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Mega Man Legacy Collection announced (MM1-6, PS4/XB1/PC/3DS, Digital Eclipse)
- Thread starter Lunaniem
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I think the games being on the VC is the reason why we're seeing this collection.
It's not on the Wii U because lol it's the Wii U.
Mechanized
Member
What do they mean by "hd flair"? Are they re-drawing the sprites? Is there some sort of new filter that will still make the sprites look good scaled up?
lol Wii U doesn't make a lot of sense here, since this is a digital only title where Mega Man has been there digitally and done well, as far as I know.
Nose Master
Member
Oh boy, another port collection of MM1-6 with some shitty smoothing filters!
At least it isn't an iphone game. If it's reasonably priced (aka $15) I'll buy it. Just to have it on PS4.
I imagine it's not releasing on Wii-U because that would make the virtual console versions of these games completely obsolete.
At least it isn't an iphone game. If it's reasonably priced (aka $15) I'll buy it. Just to have it on PS4.
I imagine it's not releasing on Wii-U because that would make the virtual console versions of these games completely obsolete.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
giancarlo123x
Banned
There goes some of my hype.
Seven Force
Banned
The article was actually updated to retract that statement and correctly lists Digital Eclipse as the developer.
I didn't port beg, I just said it's shit that Vita isn't getting it.
The amount of effort it would take to put the game on Wii U can be harnessed towards putting it on literally anything that isn't a Wii U, because lol it's the Wii U. Then to add on top of it the redundancy of having both the collection and the VC releases.
RocketRacoon
Member
Beauty. 15$ is great as well.
I could see an X set, a Zero set as well.
Capcom HD Rerelease is the best Capcom. It guarantees the games are good.
I could see an X set, a Zero set as well.
Capcom HD Rerelease is the best Capcom. It guarantees the games are good.
alf717
Member
This is what I was thinking as well. I guess I will grab the 3DS version. Kind of weird of Capcom not to use Mega Man in smash as a selling tactic for a Wii U version. Mega Man even has an Amiibo which would help out as well.
Hyrule Warrior
Member
I figure it's probably got something to do with the fact that all 6 games are on the eshop for $5 a piece. They don't want to give people a cheaper alternative, assuming this costs $20 or something.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Most of the games are on the 3DS eShop as well.
bengraven
Member
alf717
Member
In the States Mega Man 1 - 6 are on the eShop for 3DS as well. As long as this isn't an Atomic Planet 2.0 release I will be interested. Unless they give it the Mega Man Mania treatment.
malikhaing_bayag
Member
But this is the Mega Man Legacy Collection. Makes too much sense for the Vita.
I want this for Vita together with 7-10.
Like I said, the same games are available on the 3DS VC, so the "redundancy" is there as well. And unless there is a significant amount of work being done, like extraordinarily so, I highly doubt there would be that much effort in porting it to the Wii U (or the PS3 or 360, honestly, for that matter), and it wouldn't be all that strange for that effort to be made anyway, since so much Mega Man content is available digitally and has sold well on the Wii U's virtual space.
Gipsy Danger
Member
I would just imagine that they don't consider the platform worth the effort.
Possible, but again, strange, for the reasons I highlighted in that very post. I know the kneejerk reaction is, as Odrion's was, to be lol Wii U, but MM already has a decent amount of presence and success in Wii U's digital space. It's an odd omission.
It's really poor business sense to just look down on the Wii U as some sort of ironclad rule. The Mega Man fans are there, there's really no denying that much.
The only way it really makes sense to me if it's technical-related, and they're doing something with the collection that just wouldn't be possible on the tech (which would also explain why there's no PS3, 360 or Vita version). But I found that pretty hard to believe to be honest. And then you have the obviously very low tech 3DS getting its own version of this, so clearly they are up to doing a lower res/tech version of the collection.
Likely, and they are the lowest selling platforms. Plus, the XB1, PS4, and PC all use X86 architecture, where the Wii U uses its own thing.
Omg finally! 1-6 are my favorites, so as much as I wanted 7-10 and X series whatevs..all good.
Time to bring out the NESkimos to get pumped
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JdJM9xN4sI4
Time to bring out the NESkimos to get pumped
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JdJM9xN4sI4
Well, yeah, that's not too bad of a thought if these are the prioritized systems of a limited team number. May mean other systems will see the collection later, too.
stan423321
Member
texhnolyze
Banned
Why release all 10 in one collection if they can separate it into two collections?
