Capcom Failed Megaman

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[@heavyhittersirl]

Say it with me, Jet. Force. Gemini.

[@buno7089]

Capcom is basically using mega man Like how Disney is with Mickey Using the franchise as more of a mascot then creating entertainment

[@buno7089]

Capcom hasn’t forgotten about mega man The problem is they don’t know what to do next With all the content they released throughout the 90’s and 2000’s They used almost all the ideas to keep fans happy And without inti “the company that made the zero/zx series, battle network series, and mega man 9 and 10” they really can’t do anything without the fans complaining

[@joe_mama__]

Same with Bandai Namco and Pacman

[@buno7089]

@@joe_mama__ exactly Namco and capcom haven’t forgotten about mega man and pac man in fact they still use them But instead of making entertainment They mainly use the franchises as mascots and merchandise and crossovers Well better then nothing

[@NetBattler]

​@@buno7089inti didn't make battle network series

[@TayoEXE]

​@buno7089 Problem for me is that they won't admit this. They keep giving so much false hope instead explaining what they're actually doing to figure out how to use him. I mean... it feels like it should be fairly obvious in some ways with the way technology has advanced. PETS have become a real thing pretty much. Fans have made it abundantly clear we are happy with a follow up to X8. Mega Man 11 showed there was a lot of positive reception for its direction. It could be improved but it's still a great game in the modern era, and it expounded on lore between Light and Wily. Honestly, fans have made it clear even with our wallets that there is an audience. We don't need a huge AAA title. That's the advantage. Mega Man focuses on great gameplay, design, and music along with story elements. It doesn't need to be a huge risk, so why is it so hard to even consider what MIGHT work or involve the fans again like with Legends 3 instead of always chickening out? Again, Rock is not a huge risk. Lower budget, well established with hundreds of games and fans and history. It's very unlikely to completely flop even if they experiment again, and likely to sell if a sequel to the main games.

[@palpiblade1586]

I'm a younger mega man fan. Being hyped for only 1 new game in the past 14 years of my consciousness in my favorite game series has been really heartbreaking.

[@ShinyMew76]

@@palpiblade1586 I agree. I’m sort of in a similar situation, I’m pretty sure ZXA came out around when I was born, but Mega Man 11 is the only new Mega Man game I’ve ever really seen. Being a much bigger fan of the X and Zero series, it’s really sad to see them sort of die out. We are 20 years removed from the release of X8. We are around what, 17 since ZXA? What’s even worse, BOTH of them end on cliffhangers.

[@fwWill]

I'm so sorry lmfaoo I got to grow up w MM 9 n 10

[@palpiblade1586]

@@fwWill I got to grow up with them too it's just that I wasn't really old enough to be hyped about them coming out. Those two are easily my favorite in the series though I even speedrun them now.

[@bardinblue9830]

I was actually alive for the whole entire diaspora beginning with the first Mega Man game. Although, I didn't actually start playing and collecting games in the series until about when Mega Man 3 came out. I'm in my 40's now, and not getting any younger! 😅 It frustrates me to no end that there hasn't been a new Legends or X sequel since the PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 days!

[@NegroGreatKangOfEvil]

I was 15 when X8 came out. I got into MMX heavy via emulation, a former friend in middle school introduced me to X4 which stoked my curiosity. I went back and explored the classic series and got caught up on the lore, but always preferred the X and Zero series. Now at 34, I’m surprised to hear there are Gen Z fans of Mega Man given the drought we’ve suffered over the past two decades

[@PH96Official]

CAPCOM JUST FUCKING TRY SOMETHING

[@JackoPanterino]

FR

[@theblazingpyro5914]

@@JackoPanterino capcom making big budget games with lotsa gameplay and dlcs: thats easy capcom making a platformer about a funny blue boy fighting bots: IMPOSSIBLE WE NEED A SERIES LEADER!

[@retronium]

Mega man zero fan here,I'm still waiting for them to make some sort of 3d remake,it's such a good series and deserves at least an anime and a remake of either 3 or 4 with like DMC 5 graphics

[@shadowednight1600]

At least something gamewise. It's cool to get all this stuff but a game series with no games is a lifestyle brand and as D&D proved, being a lifestyle brand is a kiss of death

[@shrap3d]

Doing nothing is a viable choice. In "modern" gaming, its a good thing

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

Megaman kinda has the same issue as Metroid where the characters are iconic and popular even amongst non gamers but the actual games they come from are super niche and not that popular

[@kolkagaming1234]

The problem with Capcom often doesn’t pay enough attention not just Mega Man, but Dark Stalkers too.

[@jaretco6423]

@MILDMONSTER1234 That's not an good comparison. Metroid is pretty big for Nintendo. But it isn't as big to there flagship as Mario, Zelda or Pokemon were. Plus we had Dread & Prime Remastered not long ago and sooner Prime 4. Mega Man is one of Capcom's big hits. But he doesn't nearly get much attention as he use to be.

[@theonewhowrotethis5681]

At least Metroid can sell more than 2m copies. The best selling Mega Man game is still MM11 at 1.9m. You can attribute Metroid's successes to good marketing campaigns as Nintendo actually gives a darn about that franchise again. If Capcom gave Mega Man more marketing, I think the games would do better. The crossovers kinda do help a bit, but having more prominent advertising when a new game is released would definitely help. They won't be mainstream by any means, but I think proper advertising will help a game sell over 2m for a change. They kinda did that with the BN anime series back in the day, but that was WAY more successful in Japan than in the USA.

[@LuznoLindo]

Yes, that's the biggest problem. And let's face it, the majority of Mega Man games play the same. The first 10 games of the classic series are pretty much the same game.

[@X_Gon_Give_It_To_Ya]

4:45 Correction Mega Man Legends 3 was cancelled in 2011 not 2007.

