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In NA 1997 was 'the year of Mega Man', not only because of the 34 games that released during that year, but it was the first time that Capcom had decided to try and expand the audience for the series. The result of that is these 34 Mega Man games were the first to have major budgets.
The34 games are Mega Man 8, Mega Man X4, and what would later be called Mega Man Legends when it released widely to the public the next year (but was available to subscribers in 1997) adding a new series to the franchise. Mega Man Battle and Chase a 3D racing game, was also released.
All these games were major steps up for the series, breathtaking graphics, voice acting, anime cutscenes, polygon graphics, fast paced 2D gameplay, exploratory 3D gameplay, deeper stories and plot, high speed racing and customization, and all of this was supposed to help Capcom expand the franchise. I mean they didn't, but you can't say they didn't try.. One thing you can't say is they didn't put in the effort but sadly, these games sold well at best but unfortunately didn't attract the bigger audience Capcom wanted, and worst of all things would start to go downhill after.
Reviewing these 4 games, which did you like and which did you not? Which would you say ended up being your favorite?
Sorry about that, I forgot Battle and Chase also released in 1997, not in NA, but a limited English European version was released in 1997 and a major version later. It was eventually released in NA but only in the Mega Man X collection. What a great year to be a Mega Man fan, too bad none of these ended up working out in the grand scheme of things.
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All these games were major steps up for the series, breathtaking graphics, voice acting, anime cutscenes, polygon graphics, fast paced 2D gameplay, exploratory 3D gameplay, deeper stories and plot, high speed racing and customization, and all of this was supposed to help Capcom expand the franchise. I mean they didn't, but you can't say they didn't try.. One thing you can't say is they didn't put in the effort but sadly, these games sold well at best but unfortunately didn't attract the bigger audience Capcom wanted, and worst of all things would start to go downhill after.
Reviewing these 4 games, which did you like and which did you not? Which would you say ended up being your favorite?
Sorry about that, I forgot Battle and Chase also released in 1997, not in NA, but a limited English European version was released in 1997 and a major version later. It was eventually released in NA but only in the Mega Man X collection. What a great year to be a Mega Man fan, too bad none of these ended up working out in the grand scheme of things.
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