| JWeinCom said: The way he's funding this is a reaction to the way the previous two Mega Man titles were cancelled. Publishers (namely Capcom) thought Mega Man wasn't a viable franchise, and by working with fans direcly through kickstarter, there is no worry about titles being cancelled or anything. Furthermore, I'd imagine publishers might be reluctant to fund this. The game is an obvious take on Mega Man, and Capcom really should protect their IP by filing a lawsuit. Of course, because it's a crowd funded game that is getting very popular very fast, that puts Capcom at an awkward position in terms of trying to sue. I kind of feel like Inafune is just daring Capcom to file a lawsuit. |
You're right about the first part, you know fans will support this to the grave. It'll get funded no doubt.
I'm not sure they could sue him for this. Yes it's a take off of Megaman but it's not Megaman. It's like Metroidvania games that take elements of the franchises and add their own flare. Beck is clearly different from Mega Man in regards to certain abilites he has. If this was called "The Mighty Mega Man" or something like that it would get sued, but it's not so I'm not sure it could....
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