didn't have any foresight on what they would do with the series if MM11 was a success, specially since Mega Man's comeback was the main selling point of that game. It makes you wonder if Capcom ever had an interest on long term plans with Mega Man to begin with.
If this is the case, which makes a lot of sense, then Capcom should have considered the possibility of revival, especially for the franchise that helped them put themselves on the map.
i always loved megeman, but i think its too hard for kids these days. they cant stand dying and starting a level over and they dont want to work at getting better at anything.
So we can’t have mega man because of kids rather play Fortnite
@@tailsprowerfan2729 more like because most gamers wont buy it
that's what BEGINNER MODE is for.
It honestly feels like Mega Man has been dead since Inafune left the company.
Then again, look at how long it took them to commit to a Dragon's Dogma 2.
It can happen. The chances are there
Reviving Legends 3 would be great. X is my favourite design, so I'd be ecstatic if we got an X9. I also think that maybe Capcom should come up with a new version of Mega Man to experiment with the character a bit. There was a prototype for a first-person Mega Man game that got canceled. I realize that a first-person game would be a strong departure for the series, but I would be open to almost any experimentation if the final product was good.
I was surprised that you didn't mention the Mega Man game that was included in the Capcom leaks. It was called Mega Man Match, I think. Something might be coming.
Capcom really doesn't know what to do with this IP. How are Mega Man X and Zero both reploids and not reploids?
The thing is: megaman cant be monetized
I was never book smart, I'm money smart
Makes me more intelligent
Call me Mr. Rock festival
I got hella bands
Shorty cute, and her circle too
Told her get a friend
She gon' make me slide with my dog like I'm Mega Man
I think capcom is prioritizing game preservation over making a new megaman game.
I guess which is great for sure, but we could use something new every now and then
My guess is that they're trying to bring all (or at least several) of the mainline games to a form easily accessible on moderns platforms before doing anything new. Which does make some sort of sense, they're not going to make a X9 for only the 4 people who bought 19 years ago to buy, and people who aren't already fans wouldn't go through the effort to check theses games.
however, if that is indeed their strategy, it would be better to alternate between collections and a new game here and there.
@@emperormegaman3856 The problem with Mega Man is that creating new ideas for powers ups is not easy. MM 4 and 5 are examples of games where some of the power ups are disliked. So it's only natural that Capcom might runout of ideas for mega man. So Capcom needs to be sure if the next MM game can be as good as 11, before they make it.
Immortal...just the music alone is increasingly blowing up the music tue nerdspace
But yeah. I think Capcom’s main focus for the Mega man franchise is to get all the Legacy Collections out there and test out if Fans and causals/ newcomers are willing to buy them.
I’m kind of a bit nervous as to how they are going to make a mega Man Legends legacy collection.
Will they simply port all 2 games (Including tron Bonne?), have them Remastered or give us the option of both?
Will they also give out Analog Support for the first legends game ? since it didn’t support that controller option back in the days of Early 1997. It’s unheard of..
As for the StarForce Collection how will they Handle 2 Screens? Will the top Screen transition to the bottom one or can you switch between two etc?
The same asthey did the ZX.
Megaman Legends, Misadventures of Tron Bonne, Megaman Legends 2.
Not entirely sure as there were elements of the game that required extensive touch screen inputs (e.g., drawing symbols on Mu Guardians, SF1 in general, etc.). ZX and ZXA could get away with having a smaller bottom screen that could have touch elements activated with a button command, but Star Force requires some reworking (like how the Star Force DX fan made patch fixed things).
Adding to what I said before, I wanna add this thought:
When a thing is over, it gets to live on in the realm of memory, where it is pure and uncorruptable.
Inevitably, whenever a franchise is kept going for too long, people start to feel a malaise. Let me ask you: does anyone genuinely get excited when they announce a new Scooby Doo direct to video movie? And here on RUclips I've seen videos complaining that the Angry Nerd has become a passionless money-mill....
..... But if Capcom did indeed make more Mega Man games, what makes you think it wouldn't suffer that exact fate?
Except Mega Man *isn't* over.
It has not given a proper conclusion to any of its series. The only one that has done that is Mega Man Zero with 4 games concluding Zero's story. Mega Man 11 hasn't done that and it's been 5 years since then. Mega Man X8 was in 2004 and we still don't know what happened to Axl or how the X series ties itself with the Elf Wars in Zero properly. ZX3 was cancelled and so was Legends.
