Capcom Scraps Mega Man Universe

Bummer news for Mega Man fans coming from Capcom this morning. According to a recent posting on the game’s official blog, Mega Man Universe has been cancelled. In addition to this announcement, the publisher also shot out a quick apology to those looking forward to the game’s once-impending Spring 2011 release across both XBLA and PSN.

Mega Man Universe was an updated take on the Mega Man formula that married user-created content to classic 2D Mega Man action. Capcom claimed that it was set to “deliver the most creative Mega Man experience yet” with MMU, allowing users to generate their own levels, create their own characters from prefab parts, and assign their own special weapons and items. There was also a touch of crossover appeal to the game--several classic Capcom characters such as Ryu and Sir Arthur were set to make an appearance in it.

It didn't look great anyway

Disappointing. This seemed like a really cool idea and it's too bad it fell through.

i was actually kinda looking forward to this. That pic of old schoolish mega man looked pretty rad.

Ah, what the hell! I was looking forward to this.

Awww, really? I was kinda looking forward to it...

At least Mega Man Legends 3DS is still in the pipes.

sad panda is sad

That's disappointing.  The game could have actually been interesting, or maybe even just a decent start to something even better.  Oh well.

I really hope Inafune and Mikami leaving forces Capcom to re-examine their development strategies.

Oh man, that sucks, I was really looking forward to MMU. The demo they had set up at comic con was pretty good, too. 

Never heard of it.

I was really looking forward to this. Dammit, Capcom.

Sad news.  It certainly had potential to be something really cool. 
Both this and The Agency were announced to have been cancelled today.  COINCIDENCE?! 
Yes.

Boo Urns

I was definitely interested in this, but I'm not overly disappointed about it's cancellation. At any rate, could've been neat!

Can't say I was super excited for it, but it's too bad it got canned.
Also hey, my # 1000 post. Time for a new avatar.

I played it at NYCC.  I'm pretty good at the megamans, but this game had some pretty buggy controls.  It really need a lot more work.  I just hope legends 3 is still coming.  This is my main reason for buying the 3ds.

Well this is good news, better the 8-bit franchise to stay in lands of nostalgia or on handhelds then end up like bomberman with whatever it was with the disc game on the xbox360.

well that is a bummer... it seems like a very cool game.

FUCK!!!! FUCK!!!!! FUCK!!!!! 
First it was Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned and now it's this? 
I hope to god that inFAMOUS 2 isn't cancelled... with my luck it will be!

I'm not terribly torn up about this, surprisingly. :\

Played it at comic con, it was nothing special. Not even remotely close to being fun. The features would have wore off day 1. I am almost certain it isn't that hard to make a megaman game. 
I think people would stick with LBP2 than really really play this. Kinda iffy about being canceled, I'm not sad nor am I happy. Maybe we can get a new Megaman X instead.

Just...just please let Legends 3 be good. 
 
I need this series to survive as something else besides the mediocre BattleNetwork/Starforce games.

From the little I saw about this game, I'm not too broken up over its cancellation. Hopefully something better comes out of this situation.

Wait...Capcom's ready to pull the plug on it already? How far along was it? I, and many other Mega Man fans, would like to know. Are they being serious, or is there another explanation for this delay?

Major bummer. Was looking forward to making my own mega men.

:((((((((

It's okay guys, we'll get a Mega Man game where L3 is to run and R3 is to melee soon enough.

Tell me Capcom, is there not one among you who values courage over life? 
 
  

"Well this is good news, better the 8-bit franchise to stay in lands of nostalgia or on handhelds then end up like bomberman with whatever it was with the disc game on the xbox360. "

Considering how long they waited AFTER Inafune left, that tells me they were at least trying to get this finished. But I felt this would probably happen.

Goddamnit

" Wait...Capcom's ready to pull the plug on it already? How far along was it? I, and many other Mega Man fans, would like to know. Are they being serious, or is there another explanation for this delay? "

All the more reason to go with a new Legends game.

I was wondering why there had been absolutely no news of this game in months. Here's hoping this doesn't mean they've given up on 2d Mega Man games.

I was kinda looking forward to it. Bummed at the news.

I announced this before you did, Brad. Also, this game looked like utter garbage, so I'm very glad about this announcement. I love me some old school Mega Mans, but this looked downright awful.

Considering all the hype they were building, this is pretty surprising.

This is disappointing.  I spent a ton of time playing Mega Man 2 and 3 back in the day.  The concept had potential.

The concept was interesting, but it did not look that great.

Looked like ass, not bothersome.

They better fucking start working on X9.

I don't see why every one was so down on the the game, it looked awesome.

Are you fucking serious? This better be an April Fools joke otherwise I am going to be PISSED

This is horse shit.

Man, first The Agency and now MMU.  Lot of games getting tossed lately.

" Man, first The Agency and now MMU.  Lot of games getting tossed lately. "

Well my day, no... month is fucking ruined.
 
thanks capcom! continue to sink money into shit and cancel this.. assholes