Mega Man Online

[Trigger]

RUMOR: Is this Rockman Online? : The Mega Man Network (http://www.themmnetwork.com/2010/05/11/rumor-is-this-mega-man-online/)

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GameSpot (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6261939.html):

...Capcom did tease an extension of a current brand. In describing its efforts to better capitalize on the PC game market, Capcom said that is engaged in a joint development deal with Korea-based Neowiz Games on Mega Man Online. No details on this project were offered, and it was equally unclear whether Mega Man Online bears any relation to Mega Man Universe, a name which Capcom registered with the US Patent & Trademark Office in April.

Strategy Informer (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6261939.html):

In a move to expand their PC market presence, Capcom have said a joint development deal has been struck with Korean-based Neowiz Games.

They'll be exploring an online Mega Man game, which could be linked to April's Mega Man Universe trademark? Capcom sign off painful fiscal.

If the fiscal period now gone for Capcom is any indication then both fans and developers should be super worried, with net income down 73.1 percent for the 12 month period to just $23.8 million - that's bad. Revenue sunk 27.3 percent to $734 million.

Anyway the publisher has a plan to turn all that around for this fiscal year, which kicked off April 1st in case you were wondering. They'll be shortening the cycles of their franchises by outsourcing projects a lot more and beefing up internal teams.

They will also be keeping a closer eye on their outsourced projects hoping to combine "overseas input" and "Capcom input" better in the future. 20-30 percent of the publisher's development budget is also being tasked on new original IP ventures.

It's the news of extending the Mega Man brand that has intriguing promise as Capcom reveal a partnership with Neowiz Games to deal with Mega Man Online. They haven't released any further information on this MMO, which could be 'Mega Man Universe'.

[Mrlucky77]

Nice. I'll play if it's free.

[Shanghai]

So... uh, how would it work? Only question I'm wondering, since Megaman doesn't have a battle system(or game mechanics) meant for multiple people...

[Trigger]

So... uh, how would it work? Only question I'm wondering, since Megaman doesn't have a battle system(or game mechanics) meant for multiple people...

Personally, I'm thinking City of Heroes. Customize your own Reploid, align with the Hunters or the Mavericks, and fight for control of key areas. That's what I'm really wanting, anyway, in full 3D.

[pkMaster]

Knowing that PMang is helping create the game, I'm guessing that this game is going to be an FPS/TPS game since they've already made S4 League which is essentially a shooter. I wouldn't at all be surprised if both games played out in the same/similar fashion. Then again, MegaMan X died have a few RPG elements in their games, so I guess they might make an FPS with RPG elements in it as well. We'll just have to wait and see. I'm definitely gonna check this game out when PMang releases it in OpenBeta.

[Trigger]

Knowing that PMang is helping create the game, I'm guessing that this game is going to be an FPS/TPS game since they've already made S4 League which is essentially a shooter. I wouldn't at all be surprised if both games played out in the same/similar fashion. Then again, MegaMan X died have a few RPG elements in their games, so I guess they might make an FPS with RPG elements in it as well. We'll just have to wait and see. I'm definitely gonna check this game out when PMang releases it in OpenBeta.

Borderlands with Reploids and buster weapons? Hell yes.

[Drifter]

Sounds fun, DO WANT:no!:

[BobYoMeowMeow]

Borderlands with Reploids and buster weapons? Hell yes.

NO NO NO
Mega Man Legends
A good 3d Mega Man game

[Moppy]

Make it a Maplestory clone.

[Hiccup]

Neowiz would pick up a shooter game, especially one that's not modern day warfare kind. So I'm hoping to see how this turns out.

[Trigger]

NO NO NO
Mega Man Legends
A good 3d Mega Man game

Legends = MMO material for sure, but this is not Legends. The character on the poster is clearly X. With that said, I don't think they could've picked a better or more popular Mega Man series to base the MMO on. Legends would've been awesome, but let's face it, it doesn't have enough fans to justify an MMORPG.

[blademasta]

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9088/ow2f.png

[Andy-Buddy]

Truly redefining MMO.

(You see what I did there)

[Trigger]

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9088/ow2f.png

Seen it. Loved it. XD

[blademasta]

Seen it. Loved it. XD

Congratulations. You win the moon.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Q1JcHY9y3M/0.jpg

[Kurezan]

Wow.. I can't wait to play it.

