So they really just made this to spite Inafune and had no interest in making more?

[Orangekeeper]

Well I suppose they did show him up compared to the dumpster fire that was Mighty Number 9. Shame being the best selling game in the franchise wasn't enough to get them to make another one.

[ThaDaLinkWent]

This title was totally made out of sprite for any kind of spin-off or spiritual successor. Kinda like Electronic Arts had no problem dissolving the studio that made the Dead Space series. Suddenly Callisto Protocol starts getting people's interest and just by sheer "coincidence" EA now has renewed interest in a Dead Space remake. These companies know what they're doing. Problem is it doesn't help that consumers side with the very companies that ruin their favorite game series when the spin-off or spiritual successor doesn't knock it out of the park on their first attempt at a new IP

[Devsman]

I dunno, I think Capcom just hates Mega Man these days. They cancelled almost everything they had going for the property before parting with Inafune, after all.

I guess I can't blame them for not wanting to make something that's gonna sell a handful of copies when they could pump those resources into Super Hyper Giga Ultra Exciting Super Monster Evil Street Resident Fighter Hunter XVI Super Ultimate Arcade Edition Deluxe on a Sesame Seed Bun 2 Hyper Remake and sell a bajillionty trillionty gazillion copies in the first four seconds.

They always act like they're excited for more Mega Man but then nothing happens.

[Myno]

It could be in the works: https://www.rockman-corner.com/2022/11/domains-for-mega-man-12-through-mega.html

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Myno:

It could be in the works: https://www.rockman-corner.com/2022/11/domains-for-mega-man-12-through-mega.html

Could be. Or it could be a just in case.

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Gary:

Agreed, The only thing I care about with Megaman is a continuation of the main time line series which includes the X series, ZX, Legends, and of course MM12, and some hypothetical new series between ZX and Legends. Of course they would rather continue this endless Dive cheap mobile nonsense these days. Many keep buying that crap, sending a message that it is ok to keep going with endless Dive gacha stuff for years. They used to be higher quality and make things for the big screen decades ago and make 2 games (each from 2 different main timeline series) every 1.5 years. I played them in the 90s and 2000s around the time they came out, and easily remember when the 1st X game was in a Nintendo power magazine, though I played NES classic MM games before then (not right when they were out). I'd rather see more designing of these games around the big screen again MM11 style vs this endless drought. If they are smart, they will keep releasing multi-platform MM11 style with modern graphics and not be cheap or design it around some it tiny lower quality mobile screen.

I'd give some of the other stuff a go.

Battle Network is a good series and Star Force is even better. Then there's Fully Charged, which, the first several episodes sucked NGL but it turned into a decent show by the end, and the comics were pretty decent aside from the "one big fight" problem that far too many comics have.

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Gary:

TBH, I never found BN that appealing, and it looks turn based. Also I took the X Command Mission back because I don't like turned based games, just as I played Mario RPG in the 90s and it was not the same as full control platforming, I like live action platformer main timeline series for MM, as long as the gameplay is like a MM game should be. Even X7 is funner than CM. RPG should be the style of Castlevania, Symphony of the Night or MM Legends and full control live action vs luck based turn based.

Yeah, I can understand that. BN is definitely not turn based, but it's definitely not a platformer either. The only exceptions are the Japanese-only Wonderswan game and Network Transmission. Neither are in the collection. The main games' combat system is honestly one of the most tightly-designed things I've ever seen in any video game, but if it's not your thing, it's not your thing.

As for a MM TV series, I think the 90s one looks better and feels like actual MM than that Fully Charged stuff that is not even MM. MM should not be in a school like some kid, LOL. The following was better, I think, though could use more modern detail Justice League Style: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_(1994_TV_series)

Definitely. The 90's cartoon is one of my favorite cartoons ever, and FC really can't compete. But there are still a number of really fun episodes. Like the one where Dr. Light goes on a date with a supervillain and Mega Man disguises himself as a waiter to sabotage their evening, but ends up accidentally making everything go perfectly. It also had a couple of creative ideas that they couldn't have really done if it had been a strict game adaptation, like when Mega Man copies a villain, he gains bits of their personality too, which tends to be one of the episode's main conflicts. It was a pretty clever show--it just had a rough start, and has its own continuity with only the vaguest of connections to classic.

Also, I should point out, the show's main villain and the comic's main villain are two of my favorites in the entire property.

[andreasaspenberg575]

who knows. i will get megaman 12 if it is released. i have been following the series since elementary school and have no intention of giving it up.

[いか]

Originally posted by Gary:

TBH, I never found BN that appealing, and it looks turn based. Also I took the X Command Mission back because I don't like turned based games, just as I played Mario RPG in the 90s and it was not the same as full control platforming, I like live action platformer main timeline series for MM, as long as the gameplay is like a MM game should be. Even X7 is funner than CM. RPG should be the style of Castlevania, Symphony of the Night or MM Legends and full control live action vs luck based turn based.

As for a MM TV series, I think the 90s one looks better and feels like actual MM than that Fully Charged stuff that is not even MM. MM should not be in a school like some kid, LOL. The following was better, I think, though could use more modern detail Justice League Style: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_(1994_TV_series)

I dunno dude megaman 8 gave us that kid voice thing for him.. He's also "not" astroboy.

