Capcom Celebrates 30 Years With New Character Encyclopedia

Didn't this come out a while ago?

I might pick this up.

Full of characters they've run into the ground or abandoned....naw, just kidding....or am I?

Every issue is delivered with the pages containing MegaMan characters ripped out
Seriously capcom, stop mocking your old fans. This is, like @hypercoyote said a bok full of characters and franchises you ran headfirst into the ground.

@Tasuki I bet that i can name pretty much every major and most of the minor characters from capcom up to the end of the PS2 era
Especially when it comes to the MegaMan universe...i can name you any boss of any franchise, in which order you could beat them, memorized pretty much every stage theme by ear...lets say i know more about the megaman universe than it would be healthy for a sane human being

I wish I was more of a Capcom fan. This looks pretty cool. I think they need to do a first party Nintendo one. I'd buy that.

well isn't that special — a book featuring 200 of their characters, probably two thirds of which haven't been featured in a game in the past ten years, and a book for MM's 25th? what idiot told Capcom that this is what their fans wanted? for pete's sake, why do i continue to allow myself to be surprised /eyeroll

Going to buy this!

I really wanted this instead of Megaman Legends 3

I would get it, as I saw it on Amazon at 10 bucks. Kinda like playing Sonic Racing Transformed, so many good franchises and characters that make you think of the past...

@theblackdragon: Agreed. Just wow, Capcom.

It's only £10. I'm a massive Capcom fan, so I'll buy this.

The only Capcom series I have any deep affection for are Okami and Phoenix Wright (was Ghost Trick Capcom?). But things like this are pretty coo celebrations of video game culture

@AJWolfTill: Ghost Trick was Capcom, yes.

Is it coming out in the U.K. coz i love reading up on retro games. If so how much will it be & where can i get it from, if not does anyone know any good importers i could contact?

People are funny.

You see TV shows reboot characters from Marvel and DC (how many reboots of Transformers, Spiderman, JLA, X-Men and such are there out there) so why is this considered bad? So it's okay for DC and Marvel to do this but video game companies like Nintendo, Capcom and Sega are put in a negative light because.....?

How many Warner Brothers and Hanna Barbara characters been rebooted? Doesn't a new generation have a right to see a reboot of Scooby Doo or are they confined to what came out in the 1960's and 70's? What if everyone was only allowed to see the Superfriends and not the newer JLA? How about all the reboots of Batman?

I understand that everyone has their opinion on the issue and they have a right. I just don't know if they take into account the bigger picture on these things or if it is just restricted to the video game franchises. Maybe it's that. The video game franchises have no business doing this, but it's okay for Television and Movies.

I personally think this is a great book to show for all of Capcom's characters. Marvel and DC do it every so often. Let Capcom do it too.

@watford1 More than likely you can buy it direct from Capcom Unity. Even better books are free of import duty. (Regardless of value). So you will only have to pay the delivery cost. (No way it would be cheaper than that from an importer).

@yienwae Its not really ok. The top 10 grossing films last year (Other than hunger games which is the first in a series of books) were all some type of sequel or reboot. Its been getting worse and worse. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't at the point where there is basically nothing else fully resourced.

TV I have less of a problem with because there still is stuff that is not a rehash of something that already exists.

they're really pulling out all the stops to finally start earning again, huh? There will be an encyclopedia of capcom encyclopedias coming the week after that - and the encyclopedia will be a playable character in the next 12 versions of Streetfighter 4.

@SwerdMurd What besides Monster Hunter 4 ? That seems to be doing quite well for them. (The Japan targetted stuff seems to be the only interesting and money making stuff from them these days. )

SEGA should do this. As for this Capcomy one, it makes me wonder how many Monsters made the cut, 'cause I'm guessing that they're not ALL featured in this thing.

@unrandomsam I agree at the fact that there isn't much original stuff out there. Unfortunately big companies don't like taking that many chances on something that's unproven or new when it's cheaper to do something that works. It's not all necessarily right, but that's the nature of the business. Having a reboot or rehash is not necessarily bad either. But it does take timing and creativity. The Batman franchise was a bit worn out by the time Batman & Robin was released. The fact that it was rebooted with Batman Begins was a good thing. I do not know how well the reboot of Spiderman did and I thought Man of Steel was pretty good compared to Superman Returns. I think the story, along with timing, is everything.

But this is really about Capcom's encyclopedia. I think it's great that Capcom is doing this. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Perhaps the timing of its release leaves much to be desired because fans are looking for something else. Perhaps that's why some may be frowning about this.