Mega Man Online, MMORPG Announced for Japan
With the MMORPG market booming and Blizzard taking in over 1.5 billion dollars revenue a year, it’s no surprise that more and more parties start jumping aboard the cash train.
In April of 2010, Capcom trademarked “Mega Man Universe” which caused pretty much everyone with half a brain to guess an MMO was on the cards. Well, everyone with said half brain was correct, as today Capcom punched their ticket-to-ride the train by announcing “Mega Man Online” for the Japan region — though they failed to announce it for anywhere else just yet.
Information is scarce at the moment, however it was confirmed that the MMORPG wouldn’t be 3D, but more akin to side-scroller “MapleStory”. So far in terms of RPG, all we know is that players will level up, although that’s a pretty redundant statement in an MMORPG. No characters except for the namesake of the series have been confirmed, but you could probably comfortably guess the usual bunch will be there to partake.
As the year progresses, so will information on the game. Still, I can’t help but wonder if a Mega Man rehash of this nature is just going to be a flat out failure if the large fan base flat out doesn’t approve.
[Source: Andriasang]
