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Fans Ask, Keiji Answers

Last week Capcom-Unity invited fans to send in questions, ten of which selected to be answered by the mega man himself, Keiji Inafune. And word up to all you guys with that "What happened to Dr. Wily in the X series?" signature pic guys in our forum: go find some cute...

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MM9 Once Double the Ladies

Kotaku's AJ Glasser gives her brief report on what he thinks of Mega Man 9 and playing it with a new Nyko controller peripheral. However, as a Mega Man fan, I think the real interesting part is this bit here: According to Capcom PR dude Tim Ng, there were going to be...

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Capcom Revisits ’90s Mega Man Cartoon

A very special post was made by Kramez over at the Capcom*Unity today that may be pleasing to some of the longer-running Mega Man fans among our ranks. Within, he links to a "From Pixels to Plastic" video by Mandalorian32 which looks back at the toys made by Bandai of...

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The Taste of Energy

You may remember the announcement of Capcom selling promotional E-Tank energy drinks, but chances are you haven't sipped from this cylindrical, aluminum gauntlet. Or seen what the stuff actually looks like. Fear not, as +D Games woos your curiosity with its report on...

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Leaked Galaxy Man stage footage

As you may be aware, at the Rockman Summer Festival last week, a Rockman 9 demo was featured that contained Galaxy Man's stage instead of Plug Man's stage. You can catch a clip of that here. It's only 15 seconds long but you can make out the stage music somewhat,...

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MM9 Arrange Album details

You're dying to hear the Mega Man 9 soundtrack, we know. It's just a couple more weeks. However we have to tease you a bit more for the time being, with details on the Mega Man 9 Arrange Soundtrack releasing in Japan in October. Produced by Ippo Yamada of Mega Man...

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Pick Keiji Inafune’s Brain

Do you have trouble sleeping at night? Does some enigmatic aspect of the Mega Man franchise consume your mind constantly? Do you just like pestering people? If so, you may be in luck. Keiji Inafune will be stopping by with the Capcom Unity crew next week, and they...

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Leaked Rockman no Ryusei 3 Footage

Two Youtube videos have popped up that include gameplay footage from Rockman no Ryusei 3 (known as Mega Man Star Force outside of Japan), and it shows some cool stuff. Included are new mugshots, a look at some Mets, a (brief) glimpse at a Noise Change. Check the...

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Rockman 2 VC in Japan

According to GoNintendo, Japanese Wii owners will wake up this Tuesday morning able to download Rockman 2 in Virtual Console format. Hopefully Mega Man 2's announcement will follow shortly, and then completely different games will release, letting us expect MM2 a...

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Rockman Summer Festival in Images

So this recent bit of news going on has come from the Rockman Summer Festival in Tokyo, Japan. And chances are you didn't go if you don't live in Japan. But don't despair. You can go on your own little virtual tour via reports by Gpara and Famitsu.

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Second version of MMSF3: Red Joker

At a panel for Mega Man Star Force 3 at the Rockman Summer Festival in Tokyo, some interesting things were announced. Most notably, the second version of the title, following Black Ace, will be Red Joker. Both versions will release simultaneously on November 13th....

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Liveblog from the Rockman Summer Festival

In a blog post on andriasang, the Rockman Summer Festival is in full swing! Of note, a new demo for Mega Man 9 including what is claimed to be Galaxy Man's stage is featured. Posters galore. E-Tanks (sold out!) Ryussei no Rockman 3 is also supposed to have a big news...

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MegaMan Volnutt confirmed for Tatsunoko VS Capcom

In a surprise trailer announcement, MegaMan Volnutt/Trigger has been confirmed as a character in the upcoming Tatsunoko VS Capcom! In the two videos to come, MegaMan Volnutt fights with his standard buster and seems to demonstrate the ability to charge shots. Here's...

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MM finally hits VC

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...

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Possible Release Date for Mega Man 9 (XBLA)

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,...

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Low on energy? Not anymore!

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......

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Rockman 9 Site Updated, Items Revealed

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...

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Mega Man 9 Xbox 360 Achievements Leaked, All Bosses Revealed

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...

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Three New Mega Man 9 Videos

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...

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Character Art For Mega Man 9

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...