How Mega Man 11 Can Top Its Predecessors

Back in 200X, Capcom released Mega Man 9, a retro throwback to the original Mega Man series that felt and looked like a 8-bit NES game. Last month, Capcom released Mega Man 10, another entry which fixed some of the issues from Mega Man 9 but still lacked in certain areas. With the runaway success of both titles, it's not farfetched to imagine Capcom might be planning Mega Man 11 sometime in the near future. Here are a few things that Capcom should consider when developing their new title

[mephman]

If they could make it even better, oh man, that would be a seriously sweet game!

[somekyle]

I still haven't played MM10, gotta get on that..

[Selyah]

The previous games were pretty damn good anyway.

[reaferfore20]

They should bring back the cartoony graphics from MM8. That was by far one of my favorites in the series. The whole retro 8-bit look is cool and all, but not cool enough to get me to buy the game. I still play MM8 to this day on my PS3... and I still can't beat the last level after all these years!!!

[ThanatosDMC]

Megaman 11 is actually Megaman X+ until Megaman X7 when it went 3D. Then after the 3D version it became that weird Megaman game in which he supposedly went in some sort of time capsule and got a blade and was awoken by some sh*t. I think it came out on GBA first or was it the DS???

Megaman X4, X5, and X6 were the best. Fast paced action with Zero.

[menoyou]

How Mega Man 11 Can Top Its Predecessors: Capcom gives us a 2D HD Megaman instead of this garbage 8-bit rehash profit maximizing scheme disguised as nostalgia-love.

[Gue1]

I'm probably the biggest fan of MM on this site. I have every MM game from the Nes, Snes, PSX, the collection on PS2, remakes on PsP and all the games on the Gameboy. This includes the X, Legends and regular blue bomber series and I'm on the fence about buying the MMzero and MMzx on DS and GBA.

And the truth is that I do not like the classic series that much anymore because all of them play and look exactly the same. Playing MM 2 3 4 5 9 10 and 2 3 4 5 from the GameBoy it's like playing the same game 10 times and with basically the same story repeating itself over and over again. Its gameplay it's so slow too... MM8 was my favorite and I could play any game from the X series over and over again because it is so fast paced and cool. The same with Legends because of the customizations but for the love of GOD PLEASE stop with the retro games! I just bought MM 9 and 10 to support the series hoping that a new MMX, Legends or regular MM ala MM8 will be announced someday but Capcom's so cheap. =(

[Selyah]

Will certainly be interesting to see what they do this time round.

[mephman]

Well, as long as they don't have another Sheep Man, it'll be a step in the right direction. :p

[Selyah]

Lol too true.

[jammers]

Well, they have Screw Man, So what's next?

[jammers]

Is it still ok to be insanely hard? That was always a big turn off for me. But fans of the series love that i guess. Masochists.

[xshadowtonx]

Capcom needs to stop. Mega Man X4 was my favorite out of the whole sires >_>

[Simon_Brezhnev]

yeah i loved x, x2, x3, and x4. Zero is way better then megaman :). Took more skill to play with.

[ThanatosDMC]

I completely agree with you two. But i hope Capcom releases Legends 1 and 2 on the PSN. I'll buy it immediately!

[GigaGaia]

I want them to release Megaman X9.

But with Snes/PS1 graphics like X to X6. I didn't like X7 (X8 was ok, but not as good as X1-X6)

[Alex_Mexico]

X7 and X8 are a complete disaster and I wish Ccapcom could out-canon them.

Also, X5 and X6 were mediocre at best (X5 was by far worse even). The only truly GREAT Megaman X game for me is X1 and maybe X4.

With that said I'd prefer a Megaman X9 with SNES graphics and music over a PS1 look easily.

[Baka-akaB]

I'll get disagree , but i'm no fan of the 9/10 series .

I completely disagree with the idea of a retro game in 2010 being a total throwback .

They could have kept the retro style , and yet gone with a good and not 8bits 2d or 2.5d realisation .
A bit like what sonic 4 seems to do .

It's cool and fair priced for those that do enjoy it ... but i still hope better for such a (once) great serie .

[RockmanII7]

I 100% disagree with you (like you predicted). I wish Sonic 4 was going to have 16-bit graphics. But on topic, I'm hoping for X9 with 16-bit graphics over MM11.

[Redempteur]

sorry but what's the point of outdated graphics ? in a sequel what should matter is the gameplay , right ..???
a graphical upgrade is obvious , if not necessary to keep up with the times and should be in a "cliché" to try to emulate something that was alright Yeears ago and ugly right now .

i for myself is happy with sonic 4 graphics , it's clean it does it's purpose it's not overcharged with useless elements ..it's what it should be at a graphical resolution fiting with the current time you're living in .

What was wrong with megaman x7 graphics again ??

[Alex_Mexico]

how about a better ending? Not that I care much about MM's storyline but MM10's ending was just ridiculous: Some dialogue with Wily, black screen and then ONE still image with no characters at all? That's one thing MM9 definetly got better than 10.

Other than that MM10 > 9

[RockmanII7]

If you play MM9's campaign and MM10's campaign could you really tell me which one came out first? The graphics don't improve from game to game. It's still 8 master robots then Wily's castle. How about a plot twist. Can we add new characters or 'remove' some old ones (wink wink). I feel like Capcom is too afraid to make a bad MM game that they are missing a lot of opportunities to expand the story.

[ScubaSteve1]

screw mega man 11 i want my mega man legends 3

[kung-fu-grip]

That picture is actually from MegaphilX's fan-made MegaMan game coming to PC.