A gaming icon might be gone for good.
The week of July 17 could be one of the darkest in history for many gamers, as it might be the end one of the industry's founding fathers -- Mega Man (called Rock Man in Japan). Recently, Mega Man’s parent company, Capcom, decided to cancel the blue bomber’s latest planned adventure, Mega Man Legends 3. While this cancellation put a dagger in the hearts of thousands of gamers worldwide (many have waited upward of 10 years for a Legends sequel), this is just the tip of the iceberg of what could be the demise of one of the most popular video game characters over the last 25 years.
If you're a Mega Man fan, you might remember the cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3 in 2011. While fans were encouraged to show their support for a new entry even after the project had been axed, it's now 2020 and nothing seems to have come of it.
Now, out of the blue, the Mega Man Legends composer Makoto Tomozawa has asked fans on Twitter if they would be up for crowdfunding Mega Man Legends 3.
I'm down for a crowd funding campaign and if this works, hopefully Capcom will open up a crowd funding campaign for Dino Crisis next.
At this point a fan done remake of either of the first two done in UE4,5 or Unity would likely have more to show before a C&D - and Capcom still wouldn't have done anything towards other than the C&D!
Sony should back this up like they did with Shenmue 3. The series started on Playstation and it should end on Playstation.
Establishing a new video game franchise is not easy. You can to create lore, develop strong characters, and continuously craft gameplay that keeps players engaged throughout the series. But some games franchises go dormant, either because their developers or publishers have moved on or simply get canceled. Some games shouldn't remain in the dark, some deserve a new installment. Here are 5 games franchises that deserve a new entry.
I'd love to see a return of Resistance. Once you got over the fact it was supposed to be a "Halo Killer" and just took it at its face value, it was actually a pretty good series. Some ups and downs for sure, but I'd like to see its comeback.
The author should just give up on any ME game, Bioware is pretty much horrid these days. So I don't expect anything good to come out of them any time soon.
Many high-profile games have been canceled. Here are the ones that should come back in some way, shape, or form.
Some of these games were never played by or released to the public....how do we know they were ever actually good?
yes it was clear he was dying since this generation began
all we got related to megaman this generation on consoles were 2 lazy megaman games 9 and 10 that's about it
Really, dead, because a handheld title got canceled? If Mega Man Legends 3 was coming out on the PS3 and 360 I would care. But the DS, who cares!?
And no Mega Man is not dead, Capcom would never kill a character they can milk forever, and ever, and ever.
The Megaman series started to go downhill after they couldn't think of any interesting names for villains that ended with "man". Sure, Iceman, Flashman, Bombman and Magnetman all made sense, but the ones that come after...oh let's say Mega Man 3 were just terrible.