I wonder what the gameplay will be like though.

[NekoStory]

Legends = MMO material for sure, but this is not Legends. The character on the poster is clearly X. With that said, I don't think they could've picked a better or more popular Mega Man series to base the MMO on. Legends would've been awesome, but let's face it, it doesn't have enough fans to justify an MMORPG.

I love Megaman X Series the best :D
Megaman Legends was okay... Better than the regular Megaman <_ < In my opinion of course 8D

[Trigger]

Congratulations. You win the moon.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Q1JcHY9y3M/0.jpg

I also have a YouTube subscription to the maker of that YouTube video. Undergroundruin makes some sweet Legends videos. He also modded the Legends cast into Unreal Tournament 2004 (I have his modded version XD).

[Arrionso]

That poster looks so awesome. Wouldn't mind having one of those hanging in my room.

Looking forward to what develops here though, could be good.

[Cucurbita]

This effing better not be like NT warrior.

[Trigger]

This effing better not be like NT warrior.

ROFL. No worries, it's Mega Man X. There's so much that can be done with the X timeline that they don't really have to fudge anything.

[Rime]

I'm hoping that the game will take place between the X and Zero series. There's a huge plot gap between the X and Zero games and it's only been vaguely explored.

[Trigger]

I'm hoping that the game will take place between the X and Zero series. There's a huge plot gap between the X and Zero games and it's only been vaguely explored.

The Elf Wars, you mean. Yeah, there's been a lot of speculation about that time period. Capcom gave an "official" fill-in-the-gap explanation for that time period. Note that all dates are taken relative to the Zero series.

(The "virus" incident mentioned in the first data entry is the plot of Mega Man 10.)

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Reploids… those are robots made a time long ago who were near human and had limitless potential… Given individuality by means of advanced technology, the Reploids worked for humans and were meant to be the greatest ally to walk alongside mankind… However, trouble silently built up among the gears between humans and Reploids that beneath these peaceful times… Having limitless potential and being near human, it was only a matter of time before the Reploids would oppose humans. These kinds of dangerous Reploids the humans fearfully called Mavericks… Reploids that became Mavericks were disposed of by there own Reploid brethren… This was the response humans devised… For the Reploids trying to protect their human masters, there was no room for choice. Thus a violent war between the Reploids that seemed to have no end erupted… Numerous battles accumulated… time went on… and even with the creation of the human utopia protected by Reploids, Neo Arcadia, the struggles haven’t ended…



At least 200 years ago
The birth of X
When an incident occured where an unknown computer virus came from space and causes robots to become violent and riotous, Dr. Light completed the battle robot “X” worrying about the future of Earth. Hypothesizing X could battle robots infected by viruses, he gave X the perfect virus counter-measure. Meanwhile Dr. Light developed a great number of armors, but this presented the possibility of X becoming a threat to mankind. To confirm the safety of X’s cognition program, Dr. Light sealed away X in an analysis capsule.



1XX years ago
The birth of Zero
Zero was produced by Dr. Wily, who schemed at taking over the world. But he contained a flaw in his cognitive program that made him violent and unwilling to obey instructions, so Dr. Wily himself sealed Zero in a capsule.



1XX years ago
X is discovered
X is discovered by Dr. Cain, having been buried underground for 100 years.



1XX years ago
The birth of Reploids
Dr. Cain carried out his research of X, and using this created highly advanced robots called “Reploids.”



1XX years ago
The Sigma Virus outbreak
A subspecies of the terrible computer virus from long ago is generated, and begins driving robots mad locally. The human leadership acknowledges these infected robots as Mavericks, and orders them to be disposed of. The source was found to be an unknown computer virus that had prevailed over 100 years ago emerging from the capsule Zero slumbered in. Later, this virus was named the Sigma Virus, after the Reploid “Sigma” who led a revolt against the human leadership.



1XX years ago
Formation of the Maverick Hunters
Following through with the disposal of Mavericks, the human leadership decides to have Mavericks exterminated by Reploids, and forms the Maverick Hunters. Ironically, the leader of the first generation of Maverick Hunters is Sigma.



