tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post3968942876507044435..comments2024-03-28T16:56:18.261-05:00Comments on Rockman Corner: Mega Man Franchise Now at 37 Million Units Sold (+1M From Previous Year)Protodudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650204880792333537noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-82268676376946772962021-08-04T01:19:12.040-05:002021-08-04T01:19:12.040-05:00why the starforce rockman in C position???? it sho...why the starforce rockman in C position???? it should be ori megaman or megaman x~linkinporkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590261263939831472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-34119667397844909362021-08-03T19:01:07.857-05:002021-08-03T19:01:07.857-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gary Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17516536622127508280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-79981068927605499082021-08-02T23:00:08.425-05:002021-08-02T23:00:08.425-05:00@Gary Daniel
I had two responses, one about mobil...@Gary Daniel<br /><br />I had two responses, one about mobile, the other about what X Dive actually is, but the first one about X Dive I guess wasn't approved. Not willing to write everything over again, but long story short, you probably don't know that much about X Dive and it might surprise you how MM it really is.Erik the Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073994002815514809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-67764128181970098252021-08-02T18:38:40.143-05:002021-08-02T18:38:40.143-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gary Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17516536622127508280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-42613097153931221162021-08-02T16:13:06.618-05:002021-08-02T16:13:06.618-05:00@Erik the Red
Agreed. Top of the line graphics ne...@Erik the Red<br /><br />Agreed. Top of the line graphics never really mattered with Megaman, granted I would like to see more variety and to take a good long break from 8-bit. Funny thing is, I wonder if Capcom would finally make Legends 3 a reality if they did it in the style of the first two. I think it would be funny to see a modern game made in the style of “polygons”. Like pixels, it has a charm of its own, and would potentially be less expensive to make, hence less of a risk to put into market.Gearzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11148151697028995178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-13972884185702150382021-08-02T04:50:35.854-05:002021-08-02T04:50:35.854-05:00@gary Daniel
you also have a strange view on how ...@gary Daniel<br /><br />you also have a strange view on how mobile gaming works. it's not stuck on a "punty ass tiny screen". yeah, the graphic quality isn't fantastic, but X Dive is playable not only on cell phones, but tablets too, which can have pretty large screens. Not only that, but both phones and tablets can be connected via HDMI cable to a TV. I used to play X dive on my TV all the time.<br /><br />Furthermore, X dive is compatible with controllers too. you can plut in an Xbox 360 controller to your phone and play it with that controller. personally, I don't like Xbox controllers for mega man as the D-pads kinda suck. But the point is, you can use controllers with mobile, though the switch pro controller doesn't work all that well on most mobile games. The only issue with the phone and mobile games in general is that most are not designed for gaming and you need to design for average phones to have a playerbase. <br /><br />Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is ported to mobile, as are Sonic 1,2, and CD. They play fantastically on mobile with a controller plugged in. The Mobile platform is pretty good, and I would love decent ports of classic mega man games on them.<br /><br />And yeah, phones will be a LOT weaker than your PC. But the MMZ games are great, and don't need a beefy PC to play. We don't need a mega man game to have top of the line graphics, and even MM11 wasn't very intensive. what's more important is gameplay. Actually, it'd probably be better to get low budget low graphics mega man games. the better the graphics, the more money capcom needs to invest into it, the more money capcom has to invest in it, the broader appeal it needs to recoup the cost, the broader appeal it needs, the less it will cater to the minority hardcore mega man fans. I'd rather they just make quick low budget sprite graphic games (doesn't have to be 8-bit, but I'm fine with them reusing sprites like castlevania often did) designed for the core fans so capcom can have a respectable ROI on the games, and our beloved series can stay alive. <br /><br />if we could get good mega man games on mobile, I'd be fine with thatErik the Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073994002815514809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-1381158428916316162021-08-01T21:44:43.958-05:002021-08-01T21:44:43.958-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gary Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17516536622127508280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-78773338540320965842021-08-01T21:38:13.206-05:002021-08-01T21:38:13.206-05:00Yeah. Handhelds don't bother me. But phones do...Yeah. Handhelds don't bother me. But phones do. They are terrible platforms for anything that requires coordination.