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Ippo Yamada Announces New Rockman Zero Album
Mar 23, 2011 | Mega Man
There are no details yet, as this just comes from a tweet. But next week, Ippo Yamada plans to release details on a new Rockman Zero album. Wonder what it could be! All this Rockman Zero attention lately sure is a tad suspect. Update: While the major announcement is...
Toru Nakayama Does Rockman Zero… Rockman
Mar 23, 2011 | Community Developments
We don't often use the site to showcase artwork, but every so often a special case comes up. This Rockman fan art, titled "Right Numbers," is pretty cool on its own. But it just so happens to be drawn by none other than Toru Nakayama, the character designer for the...
First Look at Kotobukiya Zero Prototype
Mar 23, 2011 | Mega Man
A little ways back we first learned that Kotobukiya would be tackling Rockman Zero in their next model kit foray. And now a magazine scan gives us our first look at the uncolored prototype. Unfortunately no other details are given concerning accessories or the like,...
Mega Man Battle Network 10th Anniversary: Mystery Data Roundup Edition
Mar 23, 2011 | Community Developments, Mega Man
So Mega Man Battle Network has reached its 10th anniversary milestone, and we here at The Mega Man Network have celebrated by saying a few words and looking back at the video history of the franchise. And while Capcom has not really said anything on the matter...
3DS Experience Event Unfortunately Canceled
Mar 22, 2011 | Mega Man
Capcom of Japan had been intending to hold the Nintendo 3DS x Capcom Premiere Experience event in Akihabara next week, where players would get their first hands on experience for games like Biohazard Revelations and, of course, Rockman DASH 3. After the terrible...
The Latest on Mega Man Tribute, Plus Another Peek
Mar 22, 2011 | Mega Man
A little over two weeks ago, we brought you an update regarding the status of the winners in UDON's Mega Man Tribute art book contest. The winners were to be notified by the end of February, but the changing of the calendar to March came and went with no word, leading...
Mega Man X Shares His Thoughts on Being Left Out of Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Mar 22, 2011 | Community Developments
The final roster for Marvel vs. Capcom 3? Let's face it: not everyone is entirely pleased with it. Characters who appeared in the first two installments were left out, while others no one would have ever imagined making the cut took center stage. And as we all know,...
Covers to Mega Man #3 Revealed
Mar 21, 2011 | Mega Man
Archie's Mega Man isn't available yet, but things are already beginning to heat up! A pair of covers has been revealed today, showing the talents of Patrick Spaziante and Ben Bates as Mega Man's battle against the Dr. Light's stolen Robot Masters continues. Following...
A Video History of Mega Man Battle Network
Mar 21, 2011 | Community Developments, Mega Man
As we noted yesterday, the Mega Man Battle Network series has reached the big one-oh. That's right, ten years of PETs, NetNavis, Battle Chips, Cross Fusion, Beast Outs, and more fun than should be allowed on the internet for kids under the age of 12. Today, we are...
Mega Man Battle Network Turns 10
Mar 20, 2011 | Mega Man
When I think of Mega Man Battle Network, it still seems like a pretty new series to me. But the original title released in Japan on March 21st, 2001. And as the day has just turned over to the 21st in Japan, that makes Battle Network a whopping 10 years old. This...
Mega Man Legends Played for Charity
Mar 19, 2011 | Community Developments, Fan Community
Starting around noon Eastern Standard Time, the site People's Republic of Rockman DASH will be putting on a live stream of playing through the Mega Man Legend series, as well as some purported surprises. Dubbed "Endless Water," the goal of the play-through is to raise...
Cut Man Sucks, Man (Updated)
Mar 19, 2011 | Community Developments
Okay, to get one thing out of the way: I personally like Cut Man, and he's one of my favorite Robot Masters, if only for the fact that he was the first one I ever beat in a Mega Man game. His depiction in Mega Man Powered Up and the Mega Man Megamix manga have only...
Paper Mega Man Takes on Paper Mario in a Duel to the Death
Mar 18, 2011 | Community Developments
What does it take to make a Mega Man animation? If you are YouTube user "fafonio," then it takes 238 paper cut-outs and 1,245 photographs taken on one Samsung TL205 camera. And here are the results. But a slight spoiler warning: things don't quite work out for the...
Be Sure to Catch Mega Man Legends Game Club #2 Today!
Mar 18, 2011 | Mega Man
Last week, Capcom Unity began holding a Mega Man Legends Game Club on Ustream, as Greg from the Mega Man Legends 3 Devroom and Snow went through the first hour of the game. And though the Devroom may currently be on hiatus following the recent events in Japan, Greg...
Hitoshi Ariga Interview, Gigamix Preview
Mar 16, 2011 | Mega Man
Comic Book Resources has a pretty lengthy interview with mangaka Hitoshi Ariga right now, talking all about Mega Man Megamix and Gigamix. Ariga goes into detail about how he gives each character their unique personality based on their behavior in the games, and other...
Legendary Mega Man Papercraft Models
Mar 15, 2011 | Community Developments
We've looked at papercraft versions of the Blue Bomber here on The Mega Man Network before, including a nifty Powered Up-styled model, some dioramas, and even a simple Servbot. But as Tabby has brought to our attention, it would seem that the announcement of Mega Man...
Hitoshi Ariga and More Respond to Earthquake
Mar 15, 2011 | Community Developments, Fan Community
Earlier the other day, Hitoshi Ariga updated his blog with the sentiment that in times of great crisis, such as Japan faced last week, everybody is capable of being a hero. Ariga himself was moved with a letter, which he later posted, from a child who gave him thanks,...
Rockman Online Update Yields “Patriot of the Desert” and SD Layer
Mar 14, 2011 | Mega Man
A new Rockman Online update has gone live on the game's official blog, and appears to be a message coming to us from the navigator Layer, who is now sporting the same style previously seen on Alia. As for the actual text, it's in Korean. And unfortunately, there is no...
To Live and Die in 200X: A Mega Man Fan Film
Mar 13, 2011 | Community Developments
Details are few at the moment, but it appears that a group of filmmakers under the banner of "Gelfbury" are working to create a new Mega Man fan film, and one which provides "a fresh new look at the year 200X, where robot brothers fight at the whim of mad scientists...
An Audibly More Realistic Mega Man
Mar 11, 2011 | Mega Man
You may have seen a video floating around which shows the original Super Mario Bros., but with a new set of modern, "more realistic" sound effects. And as it turns out, that isn't the only game to get the new sound treatment. Following is a video compilation of many...
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