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Looking Back on 25 Years of Mega Man: Chris Hoffman
Today, we continue our roll of 25th anniversary Mega Man Q&As with Chris Hoffman, who has been writing about Mega Man in various gaming publications for several years. This includes the massive article "The Best Damn Mega Man Feature, Period" in Play magazine and,...
Manami Matsumae Contributing to “World 1-2” Album
Composing legend to the classic Mega Man games, Manami Matsumae (though you might know her better as Manami Ietel or Chanchacorin Manami) will be contributing a musical piece to the game music appreciation album, World 1-2. Directed by Mohammed Taher, World 1-2 brings...
Looking Back on 25 Years of Mega Man: Jonathan Holmes
Welcome to another edition of our looking back on Mega Man with the fans. Joining us today is another face from Destructoid: Jonathan Holmes! We haven't collaborated so much with Holmes personally, but I have been impressed by the guy ever since he nabbed some sneaky...
Looking Back on 25 Years of Mega Man: Tony Ponce
Welcome to the next installment of seeking thoughts on Mega Man from notable people around the community. Today we speak to Tony Ponce of Destructoid. I think it goes without saying Tony is one avid Mega Man fan. We're often trading cool stories back and forth, and...
Street Fighter X Mega Man: Initial Impressions
After a not-terribly long play session at my remote location, I have completed SFXMM and now have some quick thoughts to share. First off, this is worth your time. The stigma attached to most PC-based fan games is one of low quality, and while SFXMM has some...
Looking Back on 25 Years of Mega Man: Mega Ran
The 25th anniversary of Mega Man is finally upon us! And to help celebrate, we've reached out with three simple questions to a number of people who have been affected in some way, shape, or form by the Blue Bomber as he continues to play a part in helping to shape our...
“Mega Man X Street Fighter?” How About Some “Rock’em Sock’em Rockman” Instead?
by Razorsaw With Street Fighter X Mega Man coming soon, and the Archie comics crossover with Sonic the Hedgehog looming in just a few short months, it seems that the Mega Man fandom's thoughts are all on the concept of Mega Man taking on other franchises. However, one...
A Critical Look at Mega Man 3 Stages: Dr. Wily Stages 4 & 5
Wily Stage 4 Meet Junk Golem. Junk Golem drops into the screen when Mega Man gets close, then starts hurling blocks of trash at high speed directly at him. These can be dodged by sliding or jumping, but they also explode, and the pieces can trap us against the wall if...
Dr. Wily Stage 1 A Capella
by Razorsaw If you're a Mega Man fan, you're probably no stranger to the iconic "Dr. Wily Stage 1" theme from Mega Man 2. Perhaps more than any other, it is synonymous with and representative of the greatest of songs from the Classic series. As you might imagine, it...
GameTrailers Revisits the Mystery of Mega Man 9
You might remember a few months ago when GameTrailers took on the mystery of Mega Man 9, only to find the results were inconclusive. Having received some help since originally releasing that edition of "Pop Fiction," they've taken another stab at it, this time even...
Destructoid Delivers Two-Hit Combo of Street Fighter X Mega Man
Following this past weekend's reveal of Street Fighter X Mega Man and the subsequent article from IGN, Destructoid has gone on the offensive by delivering a one-two punch of features about the upcoming clash between the World Warriors and the Blue Bomber. The first...
MegaMarathon Going On Now
Thanks to Victor, we just received word that the folks at MegaMarathon are holding... well, a MegaMarathon. They began on December 8th and have been working through both Classic and X series games in alternating order (Mega Man, Mega Man X, Mega Man 2, Mega Man X2,...
Industry Pros Come Together to Form Their Own Mega Man 25th Anniversary Fan Game
Now here is something interesting, and perhaps even more crossover-y than Xover (artwork aside). From YouTube's description: Started in August, our team of six game industry professionals (Jason Canam, Jeff Canam, Orie Falconer, Tim McLennan, Daniel Ochoa, Julian...
Get Equipped with Mega Puns
The newest Machinima edition of "NoPUNintendo" features a few involving Mega Man characters, and being the cruel and unjust site that we are, we had to share them with you. And when you're through crying, check out more at the NoPUNNintendo website!
Final Nintendo Power is On Its Way
After months of watching the last few remaining grains of sand fall through the hourglass, the time has finally come, and I still don't know what to say as the final issue of Nintendo Power magazine-- Volume 285, December 2012-- is officially on its way and now...
Did You Know Gaming? Tackles Mega Man
Yeah, this is kind of old news... in more ways than one. When we first saw this video, we were hopeful before realizing that yes, we did know all of this. And it seemed to us that odds are that anyone who visits a site like this with any regularity probably does, too....
More Chiptune Grooves to Enjoy
Following the release of RushJet1's superb Mega Man 3 chiptune arrangement, here's another new album in a similar vein. Sugar Sugar Marathon 20XX is a 25th anniversary celebratory album with tracks from across the main ten Mega Man titles with a predominant chiptune...
Reika Morishita’s Mega Man Legends 15th Anniversary Tribute
A while back we reported singer Reika Morishita was collecting Mega Man Legends artwork from fans. And this compilation image is the result of those efforts. You can see a much larger version here. In truth this was intended to be the cover for her recently announced...
A Fantastic Mega Man 3 Arrangement for Chiptune Lovers
Now here's an arrangement I can really get behind! Chiptune artist RushJet1 (whose work has been featured on the album Chiptuned Rockman), brings us a chiptune arrangement of Mega Man 3's superb soundtrack nine months in the making. But wait, doesn't MM3 already have...
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...
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