
Understandably, a franchise responsible for producing approximately 10 million games is destined to run the gamut in terms of quality. RELATED: Mega Man: 10 Best Box Art and Covers Rockman’s appeal transcends genre, medium, or decade. Stepping away from gaming, Capcom’s hero has starred in a handful of anime and Western cartoons, with 2018's Mega Man: Fully Chargedserving as the most contemporary example. Reports estimate Capcom's franchise has surpassed 33 million sold units worldwide, a figure pre-dating Mega Man 11.

Three decades later, Mega Man has 11 core games, six other series with their own range of sequels, various spin-offs, and more remakes than Disney's latest release schedule. In 1987, Capcom published a visually stunning but hard-as-nails action platformer called Rockman to rapturous applause from critics and a shrug from customers. I’m not sure what Japan managed to do but Sony seems unable to make it work in the US with US code.Capcom has an annoying habit of periodically forgetting about its iconic blue mascot, but Mega Man's impact on gaming culture cannot and should not be understated. Why is this the case? According to Svensson: “There’s different code in each territory. That having been said, Mega Man Powered Up is available on the Japanese PlayStation Network. This week, a PlayStation Vita owner asked once again if there was any chance of the game seeing a PSN release, and Svensson provided the same reply once again: “Frankly, I’m not sure but SCEA has never been able to get it to run in digital form and they handle the conversion process.” So it’s physical only for the time being (hold onto those UMDs, they’re gonna be valuable).” The game doesn’t run properly when put in digital form. Two years ago, Capcom’s Christian Svensson shared: “There are techinical problems that neither we or Sony are able to get around. Why did Powered Up never make the move to PSN? Capcom say it’s because of technical difficulties. In the years to follow, Mega Man Powered Up was never transferred to the PlayStation Network, so you could download it onto your PSP like other Mega Man games such as Mega Man Maverick Hunter X. Mega Man Powered Up, a PSP remake of the original Mega Man, was released in 2006 by Capcom, but only as a retail title.