<br /><br />Multiplatform makes the most sense nowadays. I think everyone is happy with that. Steam is a good fall back plan so long as your not interested in a Nintendo property. I don't think Mega Man will push your specs that hard. I've been getting my 2D Side Scrolling fix playing Record of Lodoss War on Steam.shraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848361826187708820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-30820427552534951802021-08-01T18:13:51.240-05:002021-08-01T18:13:51.240-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gary Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17516536622127508280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-63401618516144385262021-08-01T00:41:39.081-05:002021-08-01T00:41:39.081-05:00Pokemon-esque in business practice. Multiple carts...Pokemon-esque in business practice. Multiple carts, multiple tie in anime, and the "gotta catch em all" with battle chips, both digital and later on physical with all the tie in merch, kiosks and events to get exclusive chips, etc. It started small and ballooned with EXE3 Black.shraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848361826187708820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-33926157149953306882021-07-31T23:59:33.999-05:002021-07-31T23:59:33.999-05:00@Brooks64
The problem there is grouping the games ...@Brooks64<br />The problem there is grouping the games as "run and gunners" and saying that's okay. technically, legends is a "run and gunner" as well, as you run and gun in that game, it's just 3D, and if you don't count legends, you really can't count X7 either.<br /><br />classic and X gameplay are very different from each other. it'd be like saying that mega man X and Super Metroid are pretty much the same game. you could argue that metroid is open world, but then, so is MMZ and ZX, but they're grouped with the rest of the series too. There ARE people who are fans of classic and not X, and vice versa. <br /><br />The saving grace for fans is that pretty much every series has sold only modest numbers on average. No series destroys the sales of any other series, though every series pretty much dropped off a cliff in sales. If any of the spin-offs sold significantly more than the others, that'd be the end of every other type until sales for that spin-off dried up. <br /><br />And pretty much BN/SF and MMZ/ZX had taken over the series. a LOT of classic fans don't care at all for the MMZ series. MMZ is so far removed from the classic mega man formula, it's really hard to compare them. Image how BN fans would feel if NT2 was announced? No new BN/SF style game, but instead a platformer game. Some might be happy, some might wish we got new BN games. But if NT2 sold really well through some stroke of luck, it'd be likely to replace all series's going forward. it'd be a "run and gunner", and a lot of fans of each series would be thuroughly unhappy about it.<br /><br />No gameplay style, no genre, nothing is safe. for all we know, the X Dive model could be the future of mega man going forward, depending on how much revenue and profit it pulls in.Erik the Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073994002815514809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-5641961729579808002021-07-31T22:38:35.242-05:002021-07-31T22:38:35.242-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gary Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17516536622127508280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-62711152013227002702021-07-31T20:38:01.143-05:002021-07-31T20:38:01.143-05:00@Shrap
"It seems you just wanna rip me a ne...@Shrap <br /><br />"It seems you just wanna rip me a new one now or nitpick little things to score some internet victory."<br /><br />That is false. If anything I try to convince you by way of showing you my perspective because I think you are one of the few people I CAN convince. I never debate or go on extended exchanges with people I don't have some level of respect for. Mark Havochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08595431661908197752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-79477982384060155402021-07-31T20:34:36.139-05:002021-07-31T20:34:36.139-05:00IMO people who prefer the classic/X gameplay don’t...IMO people who prefer the classic/X gameplay don’t have much room to complain about the series changing. Not only do 4 out of the 7 series in the franchise stay run and gunners, Classic, X, Zero, and ZX, but those games(Classic/X especially) are the most well known of the franchise. It’s far more likely that these series will get revivals in the future. The argument that BN and SF “replaced” the older style of gameplay is fundamentally wrong after Zero games(and MM&B if you count it) continued to release during BN’s run. This isn’t a Paper Mario situation where the gameplay style was completely overhauled from a certain point onward, where older fans have something to point at. These series run concurrently. There’s something for everyone. In 2007, if you hated Star Force and wanted to play a side scroller, guess what? ZXA releases that same year. If you aren’t into Taisen, do you think that they WON’T go for X9 after the Legacy Collections’ sales? All I’m saying is that the run and gunners are safe. There’s no need to panic about them being phased out.Brooks64https://www.blogger.com/profile/08217995550845439209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-76426778322708292192021-07-31T16:32:53.851-05:002021-07-31T16:32:53.851-05:00Lol looks like bots with Bing Ads are getting thro...Lol looks like bots with Bing Ads are getting through. The internet, man. What a place.shraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848361826187708820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-5217198032279359872021-07-31T16:28:37.884-05:002021-07-31T16:28:37.884-05:00@Mark Havoc
