With Mega Man Legends 3 canceled and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 lacking the blue bomber, it’s been assumed by, well near damn everyone, that the franchise is officially dead. However, Capcom is stating that this is not the case.
“The frustrating thing for me is I have nothing I can hold up and say, ‘Oh, here’s this other Mega Man thing.’ Absolutely, we have other things … Mega Man is a very important brand to Capcom,” said Capcom’s Christian Svensson. “We get questions [like] ‘Are you guys trying to kill the brand?’ No, absolutely not. It will continue to be a very important brand for us. I wish I had something I could hold and display for you that that’s the case, but I don’t right now. But super, super important to us; I do want to express that.”
Svensson addressed the cancelation of Legends 3, saying that it was a hard decision: “Certainly, we knew there would be a lot of upset people and in spite of that, we still had to make that decision. That doesn’t mean we don’t care about you at all. I unfortunately can’t get into the details of it, but it was not a decision that was made lightly and I can tell you that no one is happy about that decision, but it was a decision that had to be made.”
There you have it folks, Megaman is not dead, just sleeping… However I myself still remain skeptical that Megaman will return as awesome as ever.