[@JackoPanterino]

U right u right

[@henrystickminfan2]

7 rhymes with 11, so that's probably what happened

[@WurmyBoi]

What's sad is that in the modern world of Capcom, megaman is just not profitable, Monster Hunter World sold 27 million copies, and megamans never sold more than 3 million.

[@theblazingpyro5914]

and thats silly because wtf is a monster hunter? how tf does that sell more than the iconic mega man?? grr

[@m8.614]

@@theblazingpyro5914 Yeah mang that's a you problem cause MH is beyond huge in Japan (and also America these days), and has been huge for nearly a decade now.

[@AwakenedLights]

@@theblazingpyro5914 Tbh if it weren't for the fact I was wondering what was going on with Megaman, I'd have no idea what MH is either.

[@hexbug101]

Before world the series was pulling similar numbers though from what I’ve heard Edit: after a quick google they averaged around the 2-4 million copies mark

[@mythosinfinite6736]

It's not that Mega Man is incapable of selling a lot. It's that he's literally never been given a chance. The last big Mega Man game was Mega Man 11, and it was a barely marketed and very low-budget game. Every other release has been a collection of much older games, or an offline version of a mobile game. _Obviously,_ that's not going sell as much as a huge AAA title.

[@terminacchi]

Honestly i gave up on capcom a good while ago, fan made projects are keeping the IP alive imo mostly Mega Maker, MegaMan Arena and the Make a Good MegaMan Level series

[@JackoPanterino]

The megaman community came in clutch

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

I was wondering if someone was going to say this in the comments but I agree. The fans have been providing quality content for years now. I don’t really care if Capcom makes new Mega Man games. I’ve given up on them.

[@FuriousMaximum]

I have used Mega Man Maker to make several Metroidvanias, as well as traditional stages, even a whole game crammed into a single stage.

[@theblazingpyro5914]

capcom seems to have failed mega man since the flop of the first game's sales. mega man 2 wasnt even planned, but came to be through the passion of the dev team. and despite them making mega man 2 out of their free time, they were still being rushed! as a result most of mega man 2's boss weapons seemed unfinished or not tested. mega man 3 was even MORE rushed than last game, being the most unfinished and buggiest game in the classic series! The devs had only about 3 months to develop the game and their team LEADER quit without notice! AND PEOPLE SAY THAT THOSE WERE THE BEST ONES?!

[@emblemblade9245]

Got by on duct tape and dreams, huh?

[@bardinblue9830]

While that is true, that Mega Man 2 and 3 were rushed and buggy and glitchy, the game play feels a lot smoother than the first one, the visuals and music is far better, the bosses were creative... and back in the day, what sold me on Mega Man 3 to actually start collecting the games in the series (instead of just renting them) was 1. the introduction of Rush (Mega Man's dog), and 2. the introduction of the mysterious "Break Man"/Proto Man robot and 3. elements of actual story starting to develop. Mega Man 3 was the first game in the series that I bought when I was still in elementary school.

[@uselessgod-4934]

That’s crazy, I loved 1, 2 & 3. Those devs must’ve been something else

[@saltendo2177]

It helps that Megaman 2 is not as difficult as the first one since it was made for the NES, not arcade systems. And the weapons aren't too buggy, people will usually have no problems with them once they learn how to use them. The only issues I had was the Metal Blade staying in place if you hold up + down or left + right while pressing B, and the Crash Bomb making the game lag. I turned away from Megaman 3 because the sliding is so finnicky and I couldn't beat any of the bosses for the life of me. I think 11 is the best, but I go back to 2 every once in a while.

[@SilverHunterN]

MM7 was also made in 3 months. Imagine the potential of MM1 to 11 had an extra 3 months of effort put into each of them.

[@robomike276]

This is probably the only video where I hear Sonic transitioned into 3D well over some other character. 🤯

[@a-buttonace]

Coincidentally, I saw a video yesterday that said the same. Wondering if Sonic being more mainstream has influenced that decision.

[@athorem]

Sonic had a pretty bad run of 3D games for a while after Sonic Adventure 2. People seem to remember that string of bad games more than the actual 3D transition. Doesn't help that Sonic Adventure was on the failed Dreamcast. If more people had played it at the time they wouldn't be so quick to dismiss how impressive of a 3D transition it was, despite not being perfect

[@NegroGreatKangOfEvil]

Indeed. Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 were received well when they came out, especially the 2 Battle rerelease for GameCube, we used to play that all the time in middle school, along with Smash Melee, both were party hits. Sonic’s initial transition to 3D wasn’t a groundbreaker or industry setter like Mario 64, but it wasn’t a failure either.

[@a-buttonace]

@@athorem I think people just started saying Sonic Adventure was was bad because Sonic had a bad reputation for a while. For a while, I think SA2 was the only well liked Sonic game. Though, this is just a superficial postulation. I could be wrong.

[@santibelmondo5480]

Please Rockman... come back... Please Volnutt... get off the moon...

[@AmboXB]

Please X… get off the elevator…

[@adreeeandanothere510]

Please Zero… oh wait he’s dead.

[@Tesla2586]

@@adreeeandanothere510 Technically X and Zero are still alive as the Biometals.

[@fastvelocitor]

@@AmboXB X has been on the elevator for almost 20 years now, what the heck xD

[@shrap3d]

We dont need to see Volnutt (what a dumb name) get off the moon. The ending to all that was practically explained. Its not exactly a cliffhanger...

[@OmegaJX]

Being a 2000's Mega Man fan is such a whiplash, you go from multiple releases per year in many genres, going from so much diversity to complete radio silence from MM10 Onwards, like, nothing, only maybe Sm4sh's addition of Mega Man, which was a long time coming, i distinctly remember spending my teens browsing year after year for a new Mega Man game, and when MM11 happened i was so damn happy... and well... we're only four years away from MM11's 10 year anniversary...

[@probium2832]

Do you prefer failed kickstarter knockoff Megaman, or BURN TO THE GROUND! BURN BURN! Megaman?

