Capcom has reiterated its reverence for the Mega Man franchise, and mentioned it’s persevering with to contemplate methods to revive the traditional sport sequence.
Whereas a variety of retro compilations of older Mega Man titles have been launched in recent times, totally new entries within the sequence are few and much between.
Mega Man hasn’t seen new launch since 2018’s Mega Man 11, and there was an eight yr hole between that and the earlier entry, 2010’s Mega Man 10.
For the second yr in a row, throughout the question-and-answer portion of its abnormal normal shareholders assembly, Capcom’s administration staff was requested for an replace on the standing of the Mega Man IP.
The response reiterated that the corporate values the sequence and can proceed to contemplate the way it can launch new entries.
“The Mega Man sequence is one in every of our most necessary IPs, and we’re repeatedly contemplating methods to develop it additional. Nonetheless, we don’t have any further info we will share right now,” it mentioned.
In line with Capcom’s personal inside information, the Mega Man sequence has offered greater than 38 million models over its 36-year historical past. Through the latest Q&A, the corporate mentioned it’s additionally well-liked by way of merchandise.
“Whereas we don’t disclose particular person gross sales figures by IP, we obtain a very excessive quantity of inquiries concerning the Mega Man sequence from abroad markets,” it mentioned. “We are going to proceed to concentrate on increasing this enterprise additional.”
In final yr’s Q&A, Capcom claimed it was wanting into creating new Mega Man video games extra frequently. “Mega Man is one in every of our highly-valued IPs and we’re contemplating the way to create video games for it on an ongoing foundation,” it mentioned.
