Yeesh, if Capcom wanted to avoid anger over this decision, all they might have needed to do would be to release Prototype Version first. People might have been [I]begging[/I] for them to cancel it!

also, lol, people will use literally anything as an excuse for OMG 3DS DOOMED

This could have been so good.

Soooooooo fucking good.

And now it's gone, I knew it was too good to be true. And we'll never get a ZX3, MM11 or MMX9 either.

holy shit

looks like marketing kicked the dev staff in the balls until they deleted all the work they'd done

[QUOTE=Father_Brain]Yeesh, if they wanted to avoid anger over this decision, all they'd have needed to do would be to release Prototype Version first.[/QUOTE]
I think that would probably make things worse. Unless the prototype was really awful.

[QUOTE=Riposte]I don't understand why people want to boycott games or are hoping other games bomb, like Dragon's Dogma. Don't you like videogames? What if Capcom releases a game you want to play? This thread seems really thick with angry fanboyism to the point of a mob mentality. Not a lot of thinking going on.[/QUOTE]

Sadly, Dragon's Dogma doesn't seem to catch my eye... At all.

The last few games that were able to catch my eye were from Mikami and Kamiya... And that was a long time ago (not into fighting games), oh and canon Resident Evil (namely RE5).

The next games that I will be buying from them is RE4 and RECVX HD.

[QUOTE=Aeana]I think that would probably make things worse. Unless the prototype was really awful.[/QUOTE]

The footage I saw looked janky as fuck.

[QUOTE=TheUnknownForce]How it went down in my derped mind.

"3DS is the next DS. We put all our money on PSP games first and that was bad. We need to support this big thing baaaadly! But we need games at the launch so we'll send a beefed up port and compilation-port-thingie. The big stuff'll come later, if they sell. Oh you want Megaman Legends 3? Ehhhh, well, Inafune is here, so we won't kill you for asking, come again later. That Universe game, though, it's on XBLA and PSN so GREEENLIT!"

...

"Oh, good, Inafune left. We can drop all Megaman projects already greenlit and move on with becoming a Western-focused publisher with the occasional Monster Hunter for Japan. Legends 3 isn't greenlit, so we won't cancel it now. Besides, it's on 3DS! It can't fail, what with the ports everyone put onto it at launch!"

...

"Oh, 3DS is a bit expensive it seems...and our big port launch title sold well but we shipped a million and it clearly didn't need that many at launch. Maybe it'll pick up a lot of steam shortly! As for Legends 3...we'll force them to release a prototype of it. Then when we cancel it and dash the fanbase's hearts and minds, we'll never need to speak of it ever again. GREAT PR MOVE!"

...

"Oh, 3DS didn't really boost up as we thought. DS is still selling pretty well, too. Damn, and we already cancelled all our DS US releases after sending Okamiden to die. Prototype Version not ready? Delay it, just before E3 happens. There's no way this can go wrong at all."

...

"PS Vita has a lot of support heading its way, and our Mercenaries compilation is stumbling at that 'can't-remove-save-data' debacle. 3DS might recooperate by holiday, but we LIVE IN THE NOW. Legends 3 team, get in here! The game's cancelled. Now get to work on Dragon's Dogma for PSVita. IT CANT LOSE!"[/QUOTE]

wouldn't surprise me if that actually happened. Though I don't see why people want other Capcom titles to bomb except DmC

[QUOTE=Riposte]There seems to be little to nothing to move. Like, this could be a case of "not getting the green light" rather than being canceled.


I don't understand why people want to boycott games or are hoping other games bomb, like Dragon's Dogma. Don't you like videogames? What if Capcom releases a game you want to play? This thread seems really thick with angry fanboyism to the point of a mob mentality. Not a lot of thinking going on.[/QUOTE]

I'll admit, it makes no sense and it'll probably hurt me more than it'd hurt them, but I'm feeling pretty damn pissed at the moment...spiteful enough to not want to support a company that just shat all over one of their most loyal, longtime fanbases.

[QUOTE=Serenade]Watch them announce Megaman 11 at TGS.[/QUOTE]
I'd love this more than MML. But the MML wounds will still be there. :(

[QUOTE=Aeana]I think that would probably make things worse. Unless the prototype was really awful.[/QUOTE]
On the other hand it was the one piece that was within reach. Simply canceling a far off game's one thing, something that's almost RIGHT THERE and is all we'd ever have is worse when it comes to getting to play the game at all.