[@Ahmad-z3o3z]

X8 was one of the best side scrollers ever made and mavrek hunter X/powered up was pure gold yet they didn't sell well beleive it or not Mighty number 9 sold more than 3 million copies that is more than any megaman game ever sold I can't blame capcom when they put out good games and people don't buy them if Megaman was owned by nintendo it would have stopped at MM 1 just saying

[@NetBattler]

Yapping

[@Ahmad-z3o3z]

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[@Chrisezo]

To be fair to Inafume, the whole Mighty No.9 project was doomed to fail from the start. The 1st red flag was how he and his team created so many unreal stretch goals, and then as they kept getting more and more money on the kickstarter campaign, they kept adding even more goals, as if they had the time and budget to be able to handle everything. The 2nd red flag had been hiring Inti Creates to create the actual game, where don't get me wrong those devs have managed to create some very good games, such as the Mega Man Zero games, or even the Gunvolt series, but when you try playing all of their games, they mostly all play the same, especially when it comes to their platformers, as the only couple of times that they tried to make something new and more unique, such as their Dragon Marked for Death game, the first year that game had come out, it was just an absolute mess on the Nintendo Switch, there wasn't proper character balancing, the game mechanics were very buggy, the multiplayer netcode was horrible, and mind you that these people made this game after Mighty No.9, so they should have been more experienced when making DMFD, yet it took them about 2-3 years to fix Dragon Marked for Death after it had been released, so that is why I say that Concept should have probably hired someone else, in order to make Mighty No.9, since all the ideas and stuff they had were very good, but it had been executed poorly by Inti Creates, and it baffles my mind how a lot of people talk crap about Inafume, as if he had actually been working on the game development for the game, when he basically left it all to Inti Creates, yet nobody even mentions them in their rants about Mighty No.9... The 3rd red flag was how everyone that was working alongside Inafume was on a different page than him, there were so many conflicts of interest when it came to managing everything for Mighty No.9, that its the reason why they had run out of funds, and why when each staff member had been interviewed and stuff, they all said all sorts of things which did not sound reassuring to the backers that had provided the funds, which is why a lot of them even backed out, and got their refunds through calling their banks and stuff, and somehow things had even gotten worse, when there was a lot of drama due to the fact that the person they selected as a community manager, was someone that had a history of being a hardcore feminist, so the backers got even more worried, and Inafume and his staff did very little to reassure people. The 4th red flag was how even though Mighty No.9 had not been completed, Inafume and his company Concept, they created another kickstarter campaign for Red Ash, which would have been a spiritual successor to the Mega Man Legends series, where for most game companies it is completely normal to have multiple projects in the works, as you don't really want to have a situation like having all your eggs in one basket, but the way they handled Red Ash was just nuts, since they had been rumored to be using Mighty No. 9 funds, even if that had not been the case, it just caused unnecessary fear and panic across the backers, which is why even more of them backed out of the Mighty No.9 campaign, and then Concept decided to double down on their mistake, by creating a playable demo of how Red Ash could potentially play like, but then they used assets from Mighty No.9 and stuff, which just further convinced the backers, and then on top of that, there had been an anime short created for Red Ash, which then created talks of a potential anime for the game, and even if it had been another studio that did that as a favor to Inafume which didn't use Mighty No.9 funds, a lot of people still believed that Concept was using the funds. The 5th red flag is closely related to the 4th, where even though Mighty No.9 had not even come out yet, there was already a short created by another studio, where they showcased how a potential Mighty No.9 children's cartoon could have looked like, and online there had been designs for toys and a bunch of merch, which also convinced people that Inafume and Concept were outsourcing these ideas and using their kickstarter funds to do it, when it had been other companies trying to bank in on Inafume's fame, in order to try and make money off of him and Mighty No.9, but as Inafume basically didn't quiet down those rumors and barely even got involved, that just cost him a lot of funds as backers kept backing out by calling their banks and cancelling. The 6th red flag was just the lack of proper communication through the whole project, where they basically did updates whenever they felt like, and then when they ran out of funds they just basically went on a long hiatus, until Deep Silver became the publisher and came with the necessary money to finish development on the game and finally release it, but after such a long development time, and then such a poor product becoming the end result, that just made the backers even more mad, which is why to this day people still talk negatively about Mighty No.9, and I can't really blame them since I also felt ripped off, as the game just felt like it had a lack of polish and that it was incomplete, and initially even the online game modes didn't even exist, even though the stretch goals for reaching the 4M, were the race modes and even online coop ones, and then when those modes were added a couple of months down, they just had horrible netcode and compatibility, which just made people complain even more, and that is how we just got Inafume's famous words "Its better than nothing" and then the man basically became a meme. I am sure that I missed out on some details and stuff, but this is just what I remember about the whole ordeal, and other companies should really learn about it, so that they can use it as a guide on what not to do in order to create a new game series, and its funny that Capcom of all people, even though they had a good opportunity to turn everything over with Mega Man after Mighty No.9, they just didn't do anything and are still not doing anything, where if it wasn't for the fans for creating fan projects and stuff, then the only relevancy towards Mega Man would be that he is basically a crossover character.

[@SomeAngryGuy1997]

Believe it or not, BURN TO THE GROUND! BURN BURN! Megaman is still better than whatever we got the last 13 years, save for MM11, because I haven't really played it to know for sure

[@sugarless.y2k]

I think the issue is that Megaman wasn't ever taken quite as seriously either. It's the perfect time to do a 3D Megaman game, and it doesn't have to be Legends 3 now that 3rd Person gameplay is properly understood, but they refuse to do it.

[@JackoPanterino]

Facts bro

[@thenonexistinghero]

I don't think there's anyone with influence left at Capcom who actually still cares about MM.

