Capcom is a strange, occasionally illogical company. It uses the iconic Mega Man as a mascot, and no doubt observed with pleasure as Mega Man's reveal for the latest Super Smash Bros. caused a stir at E3 2013, while its tireless - and blameless - community staff pass along fan requests such as that for a fresh Mega Man collection. During the Blue Bomber's anniversary year the company released merchandise ranging from figurines, to usb sticks and tissue dispensers, and sanctioned the fan-made Street Fighter x Mega Man for a free PC release.
Let's not forget, in Capcom's defence, that today's North American arrival of Mega Man Battle Network 2 is the latest in a full-on range of past-gen titles being released on the Wii U and 3DS Virtual Console, to the point that we may not be far off having every old Nintendo Mega Man title available. Yet fans want a new game, any proper new game, for a gaming system. One where Mega Man runs and shoots things, a bit like in Mega Man 10.
Alas, Capcom has another entry to file under the 'what are they doing to the Mega Man IP?!' category, with this mobile game - Rockman GoGo - that's been released in the Google Play store in South Korea; it's been developed by Jenoi Co. and licensed by Capcom.
Yep, the apocalypse is truly here.
[source destructoid.com]
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It's Mega Man Powered-Up character designs!
...I hate the Mega Man Powered-Up character designs...
I can't watch the vid where I am, but I'm not at all put off by the concept. These endless runners are almost ubiquitous on smartphones of commuters here in the states. I always see people playing them, and usually not the gamer types. This might be a great way to help get Mega Man a wider audience if it were done correctly.
Imagine if it was ported to the 3DS with 3D effects! BEST GAME EVER!
I'm glad I don't care for Mega Man.
@CanisWolfred
Megaman Powered-Up is a pretty cool game though.
"Capcom is a strange, occasionally illogical company."
Pfft, understatement of the year.
@Expa0 I agree, the game was good, but the physics felt a bit... off.
I was kinda hoping they would of just made Rockman XOver, except better in every way possible.
Why? Because at it's core it's not a bad formula if done right.
Think about it: actual platforming, more enemy variety, more move variety for the boss sequences, have bosses reward points for each defeat as you go, have the difficulty ramp up at each boss, and reward the player new moves with the score they earn as well as upgrade MegaMan to survive longer.
As a matter of fact, why not just capitalize on the Endless stage mode from MegaMan 9& 10? Or make Battle Network Virus Busting endless wave game? So many ideas, much money!
Man, it must be depressing to be a Mega Man fan.
It sure is.
Stop beating the corpse again and again Capcom...IT'S DEAD SINCE A LOOOOOOONG WHILE NOW!!!
At this point, Capcom treatment of Mega Man is just behind my disgust of how Valis went to Valis X (don't google it).
I actually want to play this game tbh, runners are a fun waste of time.... And we finally have a new MegaMan game
At this point Capcom can just go and jump off a cliff cuz my interest for anything from them is now moot. Street Fighter V is a PS4 console exclusive which sucks cuz I now had to force myself to get the PC version (something of a rarity to me cuz I usually never buy fighting games for play on PC), Resident Evil Revelations 2 skipping 3DS and Wii U when really it was the first entry on the 3DS that made that game popular, no Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for Wii U, no new Mega Man game for any console, and every fan favorite franchise that could had build interest were ignore or just thrown out the windows including a new main Breath of Fire (no that one 5-hour mobile game that pretends to be BoF6 doesn't count), Darkstalkers, Okami, Power Stone, Onimusha, etc.
All that money you made from MH3G/4...you put it into this crap. :/
@Player4 Waste of time? True. Fun? Not Really. The game is basically the successor to this awful mess from 2 years ago.
The vomit I'm holding back....
Even MegaMan is shaking his fist. Heck, Gutsman is so offended, he's shaking both!
Capcpom: "Here's the new Mega Man Powered Up entry you've been wanting!"
Please no!
This isn't MegaMan 2 Powered Up! You rat finks!
YAAA! YAAA! YAAA! YAAA! YAAA!
@CanisWolfred better than these MegaMan "designs" (read: abominations), no?
@retro_player_22 Oh wow, that looks particularly bad. And I just watched the video in the article, doesn't look too hot either (for a runner). Ignore what I just said, lol
Dammit Capcom, you just don't learn do you?
I don't care if this was built using recycled PSP assets for minimal effort, just do something actually worthwhile like porting Megaman 9 & 10 to 3DS.
Capcom being Capcom. The game doesn't even look preposterously bad, like, say, Meme Run or The Letter. So there's truly nothing to see here.
''Crapcom is a bizarre, almost always illogical company.''
Amended for accuracy.
This was actually painful to watch. A big, broken mess. This craptacular company is absolutely beyond salvation.
Okay but you cannot tell me this is as bad as Rockman Xover.
Crapcom at it's finest.
Seems interesting and could maybe work, but I assume in app purchases will be thrown at us from every direction.
Efforts to using the Mega powerup assets could've been spent porting the PSP verison of Megaman Powered Up to 3DS and Vita...
Okay I didn't realize this before but, why does Oil MAN sound like a teenage girl?
Are people upset b/c Capcom made a Megaman runner for smart devices or just b/c it looks awful?
From a comment I made previously:
Sony has several iOS games out based on several of it's franchises - Bentley's Hackpack, a collection of minigames from Sly Cooper, Knack Quest a match 3 game, and 2 endless runners - Run Sackboy Run and R&C:BTN.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bentleys-hackpack/id596596644?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/knacks-quest/id727485111?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/run-sackboy!-run!/id914865605?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ratchet-clank-btn/id779657007?mt=8
And now Mario is being skinned onto PAD. Only for 3DS now, but who know sabout th future.