[QUOTE=Father_Brain]Yeesh, if they wanted to avoid anger over this decision, all they'd have needed to do would be to release Prototype Version first.[/QUOTE]
Then deem the experiment a failure based on undivulged statistics and numbers. At least in that case people would point fingers at each other instead of Capcom.

[QUOTE=Aeana]I think that would probably make things worse. Unless the prototype was really awful.[/QUOTE]
Even if it was awful, if they released it and it did horribly, I can understand why the project was canceled.
But they've already spent the money on the prototype, promoted it, and they're still not releasing it.

I just can't understand that.

Shu Takumi needs to leave Capcom so I can finally say that they are 100% dead to me.

[QUOTE=Why would you do that?]I'd love this more than MML. But the MML wounds will still be there. :([/QUOTE]


Really?
I mean, I enjoy the classic MegaMan style as much as the next guy, but we just had two of them. I'd much rather have a new Legends or at least a new X.

[QUOTE=Father_Brain]also, lol, people will use literally anything as an excuse for OMG 3DS DOOMED[/QUOTE]
Yes. Legends 3 was never, ever, EVER going to sell systems.

[QUOTE=Serenade]smh[/QUOTE]

At least we got Mega Man 9 and 10. I couldn't ask for a better send off than that.

Dragon's Dogma looked interesting when I thought it was a co-op Monster Hunter-like game. When it was revealed that it was exclusively single-player I lost all interest. The game looked pretty uninspired but I was willing to look past it at something that's Monster Hunter-ish. But nope.

Fuck you Capcom!

would get murked in retail. capcom made the right call.

lets place the blame on the real perpetrators: microsoft & sony for their iron-fisted control of xbla and psn respectively. if publishers had the power to sell their boxed titles digitally day-and-date with brick and mortar releases, as well as control their own pricing structure and sales, then this game would have a good chance at coming out.

Hey, fuck some of you guys. Capcom are still some of the best game designers around and while this does suck, they should have made it a multiplatform PS3/360/PC game anyways.

[QUOTE=Roto13]Yes. Legends 3 was never, ever, EVER going to sell systems.[/QUOTE]
Even [I]Chubigans [/I]didn't include it in the 3DS blackboard.

First Bomberman was canceled.
Now Mega Man Legends 3!?!? WTF!?!

My favorite game series ever man. Just fuck.

[QUOTE=playoverwork]Hey, fuck some of you guys. Capcom are still some of the best game designers around and while this does suck, they should have made it a multiplatform PS3/360/PC game anyways.[/QUOTE]


Name some good Capcom has made recently. I dare you .

[QUOTE=playoverwork]Hey, fuck some of you guys. Capcom are still some of the best game designers around and while this does suck, they should have made it a multiplatform PS3/360/PC game anyways.[/QUOTE]


There's no way this would have made back the cost of an HD title unless it was download only and super short.
As a handheld title, it could have done decently.

[QUOTE=Busaiku]
But they've already spent the money on the prototype, promoted it, and they're still not releasing it.

I just can't understand that.[/QUOTE]

From the way I understand it, they probably didn't spend much money at all. If the picture Inafune painted rings true, then this was their(the team? not so much Inafune I guess) attempt to get the permission and funding to make the game. What we saw was very basic stuff. Blogs and concept art. At most it would have came to a very cheap prototype. Seems like the board of directors are smartening up to that tactic lol.

[QUOTE=BeautifulMemory]Name some good Capcom has made recently. I dare you .[/QUOTE]

MvC3, you lose :P

Capcom pretty much suck all around outside of their fighting game output though. The glory days of Clover/Mikami have passed

Oh look, Capcom trolling. What a surprise.

[QUOTE=ShockingAlberto]And people thought I was totally fucking crazy for pointing out that the 3DS's life cycle might trend more toward the Wii than the DS.

I'm not going to call those people out, mostly because I can't remember who it was, but isn't it all starting to seem eerily familiar? The downgraded ports, the missing games, the announced titles that then completely disappeared?[/QUOTE]

Drawing 3DS doom-and-gloom conclusions from a cancellation that seems to be driven primarily by internal politics? I expect better from you. :/

I mean, I don't claim to be able to judge whether your prediction is wrong or not, but this does not seem like a good title to use as supporting evidence.

I love how we aren't even half a year into the life of the 3DS and already we have people saying RIP.

