Mighty No. what? Mega Man 11 is coming, Capcom said today. It looks beautiful and will be out in late 2018 for PS4, PC, Xbox, and Switch.

This is the first proper new Mega Man game since the retro-styled Mega Man 10, which came out in 2010. Rather than recreate the 8-bit style of the older Mega Mans (and the subsequent sequels Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10), Capcom is going with 3D sprites on a 2D plane, creating an effect that seems offputting at first, but actually looks pretty good. Way better than Mighty No. 9, at least.

Capcom has been teasing this for a few months now, although we didn’t know it at the time. The art for Mega Man 11 was actually hidden in the concept art gallery for Mega Man Legacy Collection 2, which came out this summer.

All eight Mega Man X games are coming to current-gen platforms, Capcom said today on a stream celebrating the 30th anniversary of Mega Man. The publisher later added that all of the games will be coming to Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC in the summer of 2018.

Mega Man X, which started on the Super Nintendo as a sort of soft-reboot for the classic 2D platforming series, has long been one of the most beloved entries in the franchise. Adding a new protagonist, Zero, and a new villain, Sigma, the Mega Man X series spanned across the SNES, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2 before finally ending with Mega Man X8 in 2004.

This news came in conjunction with word that Mega Man Legacy Collections 1 and 2, which together include Mega Man 1 through 10, will come to Switch in 2018. During the stream, Capcom also announced Mega Man 11 for current-gen platforms.

Such unexpected news! Capcom is trying to make right by their old fans, and this goes a long way to make us like them again. But it seems this may not be a compilation, but rather separate releases. The Kotaku article added a note that Capcom's language suggests the games may be released separately. Hope we can get a confirmation soon.

Just asking though, what's different about the SNES version? I know that the PC version was based on the PlayStation version, which is the most likely one they will base it on. I myself actually prefer it best on Saturn though.