1XX years ago
Zero awakens
Receiving information of Zero awakening from his capsule and causing violence, the Maverick Hunter Sigma finds and intercepts him. during this incident, Sigma is infected by the unknown computer virus leaking out from Zero’s capsule, but at the same time Zero, having his armor damaged in the battle with Sigma, also becomes infected with the virus. Due to this, Zero’s personality completely changed, and he would turn to working as a Maverick Hunter.



1XX years ago
The Maverick Wars begin
Infected by the unknown computer virus, Sigma defects to the side of the Mavericks and leads a revolt against human leadership. The wars between the Mavericks and the Maverick Hunters for the future of humanity begins.



1XX years ago
Fall of the colony “Eurasia”
Under Sigma’s orders, the Reploid mercenary Dynamo causes an obsolete space colony “Eurasia” to crash into Earth. Along with recognizing the threat of the Mavericks anew, the human leadership professes its aim of eradicating all Mavericks. The site that became a contamination zone is dubbed Area Zero, and for the next 100 years would be barred from entry.



1XX years ago
The Nightmare Incident
“The Nightmare Incident” occurs, an event where a subspecies of the Sigma Virus that attracts attention as the Nightmare Virus spreads throughout the world. The fact was proven that Zero was it source, as he was a carrier of the Sigma Virus, and was contagious to his surroundings as he worked across the world as a Hunter. In finding this, the human leadership decides for Zero to be sealed away, but due to the influence of scientists studying the Sigma Virus, his cognitive program was removed from his body so the two could be researched separately.



1XX years ago
The birth of the Mother Elf
A Reploid researcher of this time (Dr. Ciel’s great-grandmother) studies Zero’s cognitive program and discovers an antibody to the Sigma Virus. She completes the Mother Elf, a program lifeform that can rewrite and erase the Sigma Virus. Afterwards, the scientists in the field of researching the Sigma Virus make researching Cyber Elves their focus.



1XX years ago
The Elf Wars rise from the Maverick Wars
There are many historians who define the end of the Maverick Wars as the period when the number of Mavericks dropped significantly due to X’s using the Mother Elf. In actuality there is no enduring the conflict, and afterwards the latter period of the Maverick Wars came to be known as the Elf Wars.



1XX years ago
The proposal of Project Elpizo
A member of the humans researching Cyber Elves proposes “Project Elpizo,” an operation to create a Reploid that’s a perfect ruler using the Mother Elf’s program rewriting ability. X opposed this operation, but out of fear of a long-lasting war support begins for complete control of Reploids. The confrontation of X’s “philosophy of coexistence” and the human leadership’s “philosophy of rule” begins.

[Compass]

I want guess the story to this!
It's the yea ??XX and humans and robosts are living happily together in peace again after X cured the robots from a virus! Now after years of peace Robots have suddenly started attacking everything living they see making them dangerous and stuff... That's basically the story for every megaman game right?

[Trigger]

I want guess the story to this!
It's the yea ??XX and humans and robosts are living happily together in peace again after X cured the robots from a virus! Now after years of peace Robots have suddenly started attacking everything living they see making them dangerous and stuff... That's basically the story for every megaman game right?

Elf technology just drastically reduced the number of Mavericks. The war went on.

Unless they want to make this game a Mega Man X9 of sorts, it'll likely involve the Elf Wars. That, or it'll break the canon completely.

[Compass]

Elf technology just drastically reduced the number of Mavericks. The war went on.

Unless they want to make this game a Mega Man X9 of sorts, it'll likely involve the Elf Wars. That, or it'll break the canon completely.

I'll take that as a yes =3

[Rime]

Lol looks like anything past X6 isn't significantly cannon.

As for the game's storyline, I think that the time between Elf Wars up to Project Elpizo seems likely. Given the political driving factors involved and their vagueness, they could easily write in something. Energy would seem to be a likely driving factor given that half the Zero games were based off of its shortage.

[Trigger]

Lol looks like anything past X6 isn't significantly canon.

Fixed.

And yes, I was somewhat disappointed that they actually consider X6 canonical when X5 was originally intended to be the end of the series (and was considered as such officially until this announcement was made), but at the same time I'm disappointed that Command Mission (which occurred even after X8) wasn't considered canonical -- it's easily one of my favorite games ever.