[@SparkBruh]

Although there is no official 3D classic megaman game there is a fangame one released a long time ago called Megaman 8-Bit Death Match. The modding community is thriving and there are a lot of mods out there that even outshine what Capcom has put out of the Blue Bomber in the past decade and would highly recommend checking it out.

[@JackoPanterino]

Modding community just doing what capcom can’t and I love it

[@KingAges]

There are mods for 8-bit deathmatch and unfortunately the communities for some of those mods are trash in terms of overall friendliness. So much to a point where my own friends stopped acquainting themselves with the community and just stopped playing the game altogether. Sure there's the original game but that can only entertain for so long. MegaMan 8-Bit Deathmatch is still a great game though, it is what SRB2, SRB2K and Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers is to the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise (All of these games are made using a modified Doom Legacy engine, crazy). As of publishing this comment the newest addition to the multiplayer scene is proximity voice chat. So there's still activity going on in the 8BDM scene.

[@SparkBruh]

Oh, hey Ages, I didn't expect you to respond. I totally agree with some of your points, but not all of the community is bad. *(Except for one, but I'm getting ahead of myself.)* My point is that there are people/creators in the community who are welcoming to newcomers and have real passion to the work they put out. Sidenote: Voice chat isn't even used all that much unless you are trying to play competitively in which case that's a different issue. I would like to talk to you more about it in DMs.

[@theblazingpyro5914]

@@KingAges the 8bdm community is still going strong, been playing for over 4 years and still love playing

[@SparkBruh]

Just stick to the casual mods such as CBM, V-Classes and some of the more obscure ones like Team Sneak, you'd be surprised how fun it can be.

[@Neobelmont1]

Megaman and Castlevania. My favorite franchises ignored by both capcom and konami. Yet somehow konami is doing better than capcom in that regard with co-labs like vampire survivors. Ain't that crazy? I just want new games from both of them.

[@MrCat-zz5eo]

I just wish we'd have gotten that Zero anime. If it were up to me, make Zero the first anime, then air X as a prequel. That way you hook viewers in and then connect the dots in between X8 and Zero 1.

[@bummedmachinist7483]

This video overlooks the "political" in-fighting within Capcom between Keiji Inafune and the Capcom board of Directors. Inafune was the PRIMARY reason so many Megaman games got made because he had so much sway in the company and believed in the IP. Inafune gradually was alienating some of the leading members of capcom through these projects and after going all in on a failed (non-megaman) project that cost the company big bucks, he was on thin ice. It was at this moment Inafune used the last of his sway in the company to force start the development of Legends 3, but before the project's development could actually get greenlit by the higher ups he was pushed out and forced to resign. Legends 3 then, wasn't really canceled, but simply never approved to begin with, despite having development time. There is quite a bit of evidence (that I dont have off the top of my head, sorry) to imply that Inafune was so detested by the Capcom board that Megaman has been seeing a lot of neglect BECAUSE of its association to him. (3 Megaman projects were canceled after his resignation) So the real reasons may be more complex than profitability or market underestimation. There may be some ire and other such pressure from above due to interpersonal/social-contract/hierarchy based disruptions during the Inafune years.

[@inconemay1441]

The MM fanbase is too divided with how many subseries there are with different kinds of appeal, which is bad if only one version is (scarcely) revived for weird adaptations and such Also Capcom's current brand identity is photorealism which alienates more stylized IPs such as Ace Attorney, Darkstalkers and Mega Man.

[@JackoPanterino]

I wonder how many times I said “Megaman” in this video 🤔

[@MD_tbb]

@@JackoPanterino I'm counting right now💀

[@DJRubixcube_Official]

39. You said "Mega man" 39 times. (correct me if I'm wrong)

[@SparkBruh]

Video transcript shows you saying it 49 times.

[@itzETERNITI]

3 times

[@BeefBoss2010]

You said it atleast once

[@Editsnstuff]

This video quality is IMSANE

[@JackoPanterino]

@@Editsnstuff appreciate you bro 🙌

[@JustCallMeRaito]

*insane

[@a-buttonace]

​@@JustCallMeRaito No, he just wanted to clarify that he is indeed sane. Suspicious thing to say tho

[@CosmicColinn]

That thumbnail is f**king awesome (entire video is peak aswell)

[@ShinyMew76]

Zero is the coolest character in any media, ever. You can’t change my mind.

[@Arham-HQ]

this is one of the reason why we don't get another sequel games.

[@ShinyMew76]

@ what?

[@MrCat-zz5eo]

Literal robot antichrist who fights the sinister circumstances of his birth, seeking an answer to why he exists, before sacrificing his life multiple times to save people he's come to care for, becoming ironically the bridge to peace his best friend, the literal robot messiah, couldn't wholly bring about forever. ...Zero's entire life story is a beautiful tragedy worth all the hi-quality anime adaptations of.

[@RockMQ]

It's so cool that it explodes every 3 or 4 games But I personally prefer X

[@retronium]

LITERALLY WHY I WANT THE Z SERIES TO HAVE AN ANIME,ITS SUCH GOOD PLOT and besides,there were vas for Zero and some of the characters that had their work used for drama tracks,still wish we could get an anime man.

[@user-zp8kj2cl9g]

I remember playing MegaMan games all day in my cousin PC that where pirated in a floppy disk... Good times

[@JackoPanterino]

Amen man

[@cmasjoan7333]

Got into Megaman from the Protomen albums. It hurts to see something that was obviously loved by fans get ignored.

[@BruhICEon]

Thank you for the free gamer supps!

[@felipeaguena5289]

Capcom abandoned a lot of their IPs. Dino Crisis, Darkstalkers, Megaman, Rival Schools, Breath of Fire, Onimusha...it's a miracle Devil May Cry is still with us considering that franchised died twice. But geez Megaman is as much part of an icon of gaming culture as Mario or Sonic

[@theonewhowrotethis5681]

There's also Viewtiful Joe, Okami, God Hand, Bionic Commando, Star Gladiator, and Strider Hiryu among others. They REALLY should revisit some of their older IPs before too long.

