Capcom has released its 2025 Integrated Report, and tucked inside COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto’s section is a passage that gives fans of the company's under utilized IPs something to pay attention to.
While outlining Capcom’s long-term development goals, Tsujimoto directly names Mega Man, alongside Ace Attorney and Devil May Cry, as a brand the company intends to grow through new in-house projects.
Here’s the relevant part of his statement (page 28):
At Capcom, we aim to sustain our KPI of 10% or better annual operating profit growth along with our long-term goal of annual software sales of 100 million units. To improve our chance of success, we are working to resolve business challenges, issue by issue. Our efforts are focused on core IP such as the Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and Street Fighter franchises, and mapping out mainline series entries and sequels, remakes, new IP, and ports of content to the latest hardware. We consistently release two to three major new titles each year, but recognize the need to grow our pipeline going forward. Capcom owns a wealth of globally popular brands, such as Mega Man, Devil May Cry, and Ace Attorney. We aim to expand our user base and improve our performance through new releases, remakes, and ports of titles in these series to new hardware. By enhancing brand power and cultivating loyal fan bases, we will grow these into core IPs.
Mega Man has often been described in past reports or shareholder meetings as a component of Capcom’s back catalog strategy, not as an active growth target. But here, Tsujimoto frames it as a non-core IP the company intends to support further with new releases, remakes, or ports.
Tsujimoto also outlines Capcom’s broader production strategy to support this: expanding its Osaka development hub, constructing a new development facility planned for completion in 2027, recruiting more staff, and continuing to update RE Engine.
The people developing this content are our world-class in-house creators. For the past three years, we have made strengthening our human capital a management priority, and to this end, have been training and recruiting personnel to expand our development structure. Previously, we consolidated our game development in Osaka to promote efficiency, however, to further strengthen its structure, we are currently constructing a new development facility next to our head office, slated for completion in 2027.
For now, it's encouraging to see Mega Man positioned in Capcom’s official growth strategy, rather than just its history.
Let Capcom remake the Mega Man franchise. Starting with Mega Man 1. Fully in 3D. Make it like Mega Man Legends with RPG elements and action paced gameplay. Upgrade your weapons, armor and have sections where you can roam around with Rush Jet. A Hub to come back and shop for upgrades and to teleport to stages and fight Robot masters.
ReplyDeleteNo thank you. What I'm hearing is "I really like this but what I really want is that!" That's why the franchise is such a damn mess as it is. Lets keep doing more of that...
DeleteJust go play Legends if that's what you prefer. Or ever other boilerplate 3rd person action game. I'm sick of open worlds and reboots. And getting very tired of remakes too.
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DeleteKeep Mega Man game as is for old gamers and speed runners. Add an easy mode for filthy casuals with mobile app gameplays (autorun, taps, timings, rhythms, modern button type, what have you)
DeleteNo thanks. While I'm all for a Legends 3, I'm not interested in an expansion of the first game to make it into a 3d action rpg.
DeleteGotta agree with shrap and mechamal here, in the sense that we don't really need this... It would upset a lot of fans. Classic/X/Zero/Zx are mainly about 2d or 2.5d at most. But, it might be an interesting idea for Legends 3 to expand on the 3d stuff like you said, could even introduce those mechanics you mentioned in legends and a "rush" pet to volnutt, i would genuinely like that ngl. Doesn't sound like a bad idea at all.
DeleteIf a remake for each of those games does happen, just improve the graphics and leave most of the other stuff the same. Can add dialog for more story, but side scrolling games should be kept side scrolling. 3D is good for Legends but not for the other series in the timeline. I would be happy if they updated the graphics for L1 and L2 and made and L3 though (some fans are trying to do a graphics make over).
DeleteAlso yeah, more sequels, less remakes and reboots, please. I agree with shrap for the most part here. Way too many prequels, reboots, and remakes these days. I personally prefer mostly sequels.
DeleteAlso strange these days that when they milk a series like they did Star Wars by creating entire movies and series around each character, or how they are sure milking the overdone Kirk era in Star Trek instead of just making some series set in the 26th, 27th, etc century. Kirk era has been too saturated with movies and series as of 2025.
I disagree with the others, this would absolutely be sick if they did it right. Really redo the franchise in a way that would maximize what legends tried to do.