And trust me: Mega Man is not going to suffer that fate. Otherwise it would've have been doing that for years already.
@@Brianycus I'm not really convinced by this argument.
Thing is, with any corporate franchise, they "end" when the company just decides to stop making more. Its been that way forever. Jonny Quest never did get to kill Dr. Zin, Captain America will always be fighting the Red Skull, He-Man never has a final battle with Skeletor (unless you want to count the 1986 live-action movie and even THAT ends with Skeletor emerging and saying "I'll be back"), the Smurfs are still dealing with Gargamel...
.... Megaman occupies this exact sort of tradition. Unsatisfying as it might be, "it ended because Capcom never made another one" is likely the only "conclusion" you're ever gonna get.
At least, officially. There's plenty of fanworks (including at least one fangame I know of) which actually do follow up on hints and implications Capcom laid out over the years and actually advance/conclude some of the storylines.
And frankly, Capcom's own writers are kind of terrible, and have a lot of Marvel or DC Comics-ish tendencies (most notably a bad habit of introducing an idea, acting like its gonna be significant, only to totally abandon it) so I'm all the way okay with Megaman's legacy being carried on by fangames and the like.
I feel like they are having a hard time trying to figure out in what direction they should take him.
East. That's typically the direction he walks on the screen.
@@jimjohn6520 Lol!
There will always be a place for platformers, look at Mario. And as Mario is getting more and more simplified, MegaMan would be a decent platformer for gamers who don't like hand-holding
@@BigJonB36 I'm starting to think there's not since most platformers outsell of Mario don't sell well except Sonic. Mega Man is just niche in today's gaming market.
@@BigJonB36 I mean did mario wonder handhold?
megaman will always live on, as long as loyal fans keep it alive and healthy.
As long as you continue to keep talking about megaman, he'll always live on
mega man 11 is now officially the best selling mega man game of all time. i myself actually ended up buying 3 copies of mega man 11 cuz i lost my physical copy for a while and got a digital one and then my son who is 5 wanted it on his switch too. so i dont think mega man is dead at all they just need to start making more games
Yeah that is how I feel about it too.Just give us more games! haha
I seriously wonder why tho. Like Megaman 11 and all the legacy collections have been such a modest success so far. Not a insane success boom like MH or Resident Evil that would warrant kicking Mega Man into high gear again with AAA budgets, making it 3D and whatnot, but more than enough success to warrant another new Mega Man that is just more of the same good stuff that the series is known. Like an X9, 12 or whatever else with solidly amazing level, character and boss designs with creative level themes that use clever ways to use all your sets of abilities you gain throughout while adding staples we know and love like item hunting and such, would be a dream and reflect the modest, financial success the franchise has been getting as of late. I'm not a game dev but I'm willing to bet that is not that expensive to make a Megaman game like that, at least not as expensive as Monster Hunter and Resident Evil has been getting so, yeah, idk why they haven't done or announced a new one. Like even a tease, a Capcom dev saying something like "yeah, we're still working on new Megaman projects" or something. Anything (please)
It doesn't hurt their budget either and it can MASSIVELY be their biggest profit because of how much people have been asking for more Mega Man titles. Legit if you show us a teaser of X9 and say we can pre order that same day, it would be the biggest pre order sale in Capcom's history. Look at Metroid Dread alone for that.
@@Brianycus Exactly Metroid Dread is what I was think of. Everything the series is known for, refined. Just a reaaally good Metroid game. Nothing else, and I bet it did not cost that much to make
I so want to see the Archie Comic series of Mega Man continue. I would definitely kill for a Battle Network revamp featuring new mechanics such as better graphical interface instead of white textboxes (akin to the futuristic look of Mega Man Zero), better variety of NPCs, a more epic storyline that lives up to the X series, bigger battlefields instead of the 6x3 grid you're restricted to, plus more.
