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‘Mega Man 11’ is a legendary return for an iconic character

by Tanner Kinney Disclaimer: This review is of the PC version and was conducted on a PC with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, i7, 8GBs of RAM. For a franchise as legendary as Mega Man, it still remains a shock that the series was dormant for so long. Capcom famously attempted to destroy the franchise during the dark ages of the company, cancelling game after game after game at varying stages of development. The cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3 remains the most heart-breaking, considering the game had a fully fleshed out demo before getting iced by corporate. The rise of Kickstarter didn’t do the Blue Bomber any more favors, as his bootleg brother Beck ended up in one of the highest profile disasters of 2016, Mighty No. 9. Even with an appearance in Smash 4, it seemed the character would simply fade to dust and nostalgic merchandise. Then, out of nowhere following successful releases of the Mega Man Legacy Collections, Capcom drops their announcement of Mega Man 11, a modern revival of the classic series. With a promising demo and only good news coming out of development, it is my pleasure to say that Mega Man 11 is a fantastic return to form for a once-dead legend.

A tune-up to presentation leaves a couple screws loose

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Get-equipped with a classic Mega Man experience

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A Yellow Devil of a game

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