DeleteI love the old games, thats why i play the roms, but if you try and continue with NEW side-scrolling versions of the same game- It will only be liked by a niche group of people. They tried it woth megaman 11… didnt have mainstream apeall.
believe it when I see it
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DeleteCapcom's announced AA7 like 3 separate times now (likely hoping to generate hype) but all we've seen since AA6 are localizations of games that never should have been japan only for more than a year and ports of games we already have on new platforms
I wonder if they're going to make a new Mega Man series as a "reboot" of sorts, a fresh slate, or if they're going to try to keep expanding on established worlds like classic and X. Part of me wants them to play it safe and appeal to nostalgia, but that's not sustainable. The other part of me wants to see something new that can capture new audiences with a fresh gameplay style and aesthetic - a big risk, but it could pay off.
ReplyDeleteGod, no. I don't think Meggim needs more of that.
DeleteDunno about reboot, but I could go for a revival of that cancelled FPS game. I'm not even a fan of FPS, but I think Rockman has the chops to pull it off in the same vein as Samus did with the Prime games.
Deletekeeping it classic is definitely sustainable. the problem isn't sustainability, capcom is a "real company" with investors they must constantly appease. sustainable isn't good enough, they want infinite growth.
Deletethey can easily have 3rd parties develop mega man games that continue in the spirit of the respective series to push out new games with no burden to themselves. they'll make modest profit and form relationships with companies they'll eventually absorb and force to work on resident street hunter: evil monster fighter infinite now with 200% more season pass DLC.
Sticking to the rules is not really "nostalgia". Appealing to nostalgia would be something along the lines of key jangling. Either way, at some point someone like Haruhiro should realize that your audience will hit the peak or ceiling in terms of size and luck becomes a much bigger factor in order to expand it, if not the only one.
DeleteI’ve always thought there was a logical point where the 20XX really has to stop (at least as we know it), because the main plot revolves around the conflict of two normal humans who even at the very beginning are pretty old, and are known since mid-90’s releases to eventually die. The longer you draw that out, the more it feels like jumping the shark.
DeleteIf Capcom wants to make a spiritual reboot, I think it might be a good move to start a post-Legends series. It might cheapen that series’ actual ending, but it’s definitely not the first time…
That would be sick
DeleteIt’s slightly more promising talk, but it’s still just talk. And talk is cheap. But at this point, they’d probably have me even for remakes, finished product withstanding. I think even Capcom knows the well is about tapped for Legacy Collections.
ReplyDeleteI have zero expectations because I know that's the only way they'll be met. This is empty talk that's going to go nowhere.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sick of remakes and ports. They're all overpriced and saturating the market.
ReplyDeleteMega Man 12, Mega Man X9 and a new Breath of Fire while they're at it. A gaming company making new games? What a concept.
I hope Morrigan/Darkstalkers is also included in this " make Core IP" stuff, as she's also present in the report logo. As for Rockman, Capcom is pretty much done with ports considering all of them Legacy Collections. Only Dash to go... So it's gotta be either new games or remakes.
ReplyDeleteTalk is cheap, I want a new Mega Man game like Star Force 4 or Mega Man x9 i still haven't heard any news just stuff about toys and comics but no new game news. other than the Star Force Legacy Collection i just about to give up on them and move on it's sad but that's just how i feel.
ReplyDeletewhat are you gonna do stop buying new mega man games lol
DeleteI don't believe this. Don't say it. Do it.
ReplyDelete"Capcom Looks to Grow Mega Man"
ReplyDeleteI can olny hope, but talk is cheap. Less talk, more doing.
x9 confirmed = w =
ReplyDeleteLots of people saying they dislike crapcoms ideas but I also dont see anyone talking to them in a rage state. 😂 And yeah who cares what they do with it now.
ReplyDeleteCan we add Breath of Fire to the list? There's still more potential!
ReplyDeleteI would love that and a new line of figures to go along with it.
DeleteWhatever it is, I'm sure it'll leave vocal people disappointed and frustrated if Metroid Prime 4 or most other new games to long running franchises is anything to go by.
ReplyDeleteDarkstalkers: *insert skeleton underwater meme*
ReplyDelete2025 and soon to be 2026, and still NO DARKSTALKERS?!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, but I am not buying it. As someone who grew up with the franchise, saw its ascension, lived through the dark age, had a glimpse of hope with MM11 return and saw franchise resuming its operations only with collections, this is only talk. We have heard how important MegaMan is to Capcom since forever in different versions over and over. It is always the same story, however, with new wording. I would be happy even with remakes, but, until I see it, I am not buying it... literally lol
ReplyDeleteI lived through it too i'd saw every Mega Man game and i was surprised to hear about Mega Man 1. i'm with you i'm not buying anything until they announced a new game.
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