[@megamix5403]

I wouldn't go as far and say Capcom didn't do anything with Mega Man in recent years. They did do XDive, and for what's its worth, it had a three year tenure that generated millions of dollars. Nevermind the dubious quality of the game. Capcom also released as a standalone offline version that removes the one thing everyone hated, -the awful gacha mechanics- PVP. So in a rare case, they managed to preserve a game that would have otherwise suffered the same fate as Xover and Legend of Network/Phantom of Network. Other than that, nice video! I love how you edited it and its very well put together!! 👍 Hopefully the bigwigs Capcom get the memo.

[@retronium]

If Capcom makes a MMZ Remake like 3d with DMC 5 graphics and controls I'd play that in a heartbeat.

[@bardinblue9830]

Unfortunately, they probably won't get the memo.

[@efekorucuoglu273]

No way my fav smash ultimate caracter failed so hard💀

[@WackyWeasel0211]

This franchise alone single-handedly shaped my taste in video games and all media: platformer actions, cool looking robots, kickass music, etc. I still play some of the games today. The concept of a world where sentient machines / cyber beings and humans coexist is like a goldmine of storytelling and video game ideas. Too bad that Capcom just doesn't put in as much care as the other franchises. 😢

[@Lucarioknight12]

Apparently- key word being *APPARENTLY*- Capcom is working on a new Mega Man title, they're just trying to figure out how to approach it

[@Horace-83]

The only reason Capcom made Mega Man 11 was to beat MN9 to the punch because it got popular. That’s it.

[@SuperOzzy2324]

We NEED a new 3d mega man game! Make it a 3d run and gun with some platforming elements and that would be perfect!

[@JackoPanterino]

YES! We need it

[@darkzeroprojects4245]

​@JackoPanterino sadly X7 made fans refuse to want that.

[@ryuzxa]

Seeing people talk about MegaMan never actually talk about its fanbase. They are so called "friendly fanbase" but when someone said they like the game people hate, they will get shit on. And don't get me started on the Battle Network fans when you say you like Star Force more than Battle Network, you will disappeared the next day. Anyway its nice seeing someone talk about MegaMan.

[@user-zp8kj2cl9g]

MegaMan really was the Dark Soul of "tHe nIntEnDos" games.

[@JackoPanterino]

LOL fr

[@chris1229sonic]

Megaman aint that hard if being was the joke you made there

[@Ultradragon16]

Honestly Dark Souls is the Mega Man of 3d action rpgs if anything

[@hugonascimento7744]

Ghoul's n Ghosts sitting in the corner knowing he it's the real Dark Souls of the 80s

[@Cinderpelt2036]

The megaman 1 is the dark souls of original megaman game - the stage design is quite frustrating specially gutsman and iceman - no e tanks

[@brandonwilliams6119]

At least when Konami kills an IP they make sure to ignore it for the rest of time instead of dragging it out every now and then to get people's hopes up. Capcom most likely has zero intention of making a new Mega Man anything beyond ports of old games but they always put him front and center on things such as Collabs, Merch and even NFTs.

[@bardinblue9830]

Actually, Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls was released on the Apple Arcade in 2018. It does continue the original timeline, it brings in several of the classic Castlevania characters from over the years... but it is episodic, it has "gacha" elements making it kind of a money pit, and it is only available on the Apple Arcade meaning that people who use Android, Google, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, or any other devices can't access it and play it unless they also have an Apple device. Castlevania: Harmony of Despair also released in 2010 however, was released on XBox 360, XBox One, and PlayStation 3. While it didn't have any story, really, it did have several different playable characters, and it actually was pretty challenging and fun once I got used to it... even though it did have extra downloadable content that had to be purchased separately in order to really get the full experience and all character abilities. But yeah, both Capcom and Konami did Inafune and Igarashi dirty.

[@theonewhowrotethis5681]

Well, it does look like Konami is reviving various franchises as they're pushing for Metal Gear (the Delta remake and the recent collections), Silent Hill (2 Remake and the various new titles that they outsourced), and Castlevania (mostly collections, the Netflix shows, and crossovers, but we did get Haunted Castle Revisited). Wished they made more NEW titles, but at least Konami is somewhat trying again as they burned a bunch of bridges back in the day. Capcom really needs to make a new Mega Man game. I really do appreciate the Legacy Collections (and hope that the rest of the titles get collections) since they make classics available on modern platforms, but a new Mega Man game would be nice. Even if it's just a double A title, I'd love to see a new game appear before the end of time.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

@@bardinblue9830 You know what now that you mention it, maybe Konami is doing a better job than Capcom with their legacy franchises

[@Cysassin]

It’s crazy that you don’t have more recognition. I watched the Spider-Man’s through the years video and immediately subscribed. Can’t wait for the next video!

[@JackoPanterino]

Appreciate you bro!

[@EA-bv8zk]

Oh Megaman can definitely work in this modern age, capcom just isn't doing anything, i don't know if its out of fear or what but its getting annoying. I can see Metroid other M as a good gameplay template for a new MM X game (Note i said gameplay not story) and for the story, you've got robots with human emotions turning evil because of a virus they can't control, thats a set up for an emotional story yet capcom won't do it CAPCOM PLEASE TRY SOMETHING AT THE VERY LEAST!

[@retronium]

hear me out,mega man zero series but in 3d/open world.

[@HI25227]

4TH ! Also, megaman definetely deserves more attention, he was the OG game character😔

[@JackoPanterino]

Amen man he’s been overshadowed 😥

[@RockMQ]

FRRRRR

[@metaknightjudgesyoursins4710]

I’d argue it hurts HARDER if you’re a Mega Man X fan Classic and Battle Network get all the glory in promotional material and references in most Capcom games. Hell even Legends got referenced with Dead Rising X? He really just had X Dive, the Legacy Collections and a.. Minecraft DLC. .. That’s it- He doesn’t show up in most promotional media for Capcom. They really forgotten about the poor old Maverick Hunter 😭

[@benjaminsitaud9743]

Megaman has potencial as a soul-like game. The first ones were hard, unforgiving and fun.