It seems you just wanna rip me a new o...@Mark Havoc<br />It seems you just wanna rip me a new one now or nitpick little things to score some internet victory. I've no time for such nonsense and no need or requirement to justify anything I said as though its somehow invalid.<br /><br />The franchise and its immediate future as well as my relationship to it are what I care about. Agree or don't. It matters not. If you see my name, move along. Its simple. That's what I intend to do.<br /><br />(Typing on a phone sucks. It didnt used to work. Now it is? Odd.)shraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848361826187708820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-76112580240780399092021-07-31T09:16:06.161-05:002021-07-31T09:16:06.161-05:00Just to clarify, my brand argument is also part of...Just to clarify, my brand argument is also part of it amd is the other half of the coin on how to fix things and build the core strengths ratjer than chase whatevwr trends.shraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848361826187708820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-42297916757167529042021-07-31T05:56:11.712-05:002021-07-31T05:56:11.712-05:00I simply want to tell you that I am new to weblog ...I simply want to tell you that I am new to weblog and definitely liked this blog site. Very likely I’m going to bookmark your blog <a href="https://mcelligottppc.com/bing-ads-underrated-but-worth-your-money/" rel="nofollow">bing ads</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000438179078624668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-47645469785296168012021-07-31T05:00:00.624-05:002021-07-31T05:00:00.624-05:00You're taking Command Missions way too literal...You're taking Command Missions way too literally. I mentioned it as a representative stand in of you wanting to retain characters and such as is when developers are to experiment with different genres. The quality of CM or you liking it specifically is irrelevant and besides the point.<br /><br />Again I mention BN/SF not for liking disliking reasons, my point was they were NOT Final Fantasy or anything else really. They are quit nearly wholly unique. Other than that tho I pretty much entirely feel the same way you do in regards to BN/SF. I too think other series should take priority and I too think (at least in gameplay) BN had the sauce and SF was meh.<br /><br />"You don't see Mega Man: Ace Attorney, do you? Or Resident Mega Man."<br /><br />Yeah but I also don't see Pokemon Mega Man and only one game I can say is Final Fantasy Mega Man. I do see Zelda Mega Man tho (legends) and Metroid Mega Man (ZX).<br /><br />"Change a few names and there is literally NO Mega Man in the entire story."<br /><br />Well I seriously disagree with that, I do not think the designs would work at all without obviously being homages to Classic and X series designs, some story beats are directly lifted from previous mainline entries. The entire premise of it being an action RPG was due to the nature of the mainline games being action oriented, in fact the structure of the game design itself was inspired by a lot of the conventions brought about by the main games... This I believe anyone with a brain can tell you.<br /><br />"Battle Network took off because it basically was Pokemon-esque... Which anyone with a brain can tell you that is EXACTLY what Capcom was going for."<br /><br />I don't know why BN took off, and I don't even necessarily disagree (well I do partially it IS NOT POKEMON even ESQUE) that Capcom banked on the idea that people would think of BN that way, but I don't even think explicitly exclusively Pokemon but Yu-Gi-Oh, Petz/Tamagachi, Beyblade and such, that kind of media franchise. In fact Capcom devs have stated as much. End result is it's not like Pokemon AT ALL, except for maybe the versions thing (biggest mistake the series ever made I believe BTW) in the end so Capcom's intentions are not relevant to that point.<br /><br />"The BN fans will get their turn at the franchise changing away from what they grew up with, which ironically is timed right around now, yes?"<br /><br />Yeah but I don't see them acting petty at least not on mass, not even to the IMO (and apparently yours) inferior (at least in gameplay) SF series.<br /><br />"And there have been many people who have said before "No Legends 3, no $$$"."<br /><br />Well I don't see that often anymore but I will say if they are acting like this I will be disappointed in that as well. Not because I disagree statement but because I don't think being demanding (in this context) and threatening will get them anywhere. Now if they said X, Zero, BN etc shouldn't exist as is then I'd have major gripes with that.Mark Havochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08595431661908197752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-54639418111352688262021-07-31T04:52:09.491-05:002021-07-31T04:52:09.491-05:00Grand Congrats to this Great Franchise. But I Real...Grand Congrats to this Great Franchise. But I Really Hope that Capcom doesn't create a Brand New Mega Man for Taisen. We have enough Spin-off series as is. They should just use the Rockmen that exist. Plus,Ruby Spears Mega Man (and rs roll) would be great for fighting games and beat'em-ups. See,no need to create a New Rockman soley to represent the future Rockman Fighting series,just use existing ones.Stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085169212897563828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-61149997820376703492021-07-31T01:47:29.044-05:002021-07-31T01:47:29.044-05:00Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel...Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on that topic. If doable, while you gain competence, would you mind updating your blog with more information? It is extremely helpful for me <a href="https://mcelligottppc.com/top-5-reasons-why-your-business-needs-a-website-in-2021/" rel="nofollow">small business website</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000438179078624668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-36768666942821341352021-07-31T00:56:00.909-05:002021-07-31T00:56:00.909-05:00I can definitely see Shrap's point. it's p...I can definitely see Shrap's point. it's pointless in arguing about things in hindsight about things NOT changing the series. There are plenty of serieses where the gameplay style changed and never returned to what those fans liked. Some people like that model better, some not so much.<br /><br />Mega man and its subsequent spin-offs are a unique case, in that capcom makes a spin-off rather than changing the current formula. But even in this case, there is a risk of a series being completely replaced by one of the spin-offs. Classic mega man was virtually replaced by Mega Man X. We got a rushed MM7 and a anniversary celebration game, but after X4, X had firmly replaced the classic series until the sales dropped off a cliff with X7 and X8. <br /><br />Capcom has proven they'll drop gameplay styles based on sales. Look at resident evil. it went from a very difficult to control survival horror game to a more action focused romp that really doesn't involve zombies anymore? point is, resident evil 4 and 5 were really popular, so the prior resident evil style games were retired, and fans of those styles of games will never be made in the series again. they even update the style in the remakes. you could argue the games are better now, but that's irrelevant. fans of the RE 1-3 style of game will never get another game of that style from capcom again.<br /><br />the saving grace of the mega man series is that it's kinda a mascot? None of the games sell particularly well, especially with capcom's AAA standards. If Battle network sold more than 3 million units per game, that's the end of classic mega man. Mega man legends 2 sold so awfully, the series is pretty much dead.<br /><br />This is why fans are scared of changes when the kind of games they want is basically dead. If we got a FPS MMX game today, and if it sold gangbusters, well, mega man X is now a FPS game until sales die.Erik the Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073994002815514809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-88145748802703454512021-07-30T23:53:46.113-05:002021-07-30T23:53:46.113-05:00How is it even Pokemon-esque? Surely not because o...How is it even Pokemon-esque? Surely not because of the Battle Chip/Battle Card collecting. It was no different than collecting pogs or other small things that were comparable. Hell, even Yu-Gi-Oh! eclipsed Pokemon's popularity at the same, so saying Pokemon had the biggest influence really isn't plausible. BN and SF were excellent entries that deserve to have the Mega Man brand on them, as they brought in newer players (me included in that field) and eventually caused me to branch out and seek the other entries. Battle Network and Star Force WERE A NECCESSITY for Mega Man to survive in the early 2000s.<br /><br />And honestly, the whole two versions thing only started because BN3 got a special re-release that added in bugfixes, while also adding new stuff to make it sustainable to buy again. No different that the same deal Square did when it came to the Final Mix versions of Kingdom Hearts I, II and Birth by Sleep.BassDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290182194943300730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-61190690247032474362021-07-30T21:31:58.372-05:002021-07-30T21:31:58.372-05:00Open minded is fine, but they need to continue the...Open minded is fine, but they need to continue the main timeline series side by side simultaneously. If they continued the story and gameplay of the main series real MM) while they did new things, then it is no big deal, but now they are making BS and cheap knockoffs on tiny ass screens at the expense of the main legit series. That's the problem.Gary Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17516536622127508280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080026879350344019.post-43554970151849826952021-07-30T15:40:19.677-05:002021-07-30T15:40:19.677-05:00@Mark Havoc
I mean, it’s definitely a problem tha...@Mark Havoc<br /><br />I mean, it’s definitely a problem that even I’m guilty of. Yet I can see why they’re also “chill”, there games feel the most complete - being the only series of games with an actual ending and a sense of closure. I can’t help but groan when someone says battle network is “under appreciated”, when it got an anime, complete series of games, toys, being the face of Megaman for the 2000’s. Us Legends fans? We just mostly want ONE. FINAL. GAME and I’m sure most of us would shut up. We want closure. Most fans of classic, X, ZX just want closure. Hence the attitudes we have right now. I dunno, maybe it should just be a golden rule - if your series of games isn’t selling to well, cliffhanger endings should be off the table. I know I’d be fine with Legends/ZX being a duology if it didn’t have the endings they did. Gearzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11148151697028995178noreply@blogger.com