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Headcannon (Sonic Mania) pitched a new Darkwing Duck game to Capcom
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I have to disagree. Looks like a GBA game, and as far as Capcom is concerned, it's golden age had a similar visual style and use of color that MM11 actually paid tribute to and continued.
Other than that, for demo footage, it looks damn good. ESPECIALLY in the controls. Had it been picked up, no doubt they'd visually polish it up to par with where Capcom was during the SNES/PS1 era.
The ones on the Genesis vs SNES? I'll say "debatable" but during the NES days the Capcom-Disney output was stellar and some of the best games on the NES came from that combo.
It is absolutely insane to me that they would go to the lengths of making that demo without knowing if they would get the OK. At this point I think they might be better served making their own original games; surely Sonic Mania put them on the map?
First off, it's not insane, it's how the business works. Second, what they likely got an OK for was presenting the pitch/demo, which you then make/finish up with the hopes they greenlight the full title. That's very simplified/presumptuous but basically this is not some wild anomaly.
Do we know all of this for a fact, or just assuming? Specifically, do we know if they got funding for the demo / pitch?
Capcom seems to be a pretty hard Company to pitch something too. Especially if you're outside Japan.
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If they got funding they would be in deep trouble right now because they wouldn't be allowed to release the prototype then.
I'm pretty sure headcannon produced this on their own.
The DuckTales remaster sold 1.2 million copies long before there was any consumer-level knowledge of the reboot. That'd probably be the main reason why.
It's a game with Scrooge McDuck, one of the most recognizable Disney classic characters.
You asked the question and I answered it. Unless you're the one counting Capcom's money, I don't see the point in trying to pick apart the license.
I might say that Capcom were foolish to turn these guys down, but considering that they would've had to have dealt with Disney, I can't really blame them for not picking up the project. I know they've worked together in the past, but I can't imagine modern Disney being an easy partner to work with.
Looks great but it also sounds like a licencing nightmare between Disney and Capcom. Capcom doesn't own it so they'd have to go to Disney, and I could imagine that Disney has no interest in marketing this old and forgotten IP.
But I'm very curious as to what this talented team is going to bring next. This means that they aren't working on the next 2D Sonic I assume?
But I'm very curious as to what this talented team is going to bring next. This means that they aren't working on the next 2D Sonic I assume?
This is the hardest pill for me to swallow. Capcom worked with Wayforward on Ducktales Remastered and did so on a reasonable budget knowing full well that this kind of game is not going to be a several million seller. Everything was reasonable and made to appeal to a smaller demographic, not all that different to what they already do with remakes and remasters of their old games currently. And it did 1.2 million, which is very great! And there's no follow-up... Nothing. They even previously talked about how they might do more but nothing happened. Everything began and ended with Ducktales Remastered in the end. I don't entirely blame Capcom though, Disney is a very big key player and generally very awful when it comes to their IPs as we've seen numerous times.
If I had to guess, I'd say the Disney Afternoon Collection was the follow-up and that thing probably bombed huge.
Darkwing Duck was basically a Mega Man game with a different skin.
I love Sonic Mania but I'm not sure how I feel about devs putting out failed pitch demos. It just aims fan anger at publishers you want to have a working relationship with. Game looks cool.
Well this was after Mania. Which would also be a pretty good indication that they (or at least Simon) isn't working on Mania 2, which seems pretty crazy to me, because if I was Sega, I'd be throwing resources at a Mania sequel right now.
I don't understand why they would pitch this to Capcom. Although it's a spirtual sequel to a Capcom game, Capcom doesn't own the license and it isn't really using anything copyrightable from the original beyond the music, which I'd assume is placeholder.
I take it you're not familiar with the Sega Master System disney games from Sega. Hint: They're better than the Genesis games.
Can't fault Capcom here, the deal they could make with Disney on something like that would probably not result in profitability.
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The audio is placeholder and was just taken from the NES game.
That looked any dime-a-dozen licensed platformer from the 16-bit era. Can't see why Capcom would be interested.
Hello McFly, there was already a new Mega Man game released recently, and two retro MM games released previous to that one.
Hello McFly, there was already a new Mega Man game released recently, and two retro MM games released previous to that one.
If a Sonic Mania 2 isn't being made that will be a true crime. What are SEGA trying to do with this team? Give em the opportunity to make one game then shut em down?
Such an oddly mismanaged franchise. Mania owned but thats being followed up with the one-two punch of Forces and now what looks to be an awful movie? Why?
Such an oddly mismanaged franchise. Mania owned but thats being followed up with the one-two punch of Forces and now what looks to be an awful movie? Why?
I would do unspeakable things for a new Bucky O'Hare game. There are dozens of us.
It's depressing how quick people will jump to shitting on a company when they didn't fund a game you thought looked cool.
Maybe they have their reasons? If I was Capcom I wouldn't be interested in resurrecting franchises I don't own right now. Better to invest that money into stuff they can profit off themselves.
Maybe they have their reasons? If I was Capcom I wouldn't be interested in resurrecting franchises I don't own right now. Better to invest that money into stuff they can profit off themselves.
I read a lot of Disney comics when I was a child and I never got the Darkwing Duck appeal outside the parody genre of dark superheroes.
A game from that... I probably would prefer a Maui Mallard game or another approaching over the Looney Tunes characters, like Daffy Duck in the Wizard.
A game from that... I probably would prefer a Maui Mallard game or another approaching over the Looney Tunes characters, like Daffy Duck in the Wizard.
I dont remember the original being a megaman reskin at all. I wouldve noticed because I suck at megaman. Lol.
