Darfox8
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Post by Darfox8 on Jul 25, 2005 20:43:19 GMT -5
Keiji Inafune(the kindacreater of megaman as you all know) is pretty busy these days. He's making a videogame called Dead Rising. Which deals with Zombies traping you in a shopping Mall(For 360). He is also helping out the development of Resident Evil 5 it seems(Also with Zombies). And on top of that he is working on an unknown project for the XBOX 360. Oh, and I forgot about the new Onimusha.
The purpose of this thread is to say that Megaman Legends 3 seems like it's never going to get made. If he keeps putting these projects as his priorities(or most likely Capcom is forceing him to do this stuff) he will never have this "free time" he talks about when he's asked when he will start Legends 3.
Since Zero 4 is complete and it was well known he was working on Dead Rising. I was hoping that after he had all his series out the way(Zero, Onimusha, and Misc.) he would get started on Megaman Legends 3. But that seems less and less likely.
Ofcourse Legends 3 can always be made by someone else but I'd rather it be him(Since he has made the others) than someone else. Although X8 turned out pretty good with out him... although X6 and X7 didn't.
Just wanted to know what you all think about Keiji's commitment to DASH.
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Post by pitch on Jul 25, 2005 20:54:49 GMT -5
Yes, but Keiji was the one involved with NamcoXCapcom. Capcom pretty much sat there and let it be made, if I recall correctly.
Capcom pulls the strings, is what you need to keep in mind. Regardless of whether Inafune wanted to, Capcom ultimately has the power to decide.
Enter the PSP DASH ports:
It's been said a million times over, but they're clearly to rebuild the fanbase. More than likely, Capcom's decision will be based on how well they sell. Which is why we ALL have to buy them. Mow some lawns, rake some leaves, shovel some snow, babysit, walk a dog, whatever, just BUY the games.
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Post by Reaverguy Rises on Jul 25, 2005 20:57:01 GMT -5
In the future I plan to work for Sqaure-Enix and to make Final Fantasy games and do what Capcom and Nintendo did with Zelda. If I'm powerful enough anyways. I may have to leave for Capcom to do it.
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Darfox8
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Post by Darfox8 on Jul 25, 2005 21:03:01 GMT -5
Yeah I can't argue that NXC and the PSP ports are wonderful rays of hope but after looking at his actual projects at hand its alittle heart breaking.
But whatever, we need to stay optomistic.
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Post by Santa Melty on Jul 25, 2005 21:22:55 GMT -5
I second Pitch’s comment. We mustn't lose hope! All of this recent activity with the series and no follow up would be a huge opportunity lost. If not Legends 3, then I suspect SOMETHING will come. Anyway, how can we be sure that they’re not working on it on the side? Maybe those are their main focus at the moment, but a new Legends game could very well be coming together in the background. It is possible they already have the entire thing scripted out, and the only thing left is the actual production of the game. People like Inafune would just have to supervise and guide things along. At least, I think so. What the heck was Inafune’s actual role in the other games’ production anyway?
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Post by Dashe on Aug 10, 2005 19:48:09 GMT -5
Capcom has certainly turned into the greedy, money-obsessed company, hasn't it? Kind of reminds you of Lex Loath. They just want to crank out endless sequels to their most popular games and ignore the hardcore fans of their more obscure titles (like us). Just when he finally gets Onimusha 3 out of the way, they go and make another one. And what's with the sudden surge of 360 games? Somehow this sounds like a conspiracy. Seems like they've come to care more about cash than quality games. Personally, I wouldn't just stop at buying the PSP MML ports (PSP or no PSP)--I'd tell all your friends to buy copies too and spread the word, regardless of whether they like the games or not. From the way things are going, with Capcom money talks more than consumer reviews.
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Post by Santa Melty on Aug 10, 2005 21:39:05 GMT -5
I’ve actually asked a few of my friends about their views. Really, most of them dislike Megaman games entirely. I have reservation regarding their willingness to buy any of them, let alone a cheap port of an old relic like Legends. o.o
I don’t know much about Capcom. I’ve barely played any of their games. Thus, I shall give them the benefit of the doubt. Give them a few more years. If nothing’s out by 2010, I’d think it would be fairly safe to lay the issue to rest.
And anyway, why in the world would they be basing a decision like whether or not to release a sequel by the sales of the ports? It sounded logical enough at first, but really, they can’t possibly expect it to sell well. Reviews will soon conclude that they are nothing more then a direct port with horrid graphics and a short, hanging story. And, being as obscure as it is, they certainly can’t be hoping for people to just waltz on into a gaming shop and pick it out of the corner. All in all, it doesn’t look like it will sell well, no matter what we do. Or they do. So why hope that it will sell well and then bring out a sequel only if it does? It just doesn’t make any sense. @_@
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Post by Dashe on Aug 10, 2005 22:36:10 GMT -5
The only logical explanation for the sales figures determining the probability of a sequel is this: Capcom has no desire to produce a MML3. It's really just Inafune who wants it to be produced (aside from all of us). As a company, Capcom just wants to put the Legends series to rest, so it just keeps hacking out cheap ports of the first game to show him and the rest of us that the series isn't going anywhere. This also explains why they've been bogging Inafune down with other projects...so he never gets around to MML3. And as for why we keep on hoping that it will sell well? We hope because we're Legends fanatics--it's as simple as that! We've been hanging around here waiting for a sequel to this game for over half a decade, and we'll never give up! As long as there are pathetic fans like us, there will always be hope.
