{"id":8173,"date":"2017-12-19T04:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/capcom_on_the_audio_design_of_mega_man_11"},"modified":"2017-12-19T04:15:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T04:15:00","slug":"capcom-on-the-audio-design-of-mega-man-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/19\/capcom-on-the-audio-design-of-mega-man-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Capcom on the Audio Design of Mega Man 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Mega Man 11\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/capcom_on_the_audio_design_of_mega_man_11\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/capcom_on_the_audio_design_of_mega_man_11\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mega Man 11\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Mega Man franchise is iconic for many reasons, one of which is the chiptune soundtrack that accompanies each game. Though there have been highs and lows with the different soundtracks, they\u2019ve all captured that mechanical, synthesized sound, and it\u2019s expected that the upcoming <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/mega_man_11\">Mega Man 11<\/a><\/strong> will be no different.<\/p>\n<p>Game Informer recently talked with the game\u2019s Audio Director, Ryo Yoshii, and he talked about how he wants to modernize the sound, explaining that Mega Man 11 will be the first game in the series to incorporate real world sounds into its audio. For example, manhole covers, construction hats, and ski boots have all been utilized to make some unique sounds for enemies and stage hazards. Here\u2019s what he had to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Because the visuals have been updated, it\u2019s a more 3D look and a little more realistic, we figured that incorporating previous sounds wouldn\u2019t jive well with the visuals. We didn\u2019t want there to be a disconnect, so we felt that in order to match the visuals we needed to make sure that the audio was a little more modernized. We didn\u2019t want to just use synthesized sounds. We wanted to mix it with Foley work to create a more authentic sound.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you think? Which Mega Man game has your favorite music? How do you think the new direction will work out? Share your thoughts in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mega Man franchise is iconic for many reasons, one of which is the chiptune soundtrack that accompanies each game. Though there have been highs and lows with the different soundtracks, they\u2019ve all captured that mechanical, synthesized sound, and it\u2019s expected that the upcoming Mega Man 11 will be no different. Game Informer recently talked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}