Mega Man 11 Becomes Best-Selling Entry In The Series' 35-Year History

Hopefully this ups the chances of us getting a Mega Man 12 at some point

Question : Did you contribute to this Mega Man sales milestone?

Me : Yup. I have Mega Man 11 PS4 version and have finished the game several months ago. 🙂

Really good MM game. I didn’t like it as much as MMX1-3, but still really solid. Bounce Man’s stage can go dive off a cliff thou….

The level of frustration for that stage is on par with Gutsman’s “barely able to make it” jump gap, and Yellow Devil….

Edit - I’m talking about the jump/bounce mechanic of 75% of the stage. The window/timing is off by a hair to what every other platformer’s “jump n bounce higher” mechanic is. Like that window has to be less than an entire frame….. it’s tighter than timing on Monster Hunter 3/4/G/R Dodge frames….

Edit 2 - meant to add that aesthetically, I love the Bounce Man stage and boss. It woulda been one of my favorite stages of all time, if not for the bounce mechanic being so annoying. Lol

Well i Don't know if it exactly deserves to be the best selling but it is good. It certainly shook up the formula a little bit with the new mechanics. It also resurrected the series as up to that point Mega man was basically dead from Mega man 10 until this one came out.

The first time i played it it seemed brutally difficult. It took several tries to even get one boss down.

Now Capcom can we please get Mega man X9 or heck keep making classic ones. I'd buy them. Sure would be nice if somebody could help Capcom bring Mega man legends 3 back from the dead.

I can't believe this... not to say it's a bad game or that it doesn't deserve it, but surely better games in the series sold better....

It always surprises me how low the peak sales numbers were given the series' pedigree (and my outright love for it!).

Idk why I thought Mega Man games sold better than that, but okay.

@megasean I know right? I always assumed MM2,3 and MMX1&2 sold at least a million each….

Always glad to see one of my favorite franchises like Mega Man have success!

So… how about a remake of the older Mega Man games in the style of 11? Maybe an 8-bit upscale of the Game Boy games? Perhaps a re-release of Mega Man & Bass? Or heck, how about that Mega Man 12 we all want? <3

And it wasn't even issued a Switch physical release outside of America/Japan, so I suspect that those figures could have been closer to 2 million.

Yeah yeah yeah ….. bring Megaman X9 … Capcom what the hell are you waiting for?

I'm glad to hear, even if I personally wasn't as into 11 as I wish I was. I hope that means we're finally getting more new games sometime soon, I think its reasonable considering 11 was neither huge nor had a huge budget and that its been 4 years, that Capcom can get a couple of Megaman games out...let's say while the Switch is still the current Nintendo platform.

Mega Man 11 was actually pretty amazing, I would settle for a MM12 with the same mechanics.

Megaman is everything I know I'd love, idk why I've never been able to get into it.

I'm actually kind of shocked that that's all it took to be best selling in the series (I didn't imagine it pulled Mario or even Sonic numbers, but I figured 2-3 million wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility for this franchise given it's pedigree amongst gamers). Then again, gaming was much smaller back when the series was in it's heyday.

Glad for the success though, even if I'm not a huge fan of the series (I did have a couple of Game Boy entries I played religiously as a kid, though I can't remember which they were. I remember an Elec Man & Snake Man bosses).

Mega Man 12 would be appreciated, but a return to the X series would be fantastic.

I hope that for future Classic MM titles we get a mechanic similar, or exact clone, of Mighty Gunvolt Burst where you can customize your shots and load out. Would be awesome!

And I hope for future MMX titles we get some rpg lite mechanics like leveling up boss shot types by usage - aka like Skyrim skills, and maybe with a lvl 3-5 cap. At max level shot it could transform into like an Ultra Shot. And maybe a currency / gear system mash up of MMX / Zero. You find the capsules for upgrade via normal MMX style, then upgrade each body part via a forge/shop. Like base Helm capsule upgrade gives the 50% Damage Reduction, but you can add 25/50%/75%/100% Fire Resist at the shop.

Would be a nifty addition, extra reason to replay stages or take different routes, and both systems could play into each other - Level up shots while getting more bits/data chips for further upgrading.

Wow, I'm shocked that's the high water mark for the series. Absolutely loved the game, but it really puts into perspective how relatively low-selling these games have always been.

Ha and it had to be the only Mega Man game Keiji Inafune had no involvement in. Seem Capcom had finally got back at Inafune for leaving the company.

I'm more shocked Capcom remembered they own the Mega Man franchise.

Mega Man is not a big franchise, while it had many, many games, most of them never sold 1 million copies in the original run, the franchise only stayed relevant because the games are easy to make and they can reuse a lot from previous games.

It's a shame, but hope the franchise can continue as a deluxe indie series.

@Dm9982 100000000% agree. It absolutely ruins the flow of the game.

I played it, beat it, and liked it. A new Mega Man from time to time is very much welcome.

It feels good to see good games sell well.

It’s funny how often videos referencing classic Megaman games are viewed in the tens of millions yet the actual series doesn’t sell nearly as well as its hold on video game culture would make you assume.

Great. Now... MM12 and MMX9 please.

You would expect the Megaman to be a higher seller, specially 30 years ago, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Maybe one day we'll see a Megaman X9, but I doubt it.

Awesome news, I love the heck out of Mega Man 11. It's one of my favorite games on the Nintendo Switch, one that I find myself going back too quite a bit.

Given that Azure Striker Gunvolt was created as a few visually and game-mechanically spiritual successors to Mega Man X, I’d say Capcom has their hands full creating more impressive sequels to that line.

That being said, congratulations to the developers for creating a very successful next gen version to the main line entry!

@Lony85 Replayability is a great sign of a game’s merit!

@Edu23XWiiU The difficulty curve and bad box arts may had play a role in that. Back in the late 80s and early 90s, not many people are familiar with the blue bomber yet and those that are can't even beat the game due to it's sheer difficulty. Most people I know back then had five franchise they point fingers to when it comes to Nintendo Hard games: Ninja Gaiden, Zelda II: The Adventures of Link, Castlevania, Contra, and Mega Man. While most of those could be completed without frustration, Mega Man is hardly ever that simple, heck even a majority of its cheat codes via Game Genie are more about making the game even harder and not easier.

Great to hear, and hoping they make another one! Personally I didn't like MM 11 that much. I really didn't like the double gear system and the game was way too short. Also didn't like Mega Man changing his appearance with each weapon equipped. That's probably an unpopular opinion though.

It didn’t look like Capcom’s best effort with MM so I didn’t buy in. They can do better

Can fans create the robot masters again?

I wonder how much Nintendo Switch contributed to the overall number 🤔🤔🤔

Cuphead = 6 million units

Cuphead DLC “The Delicious Last Course” has sold 1 million units in less than two weeks.

So Cuphead > Mega Man

Considering it's one of my favorite franchises of course I've bought games and merch. 11 is a great game.

@Serpenterror could be. Word to mouth, those games you mentioned are the hardest. But it's funny, how everyone got to play at least some of those games once back in the day. Maybe you didn't own them, but for sure, you knew someone who had them.

Got Mega Man 11 on sale earlier this year and had a really good time with it. I'd love to see them make 12 in a similar vein.

But even more than that I'd love a new Mega Man X Command Mission and/or Mega Man Legends game! They're long overdue for new entries. Seeing those sales #'s really puts things into perspective and dampens expectations though unfortunately.

... Wun can only hope.