The problem with Megaman titles as they are being made now is that each entry is lore relevant and that's what's slowing them down or got them stuck. They aren't in the mindset of throwing out 'just-for-fun' games like Battle&Chase, Soccer, or Rockboard that keep Megaman relevant while buying time for the mainline titles to be made. They're really stuck with how to proceed with Megaman. In particular, they're stuck with what to do with ZX3 and Legends 3 because lore-wise, they are connected. Theoretically, whatever system Trigger has to fight in Legends 3 is the same System Vent/Aile and Ashe/Grey will be trying to stop (but fail) in ZX3. Then there's the whole thing with Into Creates that I'm not too well informed about. As for Classic and X, their space for new stories is nearing a limit (timewise in-universe), this more so for Classic than X as only Zero can/must be removed as a plot point to connect with the Zero series (that's right, at a certain point, the X games will have to only feature X and Axl).
Definitely Capcom's fault for letting Megaman's relevance slip big time. We've done our part in showing our support.
Legends 3 & ZX3 have their story already written for its self, is it that hard to fill in the blanks? Just think like these modern day globalist, its not hard >.>
I also have a similar feeling towards Classic & X series. Classic should make a story where ALL the robot masters have to chip in, including mega man & company, to destroy the next threat since they end up disappearing in more or less a 100 years. And the X series might be the easiest to finish, just make 2 chapters out of it...X8 made it obvious Axel might be the new villain, I say make him chapter 1 boss, and the 2nd half be the Elf Wars, which is pre-MMZ. Of course you can even squeeze 2 games out of that. Heck they can even tie the wily virus into all the stories if they really wanted to.
Capcom did say they were planning stuff with Mega Man in their last investors meeting
You know, on the topic of the Legacy Collections...I was HOPING that Capcom would make a Mega Man collection based on the semi-obscure Game Boy games...but in color!
Sure, they seem like just shrunken-down ports of the NES games existing at the same time, but some of them (mainly III, IV, and V) have their own unique characters and bosses: the Mega Man Killers.
Yes, I know they were going to do that in the GBA days, but since they cancelled it then, they could remake them now on a new engine for the Switch, PlayStation and Xbox!
Do they not know how much money that would make them...or how many people would smile when they get to play these games in a new form?!?
Heck, even Mega Man Maker cares about the Game Boy games.
Maybe we can even get the fabled Mega Man VI (6) made just for a nostalgia trip?
I don't think the thing that is objectively holding Capcom back from making Mega Man games is the fanbase, it is the sales _and_ the fanbase. The size of both, particularly.
Mega Man 11 has done 1.7 million units over the course of 5 years since its release. That's good sales numbers for a Mega Man game, but not exactly hot numbers for a _Capcom_ game. The numbers are comparable to the brand's Legacy Collection releases, and when you factor those in 11 does _not_ look as sterling. 11 months out from release, 11 had sold 1.3 million across all platforms. By comparison, Battle Network Legacy Collection broke 1.42 Million this past October, with a much shorter gap of 6 months. It doesn't matter if 11 is notable for being a top seller for Mega Man, because Mega Man doesn't really sell when compared to Capcom's more recent brands. Resident Evil 4 Remake released this past March, and by July it was reported to have done 5 million. Monster Hunter Rise hit 4 million on launch week alone and the latest numbers estimate somewhere around 16 million sales since launch. Mega Man can't even beat Street Fighter 6, which has only hit 2.47 million since launch despite its presence!
Plus, the brand is on its _36th_ anniversary. Much of the base has long since aged out of being Capcom's main demographic. New ventures also haven't went so well, from Fully Charged getting both the runaround as far as distribution _and_ the veteran fans very much being against it, to X DiVE being regularly described by veterans as a predatory cash grab. I would even say that even 11 hasn't went well, because I'm at least 80% certain that the bulk of its sales happened during discount periods, which should be troubling on top of the fact that the game launched _at_ the price point of the collections. So, comparatively weak numbers, comparatively weak profit even against the collections, I don't see it as too much of a surprise that Capcom isn't making the games that the fans want.
Now, I know some will say that the fault still lies with Capcom because they aren't making games, but if there is any one thing that has proven true over the company's existence... It is that Capcom is a very reactive company. Mega Man Legacy Collection's sales figures _were_ cited by Tsuchiya himself as a boon for Mega Man 11, but 11's relative failure might've made Capcom wary of looking at the other collections in the same way. Or worse, they decided that the next mainline entries would only be collections because their actual, all-new major entries aren't doing so hot. While we don't have X DiVE's actual sales numbers, its reputation and the impact it and the NFT stuff inevitably have on X DiVE Offline probably makes it a dead in the water thing as far as sales go, unless the modding scene _seriously_ picks up with what they can do with X DiVE's engine. Also if Capcom somehow doesn't decide to lock the game down as a response like they've done almost every other major PC release of theirs... _Thanks for that, Street Fighter._
Well, Capcom doesn't advertise Megaman games as a must have games, unlike the RE series and Street Fighter. Both R.E and S.F have somehow changed the formula while retaining core gameplay, meanwhile Megaman is exactly the same ans Capcom expects people to buy megaman games? Lmao.
