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Caught this one over on GoNintendo. These songs are more than 20 years apart, but they may have more in common than you think. Give 'em a listen and see for yourself. Of course, there are a few well known cases of Mega Man music sounding like other music from the...

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Happy Birthday Inafune!!

Pop the bubbly and cut the cake, because good ol' Keiji Inafune, creator of our beloved Mega Man, is celebrating his 44th birthday. Wow, 44 years old. That means for nearly half of his life, Inafune has been working on Mega Man (of course for many of us, it's an even...

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“What? Mega Man’s Taken Over the Bomb?!”

Ah, now here's yet another blast from the past, one which I bet fewer Mega Man fans are familiar with. Many of us remember the Ruby-Spears Mega Man animated series which ran in syndication, went to Fox Family, then was released on DVD and then re-released on DVD again...

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Famitsu: Rockman DASH/X among sequels Japanese want most

The latest issue of Famitsu contained a reader survey of which game series people want most. And wouldn't you know it, of the fifty games included in the list, both Rockman DASH and Rockman X landed on the list. In fact, they placed fairly high, with Rockman DASH...

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Mega Marathon Man 2 gearing up

Watching people play Mega Man games may not be quite as fun as playing them yourself, but it can be just as rewarding when it's for a good cause. After the success of last year's Mega Marathon Man, a non-stop Mega Man gaming session where viewers could watch and...

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Ariga’s Rockman Megamix Reprints Coming 5/26

Coming on May 26th to Japan will be the second reprints of the first two volumes from the Rockman Megamix manga by artist Hitoshi Ariga. Preorders are now being taken on Amazon of Japan for these 1,600 Yen (approximately $15) books. For collectors, the big draw here...

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Dimension Diver’s limited edition Rockman and Roll figures

Custom figure designer group Dimension Diver has crafted up what looks like some ultra cool Rockman and Roll figures. In fact, said figures were even featured recently in Replicant, a Japanese magazine that covers figures. Each figure is 11cm, and both come with...

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Custom Mega Man from Megaland

Sometimes, when you're a fan of something long enough, you learn to take some of the older, less-favorable stuff in stride. Such is the case with this custom figure by one Kyle Robinson, whose work I found when doing research for a separate article. Kyle took one of...

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First “Made In Ore” Rockman appears

I've not yet given myself the opportunity to get into WarioWare, which is curious considering I'm sickeningly addicted to Rhythm Heaven. But that's another story. The resently released "Made In Ore," or WarioWare: Myself! as it will be known to us, allows players to...

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Capcom Still Has More Surprises in Store for E3

The past few days have been abuzz with news from Capcom, though precious little of it has had anything to do with Mega Man. Sure, there's Marvel vs. Capcom 2, which features the Blue Bomber and his sister, plus Tron Bonne and the Servbots, and there's Dead Rising 2,...

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The New “New Age of Heroes” is Now Official

From Sven at the Capcom*Unity: It’s based on the Dreamcast code base – While the PS2 and Xbox versions of MvC2 were great, there are a few niggling issues in them that have caused the competitive community to continue using the Dreamcast version of the game. We wanted...

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Bi~cycle, Bi~cycle… X Wants to Ride…

Protodude has dug up a fairly old and rather weird commercial for a group of PlayStation 2 games from Japan, one of which is Rockman X7. Regardless of your thoughts on the quality of the game, this remains interesting nonetheless: Each character is a mascot-style...

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Capcom confirms Star Force 3 shipping June 30th

An announcement today on Capcom-Unity has confirms that Mega Man Star Force 3 will be shipping to retailers on June 30th in North America. Furthermore, Capcom has updated their Mega Man homepage to include a Star Force 3 section, where you can find details on the...

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Mock Man Rules the World

If any of you are/were like me, then when you were a kid, the thought of being Mega Man in real life held a certain allure. The action, the adventure, being a hero... Well, as it turns out, being Mega Man in real life would probably not be all that great, as the...

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Happy 20th anniversary, Game Boy!

Sure this really has nothing to do with Mega Man, but the Game Boy is a legendary handheld gaming system, and Mega Man V for Game Boy is probably one of my favorite Mega Man times of all time. To be honest, with all the 20th and even 25th anniversaries that have been...

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Capcom countdown site points to MvsC2

Late last night, Capcom posted the mysterious countdown site tu4ar.com. While I'm not certain where it originated that this site belongs to Capcom, you can see the data loading from a Capcom nameserver when the site loads. All the site is right now is a countdown,...

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Rockman 9 coming to PS3 and 360

If you're a resident of North America and Europe, chances are you've happily enjoyed Mega Man 9 so long as you own any of the current gen systems available. But did you know that in Japan, Rockman 9 was only ever released on the Wii? However, this will change in June,...