Mega Man

After some confusion a couple weeks back, Nintendo has announced today that the original Mega Man is hitting the Wii's Virtual Console in North Amerca. If you're new to the old school series or have just been dying to play Mega Man on the Wii, this is definitely a...

We're not too sure if this is all too credible, but Achievement Hunter seems to have a release date for Mega Man 9 (this seems to only pertains to the Xbox 360's Live Arcade). The source claims September 24th, 2008 is the date Mega Man 9 hits the Live Arcade. Again,...

Capcom has announced a brand new E-Tank Energy Drink in order to celebrate the release of Mega Man 9. The cans, currently only available in Japan (and likely in some other select Asian locations) this month, are in limited supply. Zoom in the top right corner for......

The Rockman 9 website was updated, and shows off a screen with some of the items in the game. Staff member John translated some of it for us since Heat is away on... err, special business. 1Up Energy Can Mystery Can Eddie Call Energy Balancer Beat Call Shock Guard...

If you're a Xbox 360 owner, you're more than excited to know you can get MM9 through XBLA and up your GamerScore at the same time. Well, here they are! - Jitterbug: Clear the game in 60 minutes or less. (20G) - Invincible: Clear the game without dying. (30G) - Almost...

OK, guys. Remember the footage from E3 that showed us the Mega Man 9 intro? Well, we've the intro without so much flickering, a steady camera, and no background noise. Check out the video here We also have two gameplay videos. We've already seen these stages, but...

Concrete Man: Created to construct a dam, Concrete Man has integral knowledge of the process and the tools to make it happen. He has stubborn personality and has been known to tell off any lazy robots. Stupid, lazy robots. Weapon: Concrete Shot Creates a temporary...

Capcom of Japan's Star Force 3 page has updated, showing off new characters and transformations. Unfortunately I have no time to translate right now, but I think the main point of the update is eye candy. -Shidou's and Acid's transformation: Acid Ace. -New Noise...

Earlier today at Otakon, Udon announced that they just signed a contract with Capcom to bring the R20 sourcebook to North Americans. Hooray! There isn't much in the way of additional information at this time, but this is good news.

There's no need to worry over getting the Rockman 9 soundtracks if you don't live in Japan. CD Japan has you covered. It's also likely VGM World and Play-Asia will be getting them if you have a preference of store, so keep an eye out. Finally, if you're a little more...

It appears CoroCoro has leaked a little early in Japan, as details have emerged that one of the titles for Star Force 3 will be Black Ace, which will release in Japan on November 13th. It's unknown if this will be one of two or more titles, and if they'll release...

It looks like Inti Creates little secret is spilled. According to a Japanese online store, Inti Creates will release not just an original soundtrack for Rockman 9 on September 12th, but an arranged soundtrack for Rockman 9 on October 10th. The original will run ¥2,500...

Not much is new, but we do have a bit of info about what to expect (or in this case.. imagine) from the online features in store for Mega Man 9: UGO: For the XBLA and PSN versions, can we expect some kind of online leaderboards so we can see how we stack up against...

...don't ask me how the math works. Heading out to Otakon first thing in the morning. On Friday (currently, as these things are often prone to change), I'll be a part of a panel scheduled for 4pm to 5 (4:50, technically) in Workshop 1 (Room 339-340) called "Cheers to...

Gamasutra has posted a pretty interesting interview with Mega Man 9 producer Hironobu Takeshita. Among other pieces of info discussed in the article, we have this: GS: You talked about how people were trying to graphically exceed the capabilities of the Famicom, but...

So you know how yesterday we said Mega Man was coming to the VC? Well, if you turn on your Wii and check it out, you'll probably notice it's not there. Why? We got Sega stuff instead. As for when we will be getting Mega Man on the VC, we're not exactly sure, but we'll...

August 8th is going to be a big day. Trained athletes from around the world will gather in Beijing, ready to support their countries in the name of sport. A meeting of men and women who have worked for months in preparation of an event that unites all of mankind....

According to the great folks at the Capcom-Unity, Mega Man 9 will follow suit with the release of Rockman 9 and come out in September. Also, as you know, Mega Man an Mega Man 2 are coming to the VC as well, and you can expect to have Mega Man tomorrow on the 4th...

If you've been following E3 and Comic Con, you've been seeing a whole lot of Plug Man and Concrete Man. But how about a bit of Tornado Man, Hornet Man and Magma Man? This video which purports to be from E3 is just that. In fact, it appears to be an extended cut of the...

According to Siliconera, the original Rockman will grace the Virtual Console on Japanese Wiis on the 29th next week. Rockman 2 is slated to release in sometime in August, leading up to the September release of Rockman 9. Hopefully we'll be seeing Mega Man and Mega Man...