[@mohammedmahmmoud2925]

Mega Man deserves a spot above Mario in the rankings. With his high-tech arsenal and the ability to absorb powers, he's like the Swiss Army knife of the gaming world, while Mario, well, he's just been jumping on mushrooms for decades. It's time for a leaderboard shake-up!

[@JackoPanterino]

Such a overshadowed character 😓

[@tjlnintendo]

I mean… with how many Mario games with different genres there are, I’d say Mario is pretty versatile too.

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

Deserves more love; why are you throwing Mario under the bus.

[@They_are_Arthur]

Mega Man having all those abilities is good but it's more complicated for an average person to understand Mega Man. X, Zero, Battle Network and more complicate Mega Man even more. Mario just being power ups and jumping keeps it simple and consistent. There's no confusion about what Mario is.

[@nicholashayes5773]

What about Kirby he absorbs powers too.

[@thundageon5962]

Capcom could've done two things: 1. Turn MegaMan into a Ratchet and Clank style game 2. Turn MegaMan X into a souls like

[@kattozilla74]

it rlly sucks because theres so many good ideas and characters to capitalize on [like more robot master merch] and they just... don't??

[@SaiyanX5]

I will always appreciate these types of mega man videos. Capcom has a gold mine right under them. There is demand for the IP, all it needs is some of that Capcom creativity. It won't be the best seller like RE, but if they really try hard enough and make it a fun game it can do very well.

[@MTC-hy6ig]

You're 100% on the money with this video but while you're right the multiple different megaman series' confused the market, i really dont want to see them forgotten in favor of JUST classic megaman bc the other megaman series' are really great too and deserve just as much love and as an X fan, i don't want to be alienated. Especially since I prefer the X series (and by extension zero and ZX) than the classic series

[@mysterwhymedia]

5:14 Appreciate you saying that part. As a Mega Man fan since practically the beginning, I've grown so sick of Capcom's excuses and/or silence. Mega Man 11 might not have been the greatest Classic series game of all time, but it was pretty solid, and I'm sure I'm not the only fan out there that would've supported sequels continuing onward in that style. Would I like another 8-bit NES-era style game or a revival of the SNES-style of early Mega Man X era? Sure, I'd dig that too. Would I also love it if Capcom came out with something brand new, like rolling the dice on making a Mega Man or Mega Man X game in the style of something like Metroid Prime? Hell yeah, I would. We are fortunate to have brilliantly made fan-made games like Mega Man Unlimited and other games clearly inspired by the Blue Bomber like Gravity Circuit to fill the void Capcom has created by neglecting all of the incarnations of Mega Man for so many years. Sure, Mega Man games might not sell as well as Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, or Resident Evil, but there's no way Mega Man games cost as much as any of those series do to make.

[@bardinblue9830]

Heck, on that note, I would have loved to see more of the Mega Man games developed in the SNES Mega Man 7 style. It also irritated me that after Mega Man 8, "Rockman & Forte" (Mega Man & Bass) got released on the Super Famicom with Mega Man 8 style graphics, and it did not get a release over here in the States until it was ported to the Game Boy Advance! It also irritated me that we didn't get Mega Man Battle & Chase here in the States because SONY felt there were too many racing games on the PlayStation already. I would have bought it back then!!!! But I am glad that a version of Battle & Chase, though incomplete, did get a release on the PlayStation 2 with the Mega Man X Collection.

[@mysterwhymedia]

@@bardinblue9830 Yeah...agreed with you on the Mega Man 7 art style. I don't get why they abandoned that so quickly. I didn't even know there was a Mega Man-themed kart racer! I did get a copy of Mega Man Soccer once upon a time, though, which is funny because I don't follow soccer at all, and I thought it was more fun than what I expected it to be. I imagine it didn't sell as well as whatever Capcom wanted at the time because if it did, they probably would've gone on to make Mega Man-themed sports games of all varieties. (Somewhere, there's an amazing parallel universe where we got to play a Mega Man version of NBA Jam...)

[@PERSONII3331PERSONIIEVER]

@@mysterwhymedia agree

[@Classic_Tomfoolery]

Megaman's classic games are timeless. That doesn't mean they shouldn't make more though. Capcom really did fail him

[@derrickjohnson4952]

I think a semi open megaman game with combat kinda like armored core 6 or the cybertron games.

[@lucaslongolucasksenha7827]

Is really sad to see Megaman being forgotten by Capcom because he was (at the time in 80s and 90s [even peoples are very hype seeing him on Smash Bros 4]) soo popular as Mario and Sonic but nowadays not many people knows about him (Besides Street Fight becomes the new Capcom mascot after Street Fighter 2) like where is the new Megaman X or a Megaman game Open World (because Mario, Sonic, Zelda and these franchise have a inovation from 2D to 3D game I still dont know why this didnt work for Megaman [Even Pac-man works his transition to 3D, but why not Megman???])

[@staringcorgi6475]

Rock man makes sense bc the sister robot is called roll so rock and roll

[@mwawadoshanga]

Underrated as heck. Had me looking for a second like-button. Also... I feel hope. Capcom isn't dumb. They KNOW Mega Man is loved by the fans. It's only a matter of time before we get another game from them.

[@HP-64]

Im just excited to see the mega man episode in Secret Level. Hopefully it pushes them to make more megaman games

[@SomeAngryGuy1997]

They completely failed Mega Man 13 years ago with Legends 3. The fools, it really could have gone so well, but they just pulled the plug on it instead.

