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The Top 7... series run into the ground

They had it. They lost it. Here they are

Words: Christian Nutt, GamesRadar US
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Mega Man

This series defined the very concept of running a video game franchise into the ground over a decade ago. Back then, Capcom itself couldn't be bothered to publish Mega Man 6 for the NES - Nintendo had to. Hell, Capcom made five of them for the original green and gray Game Boy.

But these days, gamers have better sense than to really pay attention while these games are farted out. Once in a while, a real gem does surface: Mega Man Powered Up for the PSP or Mega Man ZX for the DS are two 2006 examples of games worth buying. On the other hand, are two solid portable games the best the series can do these days? Apparently so.

There have been six editions of Battle Network for the GBA since 2001, but without the labels, we bet you couldn't tell them apart. Probably what keeps this series from being higher on the list is twofold: Capcom had the sense not to make a half-assed Mega Man 9 (it's been ten years since Mega Man 8.) And the Mega Man X games - which were truly awful for awhile - were put to bed in 2004 with the surprisingly playable Mega Man X8.

Will Mega Man rise again? Probably not.

 
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katwood92 - 1 month 20 days ago
How come game makers even bother to make sequels if the suck? Do they think that gamers are drooling morons that will blindly buy anything that bears the name of a game that they enjoyed? If you're going to do something, do it right. It also doesn't make much business sense. Games only make money if people buy them and anyone who knows anything about games generally don't buy crap sequels. So why make something peopl aren't going to buy? It doesn't make any sort of sense at all.
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