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Post by pitch on Aug 11, 2005 0:30:02 GMT -5
Your negativity saddens me. Stop... Alright, Capcom is evil, but not that evil. They're not trying to prove something, by purposefuly releasing a game that they KNOW won't sell well. That's not in their nature. You guys are forgetting Namco X Capcom. NxC is more than likely the actual reason for these ports. NxC, if you didn't know, had a lot of Legends related plot(very accurate too, with one little flaw that I'm not sure whether it was cleared up), probably supposed to be between Legends 1 and 2. Anyway, to the point. Ya know that "wtf?" feeling you may've had when you first finished Legends 1? Ding ding ding! See where I'm going? Yeah, so I'm guessing now that the ports are released as a sort of explanation of the Legends content in NxC. ..but still it wouldn't hurt to hope that if they sell well, we may see the sequel we've been waiting for all these years, so STOP KILLING THE DREAM!
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Post by Dashe on Aug 11, 2005 0:53:15 GMT -5
All right, all right, I'll stop being so pessimistic about this, but a lot of those reviews really got to me! Remember, if everything DOES go as we've been expecting it to, it could very well mean that we'll get MML3...and perhaps even MML4, MML5 (!!), MoTB2, and loads and loads and loads of Mega Man Legends merchandise!
I would buy NxC myself if my PS2 could play Japanese games, just so I can sort of urge Capcom on, but it can't, and right now I can't afford an adapter anyway, nor can I read or speak Japanese. Maybe if we all remain persistant they'll release NxC in the US, as well as the DASH ports, and if they do, I'd gladly buy everything they throw at me, regardless of whether or not I have the proper hardware to support it.
Killing the dream is the last thing I want to do at this crucial (?) moment. The PSP port may not be EXACTLY what the thousands of MML fans out there were looking for, but it's also giving us a chance to get what we HAVE been sitting around waiting for for the past five years (or however long you've been waiting.) I almost wanted to go smack a review of my own in that link in the "MML on PSP" thread next to all the people griping about how "it's just another crappy port of a PS game", explaining what it could mean for Legends fans. That link was the first time I'd seen comments posted by non-MMLS members concerning the port, and many of the comments were disheartening, to say the least. I don't think the Crappy Port Gripers understand that MML PSP selling well would most likely result in MML3's production.
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Darfox8
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Post by Darfox8 on Aug 11, 2005 13:43:19 GMT -5
Lets say it will be made but it might take awhile for it to come out. Beside it being true thats probably the most optomistic things we could say.
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Post by UNIT 0918 on Aug 15, 2005 19:50:31 GMT -5
I read here (http://www.planet-megaman.com/exe6.htm) that RockManEXE. 6 might be the last EXE. game, so there might be a chance for Keiji to make Legends 3!
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Post by pitch on Aug 15, 2005 19:52:33 GMT -5
Ehh....
actually, the CoroCoro article said that EXE6 would be the climax for the GBA games, iirc. Which I think basically means it's all DS from here. Not that the series is over. It's still sellin, so I kinda doubt Capcom would drop it.
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Post by Mandinga on Aug 15, 2005 20:37:16 GMT -5
I agree with Dashe, Being in the industry for a few, I see great projects die real fast simply because they don't sell, Money doesn't just talk, it runs everything IE salaries and employment. No game can exist without a producer and none of the top dogs at capcom are willing to lose more money with legends 3 for the wacky bunch of fans like us. It's sad but then again so is the world.
Money makes the world go round. Capcom doesn't make gmes because they enjoy it, they make games cause it makes money, plain and simple
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Post by pitch on Aug 15, 2005 21:14:54 GMT -5
Once more, this negativity saddens me.. Be positive, people! Okay, so Capcom thinks in terms of money, so then why would they re-release a dead series on the PSP? Albeit, yes, they were lazy about it from what I've read, but yeah, it's a dead series. I honestly don't know why we were expecting anything more than a straight unaltered port. But it WAS released. They'd HAVE to have some motive for releasing it, be it rebuilding a fanbase, explaining a cameo(I kinda doubt this one), or what have you. I personally believe the former. If it sells, they'll make more. If we buy it, it will sell. Simple, yes? ...too simple. I suggest people buy the ports, show them to your friends, spread it all around, and then BOMBARD Capcom with fanmail!! WAHAHAHAHAAAAAAH! ...okay, yes. Yeah, I mean if it sells and fans give it a good response, they're bound to see the potential in it. I mean, it's worth a shot. I mean, honestly, have we like not been waiting for something, ANYHTING, Legends-related to happen for like 6 years? And now someting happens and we're not going to do anything about it? Or even worse, we're getting all down about it? o.O I'm really failing to see the logic.
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