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Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

Now this is pretty cool. Gaming site Siliconera has an interview with Ippo Yamada (aka IPPO), a man responsible for the music in a number of Mega Man titles, including the recently released Mega Man 9. Given how much I love the Mega Man series music, Ippo Yamada is...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

ScrewAttack.com Covers MM9… Again!

Seth Killian of the Capcom*Unity has done it once again, unearthing another more thorough review of Mega Man 9 by Stuttering Craig of ScrewAttack.com. You can check it out for yourself here. And for kicks, you can see Craig nerding out over the press kit in his Mega...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

Will You Be Lucky Enough to Score a Mega Man 9 Press Kit?

That's the question on everyone's mind, after Capcom revealed the coveted item. Now, according to Snow on the Capcom*Unity, the sets have come in and they are giving out codes to select Capcom*Unity members which makes them eligible to order the kit. We still have...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

More MM9 Arranged Album Samples

Inti Creates has posted two more samples for the Rockman 9 Arrange Soundtrack on its homepage in the banner. These samples include Magma Man's stage, and the theme song "Hikaru Asu e," which is an arrangement of the staff roll with vocals. The RM9 AST releases in...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

Penny Arcade Does Mega Man 9

Those who appreciate the efforts of Jerry "Tycho Brahe" Holkins and Mike "Johnathan Gabriel" Krahulik with Penny Arcade may find today's strip (well, yesterday's now) to be amusing, if not just something that makes you smile. Of the comic, following commentary was...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

Mega Man 9 Desktop Icons

Capcom's Seth Killian has posted on his blog about a Mega Man fan known simply as "Mitch," who has assembled a set of downloadable desktop icons of the eight Robot Masters from Mega Man 9. You can find them for yourself at his blog, and download each one you want...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

GameTrailers’ Mega Man 9 Video Review

One more review, for those interested. Better late than never, GameTrailers has a five-minute video review of Mega Man 9. So what did they think? Were they too harsh? Too generous? Or did they hit the nail on the head? Tell us in the comments!

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

MM9 sells 140K in first week

Following up on the news of Mega Man 9's stellar 60,000 copies sold the in the day of its debut, the data at VGChartz shows that Mega Man 9 has sold an estimated 140,000 copies in its first week. And this is just on the Wii. And just in North America. This makes it...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

Born for Wii: MegaMan Legends

There is no small number of Mega Man fans who would like to see Capcom revive its groundbreaking (for the Mega Man franchise, anyway) Legends series. However, it seems that there simply are not enough people (yet) to persuade them to greenlight a sequel, even with an...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

Full Mega Man 9 Script

Thanks to a very generous (and admittedly bored) donor, forum member Rew, we now have all of the dialog from Mega Man 9. For those of you with 360s (me, included) who haven't been able to experience Mega Man 9, yet, have fun. I personally won't be reading, I'll wait...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

GameSpot Hosts Capcom Universe Character Battle

Currently underway at GameSpot is the Capcom Universe Character Battle, a voting contest between characters hailing from Capcom titles such as Age of Booty, Flock, Rocketmen, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Bionic Commando Rearmed, 1942, Devil May Cry, Onimusha, and of...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

MM9 Arranged Album Samples

Inti Creates has updated their Rockman 9 Arrange Soundtrack page with two samples, one of Hornet Man and the other of Galaxy Man. You can access them from the menu bar right under the header. They both sound pretty funky. They've also added pictures and and info on...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

Proto Man in Action

IGN has a two-page review of Mega Man 9's Proto Man mode, which will be available as downloadable content on October 6th. As we reported before, Proto Man has the luxuries of sliding and charged shots, as well as his shield, but he takes more damage and recoils...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

MM9 shirts available for pre-order

Capcom promised it, and now you can buy it. For $24.95 you can buy a Mega Man 9 t-shirt with the beautifully bizarre mock package art by Gerald de Jesus. The shirts will ship September 30th, and I'm betting they'll go fast, so if you want one don't hesitate! News...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

The Day Has Come

Mega Man™ 9 (CAPCOM, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Mild Cartoon Violence, 1,000 Wii Points): Mega Man fans, the wait is over! The classic Blue Bomber that debuted in 1987 is back with the ninth installment in the classic series. It’s a new adventure for Mega Man done...

Siliconera Speaks with Ippo Yamada

Proto Man Be Chillin’ It on the Download in MM9

Yeah, I'm rather disappointed that we didn't cover this yesterday, too. Don't worry, I'm working on it... once my computer is user-friendly again (posting from my in-laws'). For now, fiery chain whips and tasers will have to do. Anyway. Ever since Mega Man's older...