Month: November 2009

Review: Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star – The Case for Content

Review: Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star – The Case for Content

Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star, Capcom’s “plus alpha” remake of MegaMan Battle Network for the Nintendo DS, was released in Japan last week. Having had the chance to play the game and try out its new features, I’m here to give you my impression of this title. I must warn, this review contains a fair […]

Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star, Capcom’s “plus alpha” remake of MegaMan Battle Network for the Nintendo DS, was released in Japan last week. Having had the chance to play the game and try out its new features, I’m here to give you my...
Review: Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star – The Case for Content

Capcom’s New Mega Merchandise

New Mega Man merchandise is on its way to Blue Bomber fans across North America, and the Capcom*Unity offers a sneak peek. From Chris Kramer: Dunno about you, but as a Mega Fan, I’m constantly jealous of all the killer Blue Bomber goods produced in Japan that are near-impossible to find in North America. That’s […]

New Mega Man merchandise is on its way to Blue Bomber fans across North America, and the Capcom*Unity offers a sneak peek. From Chris Kramer: Dunno about you, but as a Mega Fan, I’m constantly jealous of all the killer Blue Bomber goods produced in Japan that...
Review: Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star – The Case for Content

A look at Mega Man X: Official Complete Works 3D embossed cover, and hints at more

Matt Moylan, managing editor of UDON, just got back his sample copies of Mega Man X: Official Complete Works, and he couldn’t wait to show off its embossed cover to us! Though somewhat difficult to make out in the pictures below, Matt says “both X and the logo stick right out of the cover.” He […]

Matt Moylan, managing editor of UDON, just got back his sample copies of Mega Man X: Official Complete Works, and he couldn’t wait to show off its embossed cover to us! Though somewhat difficult to make out in the pictures below, Matt says “both X and the...
Review: Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star – The Case for Content

MMN Contest Update: What Are You Waiting For?!

One month ago, we informed you of our latest Mega Man Network contest, the “What am I Fighting For?!” contest. This is just a reminder that the contest deadline is at midnight PST this Friday, November 20th. And on that note, despite a lot of enthusiasm for the contest, we have only received a scant […]

One month ago, we informed you of our latest Mega Man Network contest, the “What am I Fighting For?!” contest. This is just a reminder that the contest deadline is at midnight PST this Friday, November 20th. And on that note, despite a lot of enthusiasm...
Review: Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star – The Case for Content

MegaMan vs MegaMan, Place Your Bets Now!

WARNING: There will be spoilers here for Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star. I advise hitting BACK on your browser now if you wish to avoid spoilage. Anyway, Operate Shooting Star has been out for a couple days now and seeing how it’s almost exactly the same as Battle Network, you can bet it doesn’t take long […]

WARNING: There will be spoilers here for Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star. I advise hitting BACK on your browser now if you wish to avoid spoilage. Anyway, Operate Shooting Star has been out for a couple days now and seeing how it’s almost exactly the same as...
Review: Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star – The Case for Content

Time to Get Tanked

If you want to get your hands on Boston America’s Mega Man E-Tank energy drink and New Year’s Eve is too far away for you to wait, then it seems there is some good news afoot. The pixel-packaged product is now available from Toy Wiz for $3.99 a pop, and can also be purchased from […]

If you want to get your hands on Boston America’s Mega Man E-Tank energy drink and New Year’s Eve is too far away for you to wait, then it seems there is some good news afoot. The pixel-packaged product is now available from Toy Wiz for $3.99 a pop, and...
Review: Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star – The Case for Content

Rockman.EXE: Operate Shooting Star Brings GBA Deja Vu in More Ways Than One

An excerpt from an interesting piece at Protodude’s Rockman Corner: Guess the game I’m describing: It’s a DS “port plus alpha” of a GBA Capcom hit which spawned a successful franchise, marketed as a ‘revival’ of the series. In it, a blue-suited hero proudly wearing the symbol of his profession on his chest does battle […]

An excerpt from an interesting piece at Protodude’s Rockman Corner: Guess the game I’m describing: It’s a DS “port plus alpha” of a GBA Capcom hit which spawned a successful franchise, marketed as a ‘revival’ of the series. In...
Review: Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star – The Case for Content

Rockman Kubrick Now Available for Pre-Order at NCSX

A MMN reader (not sure if he wants us using his real name or not, so redacted for now) passed a tip along to us from Kotaku that lets us know that the Rockman and 1-Up Bearbrick Kubrick figures we reported previously are now available for preorder at National Console Support, Inc. Unfortunately, there is […]

A MMN reader (not sure if he wants us using his real name or not, so redacted for now) passed a tip along to us from Kotaku that lets us know that the Rockman and 1-Up Bearbrick Kubrick figures we reported previously are now available for preorder at National Console...
Review: Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star – The Case for Content

Retro Rotos Return

Remember Jazwares’ line of Mega Man “Retro Roto” toys, the six-inch action figures from the Classic series based on actual production art from Capcom? We received only one wave, with subsequent waves lingering in limbo until all hope had been given up that we’d ever see them. But now, it looks like the first wave– […]

Remember Jazwares’ line of Mega Man “Retro Roto” toys, the six-inch action figures from the Classic series based on actual production art from Capcom? We received only one wave, with subsequent waves lingering in limbo until all hope had been given...
Review: Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star – The Case for Content

Announcing a TMMN music project: BN Remix!

We’ve had this in the planning stages for a couple of months now, but we can finally let the cat out of the bag. In honor of Operate Shooting Star, some of us at TMMN are putting together a special arranged album of the original MegaMan Battle Network called BN Remix, and the project homepage […]

We’ve had this in the planning stages for a couple of months now, but we can finally let the cat out of the bag. In honor of Operate Shooting Star, some of us at TMMN are putting together a special arranged album of the original MegaMan Battle Network called BN...
Review: Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star – The Case for Content

Capcom announced Rockman EXE Official Complete Works

With Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star out now, it only makes sense that Capcom would continue their Official Complete Works books with the Rockman EXE series. Releasing in Japan December 21st for ¥2,100 (roughly $23.42 USD), the big will be 176 A4 format pages of promotion images, character artwork, conceptual artwork and planning sketches. It […]

With Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star out now, it only makes sense that Capcom would continue their Official Complete Works books with the Rockman EXE series. Releasing in Japan December 21st for ¥2,100 (roughly $23.42 USD), the big will be 176 A4 format pages of...
Review: Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star – The Case for Content

The Mega Man Bosses Have Had Enough

Capcom*Unity posted this, it gave us a few chuckles, and so it was decided to pass it along to you, the Mega Man fan. CollegeHumor.com, purveyors of comedy both relating to video games and not, has put together a short back and forth conversation between Cut Man and Dr. Wily about the latter’s way of […]

Capcom*Unity posted this, it gave us a few chuckles, and so it was decided to pass it along to you, the Mega Man fan. CollegeHumor.com, purveyors of comedy both relating to video games and not, has put together a short back and forth conversation between Cut Man and...