[@normalhuman6804]

This video is so great! The editing, script, animations, it’s so well made! I look forward to watching more of your channel👍

[@JackoPanterino]

Thank you so much!!

[@EduFirenze]

Megaman never successfully made the jump to 3d. The original formula is great but the series never had a gba or ds Renaissance like castlevania did.

[@brandongamer1515]

People who agrees that Mega Man deserves better than Mario and Sonic 👇

[@ppo1502]

No 💀

[@megamix5403]

​@@ppo1502YES 💀💀💀

[@sonicplushadventures2294]

Pizza pie

[@gamerits]

​@@sonicplushadventures2294 so true

[@JohnnyCoolGuy26]

This video is VERY well edited, for such a small channel. I hope you get the popularity you deserve.

[@JackoPanterino]

Thank you so much bro!

[@vgmaestro]

I agree. Great job on this video. Thanks for keeping Mega Man alive. I am trying to do my share in keeping Mega Man current by remaking soundtracks from different games such as Mega Man Legends on my channel. I wouldn't mind your feedback if you had time. Again, nice work 👍🏾

[@christopherb.5797]

Capcom: Its all about Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry & Monster Hunter Baby….but we’re still going to make Mega man Game Collections but not a new game.

[@zettacraig8122]

I got mega man 11 on my xbox I'm 14 darn man my guy rock hast had a game since 2018 Capcom what the he'll give my man a game for God sake

[@zeroshadeslayer3000]

Still my favorite series unfortunately capcom does not have same faith

[@thenonexistinghero]

I'm pretty much convinced that there's a few higher ups at Capcom who hate Mega Man with a passion. Keep in mind that before 11 in 2018, we had 10 in 2010 as the most recent game. That's pretty much 2 'new' Mega Man games we got in the past 14 years. Well, unless you really want to count that mediocre X-Dive spinoff (which would make it a grand total of 3).

[@FireBomberBassist]

They were doing good with Megaman 11. It didnt seem like an expensive game but had the right amount of quality to it that it didnt feel like one of those cheap budget games.

[@ExalinExcels]

For my money MegaMan Legends doesn't get the respect it deserves. For a game that released BEFORE Ocarina of Time and Metal Gear, It's arguably aged better than them in every way but the controls. (More so MG than Oot) The most commonly cited thing it does wrong is the controls and honestly I would argue that's kind of the only thing it does wrong. It really should be more prominent in the discussion around those games

[@Benjamillion]

Hey, at least Mega Man 11 was far better than Mighty No. 9.

[@NetBattler]

Currently watching this video while wearing my battle network blanket 😂

[@Liaisimportant]

Megaman is just a man while Mario is a jump man👌🏻

[@yarc9]

Mario he is a star child

[@Ghosty_Dosty]

Megaman had and still has so much potential. I hate seeing it being wasted. My heart goes out to Inafune who also felt pain seeing Megaman being stepped on with dusty shoes over and over again because of Capcom's incompetency in the 2000s and having to face toxic backlash from the fanbase at the time. It's what made him cancel everything and quit back in 2011

[@thedangerroom7747]

Man, Megaman Legends killed it. Legends 2 with the dualshock controller was BUTTER

[@jazzmeister2485]

we're in a Capcom Renaissance right now, compare Capcom today to how they were 15 years ago and it's night and day. Resident Evil is getting remakes and some of the best remakes of all time, Street Fighter got it's sixth installment, Monster Hunter came back, Ace Attorney got a couple of collections, amongst other things. But Megaman got essentially nothing, even amongst other Capcom series that need revivals like Dino Crisis and Dead Rising, Megaman NEEDS to be revived, it cannot be cameos and crossovers forever, you can't run an IP like that, it never ends well in the long run

[@MD_tbb]

finally jacko I new video ive been waiting for so long

[@JackoPanterino]

I have returned 😌

[@MD_tbb]

@@JackoPanterino yeah your the goat dude big fan

[@hattoripool1533]

You wanna know something funny Ratchet and Clank especially Rift Apart SHOWS a 3d Mega-Man and 3d Mega-Man X game could definitely work

[@josepbuigues1336]

How would you guys feel if there was a Mega Man X TV series on the same level as Castlevania?

[@MacenW]

This deserves way more views than it has

[@supercoolmaniajon265]

If MegaMan RPG and Deathmatch are anything to go by, we need to revive this franchise ourselves! Otherwise, they might just toss our blue bomber in the scrap heap along with Roll and ProtoMan.

[@Epicman33456]

It still upsets me that mega man gets little respect

[@RockMQ]

I love you so much megaman I hate you so much Capcom

[@VGx7]

It still shocks me that if you look at the top selling Capcom games of all time, Mega Man isn't even in the top 50 games anymore.

[@Caesar_Online]

Pain.

[@skullmn3534]

Legends 3 needed to release. It was the true bridge to a defined series and 3D. They refined the controls, but maintained the style. Until it releases, he'll be stuck in purgatory.

[@TheEKdude]

I’m much younger than most Mega Man fans and I can honestly say that I enjoy the games a lot. I’ve played the hell out of Mega Man 2 and it’s up there as one of my favorite games of all time. I’ve played some almost all of the classics, the Mega Man X games, and just a Mega Man 11 demo on PS4. I have a lot of Mega Man games to play though 😂

[@Ultradragon16]

With how the series has evolved over time, especially with Battle Network and then Star Force (don't think there was a game like them before them, hasn't been that many since), I'd be curious to see what another new next step for the franchise could look like

[@bardinblue9830]

The thing that lost me with Battle Network was that after BN2, the sequels of BN3 and onward were divided into two separate cartridges to buy *per sequel* - and then at least THREE for Star Force!! It didn't seem to me that the additional cartridges really did anything to improve game quality. Just different color pallets, different bosses, minor differences in abilities, battle chips, and story... To me, the extra cartridges per sequel just seemed like they'd be a waste of money.

