Blast from the Past: CoroCoro’s Scoop on Rockman & Forte WS

We’re used to CoroCoro bringing us information about Mega Man’s future, but how often do we use it to look into Mega Man’s past? Here’s one such instance, with a CoroCoro scan all the way back from October of 1999. The contents is the upcoming Rockman & Forte WS, a Rockman game licensed by Bandai for their WonderSwan portable system. The game featured the heroes and music from Mega Man & Bass, but with all new wonky Robot Masters, and an arch nemesis modeled after, I kid you not, Quint. Yeah, that Quint.
The most notable thing about this old article scan is the artwork it features of Rockman Shadow (here just referred to as Shadow), and one of the Robot Masters, Dangan Man (“dangan” is Japanese for bullet). Truthfully I didn’t know such artwork even existed, and it makes me wonder where the other boss artwork might be. Especially considering another of the Robot Masters, Konro Man (portable stove), seems to be a favorite of Inti Creates and made a cameo in both ZX games.

The rest of the article just throws some hype at Rockman & Forte WS, and exhibits the vertical stage layouts thanks to the WonderSwan’s flippable design. Check after the break for the full page scan.

Image source: 2ch

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