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Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

Many fans have been excited to see manga writer/artist Hitoshi Ariga return to the Rockman franchise once again with his cover and interior manga preview for the Rockman 9 Arrange Album. And after the recent Inti Creates event to celebrate the launch of the album,...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

RnR3 Demo Coming Soon in Japan

If you're reading this post, you probably don't live in Japan. But if you do live in Japan, good news for you. Nintendo will start offering a Ryuusei no Rockman 3 trial version at DS Stations on October 30th. The demo will purportedly let players experience the...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

A Classic Hero is Ready to Unite to Fight FM Evil!

Something awesome this way comes, if you have MegaMan Star Force 2 and access to a Nintendo DS Download station, that is. At participating stores, players will be able to BrotherBand with none other than the original Mega Man, aka "1stMegaMan," in all of his 8-bit...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

New MM9 DLC This Week

Are you ready for a CHALLENGE?? New Mega Man 9 downloadable content is hitting this week, starting with the Wii today. Capcom heard a couple of you who said that Mega Man 9 isn't really that hard at all, so they hope to rectify that. Apparently since the technology to...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

Interview with MM9’s Takeshita, DLC Brings “Fake Man”

Late last night GameSpot posted an interview with MM9's producer Hironobu Takeshita concerning the upcoming special stage and some interesting elements about the game's development. The special stage, which releases next week, is designed to be especially challenging...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

Yeah, About That Arranged Album…

We somehow forgot to let everyone else that... Well, you know, it came out. Our bad. Site friend GM gave us the business because we forgot about it. We're not gonna delve too deep into that, but he let us show off his review, check it out: "About that disc with music...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

Rockman News from TGS: SSR3, Inafune Talks Rm9, DASH 3

Not a lot of particular interest came out of the 2008 Tokyo Game Show where Mega Man, or as the hometown calls him, Rockman is concerned. However, the man behind the Man did show up for a special appearance on Friday to talk about a few things regarding the franchise....

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

Star Force 3 Trailer with English Subtitles

For those who still want more Ryuusei no Rockman 3/MegaMan Star Force 3 from the Tokyo Game Show, good news! GameTrailers has added a nearly three minute trailer which helps establish the setting and other elements of the new title, including Noise Changes. Better...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

Star Force 3 characters revealed, and more

The cards are finally falling into place for Mega Man Star Force 3 (haha). The info in the latest CoroCoro Comic reveals an enemy organization is once again pulling the strings. This time it's a group called Dealer, which is headed up by a genius scientist named...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

Mega Man 9 Press Kits Go On Sale Today

The Mega Man 9 press kits from Capcom, valued at over $750 on eBay, will be on sale for just under $50 at Capcom's store starting today at 3pm PST (6pm EST, and as of this writing it's only 4:13pm). There are a very limited number of these to be available, and you can...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

Roll lands in Tatsunoko vs Capcom

Well, if Mega Man from the Legends series wasn't enough, how 'bout classic Roll? Donning her broom and a face of determination, she's ready to enter the fight. I can see the interest for this game to come to the West rising steadily. Check out Dengeki for more...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

Mega Man 3 coming to download?

Time to board the speculation game again. The good ol' OFLC has recently classified Mega Man 3 in their database. Since the applicant is Nintendo, it seems likely this means MM3 's headed to the Wii's Virtual Console (though curiously it's referred to as a...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

Mega Man 9 is #1

Source: Nintendo Everything - Our second language is Nintendo++ - Blog Archive - Top WiiWare, VC titles of the week

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

Proto Man: The Robot Without a Story

Good news and bad news, folks! The good news is that Capcom has announced that today will be the day for the first batch of Mega Man 9 DLC Hey Mega Man junkies, We’re proud to announce that the first of the Downloadable Content packs for Mega Man 9 will be available...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

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...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

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...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

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...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

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...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

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...

Hitoshi Ariga Teases “Rockman Maniax”

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...