Yep because other fangames are totally in line with megaman canon.
Well, I kind of thought that this one in particular, since Capcom had some part in it during the beginning stages; would have tried to stick to canon. It looked like they were really trying to make a MM10 that connects to X, but they screwed it up because... [spoiler]Megaman fights Zero, which would entail him knowing who Zero is at the beginning of the highway stage in MMX. Since that doesn't happen, and X doesn't appear to be amnesiac - it kills the connection. I mean, we all know that Protoman and Zero have some sort of connection, so it would've been more interesting to fight an upgraded version of Protoman/Zero Beta. That way, the player can see how A becomes B.[/spoiler] well, you'll have to play the game.
Besides, I strongly doubt that Capcom will make another game in the series. I've heard it said that Capcom is tired of Megaman because he doesn't speak to the new generation (God forbid.) Yet again, Capcom seems to be wanting to cash cow on fighters and shooters these days, which you can't blame them; because these games sell and the Megaman community is a small niche compared to the meatheads who want to play FPS and online fighters to become MLG pro's and whatnot.
Megaman is a casualty of the corporate gaming age. Gaming used to be a thing that not everyone did. It was something that was very niche, very cult. I remember talking to people who didn't play games. They existed. But now, even grandma's playing Angry Birds and games fill up a great deal of our lives. Games are made by large companies for profit in the same way that movies and music are. No one really does art for art's sake and this is why I think Capcom will either ruin the series with some new-gen bullshit, or retire it altogether. Of course, there's also a possible combination of the two.
Three canceled games, a piggyback on a fanmade, (because it's easier to celebrate two franchises and not have to do the work yourself and not have to pay a penny to those who worked on it - typical American business system) and a couple of t-shirts. This was all done by Capcom.
Think about it. If Capcom still cared about Megaman, they would've cared about either of those three potentially successful and marketable Megaman games. Legends 3 would've skyrocketed in sales, The Online game would've reached out to a large niche, and the mature MMX shooter would have made a great deal of money as well. All three of these plus Megaman Universe (which would've been a blast) were great money-making activities. The CEO of Capcom needs his head examined. Resident Evil has swelled to an ungodly amount, while Megaman is in the dust.
I'll continue playing non-canonical fangames and just be glad I've got a Megaman game to play, I guess. I'm not getting any younger. It wouldn't surprise me if the series went down after all these years.
Let's go to Capcom's website. What do we find?
Japan: Advertising Monster Hunter (Two new games apparently) and Phoenix Wright 5.USA: Remember Me, Lost Planet 3, Resident Evil Revelations.3 games targeted to mature audiences. The Niche is
Ducktales Remastered. That should explain everything. Capcom has fogotten about the Blue Bomber completey in favor of newer titles.
EDIT: Updated from MMU FB Page:Phil here to tell you what we have in mind for a future update:
- Fix the more annoying bugs.
- Minor tweaks to some of the stages to make them a bit less punishing and improve their designs.
- Easy Mode you can select when you start the game to reduce damage of enemies, save between Wily stages and make some of the gimmicks easier to deal with (Example: longer delay before a Laser fires in RainbowMan stage.) Also we'll see if the checkpoints of Wily Stages can be moved before the bosses in Easy Mode.
Now I hope you understand that we are all pretty tired and we need to test such new features so I can't tell when the update will be available but just to let you know, we're thinking about it.
- PhilNot going to play it until easy mode.