To stay on topic though it sucks that this got cancelled. I guess this is the end for Mega Man.

[QUOTE=Roto13]Yes. Legends 3 was never, ever, EVER going to sell systems.[/QUOTE]

It would've at least sold one. :\

Unless a Fire Emblem game pops up there some time, I lost my sole reason for buying it.

[QUOTE=playoverwork]Capcom are still some of the best game designers around [/QUOTE]
we wouldn't know since they aren't even developing their own games OH SNAP SON

[IMG]http://www.capcom.co.jp/rockman/dash3/en/img/pic_progress.jpg[/IMG]

Words can't express how disappointed I am right now.

[QUOTE=Boney][IMG]http://www.capcom.co.jp/rockman/dash3/en/img/pic_progress.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Did you change your avatar because of this?

On-topic: wat?

[QUOTE=Kard8p3]To stay on topic though it sucks that this got cancelled. I guess this is the end for Mega Man.[/QUOTE]
Nah, I'm sure there are sheepmen that will still buy the continuous stream of 8-bit regurgitations.

So is this the first time EVER that there hasn't been a Megaman game in development?

Holy crap!

Fuck you capcom, all hope is lost.

good luck with dragons dogma, what the fuck.

[QUOTE=AceBandage]Really?
I mean, I enjoy the classic MegaMan style as much as the next guy, but we just had two of them. I'd much rather have a new Legends or at least a new X.[/QUOTE]
Being a classic Mega Man fan, I was unreasonably happy with MM9 and MM10, while at the same time, I never really played Legends, though the games look really fun. But that's just me. I'm still really annoyed about this, though. :(

You Broke my Legend
 

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77pQPqFkBgw&feature=related"]do me a favore
call Keiji Inafune
Address...Year 20XX
tell him to go through the clickity-click boss gate
im soo sorry<3 [/URL]

I really shouldn't have watched [I][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSzzXnv5JYo&feature=youtu.be"]this[/URL][/I]... ffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

... *sigh* What the fucking fuck is going on this year? Nintendo fail, Capcom fail, Sega fail, seriously what in the fucking fuck is going on??? >_<

guess what? MORE STREET FIGHTER!

[QUOTE=Busaiku]Even if it was awful, if they released it and it did horribly, I can understand why the project was canceled.
But they've already spent the money on the prototype, promoted it, and they're still not releasing it.

I just can't understand that.[/QUOTE]
Who knows how much more money they would have had to spend before the prototype would have been ready for release on the 3DS store? Maybe even accounting for the projected number of sales of the prototype, they calculated that they would come out ahead by canceling now.

[QUOTE=LiK]guess what? MORE STREET FIGHTER and MVC3 [B]DLC[/B]![/QUOTE]


Added for emphasis

[QUOTE=Father_Brain]Drawing 3DS doom-and-gloom conclusions from a cancellation that seems to be driven primarily by internal politics? I expect better from you. :/

I mean, I don't claim to be able to judge whether your prediction is wrong or not, but this does not seem like a good title to use as supporting evidence.[/QUOTE]
I didn't say doom and gloom. The Wii is the best selling console in years.

I think the actual software ecosystem on the 3DS is going to closely match it, though.

[QUOTE=LiK]guess what? MORE STREET FIGHTER![/QUOTE]

if capcom is going to make good games you should be thankful for it

doesn't seem to be a common occurrence from them nowadays

I feel for you megaman fans.

[spoiler]I have never really enjoyed Megaman and kinda lol'd when I read this on Capcom Unity[/spoiler]

[QUOTE=madmaxx350]wouldn't surprise me if that actually happened. Though I don't see why people want other Capcom titles to bomb except DmC[/QUOTE]

DmC and Operation Raccoon City give away a lot about the company's general direction. And the fans feel that it is not a good direction.

[QUOTE=playoverwork]Hey, fuck some of you guys. Capcom are still some of the best game designers around and while this does suck, they should have made it a multiplatform PS3/360/PC game anyways.[/QUOTE]
Hahaha no. How about fuck your port begging? Sick of hearing "X SHOULD BE ON PS3/360".

[QUOTE=RurouniZel]... *sigh* What the fucking fuck is going on this year? Nintendo fail, Capcom fail, Sega fail, seriously what in the fucking fuck is going on??? >_<[/QUOTE]
Gaming is dead. The upside is having no new games to buy frees up plenty of money to get into retro gaming, when things were good.