MegaMan Battle Network/Starforce crossover game coming out November 12th in Japan! Obsiouly that's not the same as it coming out here, but it's still pretty close, and probably means we'll be seeing the game in English sometime next Summer.
Seth says MegaMan is the unofficial mascot. I guess that's better than getting no mention at all, but what's so wrong with him being an official mascot? I've always liked video game companies who have so much faith and popularity in their IP that they're not afraid to flaunt it, like Mario with Nintendo and Sonic with Sega. I'm not saying that Capcom should limit showing off its other success franchises; it's not like Nintendo only uses Mario in advertising, they got Pikachu and Link and others too.
I did see the Unity blog entry about The Megas by the way.
Maybe Capcom does not want mascots because they don't mind others using their characters for profit without permission? I'm glad they recognized The Megas, and with this blog post they have their unofficial blessing, but it's more of an afterthought.
Anyways, basically a whole bunch of worrying about nothing. I'm happy MegaMan games are still being made, and dream of the day someone donates millions to Inafune so Legends 3 can be greenlit.
This sort of thing has been bugging me for awhile. First off, this is not an article about MegaMan having too many sequels (I love them all and wish for more), and it's not about Capcom merchandise either. What I'm talking about here is sometime I keep running into that does not seem quite right.
Tons of clothing sites, and band sites like "The Megas":
are selling albums, shirts, and whatever else as they please. Now, I remember way back when a Capcom representative stating it was ok to use stuff like sprite rips, and create all sorts of fan generated art and music. Capcom-Unity is a big example of a company letting its fans run wild and create some geniunely cool stuff, and I thank them for it. I like drawing fan art myself, of course.
The problem here is that they're selling this fan made content for a profit. I'm not saying it is not quality work, and maybe it's worth that much, but taking a copyrighted character or copyrighted music and selling it without permission from the holder of those copyrights is wrong. I'm sure some people have been given permission, and maybe these guys have too, but there's so many clothing sites out here selling stuff with MegaMan on it that its probably more of an issue of too many little businesses for Capcom to deal with. The sale are probably small, and it might cost more going after them than shutting them down.
I guess I'm also kind of shooting myself in the foot typing this because, if bands like The Megas could not sell their albums, they would probably just move off of MegaMan music, and why would I want that? I should be happy they're making remixes of my favorite songs. And maybe Capcom really does not want to treat any big fans the same way Square Enix shuts down fangame projects, or Nintendo shuts down projects (with the odd exception of Mother 3).
It's a very odd situation, and I guess I'm looking for other opinions on what they think about the whole thing. So please leave your thoughts, and have a great day.
This interview with Ryota Niitsuma has become popular fast, with its mention of two things majorly driving the masses; a mention of Nintendo vs Capcom and a note about Phoenix Wright being scrapped as a possibility for TvC.
I'd love to see Nintendo vs. Capcom as much as anyone, but this was just an interview and rather than giving the boring answer of 'it isn't happening', Niitsuma spiced it up a bit, which is pretty cool.
Unfortunately, it probably means he was spouting hot air for the question about Phoenix Wright as well. Rather than say he was never planned, or that he really didn't seem like a fighter, Ryota Niitsuma explains a dilemma with the OBJECTION! attack, the only attack they could come up with. Of course, tons of people reading the article have come up with solutions to such a weird problem.
Furthermore, the idea of a localization issue halting a character from getting in just seems like a lie, considering TvC wasn't headed for the States at first. What's surprised me most though is the feedback. I love Phoenix Wright, and most people I know who have heard of the series love it, so I guess it shouldn't be too weird to me that it's one of the top stories currently.
Still, who would have guessed so many people wanted a lawyer in their fighting game?
These three want to move out of Wily Tower and onto VC!
Or, at least Nintendo Power wants them to. I made a topic in the 'Ask Capcom" forums monthes ago asking if Wily Wars was ever destined to hit VC. In it, I included a link showing that the Nintendo Power staff put it as number 1 of their personally most wanted titles to show up on VC.
To a lot of people I can understand why that really isn't a big deal. Just a magazine staff printing a game they'd like to see; no biggie. But what makes it special to me is how my brother always used to subscribe to Nintendo Power, and how the older issues were chock full of original art, cool comics, and weird tips and information. The first time I saw their 'most wanted' VC list, Wily Wars was on there and I thought that was just so cool!
Well, it turns out that Nintendo's even more persistant than Mother fans (who, if you know anything about, have flooded the polls in the past in demand for Mother and Earthbound on these lists). This latest update:
Shows a nice range of cool titles that are wanted by both fans and the staff, but surpringsly still at number 1 for Nintendo is the Wily Wars. They could be after any other awesome title, but they consistantly have chosen Wily Wars, and after so much dedication (and of course, my own undying hope the game will reach VC), just wanted to try and get it noticed by Capcom.
So uh, heh, here's hoping! Coincedently, the Genesis' 20th anniversary is coming up this Friday. How about that?
While Capcom announced awhile back they'd be bringing classics to the PS3 from their PS and PSP line-ups, its great to hear the recent confirmation of Powered-Up arriving! ( www.capcom-unity.com/number6/blog/2009/0... )
I already own the game, but it getting a second chance through digital distribution has me pumped. I'm going to do everything in my power to get the word out that the game's available, and shouldn't be passed up!
I'll obviously be posting about it on forums and whatnot, but I think it'd be even cooler to have some sort of Powered Up related project going on that will really make people notice that this isn't any ordinary digital download. Totally open for suggestions!