This is the obvious explanation IMO. These platforms may come later.
quickwhips
Member
Look if Sony doesn't want to fund it for the Vita then they can piss off is what I heard capcom say in my mind.
ThatsMytrunks
Member
I think it's incredibly lazy of Capcom to release a bunch of emulated versions of the NES games. I wish they'd take a page from SEGA and give it the full taxman treatment.
Top: Original Aspect Ratio
Bottom: 16:9 Aspect Ratio
Don't claim your re-release is "HD" because it's got sharp pixel art. At widen up the screen space.
Top: Original Aspect Ratio
Bottom: 16:9 Aspect Ratio
Don't claim your re-release is "HD" because it's got sharp pixel art. At widen up the screen space.
Augemitbutter
Member
aiming to be the criterion of gaming....
oh boy, i hope you guys can deliver on that. i will only accept good ports, M2 quality.
oh boy, i hope you guys can deliver on that. i will only accept good ports, M2 quality.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
I think it's incredibly lazy of Capcom to release a bunch of emulated versions of the NES games. I wish they'd take a page from SEGA and give it the full taxman treatment.
Top: Original Aspect Ratio
Bottom: 16:9 Aspect Ratio
Don't claim your re-release is "HD" because it's got sharp pixel art. At widen up the screen space.
It's not emulation. The games are running on a new engine.
tim_pkmn89
Member
I think it's incredibly lazy of Capcom to release a bunch of emulated versions of the NES games. I wish they'd take a page from SEGA and give it the full taxman treatment.
Top: Original Aspect Ratio
Bottom: 16:9 Aspect Ratio
Don't claim your re-release is "HD" because it's got sharp pixel art. At widen up the screen space.
So what would they do about all the rooms specifically hand crafted for the 4:3 aspect ratio? Like the boss rooms?
slick7rick
Member
Damn I really want to play MM9/10 on my PS4 or Wii U.
Sonic worked a 16:9 mode because its giant map than several conected rooms that Mega Man has had, how you gonna adapt the new respawn enemies points with a wider resolution? You gonna need to edit the stage layout and its not like the old games anymore.
Also there are problem with the original bosses, adapt to widescreen? New barriers? There is a problem with mega man "lemons" taking more time leaving the screen, more time waiting to attack again.
Its not that easy...
Azure Dream
Member
I think it's incredibly lazy of Capcom to release a bunch of emulated versions of the NES games. I wish they'd take a page from SEGA and give it the full taxman treatment.
Top: Original Aspect Ratio
Bottom: 16:9 Aspect Ratio
Don't claim your re-release is "HD" because it's got sharp pixel art. At widen up the screen space.
To be fair, Mega Man games are far more structured around the screen space, especially things scrolling in and out of the screen. There's ways to handle that, but that's probably expecting too much of them. Especially at a budget price, I'm not counting on Digital Eclipse to turn in something without all sorts of glitches and mistakes compared to the NES editions, even with their "Criterion Collection" fluff speech.
ThatsMytrunks
Member
Then that seems extra lazy.
Create a respawn script that checks where the player is compared to where he would be on the original and add a 1 frame animation of the enemy spawning.
Create a timer that simulates the amount of time it would take the "lemons" to travel out of the screen and use that instead checking to see if the bullet has left the screen. And phase the shots out when they've traveled a certain distance.
It's also not that hard. Taking a little time and effort to show these games the love they deserve is a great way for capcom to earn the $15 they're asking for.
And if Other Ocean is creating a new engine to do these games anyways, why not spend less time recreating the limitations and spend a little time making the games even better? If you want to play the originals (especially on 3DS), we have a Virtual Console for that.
I think it's incredibly lazy of Capcom to release a bunch of emulated versions of the NES games. I wish they'd take a page from SEGA and give it the full taxman treatment.
Top: Original Aspect Ratio
Bottom: 16:9 Aspect Ratio
Don't claim your re-release is "HD" because it's got sharp pixel art. At widen up the screen space.
Can people really not handle black bars on the sides of their screens? Let's keep this faithful. To me, this is like smoothing out the pixels. No thanks.
Zombegoast
Member
In what way will a Wii U version benefits anything? It has 1-7 and 9-10 counting the BC and it has the X and Zero series and even has the Battle Network games.
Well, the archive material is a pretty big draw for me...