[Myno]

Originally posted by Gary:

RPG should be the style of Castlevania, Symphony of the Night or MM Legends and full control live action vs luck based turn based.

No, they shouldn't. Just because you personally dislike (or don't understand) certain things doesn't mean entire genres should stop existing.

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Gary:

Megaman 8 was not a full length TV show. Just segments of very small cutscenes (Well, some voices in the gameplay too from the character). Also I think many of us can agree the English voices were subpar. Sadly the kid voice for English dubs was a thing in X4 too (I knew no different though at the time, so didn't give it much thought), though Classic MM is a perpetual kid, in a sense, so I suppose more fitting for him to have a high pitched voice. As for X, nice that was changed in X6 (English dub) and later since a kid voice for X surely is not fitting.

Speaking of, I wouldn't even think of X and Zero as teens but more like young adults, even though I hear they were supposed to appear around 14 or so (nice their bodies can be changed later in the series to reflect maturity, as we also see with Alia). X does mature and act wiser vs naive and gullible from X6 and beyond.

Strange that some think Sigma is around early 20s, but Sigma feels more like in his 40s or 50s to me in appearance and personality (Especially in later X games), and that older age for Sigma would be more fitting if he has the rank of general or is any sort of leader of a military division even before infection. Never came across as a young man. At least in his 40s (personality and appearance) from the time he first came online.

Mega Man's English VA in 8 and X's in X4 are the same person. This probably isn't surprising, but what's really eye opening is that not only was this a woman, she was not even told that she was voicing two different characters.

There was an X6 dub? It barely had VA at all, in the original. Mostly just Japanese "ouch"es.

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Gary:

I meant Japanese original dub but English subbed. There is no X6 English dub. My bad for the typo... I just mean X's Japanese voice is more fitting than the X4 English one. The cutscenes in X6 are full voice acted, as are some random boss fight one liners. Maybe you played the 2003 collections that cut it, or maybe you are referring to X5 that has minimal voices, but the original X6 2001 PSX version has Japanese voice acting to match the words on the screen (the recent collections on steam kept the original voice acting too), for example, in this cutscene with the Isoc Wily avatar (that is Wily's voice actor from MM8 as well): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KuBLThSqns

I played both the PS1 and the X Collection, so it's possible I remembered one and not the other.

[Mischief Aaron]

They release an awesome game & revive the series and you guys are still complaining, acting like they'll never make another one. Like it's long after Megaman 8 all over again.

Y'all just need to chill and play some other games in the mean time. Might I suggest other great games by Capcom such as Resident Evil 8 or 4, Monster Hunter World or the new Street Fighter 6. They are all quality games and the more money Capcom has for more projects, the more they likely they will open up to lesser profitable ventures like a Megaman 12.

[cowbell]

Originally posted by Action Gamer Aaron:

They release an awesome game & revive the series and you guys are still complaining, acting like they'll never make another one. Like it's long after Megaman 8 all over again.

Y'all just need to chill and play some other games in the mean time. Might I suggest other great games by Capcom such as Resident Evil 8 or 4, Monster Hunter World or the new Street Fighter 6. They are all quality games and the more money Capcom has for more projects, the more they likely they will open up to lesser profitable ventures like a Megaman 12.

None of them are great.

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Action Gamer Aaron:

They release an awesome game & revive the series and you guys are still complaining, acting like they'll never make another one. Like it's long after Megaman 8 all over again.

Y'all just need to chill and play some other games in the mean time. Might I suggest other great games by Capcom such as Resident Evil 8 or 4, Monster Hunter World or the new Street Fighter 6. They are all quality games and the more money Capcom has for more projects, the more they likely they will open up to lesser profitable ventures like a Megaman 12.

You know how many Mega Man games were released between 8 and 9? Like a trillion.

X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, Command Mission, Battle Network, Battle Network 2, Battle Network 3, Battle Network 4, Battle Network 5, Battle Network 6, Network Transmission, Battleship Challenge, Zero, Zero 2, Zero 3, Zero 4, Powered Up, MHX, ZX, ZXA, Star Force, Star Force 2 and Star Force 3. Just counting the major games.

You know how many have been released since 11? One, and it was garbage.

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Gary:

Even though some level of patience is good, too much patience and not speaking up means things won't get done. At this point, people have every right to complain. Ideally they will do so to capcom themselves as well, and I see some rightfully do so to capcom on their twitter. Also looks like Dive is finally going away (about time, and maybe we can finally move on to another game hopefully): https://www.rockman-corner.com/2023/06/rockman-x-dive-shutting-down-on.html

It's kinda funny--at first they sent me notifications of new events, then they started sending me "how do I get you playing again" notifications, and finally they just stopped sending me notifications.

It's sad--the game actually had pretty decent gameplay. It just became a turd among turds with the dumb monetization crap. I played for several months and never even finished the dang story mode. Not to mention the drop rates for S Ranks. I actually checked once, and it turns out if they weren't featured, you had literally a one in two thousand chance of getting an S Rank character. That was the second I stopped playing.