You know, guys, I wanted to stay positive this month by making my blogs focus on Kingdom Hearts. I wanted to share ideas about what Kingdom Hearts III could have in its gameplay and worlds. I wanted to share music I found online that is extremely well done. I also wanted to end it all with a great Beginning, Impact, and Future blog. But even in my good moods, Capcom decides to play the fiendish Moriarty to my good-natured Sherlock Holmes. In other words, Capcom has decided to play with fire. Capcom...how many times do you have to burn yourselves before you realize that the fire isn't a simple plaything that you can mess around with without a care in the world?
The basic story is that Capcom released a new image of a revamped X (as you can see in the picture). At first glance, it would seem as though that Capcom has a new Mega Man X in the works. Whether that was for a video game or a model for purchase was unknown at the time. That was until it got translated. The description that is provided is what makes this an obvious joke. Description of the model being made of Titanium-X and being worth 4.1 million Zenny made this announcement to be too farfetched. Then on April 2, Capcom removed the article completely. So, now the joke is that Capcom "cancelled" the Mega Man April Fools joke. You know, along with every other Mega Man project over the passed few years.
Capcom...I don't know what you guys are thinking anymore. To make an April Fools joke is one thing. To make an April Fools joke on Mega Man fans is just plain cruel. To make an April Fools joke on Mega Man fans and then outright delete the joke like it never existed is insulting. Yes, you cannot find the actual article anymore. You only get the usual Gateway 404 error message. Check out the following video for more information.
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The reaction from gamers has been either to just accept it is as an April Fools joke and nothing more or seeing it as one of the biggest and most offensive displays in video gaming ever. Personally, I'm leaning more toward it being completely offensive. For anyone who isn't a fan of Mega Man, I can understand why you would think that this was just Capcom poking fun at the fanbase, but for Mega Man fans it is an entirely different story. Why? On some levels, it does get personal because of how Capcom has been treating both the license and its fans.
Cancelling three Mega Man games, using a degrading model in Street Fighter X Tekken, and blaming fans for the decline of Mega Man's games is just the tip of the iceberg for why Capcom is on a lot of gamers' bad sides. This insult of a joke that they pulled is unacceptable. Capcom knows how much the Mega Man license is loved. They know that Mega Man fans are itching for a brand new game, but Capcom just keeps on pushing the wrong buttons. I don't know who thought it was a great idea to post this article, but we can add this as another blunder on Capcom's "Are You Kidding Me" moments.
I don't know how else I can explain my disgust of this. Capcom clearly doesn't respect the license of Mega Man or the fans anymore. Once Inafune left, the company has systematically broken down the entirety of Mega Man. I'm sure there are some people within Capcom who like Mega Man, but that doesn't really change anything for the license. So, what is there left? Nintendo and the team behind the new Super Smash Bros is the last glimmer of hope for the Blue Bomber. Their recent Nintendo Direct shed some light on Mega Man's move set and Final Smash attack.
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From forty seconds to the finish of that video, I can guarantee you that that was everyone's reaction. The Smash Bros team is doing it right. They are giving Mega Man a chance. While he isn't in his own game, it is nice to see the Blue Bomber be a playable character in Smash Bros. One could hope that maybe Capcom would give up the Mega Man license to a more capable and respectful developer or publisher, but that day has yet to come. As for Mega Man fans, rejoice in the fact that Mega Man will finally be playable and playable in a way that the license deserves.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Nintendo showed more love for Mega Man in that one video than Capcom has shown in the past half decade, if not more.
You do know the Mighty Number 9 is created by the original creator of Mega Man. If you want the MM fix, that is the game you should support.