A wealth of Capcom-related trademarks
recently went live in Japan, each corresponding to a dormant or legacy IP. There's one for
Dino Crisis,
Power Stone and even
Darkstalkers, to name a few. In terms of
Mega Man, Capcom actually filed four individual trademarks:
While nothing has been officially announced, I think the gears in our heads are collective turning to the same thought. With the
Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection due in February, it's only naturally for us to wonder what "Legacy Collection" will come next. This could very well be our first breadcrumb... if that.
The
Rockman & Forte trademark is less clear. Beyond the Wii U Virtual Console port,
Rockman & Forte has been mostly "forgotten", absent from both
Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 and
2. Who knows what the deal is here.
Indeed, the existence of new trademarks for
Rockman DASH,
Tron and
Rockman & Forte carry heavy implications. Capcom
have a large interest in older titles and "awakening dormant intellectual properties," after all. This could all very well relate to that line of business. There's also the idea that Capcom are merely renewing old trademarks for protection (which is relatively routine every few years or so). While I don't disagree with that notion, it's interesting that of the many, MANY
Mega Man titles not renewed we
have two that are related to one another (
DASH and
Tron) and one for a game
that hasn't been re-released in several years (
Rockman & Forte).
Of course, while it's fun to entertain thoughts of what *could be*, it's best to keep your expectations in check until something a bit concrete surfaces.
We'll keep you posted.