[@theonewhowrotethis5681]

@@bardinblue9830 Then you'd only need to purchase one version of each game. The games (barring BN4) were still stellar, so you could just get one version for each #'d entry and play from there. There are also ROM Hacks of some of the games that combine the versions together into a single game. Mega Man Star Force DX comes to mind for that, and there was a mod for BN6 Falzar that added the Gregar bosses.

[@dyrroth2127]

Capcom and Keiji Inafune have ruined Megaman franchise way too much. They've owned game until the fandom got bored, and once the game is no longer profitable, they're immediately abandoned by developers. The only thing that megaman fans can hope for here is fangames, while Capcom.... well, it has actually worsened the relationship between developers and players lately, if only they didn't make megaman NFTs, then the megaman collab wouldn't be hated by its fans.

[@BradleyTheDog]

That's okay, he still a cool character. 👏☺️

[@connordoesamazing3009]

When are we getting megaman 12 like man I want it so bad but we all gotta remember that games take a while to develop so it could be in the works now who knows

[@bardinblue9830]

It takes even more of a while when the company of developers simply isn't developing it. 🙁

[@prismaticstars7587]

Meanwhile we're still waiting for a fangame that might actually never release. X Corrupted :(

[@eliandervalderen5849]

I never got mega Man Legends 2. I heard rumors about it but it was never on sale anywhere near where I was

[@robertlupa8273]

Watching Mega Man on KZbin is what got me into retro games in the first place. It's sad to see how the "overstretching" affected the series negatively. At least Capcom seems to not have completely forgotten about the blue boy and his other versions, since MM11 and BN Legacy Collection have been reletively recent additions. ...wait, what do you mean Mega Man 11 is 6 years old? 😨

[@FrenzyFanboy]

Very well edited and scripted video, good job!

[@JackoPanterino]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@BaxterAndLunala]

So, let me get this straight, when talking about 3D MegaMan, no one cares about MegaMan Legends and everyone rags on X7? Wow.

[@agustinesquivel2610]

MML is a total joke

[@BaxterAndLunala]

@agustinesquivel2610 Nope. If fans responded with a musical showing their displeasure with the cancelation of MegaMan Legends 3, that should tell ya something.

[@theonewhowrotethis5681]

X7 is an easy target for people who want to make criticisms. As such, X7 being bad tends to overshadow the Legends titles' general goodness (even though I didn't think the Legends titles were perfect by any means of the definition).

[@Lastjustice]

It's funny people say Megaman games are hard....compared what else existed on the market at the time...not really. I've never considered them to be that difficult besides a few specific games like MM 7 and 9 of the original series.They were a medium difficulty at worst. Given the passwords, infinite continues, and E tanks, you could overcome if you wanted it bad enough. No boss in any game going kill you if you burn thru 9 E tanks on them. If you can't beat them with that much health...I don't know what to say. This was always manageable and it was only as hard as you let be given you could pick different orders and exploit the weaknesses to knock enemies to do size.

[@theonewhowrotethis5681]

I agree that Mega Man games aren't the most difficult. However, they also don't hold your hand (besides the super easy difficulties added to later collections). The Zero titles are harder, but they give you stuff like Cyber Elves to make it easier for you (even though I avoid them to get S-Ranks for EX Skills).

[@scenicair-c8v]

congratulations you have earned yourself a subscriber

[@JackoPanterino]

Awesome, thank you!

[@naxoxz]

At this point they could make literally anything, hell, Capcom just grab Mega Man and Bass, or even better, X and Zero and put them in an Armored Core-like environment with fast pace gameplay and the fan base would go bananas. Reinvent, reimagine, just make something that doesn't take 10 years to release.

[@PERSONII3331PERSONIIEVER]

cool idea

[@edward18517]

The Legends games were awesome. We have no idea how 3 would've sold because they canceled it. They said they'd make the game based on how well the beta demo would've sold, had millions of fans involved in the fan-works for it, and then canceled the beta demo so no one even got to contribute to whether or not the final thing would even come out. It's less that the game wouldn't have sold and more that Capcom just randomly stopped it out of nowhere leaving fans with a slap in the face.

[@isaic.4339]

There were also some external factors that led to the demo not being released. Originally the Legends 3 demo was supposed to be released alongside the launch of the 3DS eshop but the launch was delayed because of the 3DS's lackluster sales apparently, meaning the demo couldn’t be released on schedule. Keep in mind that if all that hadn’t happened the Mega Man Legends 3 demo would’ve been the ONLY purchasable game on the eshop for a good while, It would most likely have sold pretty well as there wouldn’t have been much else to buy yet. But I guess we'll never know now.

[@greenspeedser]

Capcom left this man to die

[@SuperMarioFan123311]

You really should have brought up Mega Man 8’s high production value and how people shat on it for feeling “childish”, which is part of the reason 9 and 10 took it’s detrimental direction it ultimately did. Both it and 7 were the most modernized and experimental entries for the Classic series until 11 released and remained that way because 9 and 10 completely regressed their advancements and attempts at evolution.

[@Micosanmiguel]

Agreed , megaman deserved better 😢

[@EverydayMick]

I loved the Megaman Gameboy games, but there’s a special place in my heart for the Legends series.

[@larrytm1282]

There's a new animated series based on some popular games thats coming soon and will feature a short story based on MegaMan. Capcom has been doing their best to listen to the fans request lately and have been hard at work! Believe me I am still crying for MegaMan Legends series but I believe they have something brewing at the house Bro! Hopefully we'll see the lil blue bomber soon!! 💙

[@MoonPies4Lyfe]

As a young mega man fan myself , im grateful for whatever we get. As much that it hurts me seeing how he's being treated im still here to support him no matter what.

[@Narrator1410]

Ngl, as a Monster Hunter fan it feels sad that knowing CAPCOM is treating Megaman like how Ubisoft treated Rayman.