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XIII_Rocks posted...

I was very much drawn in by the look of it, if I remember right. Some of the designs looked great. Loved the idea of HBC as the Queen of Hearts too. Plus Disney/well-known story/Tim Burton

Then when you actually watch it, jesus

Alice in Wonderland also came out when the 3D movie fad was at it's peak.

Also it was pretty rare for a movie to make a billion at the box office when it came out which made it even more crazy that it was that successful.

Mega Man thrived on weaker hardware and reusing assets which is why they were able to pump out so many Mega Man games. But since games keep getting more expensive to make due to hardware getting stronger it's harder to greenlight a Mega Man game. Probably the biggest issue now is that the weakest system currently is the Switch and that's still much more expensive to develop for than the OG DS.

They could still make digital only (or Limited Run physical) games but that would probably cause people to stop caring about Mega Man if he gets stale that way.

Kirby sells a lot more than Mega Man though, his normal games usually sell 1-2 million, as much a Mega Man's best sellers. Forgotten Land sold 4 million copies, that's like the sales of Mega Man 2, 3 and X1 combined.

Nanis23 posted...

I really don't understand why they decided to revive the series only to kill it again, especially considering how MM11 did better than anticipated

Probably because Capcom is so used to their recent MH and RE games selling 4+ million that 1.6 million is small potatoes. Plus it's unlikely the next Mega Man game would sell anywhere near as much as 11 did, 11 had huge momentum being the first console Mega Man released after he was announced for Smash Bros, people being still mad over Mighty No.9, the fanbase wanted to prove that this was a better direction than Fully Charged and the fear that if it doesn't sell well Mega Man will be gone forever.

Most of that momentum is gone though now that MN9 and Fully Charged are distant memories and it's been nearly a decade since Mega Man was announced for Smash Bros. and now third party characters aren't really a surprise for Smash anymore. 11 is an okay game but it did not sell that well on it being an amazing experience like 2/3 and X1 were, people don't really talk about 11 anymore and it's lumped along more with the mediocre area of Mega Man games like 5 and X3. If 12 was just 11 with 8 new robot masters it would probably just sell about half a million at most.

MoogleKupo141 posted...

My new theory is the inevitable sequel will be a loose Super Mario World adaptation (takes place mostly in Dinosaur Land, Mario meets Yoshi, maybe the Koopalings are introduced too).

There's already a Yoshi egg in the poster in the Antiques store.

Koopalings probably will come first but I'm sure there will be some nods to Wario in the movie.

Yeah they're probably going to do a post credits Wario thing like Shadow in Sonic 2 the movie.

But they might hint at Wario earlier with Mario and Luigi making nods to him when they have the inevitable toilet humor jokes (Mario's a plumber that's as low hanging fruit as possible for Illumination)

You know Illumination is gonna use Wario for something. I'd be shocked if he wasn't in some way since this is what their brand of humor is.

https://youtu.be/TsqbxwQLeEE

Mario Picross games, the antagonist is Wario in those games (or vice versa)

Mario and Wario.

Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle

Wario's Woods if you count that as a Mario game.

Spoilers for the Mario movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDgsCLUnw5g

It's Illumination they're going to do the safest family friendly plot they can with some pop culture jokes and toilet humor.

Either the Toads or Goombas are going to be minion proxies (maybe both?)