Capcom Unveils Street Fighter X Mega Man This December

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Capcom Unveils Street Fighter X Mega Man This December

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This free, PC-exclusive, fan-made crossover will feature eight original Street Fighter-themed levels and bosses.

Franchise crossovers are nothing new in the videogame space, especially where Street Fighter is concerned. Just this year, in fact, we saw Street Fighter X Tekken blend two iconic fighting franchises into a serious smash-fest. This wasn't the first time, nor will it be the last, but Street Fighter X Mega Man takes something of a different approach. Instead of melding two fighting games, they've taken the gameplay of the classic platformer, and added levels and bosses designed based on the fighting game. You won't be facing down Ryu with an aging Dr. Wily, instead you'll be tossed into an 8-bit, two dimensional world based on the Street Fighter universe.

Fan and Singapore native, Seow Zong Hui, also known as "Sonic," was behind this creative endeavor, with support and direction provided by Capcom. As you may have guessed from the video, the game will feature Mega Man blasting his way across Street Fighter-themed levels, and facing down some of the most recognizable characters from the Street Fighter games. From the looks of the preview video, it seems our old friend Mega Man will be picking up special moves from each of the Street Fighter characters he defeats, as he is wont to do, giving him eight new weapons to work with through the story. While the game was created by "Sonic," the soundtrack was created by "A_Rival," Luke Esquivel, with some incredible crossover musical themes.

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Street Fighter X Mega Man will be available as a free download from Capcom's official website [http://www.capcom-unity.com/] on December 17, and I, for one, can hardly wait.


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Grahav

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Super cool.

You see Sega? This is the support you should have given to Streets of Rage remake.
 
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I...WHAAAA.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!

THISISTHEDEFINITIONOFTOTALINSANITYWHATTHEHECKISTHIS?!?!

0_o This isn't april fools today, right?

......My gosh...I'll have to make sure I give this a shot.
 

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Oh. Hell. Yes.

I would've never thought to put those two games together, but I'm glad someone did! :D
 

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That looks awesome! I'll try anything Mega Man, and a free new classic style game? Count me in!

It's even more awesome that Capcom is sponsoring this, especially given how they've been treating Mega Man as of late. More game companies should show this kind of support for fan works like this.
 

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Holy Shit, Megaman has Aegis Reflector, RUN FOR THE HILLS!

Also, see Rose and Rolento? Ain't just gonna be the original 8.
Still, I love me some 'Gief so he better be in it!

Speaking of 8-bit Music
 

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Capcom, okay it seems you haven't given up on Megaman so do this: make Megaman Legends 3 dammit! I know that many gamers, like me, would forgive you for some of the crap you've pulled.
 

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Not a huge MM fan, but I am a huge SF fan, plus the price is right, so I'll definitely be picking this up when it goes live.

Also, such an awesome show of fan support by Capcom. Some companies *coughSquarecough* could learn from this instead of just throwing down cease and desists.
 

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Yeah they are "supporting" the fan efforts. A sugar coated version of saying we could shut it down but wanted to look cute to our fans and we are too lazy to put any kind of effort into our series outside of crappy ios games with rehashed art assets and sprites.
 

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Really cool of Capcom not to send a C&D. Kudos.

Hell... with Ubisoft dropping their always online DRM and patching FC3 while making sure a user-made dll hack still works... I'm feeling... warmth inside of me...
 

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bafrali said:
Yeah they are "supporting" the fan efforts. A sugar coated version of saying we could shut it down but wanted to look cute to our fans and we are too lazy to put any kind of effort into our series outside of crappy ios games with rehashed art assets and sprites.
Well, there're hosting it on their servers, so, I guess it's some sort of support, eh? :p

But yeah, I get where you're coming from.
 

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"oh look, a fan is making a free game with our IP, should we send in the lawyers? or just host it for free marketing and try and sell more of the £40 games"


This apparently took the AAA market years (bar Valve, iirc Left for dead 8bit is still about) to work out, still Kudos for Capcom.

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bafrali said:
Yeah they are "supporting" the fan efforts. A sugar coated version of saying we could shut it down but wanted to look cute to our fans and we are too lazy to put any kind of effort into our series outside of crappy ios games with rehashed art assets and sprites.
They saw someone use their IP and rather than pulling a Nintendo they decide to host the guy at the cost of letting them advertise, Not like they stabbed a baby.
 

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Danial said:
"oh look, a fan is making a free game with our IP, should we send in the lawyers? or just host it for free marketing and try and sell more of the £40 games"


This apparently took the AAA market years (bar Valve, iirc Left for dead 8bit is still about) to work out, still Kudos for Capcom.

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bafrali said:
Yeah they are "supporting" the fan efforts. A sugar coated version of saying we could shut it down but wanted to look cute to our fans and we are too lazy to put any kind of effort into our series outside of crappy ios games with rehashed art assets and sprites.
They saw someone use their IP and rather than pulling a Nintendo they decide to host the guy at the cost of letting them advertise, Not like they stabbed a baby.
It is just the cynic in me that activates whenever the word Capcom is passed being a megaman fan. It is harmless enough I guess.
 

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bafrali said:
Yeah they are "supporting" the fan efforts. A sugar coated version of saying we could shut it down but wanted to look cute to our fans and we are too lazy to put any kind of effort into our series outside of crappy ios games with rehashed art assets and sprites.
Yep, because not shutting it down is equivalent to working with the creator, creating trailers for it and promoting it at their premier event of the year as well as getting the word out to major websites.
 

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StriderShinryu said:
bafrali said:
Yeah they are "supporting" the fan efforts. A sugar coated version of saying we could shut it down but wanted to look cute to our fans and we are too lazy to put any kind of effort into our series outside of crappy ios games with rehashed art assets and sprites.
Yep, because not shutting it down is equivalent to working with the creator, creating trailers for it and promoting it at their premier event of the year as well as getting the word out to major websites.
Capcom working with the fans to create a megaman game? Yeah this could never go wrong.


Forgive me if I am feeling skeptical about it.
 

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bafrali said:
StriderShinryu said:
bafrali said:
Yeah they are "supporting" the fan efforts. A sugar coated version of saying we could shut it down but wanted to look cute to our fans and we are too lazy to put any kind of effort into our series outside of crappy ios games with rehashed art assets and sprites.
Yep, because not shutting it down is equivalent to working with the creator, creating trailers for it and promoting it at their premier event of the year as well as getting the word out to major websites.
Capcom working with the fans to create a game in megaman series? Yeah this could never go wrong.


Forgive me if I am feeling skeptical about it.
This.

Capcom swept Megaman Universe and Megaman Legends 3 under the rug with little to no dignity.

This is just their way of saying "Look! We haven't forgotten about Megaman, even though we didn't make this game" so as to placate the fanbase, even though we're past that.

This looks cool, but Capcom themselves will have to make a sweet Megaman title before they'll earn back any measure of loyalty from me.
 

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Sheo_Dagana said:
Truly spoken my friend. What is even sadder that they used to be one of my favourite developers. Now they are just Japan's EA.
 

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Realy? I thought I remembered hearing that Crapcom was assuring the fans that they hadn't forgotten Megaman and something big was coming in December, and we get this? The fact that they cant be arsed to even make a new game, and instead chose to not C&D a fan game for the good PR just proves they really don't give a shit about Megaman anymore.

CAPCHA: laser beams.
ahh I can imagine them, raining down on Capcom HQ
 

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Big Mega Man fan here, will definitely checking it out. Being free is also a big plus!