Wherefore art thou, Mega Man?

source: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/122706-Capcom-Ceases-Development-On-Mega-Man-Online,
http://kotaku.com/5990487/so-mega-man-online-has-been-cancelled,
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/12/08/capcom-39-s-christian-svensson-talks-mega-man-franchise-fatigue-and-more.aspx

When was the last time you played a Mega Man game? Was it the recent fan-made "Street Fighter X Mega Man"? Or was it one of the Blue Bomber's forays into handhelds like the PSP and the DS and 3DS? How about on consoles? What was the last Mega Man game? Why hasn't there been a good Mega Man game recently?

If you've asked yourself the same questions then congratulations, you're not the only one. Mega Man has been surprisingly absent in recent years. One of Capcom's "key" franchises, it has not been getting the same attention as other "key" franchises like Street Fighter, Resident Evil or Devil May Cry. I actually wanted to get a 3DS solely because "Mega Man Legends 3" was being developed for it. Unfortunately, Capcom decided to cancel the game outright even after getting the fans involved in it's development. Even worse, a Mega Man MMO that was being developed was also given the pink slip.

This is a topic which really gets my blood boiling. As I write this, I can feel my blood pressure rising and my anger at Capcom escalates to new heights. Mega Man was one of my favourite game characters of all time. It makes me sick that a company would abandon one of it's iconic characters, a character that helped define it. Is it because Keiji Inafune left Capcom that they are now trying to bury anything he created? Why was Mega Man Legends cancelled when everything was going smoothly? Are the "top men" thinking about the franchise' future actually doing something or are they just letting it die? Is it too much to ask for a good Mega Man game, Capcom? I think I'll leave it here, before I actually do something about it...

-RJ Benavidez