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A Critical Look at Mega Man 3 Stages: Dr. Wily Stage 2
Wily Stage 2 Here we see a return of the floating platforms from the second visit to Shadow Man's stage, except this time they act only as a minor annoyance on the way to a few more items. There's a split in the path with one way leading to an extra life, but unlike...
From 1UP: Mega Man’s Comic Career & The Social Retrospective
Finishing off this week's 1UP Cover Story, "Mega Man: 25 Years of Theme-Park Levels and Stolen Robot Powers," is a two-story main event for the weekend. First up is Jeremy Parish's "Mega Man: The Social Retrospective," which is described as "a randomly irreverent trip...
Looking Back: Mega Man 6
As part of our celebration of the Mega Man series hitting its 25th anniversary, we are featuring a look back at many of the games of the Classic series. For this entry, I’ll be looking Mega Man 6, a game that marked the end of the NES era with some of the best...
More 1UP Features & Retronauts Lunch Break Takes on Legends
Continuing our coverage of 1UP's Cover Story this week, our suspicions have been confirmed: Retronauts Lunch Break will be taking on Mega Man Legends, "the series' three-dimensional debut that didn't receive the critical reception it deserved." For those unfamiliar,...
Rockman Xover First Impressions – Yeah, It Sucks
Well, here we are. The most infamous Mega Man game ever made is now out in Japan. The level of hatred this title has accrued is practically viscous. And yet, even now with the released game in my hands, I can't bring myself to hate it, or hate Capcom for making it. I...
Rockman Xover is Available in Japan Now
After seemingly missing an earlier release time frame, the iOS social RPG Rockman Xover is now available for download in the Japan iOS app store. Coming with this is the renewal of the Rockman Xover official site, although there doesn't seem to be much new information...
The Blue Ink: Archie’s Mega Man #18 – Vagabond Blues
"Who has not felt how sadly sweet, The dream of home, the dream of home, Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet, When far o'er sea or land we roam?" -Thomas Moore, The Dream of Home ---------------------------------------- Blues left home because he was afraid that...
Well, That Was Quick: More From 1UP
If I might be allowed to break from the third-person for a moment: Wow, that was quick. I knew when I posted about the 1UP Cover Story yesterday that I a few of my own writings would come up, but I didn't expect them so soon-- much less two on the same day. If you...
A Look at Worlds Collide Covers, Plus Talk Time with Spaziante
To start hyping up next year's major comic crossover, Kotaku has a look at some of the covers of the 12-part "Worlds Collide" story arc, and a short interview with artist Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante, who is doing the cover art for all 12 issues. Specifically, these...
1UP Cover Story: Mega Man: 25 Years of Theme-Park Levels and Stolen Robot Powers
This week, 1UP.com is running a new Cover Story called "Mega Man: 25 Years of Theme-Park Levels and Stolen Robot Powers." As you might guess from the title, this is a look back at the quarter-century reign of the Mega Man franchise in its many shapes and forms. As of...
Looking Back: Mega Man 5
As part of our celebration of the Mega Man series hitting its 25th anniversary, we are featuring a look back at many of the games of the Classic series. For this entry, I’ll be looking Mega Man 5, a game that makes up for its lack of innovation with "Nintendo Hard"...
Reika Morishita’s Arrangements are Getting a CD Release
Reika Morishita's arranged versions of "Another Sun" and "Your Wind is Blowing" release digitally back in September. Now, much to her hopes, the Legends commemorative tunes will come out via an actual CD release as well. While Ms. Morishita had hoped for a release to...
A Critical Look at Mega Man 3 Stages: Break Man & Dr. Wily Stage 1
After the Doc Robot stages, we enter a stage titled "Break Man," where we fight a ~mysterious~ robot who fights exactly like Proto Man, with the exception that he is immune to all special weapons. This one's similar to the fight in Hard Man's stage, except we have...
Mega Man X3 Composer Plays Zero/Blizzard Buffalo Medley on Piano
We aren't sure whether there was any particular reason behind the posting of this video, but Kinuyo Yamashita, composer for Mega Man X3, recently posted a video to YouTube of herself playing a medley of Zero and Blizzard Buffalo's theme from the game on piano. Enjoy!...
How Much More is R20+ Powered Up?
As we announced previously, the classic art book R20: Rockman & Rockman X Official Complete Works is getting a 25th anniversary revamp, with even more content. So what can we expect? Well while we don't know all the details, a posting on e-Capcom shows that the...
Looking Back: Mega Man 4
As part of our celebration of the Mega Man series hitting its 25th anniversary, we are featuring a look back at many of the games of the Classic series. For this entry, I’ll be looking at Mega Man 4, a game that receives much criticism for both trying new things and...
Air Man Still Can’t Be Beat in New ROCKMAN HOLIC Preview
Here's another song you can enjoy from the upcoming arranged album ROCKMAN HOLIC. This time it's an arrangement of Team.Nekocan's original track that rocketed to amazingly popularity (and can even be played at karaoke): Can't Beat Air Man. This arrangement features...
The Blue Ink: Archie’s Mega Man #17 – Origins
"Playing God is indeed playing with fire. But that is what we mortals have done since Prometheus, the patron saint of dangerous discoveries. We play with fire and take the consequences, because the alternative is cowardice in the face of the unknown." -Ronald Dworkin,...
Famous Last Words
Here's a scene from the Rockman 20th anniversary event Capcom held in Tokyo five years ago. I think it's safe to say right now that Capcom of Japan is probably not planning such an event for the 25th anniversary (although fans are, at least). The event was a veritable...
Looking Back: Mega Man 3
As part of our celebration of the Mega Man series hitting its 25th anniversary, we are featuring a look back at many of the games of the Classic series. For this entry, I’ll be looking Mega Man 3, a game that gets nearly as much love as its predecessor. Mega Man 3...
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