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Mega Man Legacy Collection
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or they are trying to spite mighty no 9.
This feels very half-hearted at best. I mean most it's only 6 of the classic games when it should be at least the 10 numbered entries... (Since the previous collection had 1-8 and it was on a DVD/mini-DVD. So there's realistically no excuse for not including all the numbered games here.)
Furthermore, unlike the anniversary collection it lacks the Power Battle and Power Fighter games (or the Battle and Chase game from the X collection). Not to mention the fact that the anniversary collection also had remixed music and extra art too.
Trophies and the challenge modes are nice-ish I guess. (Though admittedly, I kind of don't want trophies on these games because they tend to be stupidly hard. Like beat the game without taking a hit.)
Additionally this game is digital only. They can't even muster the effort to make/sell physical copies. Which means for many people this isn't even going to show up for them. (For collectors this isn't even really worth looking at because there's nothing really to collect.)
I've said it before and I'll restate it now...
They need to stop trying to milk the past with collections and bundles and those kinds of things and get to making fresh content. Most people who want those games already have them. And others may not care that much because they are older games. (I mean seriously, the newest game in that collection is over 20 years old.) So if they were interested in playing it, they likely would have played it somehow by now. (Either cartridge on NES, on collection on PS2/NGC/Xbox, emulation on PC, virtual console on Nintendo's 7th and 8th gen consoles, etc... ) This means that there really isn't a huge target audience for these sorts of collections. (They tend to get a few sales, but honestly they don't really do amazing.)
Instead I think they should just buckle down and make a new game (Megaman 11, X9, Legends 3, Starforce 4, ZX3, etc...) because that's going to sell far more than a collection. Plus it may be what creates interest for people to go back and pick up the older games via a collection like this. (Though still, don't count on massive sales.)
Plus I could kind of see people avoiding the collection simply because they're not interested in it, they just want a new game (and have vocalized it already enough times to the point they're just not going to support anything else).
Furthermore, unlike the anniversary collection it lacks the Power Battle and Power Fighter games (or the Battle and Chase game from the X collection). Not to mention the fact that the anniversary collection also had remixed music and extra art too.
Trophies and the challenge modes are nice-ish I guess. (Though admittedly, I kind of don't want trophies on these games because they tend to be stupidly hard. Like beat the game without taking a hit.)
Additionally this game is digital only. They can't even muster the effort to make/sell physical copies. Which means for many people this isn't even going to show up for them. (For collectors this isn't even really worth looking at because there's nothing really to collect.)
I've said it before and I'll restate it now...
They need to stop trying to milk the past with collections and bundles and those kinds of things and get to making fresh content. Most people who want those games already have them. And others may not care that much because they are older games. (I mean seriously, the newest game in that collection is over 20 years old.) So if they were interested in playing it, they likely would have played it somehow by now. (Either cartridge on NES, on collection on PS2/NGC/Xbox, emulation on PC, virtual console on Nintendo's 7th and 8th gen consoles, etc... ) This means that there really isn't a huge target audience for these sorts of collections. (They tend to get a few sales, but honestly they don't really do amazing.)
Instead I think they should just buckle down and make a new game (Megaman 11, X9, Legends 3, Starforce 4, ZX3, etc...) because that's going to sell far more than a collection. Plus it may be what creates interest for people to go back and pick up the older games via a collection like this. (Though still, don't count on massive sales.)
Plus I could kind of see people avoiding the collection simply because they're not interested in it, they just want a new game (and have vocalized it already enough times to the point they're just not going to support anything else).
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beating the game without taking a hit, that is near impossible.
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updated the first post with release date.