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Megaman Legends 3 axed; Capcom blames fans/goes insane, [Fans Start Support Group]
- Thread starter PeakPointMatrix
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Saddest thing about this is a company that seems to have no love anymore for its heritage.
You'd think at least someone in the company would have wanted the game to come out as much as the fans. The cost of development would have been peanuts compared to what else they are doing as well.
If games like this can't find a home on the 3DS then it does make me worry what we are going to get in the future. Vita will do well from shared HD development and hand-me-downs, but I thought the 3DS would be the bridge from old-school games to that.
Nintendo have really ballsed up the launch with a catch-22 situation: people needed a big Nintendo game to buy the system, shift units and create a buzz about it, 3rd parties needed a lot of units sold to see sales. Without the big title, at a high price, and with the DS and Pokemon going strong, it just didn't happen. Mario Kart will make it take off, but by then 3rd parties will have allocated things differently and we might be left with a Wii situation.
You'd think at least someone in the company would have wanted the game to come out as much as the fans. The cost of development would have been peanuts compared to what else they are doing as well.
If games like this can't find a home on the 3DS then it does make me worry what we are going to get in the future. Vita will do well from shared HD development and hand-me-downs, but I thought the 3DS would be the bridge from old-school games to that.
Nintendo have really ballsed up the launch with a catch-22 situation: people needed a big Nintendo game to buy the system, shift units and create a buzz about it, 3rd parties needed a lot of units sold to see sales. Without the big title, at a high price, and with the DS and Pokemon going strong, it just didn't happen. Mario Kart will make it take off, but by then 3rd parties will have allocated things differently and we might be left with a Wii situation.
Sammy Samusu
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Boy, please. Right now you are doing the most.BurntPork said:
WickedLaharl
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Takao said:
nah capcom has fucked over DR fans with a lame cash grab and by dumbing down the core experience with checkpoints.
Caddywompus
Member
mr_chun said:
Capcom doesn't care about your fun, they only thing Capcom counts is the money you spent on a loveless and incomplete game.
FINALFANTASYDOG
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BurntPork said:
RE:M3D didn't flop in Japan
InfiniDragon
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BurntPork said:
....Yes. Yes I do.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
I'm not really saying everything looks stellar. I'm saying that I'm reading the same damn responses that were said during the DS' first year on NSider as a wee-tot. I'm seeing nearly the exact same senario as the DS' first year. Limited content with little announced in the immediate future.
It's eerily the same. I just wonder how many times this same senario has to play out before people learn.
I'm not even going to jump in to the debate of 3DS v Vita. I'm just saying anyone already marking a time of death isn't responding or thinking in a rational manner at all.
It's eerily the same. I just wonder how many times this same senario has to play out before people learn.
I'm not even going to jump in to the debate of 3DS v Vita. I'm just saying anyone already marking a time of death isn't responding or thinking in a rational manner at all.
DarkChronic
Member
are you fucking kidding me.
waited 10 years for this announcement only to see it get canceled? fuck you capcom.
waited 10 years for this announcement only to see it get canceled? fuck you capcom.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Depends on how the P&L on Mercs shakes out.BurntPork said:
Even then, I don't think it will be moved or canceled. Ported, probably, but that's Capcom.
I know it's your thing to fly in and say something stupid, but being confident about ignorance is sadder than just being ignorant.
GoldandBlue
Member
Pretty much. I remember my earliest games for the DS being like Feel The Magic, Mario 64, and Super Princess Peach.Colonel Mustard said:
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
There are no words. Fuck you, Capcom.
Colonel Mustard said:
The difference is last time Nintendo effectively got lucky and called the whole casual thing before it took off. Touchscreen was the birth of all the casual stuff, so the DS going with that meant they were on totally the right track before smartphones and everything else came in.
I can't see what the equivalent for the 3DS is going to be because it is everywhere now. So it's going to come down to having some VERY strong games. Mario Kart will do it, and the old faithfuls but you are preaching to the choir with them and you will just have a Nintendo platform again.