The last megaman game that changed thw formula were rhe Zx series. At least they tried something different
@@Yokai_Yuri A problem is that even mild variations don't trend well with the veteran fans of Mega Man, which is why I named it as part of the problem. Legends despite posthumous popularity is a dud sales-wise. X7 is a meme, Xover didn't stand a chance, and people think X DiVE Offline is still a gacha despite that part being completely removed, and I regularly see people demanding vengeance for the fallen, as if Capcom is the only imaginable thing to blame for why so many games ended up cancelled.
Capcom should just sell Megaman to Inti Creates, what's the point Megaman 11 game being successful but not wanting to use its potential to revive the franchise? Even after 2018, new Megaman game Capcom really has no intention making a Megaman game.
Since capcom doesn't want to make new mega man games I would just reboot the entire franchise and fix errors from the original Like this time make X playable in the zero series
They probably ran out of ideas. Megaman is an old series.
So is Resident Evil. Look at Village and how that was basically RE4 but in first person.
If they wanted to they could even make a new Mega man series that takes place between ZX and legends.
No new Megaman, Darkstalkers, Onimusha , Final Fight, vs series
, Plasma Sword or Power Stone so many Capcom titles are just dead 💀 all they know is street fighter smh
I would rather say that instead of dead, crapcom dosn't care about it, they just don't want to give money to small games like megaman(by small i say short played games since megaman games are short) and just want to pump the same 3 ips with super high end graphics, its like their artistic side is out of inspiration, wich is the sad part.
I think for me it's hard to stay positive as
a Mega Man Fan because we got 11 for them the basically do nothing Mega Man 11 just gave me false hope
Yeah it does feel that way...
Didn't the creator of Megaman leave Capcom
Yup
"Rock isnt dead, he just smells funny" - Frank Zappa.
I wouldn't want BN6 since they have definitively ended that series, but a Battle Network Zero would be nice.
Like, Star Force can be looked at at "Battle Network X". Much like Mega Man X did for classic Mega Man, Starforce took what Battle Network did and updated it to the standards of the DS era.
So a new Battle Network would take that next step much like Mega Man Zero did to build on what Star Force gave us for an even more modern take on the series.
Mega Man was dead a long time ago. Like over a decade. This very old news. Amazing how fans still think the series is alive.
It's pretty simple. Megaman just doesn't sell like Capcom's other games. People are always very vocal about wanting new MM games, but when a new game comes along, they withdraw to their hiding holes and there's zero hype around the game. I was a MM fan when MMX , MMZ and Battle Network were all still getting new entires, but people just didn't care. I feel like that continues to this day. They only care when they can blame a big company for not giving them something. Negativity is what keeps people happy, not new games.
I'm just glad if we keep getting a new MM11 quality game every tens years or so. That's still something.
Considering the Insomniac hack, we cannot forget Rockman Taisen/Match.
Also that unannounced game for next year may have been Monster Hunter Wilds, but because it got delayed, Dragon's Dogma 2 got moved to that position.
I'm just gonna be positive and say its just taking a lot of time to get a new game out. I mean personally I'm in no rush as a lot of fan projects satisfy me as far as been a megaman fan goes.
Mega Man died when they released those AWFUL Legends games. Hasn’t been the same since.
Weird how mega man became underrated series
Yeah...
All this I.P. ever was to them was a secondary. Looking back, it's just so obvious they wanted to put as little effort into it as possible and continue to make money and pull cash grabs. Only innovating when they absolutely had to.
Basically like the goose laying gold eggs, but they only fed it the minimum quality food.
They promised us more storyline with the X series but when you look at it objectively, they were winging it and being very formulaic like its predecessor series. It ended up being semi-incoherent with the dropped story arc. Granted I understand that X6 onwards was meant to portray the stuff that didn't make it into the previous 5 games, and what also was in the Rockman X megamissions card collection. However Capcom dragged their feet in delivering the story.
