After two cancelled Mega Man games – Mega Man Universe and Mega Man Legends 3 – things may not be looking so great for the blue bomber.
On the bright side, we do know that Capcom intends to celebrate Mega Man’s 25th anniversary. Senior vice president Christian Svensson also explicitly said fans have “not seen the last of the Blue Bomber on consoles and handhelds”, while speaking with Nintendo Power.
Svensson told the magazine:
“I can say with certainty that you’ve not seen the last of the Blue Bomber on consoles and handhelds, and, with luck, we’ll be celebrating his 50th anniversary, including all of the games you’re going to enjoy over the next 25 years. That said, an issue we’ve had in the past has been talking about games and announcing them before we’re certain they’re going to come out, which unfortunately has lead to profound disappointment for many fans. So for now, I’m going to have to stay mum about any details.”
Manabu Yamana is the president of Genius Sonority. Before he started up the company, he was in charge of an old developer known as “Heart Beat”. This is the team behind Dragon Quest VI and Dragon Quest VII.
Yamana recently announced on Twitter that he will be reviving the studio. Further news with more details is planned for spring. Yamana also teased that Heart Beat will now be doing business differently than it had before.
This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:
Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of sales and marketing (and guy-who-sort-of-sounds-like-a-nursery-rhyme-character) Scott Moffitt said that the response to the Wii U deluxe set has been extremely positive, and he thinks it means Nintendo priced it properly:
“All I can say is that the response has been phenomenal and we’re getting, especially in the higher priced deluxe set, that one’s selling out incredibly quickly. That seems to indicate that the pricing’s in a good spot and the proof is in the consumer response.”
He also went on to reiterate that while initial demand seems to be higher than it was for Wii, Nintendo will also have “more systems on hand for the Wii U than we did for the launch of Wii” and that “replenishments will be more frequent this holiday time than during the Wii launch.”
All in all, we can expect some shortages, but nothing on the level of Wii. At least not yet!
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DSLL – 134,652
3DS – 52,425
PS3 – 18,043
PSP – 12,076
Vita – 4,021
Wii – 2,921
Xbox 360 – 2,908
PS2 – 1,187
DSi LL – 244
DSi – 180
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DSLL – 63,993
3DS – 29,996
PS3 – 21,310
PSP – 13,868
Vita – 4,842
Wii – 3,806
PS2 – 1,351
Xbox 360 – 1,339
DSi LL – 341
DSi – 227
This week’s Japanese 3DS eShop update is as follows:
3DS Download Software
@SIMPLE DL Series Vol. 6 THE Misshitsu kara no Dasshutsu – Asobi no Tengoku Kumadonarub?ru hen – 500 yen
Kaih? Sh?j? (Liberation Maiden) – 800 yen
Maido Hanafuda – 500 yen
Naruto SD Powerful Shippuden DEMO – FREE
Virtual Console
Star Soldier (Famicom) – 500 yen
Rockman 5 Blues no Wana (Mega Man 5, Famicom) – 500 yen
Sonic Drift 2 (Game Gear) – 300 yen
Video Content
Nintendo Direct presentation
New Super Mario Bros. U commercials
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Wii U commercials
Wii U commercial
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Wii U preview video