The other problem with the 3DS is, like the Wii it needs dedicated resources from publishers to develop for. It's a risk to develop for, the costs are raised a lot from the DS, which is why we are seeing things cancelled. Vita may have it's own problems again like the PSP did, but that it one thing it is neatly side-stepping as development is shared with the HD consoles. In effect the Vita becomes a 3rd revenue stream, which is the same tactic Nintendo are trying with the Wii U.
SnakeSlashRO
Banned
spoiler you dummy
Fuck you Capcom, seriously, fuck you.
It's one thing to never release a sequel. It's another thing entirely to announce and develop a long awaited sequel with tons of fan input and then cancel it. Fuck.
All my Capcom games will be bought used now. This company will not get a penny from me. (Yes, I mad)
It's one thing to never release a sequel. It's another thing entirely to announce and develop a long awaited sequel with tons of fan input and then cancel it. Fuck.
All my Capcom games will be bought used now. This company will not get a penny from me. (Yes, I mad)
I don't get where this notion that the DS was going through a similar drought when it released. Maybe for the first 3-4 months (and thats debatable) but games were being released quickly after launch.Vamphuntr said:
Maybe were seeing the effects of a longer-dev cycle for your average 3DS game. With the DS devs could have gotten away with releasing titles that could have passed as regular GBA games. With the 3DS. the expectations are much higher, look at the people complaining that MGS3D looks like a PS2 game/port. (myself included)
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Pilot Wings, Street Fighter, Monkey Ball, Mario, Mario Kart, Kid Icarus, Star Fox, Zelda, Dead or Alive, Metal Gear, Tales of the Abyss, Cubic Ninja, Resident Evil and Luigis Mansion are all within the 3DS' first year.neptunes said:
Might just be me, but seems far more varied with more quality than the OG DS' first year.
Edit: I forgot about Catlevania DOS. Shame about the new art-direction. But it is one of my top 5 handheld games of all time.
EatChildren
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BurntPork said:
Revelations will be released on the 3DS, then quickly ported to Vita / iPhone / whatever.
thetechkid
Member
Maybe they're moving towards the SE model of game making.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
I meant Dead or Alive. Sorry. I'm not A fan of the genre unless it's something really simplified.Busaiku said:
A Human Becoming
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hamchan said:
Since when did he die?
StreetsAhead
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Busaiku said:
That's not what he was saying at all.
pieatorium
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lol this thread keeps deliveringJinfash said:
This is the first thing that's happened that has pissed me off at the state of the 3DS.
I really wanted games like this to find a home on the platform, and if Capcom can't justify the increased expense of development with one of their own iconic characters for fuck's sake then who is going to step up to the plate and take the risk.
Nintendo should start throwing moneyhats around or something, this wouldn't be a very expensive one.
I really wanted games like this to find a home on the platform, and if Capcom can't justify the increased expense of development with one of their own iconic characters for fuck's sake then who is going to step up to the plate and take the risk.
Nintendo should start throwing moneyhats around or something, this wouldn't be a very expensive one.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Go away.Sennorin said:
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Ports yes.Vamphuntr said:
Within the DS' first year I only had ports of Super Mario 64, Ridge Racer 64, Rayman 64 (really the PS1 version?) A cell phone port of Chaos Theory. The worst Monkey Ball ever.
My hipoints were Castlevania, Feel the Magic, Mister Driller, Kirby and Advanced Wars.
For what's been announced for the first year. I feel that the 3DS offers more. Not that that's saying much.
DanteRavenkin
Member
This kinda sucks. Unlike most of you, I've never played the original MML Games. I don't know what I'm missing. but I do love Mega Man. Now it seems that the only franchises I care about from Capcom are Street Fighter (kinda/sorta) and Monster Hunter. RE: mercs is kinda meh. My 3DS would be ok without it. lol