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Happy 23rd, Mega Man!
Though it's been the 17th in Japan for sometime now, Mega Man is officially 23 today. Culturally, I guess there's nothing real significant about age 23, but this 23rd year for Mega Man has been anything but dull. First, the games. Even though they seem like such a...
Introducing The TMMN… Minicast?
A couple weeks back we unveiled our new podcast program on TMMN, the Megacast. However, though the show was only intended to run once a month, and for good cause, I felt that might still be too sparse to keep the show relevant to listeners. And thus was born the...
Imagining the Possibilities of Mega Man Universe
Mega Man Universe is definitely one of the more unique Mega Man games to come by in a while. Among praise and criticism, one thing is for sure: it will be interesting. One facet of this is the game's selection of playable characters, even including those outside of...
Speculation Train: MMU a Kinect/Move Game?
Been a long time since I did one of this. We are at the eve of PAX, and many things we've wondered about Capcom's Mega Man Universe will be answered in a scant 24 hours. However, a small realization struck me yesterday, and Boss Man insisted I write about it. So then,...
The Mega Man Network Turns Ten
After ten years, The Mega Man Network finally turns ten. Okay, so it's clear that killing Obvious Man and stealing his power has done little to make me a better writer. Let's try this again... Ten years ago today, The Mega Man Network was begun by a man with a vision....
Bond Man: The Phantom Robot Master
Been a while since we presented any Mega Man mysteries for you, but we have a neat new one today! I'll admit, however, that this is a more open-and-shut case than our previous features of the Capcom Hand and Wily's Mystery Pipe. But this story is still an interesting...
Mega Man Zero Collection Reviewed
...has been out for a bit now, and reviews are starting to come in. Be it Nintendo Power, 1UP and the like, the game has gotten positive feedback. However, I know that you don't care about ANY of those guys! Deep down, you want to know what I think of this game. Fear...
Canon, Continuity, and the Mega Man Franchise
1. can·on - a basis for judgment; a standard or criterion 2. con·ti·nu·i·ty - an uninterrupted connection, succession, or union A canon, in terms of a fictional universe, is a body of material that is considered to be "genuine" or "official." The use of the word...
The Mystery of Wily Castle’s Pipe
We blew your mind with the "Capcom Hand," and now it's time to present another wild peculiarity of Mega Man. So what could be so baffling and incredibly mysterious that you need to drop everything you're doing and read this right now or else you'll die? It's... a...
Does June’s Nintendo Power Tease Mega Man Universe?
Yesterday saw the delivery of the new June 2010 issue of Nintendo Power (seen above at left) to my mailbox. And as always, the last page of the magazine (at right) bore a teaser for the next issue. (And thankfully, one of GoNintendo's readers received theirs at the...
A Small Glimpse at the Origins of Mega Man X
This preview image of Mega Man X comes from GameFan Vol. 1 issue 9. It's been thrown around here and there, but my buddy AWD! just tossed this high quality scan at me. The issue probably came out close to the middle of 1993. From the looks of the screenshot shown the...
The Great Mega Man Finger Phenomenon
This is a curious tale I've been thinking of writing up for some time now, and was inspired by yesterday's Press The Buttons article about the "Capcom Turnaround." I referenced this account at the end of the report, and amazingly enough, more of you were interested in...
TMMN Review of Mega Man 10
When Mega Man 9 came out, it caused quite a stir. As games continually strove to push the boundaries of graphics, story and budget, Mega Man 9 had the nerve to be a simple action game with a retro presentation. It was the first milestone in what we now consider...
Getting Geeky: Mega Man 10 Image Analysis
A few days ago IGN posted some new videos and screens of Mega Man 10. One of the things about the screens is that they featured borders which will fill in the dead space on 16:9 aspect televisions. As it turns out, though, these borders reveal a bit of information...
The Five Things I Hope to See with Mega Man 10
The month of January has passed, and that means we're one month closer to the release of Mega Man 10. Chance are you're getting your hopes up, because I certainly know I am. So much so, in fact, that I took the time to write down some of my biggest hopes for Mega Man...
The Decade in Review: 200X – 200X
About a week ago, Heat Man came to me and said "you know, it's going to be the year 20XX soon. You should write something reflecting that." And then he went and wrote his own article, so now you get two of these things. With that said, let us take a look back on the...
So Long 200X… Hello 20XX
If you're anything of a Mega Man fan, the ambiguous dating system of the series should be very familiar to you. For example, the Battle Network series takes place in 200X. The X series occurs through 21XX. Star Force kicks in at 22XX. Legends... honestly, I don't...
More Merry Mega Man X-mas
In the spirit of the day, here's a little more bizarre Mega Man Christmas joy for you to partake in from the OAV mini-series Upon a Star, which is now available on iTunes: As it turns out, Protodude had the same idea I did, though he took it to a rather north...
Let’s Go Racing! It’s Mega Man Funny Car Madness!
It's been quite some time since Mega Man last took to the race track in Mega Man Battle & Chase; over a decade, in fact, in a game which North America never even got to lay its hands on until 2006's Mega Man X Collection for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube....
Identifying Mega Man 10’s new Robot Masters
With the new Mega Man 10 trailer we've now seen sprite silhouettes of the eight new Robot Masters. So then, it's time to get speculatin'! Of course, we already have positive IDs on two of the new Robot Masters thanks to Nintendo Power. These are Sheep Man and Commando...