This isn't an observation I make lightly because I grew up with the franchise.
I'm of a split mind about MML3: on the one hand, do we really want them to make another entry if this is how they're handling the I.P.? Sequels have a tapering-off in terms of how good they appear to be and indeed objectively it just doesn't do as good as its predecessors. Plus all the identity politics and checking boxes tends to depress the story if not ruining it.
On the other hand, I would love for another entry into this series.
I understand there is a game called 30XX now as a spiritual successor in the same universe as the original and X series.
I'm enjoying the fan games, ROMhacks, and mods of older games, though.
selling the franchise to Inti would probably be the best outcome at this point
Probably. Inti delivered with the Zero games, ZX, and their own IP Gunvolt
TBH I'd be happy if we'd got Mega Man Legends: Legacy Collection, Mega Man 12, Mega Man X9, Mega Man ZX 3 (Mega Man ZX: the great flood) and a rework of Mega Man Legends 3, it's been almost six years since Mega Man 11 and that game sold well and it showed Capcom that it's time for Mega Man to return.
But all Capcom cares about is Monster Hunter and Resident Evil as the saddest part is that those games sell more than Mega Man and even Street Fighter (I think, I know that Street Fighter has become a E-Sports shell,) even since Mega Man was announced in Super Smash Bros. 4 the IP has become big and we got Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 & 2, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2, Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection, *cough the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection cough* and Mega Man 11 after fans of the series got pissed at Capcom for cancelling Mega Man Universe, Mega Man Legends 3, Rockman Online and Maverick Hunter FPS.
I hope we get news on Mega Man soon (mostly Mega Man X9 for me BC I like X more) and I don't want another drought we got from 2011 though 2016
It might be time to make the mega man game that connects 20XX to 21XX (mega man's time to X's time)
Bring Megaman back
No, Mega Man series is not dead!
YOU'RE SO RIGHT
_”Darkstalkers are not dead!”_
@@brandonwilliams6119Fail intent of sarcasm. Megaman 11 was released like 4 years ago. Darkstalkera has not had any release in decades.
That's right.
No.
Capcom just isn't "BACK!" as everyone mindlessly screamed at the start of the RE Engine era.
They don't care about anything that isn't Monster Hunter, Resident Evil or Street Fighter nowadays.
I roll my eyes at people still giving Square Enix a lot of shit for no reason because i think they at least try to do some mid budget stuff here and there outside Final Fantasy. Capcom makes good games, they are competent and certainly doing way better when compared to their PS360 era output (Thanks Inafune!) but they are so bland and safe at the same time currently imo.
I thought the same thing about Nintendo at the start of the Switch but they certainly stepped up their game and we do get some neat surprises from time to time. Meanwhile Capcom's like "We still have a surprise announcement this year for you guys aaaaand its fucking Monster Hunter again. Who would've thought?"
Man it's been 20+ years but we really had it great in the 2000s in retrospect. X8, Command Mission, the Zero and ZX Series, a billion Battle Network titles, a remake of MM1 and X1. Like i am glad for MM9-11 and all the Legacy Collections but it's kinda sad that Capcom has so many great IPs and they do so little with them.
About a year ago, some internet sleuths found that Capcom had updated placeholder domains for "Mega Man 12-15". Of course that doesn't mean 4 more Classic games will be made, it's just a standard copyright practice, but it's pretty much what's kept my hope for a new game alive. A myriad of perfect opportunities have come and gone since... Capcom presentations of anything but Mega Man, a quiet acknowledgement of Mega Man's 35th anniversary. I thought maybe it'd come once all the Battle Network Collection/XDive promotion was out of their system, nada.
You make some great points, but as a jaded lifelong Mega Man fan, I'll believe it for 2024 when I see it. We'll probably just get another collection before anything new 😅
Those "new" titles are false, boy.
Even if you want to argue that the franchise isn't "dead" per say, it's become abundantly clear (especially in recent times) that mega man as a series is nowhere near as popular and influential as it was back in it's peak in the 80s and 90s. Which is a shame because mega man has a lot of potential stored in his vault but Capcom just refuses to do anything with the character. I imagine that if they attempted an animated film similar to the Mario movie they could regain a lot of the success mega man used to have back in the old days.