Capcom, you're all a bunch of assholes. And it's not even like canceling Legends 3 was your first mistake either. No, you've been in a downward spiral for a while now, haven't you? First was the departure of Keiji Inafune, then came the Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D debacle, and now this? We've been waiting for Legends 3 since 2000! That's a little over a decade since you ended the thing on a cliffhanger. Is a resolution too much to ask? Apparently so.
Capcom, as of right now, you've lost my support entirely. If I buy any Capcom game from this moment onward, it will be secondhand, so that I'm not giving you bastards any of my money. Because frankly, you don't deserve it. You don't deserve your fans. You don't deserve any business any more.
Remember when I reviewed Devil May Cry 4 a while back and encouraged everyone to buy it? Well, now I redact that statement. Everyone, either buy it secondhand, or don't buy it at all. Either way, don't give these jerks at Capcom your hard-earned money.
Though I have come up with four things that you can do, Capcom, to start repairing your relationship with your fans. And none of them are particularly difficult. Sound good? Alright then:
Method #1: Release MegaMan Legends 3
For those unaware, MegaMan Legends 2 was released back in the year 2000, and while it never sold too well, it became a fan favorite, and its characters have appeared in nearly every Capcom vs. Whatever crossover since. Yet they consistently denied us a sequel for years. But then, it was announced that 3 was in development, and to look forward to it on the Nintendo 3DS! But that all changed yesterday when the project was unceremoniously dumped without any warning whatsoever. Why? What reason could there be to deny us this? There isn't any. It's impossible to justify teasing us like this, Capcom. So just finish this damned game and all will be well.
Method #2: Make a proper Darkstalkers sequel
Remember Darkstalkers, Capcom? Your cult-classic fighting game franchise whose characters still make cameos in your games today? Well, the last one came out in 1998. Since Darkstalkers 3, we haven't seen hide nor hair of this franchise, excepting a remake for the PSP. You've been ignoring Darkstalkers' sizable fanbase for far too long. So give us a sequel, and all will be well.
Method #3: Calm down with the fighting game upgrades
This is actually the easiest of the four methods. Stop releasing updated versions of your fighting games every few months! It's pointless, and all it means is that people have to either shell out full price for a newer version of the same game, or wait several years for the updates to end before they shell out. Street Fighter II, the most successful Capcom fighting game, got no fewer than eleven different versions over the years. Eleven different versions of one game. And four of those were all in the same year! What. The. Hell. Even Street Fighter IV, which hasn't been out for very long, has been released three times. And we're also getting a new version of Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Sure, make all these expansion packs and cancel everything else. Nice move, Capcom. If you can restrain yourself to releasing each game just once, and if you feel you need to update it, make it fairly-priced DLC or something, then all will be well.
Method #4: Localize Ace Attorney Investigations 2
You remember how popular the Ace Attorney series is in the US, right, Capcom? It has a pretty large following, all things considered. You took a chance on the series when it first started, and it paid off, remember? So why the hell did you decide not to localize Investigations 2? Like canceling MegaMan Legends 3, there was no reason whatsoever for it. Plus, you also refused to translate the upcoming Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney crossover, leaving that to Level 5 (who plan to do so). Is this a new pattern? Are you going to stop bringing this series over here? If so, then you can go to hell for all I care. But if you can bring over Ace Attorney Investigations 2, and all the future games in the series, then all will be well.
There we go, Capcom. Four ways to fix all of this, and three of them can actually be profitable for you guys. So why haven't you already done this? Get to it! Go! Until you do, then I encourage everyone who reads this to stop giving your money to Capcom.
Thank you and goodnight.
--Kotaro
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