People need to accept the fact that app games are here. Doesn't mean console games are going away, but the lines are blurring.
The game looks nice enough, and I don't mind the Powered-Up graphics style — I still replay Powered-Up on my PSP consistently. If it does well, then good for Capcom. I agree with the ragers, tho — we all want to get some more "classic", mainline experiences.
Since Capcom isn't going that route, though, it's nice to see so many outside of them keeping the spirit of the franchise alive: Inti Creates with GunVolt, Ifaune with Mighty 9, and all the great games available from talented, die-hard fans.
Please Capcom give someone the license as well that will do the blue bomber justice.
i live in a world where two these things exist ... =w=
At this point in time Capcom has proven to the world they like to do things at their terms even if it's risking their very existence. But hey at least their not Konami.
They couldn't care enough to revive Legends 3. Funny how it's only in Korea as if they are intentionally trying to avoid the fans
When I said I wanted a new Megaman game, this isn't what I meant, Capcom!
lol so this is what happened to the megaman powered up style.
@NintendoFan64
this is not what i had in mind but
still at least it is a mega man game
now just bring this to the us and make a mega man or rockman game for the 3ds or make a gba mega man collection
also this looks like sonic dash they just put mega man/rockman in it and the bad guys from mega man on it
I look forward to the day that will never come when Capcom thinks "Oh my god! Maybe we should do something fans want us to do!" and they make a new Mega Man game that's good. Or something.
This looks awful. Aside from Monster Hunter, it seems Capcom does everything opposite of what I want (As a huge fan of their brands, I've always supported them, even now). Apparently it hates its own consumers (I'm sure that's not the case but its how i feel sometimes). Guess us Nintendo fans should feel lucky they throw us a bone at all. Bought a PS Vita just so I could have a bigger piece of the Capcom games I used to play back in the day. I really do HATE runners. The golden age of video games is gone forever now. Not that their was any hope for Mega Man as of late.
Quick! Let's tell Capcom whatever they do, to not make a traditional Classic series Mega Man title, so we'll get one!
......not sure if I should be impressed or flabbergasted...
Capcom doesn't do dore that ruin this character over and over again.
But i like the chibi design of Powered-Up.
I hope that whenever Gunman Clive 2 AND Mighty No. 9 come out, Capcom realizes how much (to quote an Italian saying) they've thrown the shovel on their own feet, and rush - pun not intended - to make a new Mega Man game.
Either that, or sell the IP to Nintendo. Who, in turn, will put the first new MM game into Sakurai's hands, and knowing what he did to Kid Icarus (heck, what he ALREADY did with Mega Man himself in SSB4), we could only hope for the best from then on.
@rjejr It's neither. People are pissed because Capcom makes no MegaMan titles for consoles anymore - and even this one is far away from what used to be a legacy among games.
I just...I...just...
What surprises me is to see this reported here in Nintendo Life...it is not a Nintendo franchise (appearing in Smash not makes a character a Nintendo property last time I checked), and it is not a game for any Nintendo system.
What's the purpose, just to unnerve people around here?
@CaviarMeths It is my friend...it is
So, im not going to say anything worthwhile to this because i think i would breach pretty much any community rule regarding the choice of words here.
Just one thing: Capcom, you are the ToadMan of the gaming industry. That is all.
I feel really bad for Mega Man fans right now.
When this comes out in the rrst of the world, NO ONE DOWNLOAD IT. Teach Capcom that they can't just give us crap and expect us to take it. As the consumers, we really hold the power. Time for us to take a stand,
Rest**
Whatever. I doubt Capcom will be pouring too many resources into mobile gaming. I'm sure Megaman will properly return yet.
CAPCOM, STOP BEING COMPLETE AND UTTER IDIOTS!! Stop destroying the hearts of Mega Man fans, like myself. You're really pissing me and many others off.
@RupeeClock I'd say porting 9 and 10 to Wii U would be better, either that or Nintendo merges the Wii and Wii U shops because it's a nuisance that I'd have to buy 2 eshop cards to buy Megaman 10 and Duck Hunt for example.
First there was Sonic Dash
Then Rayman Fiesta Run
Then Pac Man Dash
And now there is Mega Man runners.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?!?
Capcom didn't make this. Jenoi did. All Capcom did was license Mega Man for them to make a game from. Capcom wouldn't have dictated that it had to be on one platform or another or that it had to play a certain way. Jenoi did.
Okay I didn't realize this before but, why does Oil MAN sound like a teenage girl?
How about Oil Man looking like a racist stereotype. Look at the picture at the top.
@Kaze_Memaryu - Well that makes sense. Think I got confused as from a non-Megaman fan's perspective it seems like a Megaman game is being released every week. Isn't the main Megaman series up to about 10, plus the RPG like spin-offs? Cant think of many other non-sports series that have had that many games, just Dragon Quest and FF. Still, I guess if you're a fan you want more.
Daily reminder that Capcom is the devil.
....Aaaand that's the final nail in the coffin. We'll all miss youu, Mega Man.
Am I the only one here that thinks this game looks kinda fun? Besides the HYAAA HYAA HYAA HYAA that permeates it XP It seems to have more mechanics than the traditional runner and has decent graphics.
That said, this is a pathetic excuse for the first Megaman game in years (I won't count Xover or any fan games). Screw you Capcom.
I can already hear the the word "CANCLED"...
There's still so many Mega Man games I haven't played so I don't see a need for new ones.
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