Beck would make an awesome SG guest character. Both games are Capcom-esque games made independent of Capcom.
Oh Capcom won't do it? We can do it better without them lol.
Oh Capcom won't do it? We can do it better without them lol.
It's called building hype.
If there's one thing Capcom's convinced themselves of it's that they can do horrible things with their franchises and people will still come back for more, withdrawing Megaman for a long time just ensures that they'll get more sales when they release the next installment. I doubt they saw something on the scale of MN9 coming but it'll either serve to help them or strongly cripple them. It really depends on what MN9 does differently to classic Megaman; if it changes a lot then Capcom will be able to release classic Megaman style games and rake in the bucks, otherwise they'll have no choice but to move away from the classic style again.
I do kind of like this perspective. MN9 seems like it could help Capcom out with its business decisions. I still hope they dont abandon their new IPs like DD for the sake of pleasing nostalgia though.It's called building hype.
If there's one thing Capcom's convinced themselves of it's that they can do horrible things with their franchises and people will still come back for more, withdrawing Megaman for a long time just ensures that they'll get more sales when they release the next installment. I doubt they saw something on the scale of MN9 coming but it'll either serve to help them or strongly cripple them. It really depends on what MN9 does differently to classic Megaman; if it changes a lot then Capcom will be able to release classic Megaman style games and rake in the bucks, otherwise they'll have no choice but to move away from the classic style again.
I think you misunderstood slightly, Capcom isn't releasing solely crap games. Street Fighter 4 is actually very good. The issue is that they have far more of a focus on making money than consumer satisfaction which, where they making any other games, would have led them to bankruptcy in no time flat. Unfortunately they are making quality fighting games and instalments in the (now lacking) Megaman series, among other titles (such as Okami and Okamiden) that aren't bad, and this means people don't really have any choice but to support them if they want more good fighting games (a situation that could have several paragraphs written detailing why, despite Capcom's ethics, this isn't ridiculous for fans to think and act upon).After Mighty No 9 it'd take a lot for me to ever want to play any new Megaman games. I mean, if they ever decide to go back to ML3 I'd buy that in an instant, but other than that I just wouldn't want to buy anything from Capcom unless it was really, really good. Then again 1 person does not determine the idiocy of a fanbase, you're definitely right in saying that the majority of people will gladly keep forking over money to Capcom for crap.
I want to see Mighty No. 9 surpass Rockman as a franchise in general, it has all the structure there to improve on the gameplay and add another layer of depth to the design.
Best example are the way his powers are made, powers in Megaman are for the most part unneeded fluff that don't change the way you play and just give the option of dispatching bosses faster, however Beck's forms will actually be used to solve stages, change his very mechanics, giving a real different feeling how to go about clearing a stage. Sure there were a few things like freezing the lasers in Quickman's stage, but these kind of things are very sparse.
When a boss is defeated by these new forms, I want to feel like "Oh that makes sense, I pulled off his shield with one form, and smashed his weak point with the hammer form" rather than "Alien Wily is weak to bubbles, I dunno"
These are some of the real reasons I'm excited for MN9, its both what made the games of old good but with the evolution of new, and modern graphical power.
The core issue is that they know they can get away with anything. As you said, even after MN9 coming out and all the faggotry Capcom has pulled over the years, you'd still buy MML3 in an instant. You can't tell them "you suck" then buy their stuff. It's like telling someone you hate them while compassionately embracing them, in other words contradictory. If you don't like what Capcom does, vote with your wallet. If they don't change their ways and have to quit then a lot of the staff will be freed from contracts and love of IPs, and a new publisher can pick them up so they can have their talents put to work.
According to GameIndustry, Capcom has a total of $152 million dollars in the bank.To those who may not be so knowledgeable when it comes to the financials of these gaming companies, that is not a lot of money by any means. That’s actually a dangerously minuscule amount. To put things into perspective, Nintendo made roughly more than this in their 3 months alone. This leads to Capcom making huge changes for this upcoming gen, including an even bigger focus on DLC than before.
it was actually a machine so there's the possibility it wasn't waterproof
I think you misunderstood slightly, Capcom isn't releasing solely crap games. Street Fighter 4 is actually very good. The issue is that they have far more of a focus on making money than consumer satisfaction which, where they making any other games, would have led them to bankruptcy in no time flat. Unfortunately they are making quality fighting games and instalments in the (now lacking) Megaman series, among other titles (such as Okami and Okamiden) that aren't bad, and this means people don't really have any choice but to support them if they want more good fighting games (a situation that could have several paragraphs written detailing why, despite Capcom's ethics, this isn't ridiculous for fans to think and act upon).
The core issue is that they know they can get away with anything. As you said, even after MN9 coming out and all the faggotry Capcom has pulled over the years, you'd still buy MML3 in an instant. You can't tell them "you suck" then buy their stuff. It's like telling someone you hate them while compassionately embracing them, in other words contradictory. If you don't like what Capcom does, vote with your wallet. If they don't change their ways and have to quit then a lot of the staff will be freed from contracts and love of IPs, and a new publisher can pick them up so they can have their talents put to work.
There are plenty of other companies making good fighting games they could support! Namco, SNK, Arc System Works, Sega, I just don't like that Capcom is seen as the be all end all.
I don't think they've decided on Call's general appearance yet, so these are all still potential designs for her. Some of the artists worked on Legends, so they probably wanted to reuse a few of Aero's concepts on purpose.
I really hope that's the one we get too.
Just me or the one on the left looks like Layer from the MMX games? Meanwhile, the one on the right looks like the lovechild of Peacock and Brain Drain. Good thing the final design went for something much better in all aspects.I just think it's weird that some people liked the initial design with the plug headband (the one on the left) so much more. It just looks so generic and boring compared to the final design.