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Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

For those interested in the compositions and works of the album Chiptuned Rockman, Gamasutra has recently posted an interview with Producer Hally and composers Ryo Kawakami, Akari Kaida, Hiroki Isogai, and Manabu Namiki. They talk about working on the compilation, how...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Capcom Counts Down the Top 30 Mega Man Tributes (Final Update)

Originally posted on October 15th. All entries have now been posted, and you can find the links below. Remember that Mega Man tribute contest we told you about, held by Capcom to commemorate the first anniversary of the release of Mega Man 9 on WiiWare and award the...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Rockman EXE OSS trial play event coming to stores on Nov. 3rd

Here's another one of those if-you-happen-to-be-in-Japan stories. How it begins... ah, yes. If you happen to be in Japan, specifically in the Chiyoda area of Tokyo, on November 3rd you can head to either Sofmap or Messe Sanoh for an "over the counter trial play"...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Rocks & Rolls with New Character Art

Certainly, the characters of MegaMan Volnutt and Classic Roll already have art for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, but nothing says they can't get a little more. And that's precisely what can now be found on the official Japanese Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Maverick Hunter X on PSN Today

Just a quick heads up that Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X (PSP) will be available for download on the PSN store today along with Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower. Here's Capcom's official blurb for MHX: Back by popular demand! When Sigma leads a group of Reploids...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Commence Drooling: Gigamix Postcards

Certainly, Turbo Man may be facing a little bit of an indignity at the moment, but never fear, for Hitoshi Ariga is here to make all wrong things right! Those who purchased the recently-released Rockman Gigamix from certain retailers in Japan received a nice little...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Putting the Brakes on Turbo Man

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but if the dog did something you never knew of? Imagine my surprise when I was (as usual) watching a skillrun of Mega Man 7 on Youtube.com and the player pulled off a rather amazing trick with the fight against Turbo...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Lightman Comes to Save the Day

We've been keeping tabs on Capcom's Top 30 Mega Man Tribute countdown, but thought this one was amusing enough on its own to share separately. Capcom*Unity member Miguel decided to see what would happen if he combined an episode of the old Ruby-Spears Mega Man...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars Packshot

Behold! Gaze in shock and amazement as Zero, Roll, and MegaMan Volnutt fight for recognition among the sea of faces that is the packshot for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars! Just look at Zero's expression; you know he's planning on killing everyone there,...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Niitsuma Talks Zero and Other New TVC Characters

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars Producer Ryota Niitsuma recently made a blog post for Capcom about the new character additions to the upcoming version of the game. And over at the Capcom*Unity, they took the liberty of translating the post so that we can all...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Rockman and Blues to grace Kubrick toy set

No, I don't mean the director. Kubrick is a Japanese figurine, somewhat similar to a Lego figure. However, a large variety of Kubrick figures are modeled after characters from movies and so forth, including a number of limited edition figures, making them a popular...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

New Videos of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom with Zero

It seems that we're a tad late with this, but after IGN revealed that Zero was the final combatant in Anime vs. Video Games: Geeks Wage War-- er, I mean, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, GameSpot provided some new videos of the crimson Reploid showing the...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Mega Man ZX and Megamix English Covers Revealed

Following our recent interview, UDON Entertainment Managing Editor Matt Moylan added the English covers for the Mega Man Megamix and Mega Man ZX manga to the blog on his "LittleFormers" web page. Check them out: Fun times lie ahead... I can't wait to see what they'll...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Rockman EXE OSS homepage updates

There are some new and some not so new updates to Capcom of Japan's Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star homepage. The first new section shows Star Force MegaMan's special abilities: his lock-on attack and shield. He also still has his rapid fire buster. He will of...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

MM Official Complete Works, Chip Tuned Rockman on sale today

Mega Man merchandise is always great, and today a couple pieces of Mega Man merchandise are now available for sale. First off is Mega Man Official Complete Works. Translated and edited by Udon, this huge format, 200 page book contains tons of artwork, concept art and...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

TVC: Ultimate All-Stars to Retain Japanese Voices

While we would all (well, many, at any rate-- we know who we are) love the opportunity to hear Lucas Gilbertson take up the microphone and perform the part of Zero once again in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, it seems that is unlikely to happen. Despite...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

EXE OSS demo goes live in Japan; footage and screens

As we reported just yesterday, a demo of Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star was set to become available later this month. Well, today is later this month! Those with a Japanese Wii, primarily people living in Japan, can connect to the Everyone's Nintendo Channel and...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

IGN unveils Zero in Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars at IGN.com He is revealed at last, and it's the X series Zero to boot, marking the first time a Mega Man X character has graced a fighting game, to my knowledge. Aside from the above video, you can also catch some additional...

Gamasutra Interviews Chiptuned Rockman Composers

Ariga comments on character submissions, gives us some pointers

A few days ago, we posted that Hitoshi Ariga was taking applications for fan created characters to appear as "throwaway characters" in upcoming issues of Rockman Gigamix. So far he is purely delighted about the number of submissions that have come in so far, including...