Mega Man
It’s Time to Celebrate “Buy Your Best Friend’s Skin and Wear It Into Battle” Day!
That's right! As we reported previously, today is the day when Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3's "Weapon Expert Pack" goes on sale for $4 (PSN)/320 Microsoft Points (XBL). This is the pack which includes the UDON version of Marvel's Taskmaster, as well as Trish's Gloria...
Destructoid Hosts Exclusive Mega Man #10 Preview
If you're a subscriber, then you may have already read through the tenth issue of Archie's Mega Man comic book, which is currently adapting the events of Mega Man 2. Otherwise, you'll have to get it from your local comic book shop this Wednesday, or, if you don't have...
Looks Like Vile was a Patriots Fan
Hey, look at that! We're topical! But in all seriousness: in case you didn't figure it out before, the new figure being shown off on Bluefin Tamashii Nations USA’s Facebook page was everyone's favorite smack-talking purple Maverick, Vile. And now, they have several...
Bluefin Tamashii Nations USA’s Mega Man Figure Poll is Now Live
In case you missed it, the aforementioned second phase of voting for the next D-Arts Mega Man figure is now up and running on Bluefin's Facebook page. Poll choices are as follows: Roll Caskett, Axl, Command Mission X, MegaMan.EXE, Ultimate Armor, Tron Bonne, Proto...
Bluefin Teases the Masses on Facebook
The pic at right (click to enlarge) was posted to Bluefin Tamashii Nations USA's Facebook page, and was accompanied by the following text: "I was originally only to be available as a Japanese Web Exclusive until massive American interest pulled me out. Who am I? 'You...
Second Phase of Bluefin Mega Man Poll Coming Tomorrow
A couple weeks back, Bluefin conducted a poll for North Americans on what Mega Man characters they wanted to see come up in Bandai's D-Arts figure line. Starting Saturday, tomorrow, a new poll will begin using the top ten characters from the original poll, such as...
Rockman Solitaire Shuffles onto Capcom Mobile
A new minor Rockman game joins the keitai lifestyle on Capcom Mobile today: Rockman Solitaire. And its snazzy logo aside, the game is basically your standard version of Solitaire. The Flash-based game is free to play for all those already a member of Capcom Party (a...
Not a Rumor: D-Arts Zero Type 2 Coming in May (Updated)
Last week we posted on some talk that Bandai had Zero Type 2 at the ready for the May releases in Japan. I doubt anyone had a reason to doubt it, but nevertheless it's really happening. And here is a sweet, sweet promotional image just to show you they mean business....
Ripot’s Round-Up – 1/29/12
Another week, and time for another edition of Ripot's Round-Up! To start things off, Magnet Man and Shotoman have informed us that Capcom Unity has announced they will be doing a streaming playthrough of each Mega Man game from the Classic series each month throughout...
Street Fighter X Tekken’s Mega Man Planned with Inafune Well Before Everything Went to Hell
Apologies if the title seems a little melodramatic, but it's the most concise way we could think of to sum up the Mega Man video game front in 2011. You know, following Inafune's departure, the cancellation of Mega Man Universe, the cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3,...
New Street Fighter X Tekken Trailer Reveals PlayStation 3/Vita-Exclusive Characters
Continuing from this: Doesn't Pac-Man look just awesome? I can't wait for that! Sigh... but seriously, NXT got interrupted for this? It gets better, too. In addition to some screens, here is the profile from Capcom Japan's website: Mega Man Middle Aged Hero! Known as...
Rumor: D-Arts Zero Type 2 Coming in May
Some early reports are coming out in various places around the internet that Bandai's planned May release schedule for Japan includes the followup to their previous Zero figure, the D-Arts Zero Type 2. A prototype of this figure was among those shown off at Tamashii...
Next 10 Years of Mega Man Being Discussed by “Top Men” at Capcom
Considering the infamy of the line, we're sure some people will take this the wrong way, but here goes... Capcom published a new Ask Capcom Q&A video yesterday at Capcom Unity, and as one might expect, the subject of Mega Man came up. More specifically, the subject of...
Destructoid Hosts Exclusive Look at Mega Man #13 Villain Variant Cover
We recently got a look at the new tabloid-esque cover to the 13th issue of Archie's Mega Man comic book, which sports all sorts of intrigue as to what happenings take place within its pages. From the arrival of Dr. Lalinde to the mystery of Emerald Spears to the issue...
Ucchy Asks 11: TOM-PON no Saigo!?
For many months, Capcom's Ucchy-san has been posting video segments of an interview with Naoya Tomita, AKA TOM-PON, a legendary Capcom staffer who was working on Mega Man back at the beginning. However, today things finally wrap up with Capcom Unity's posting of...
NPR Story Covers MAGFest, Features Video of Mega Man 3 Medley
National Public Radio put up this story covering the tenth annual Music and Gaming Festival (MAGFest), and although there is not the upcoming Mega Man Legends 3 campaign story we mentioned last week, in this particular story, it's still a good one for Mega Man fans....
Cover and Solicitation for Archie’s Mega Man #13 (Update)
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! No sooner than we post an interview with Ian Flynn discussing the prospects of post-Mega Man 2 events and original stories than we get a brand new cover and solicitation for the first issue following the return of Dr. Wily. And does...
TMMN Interviews Archie Mega Man Scribe Ian Flynn
Recently, we had the opportunity to interview Ian Flynn, the writer for the Mega Man comic book series, as well as Sonic the Hedgehog and other titles sold under the Archie banner. Knowing that there were some questions which went unanswered the last time we attempted...
Mega Man and Pac-Man for PS Vita Version of Street Fighter x Tekken?
Some new trailers have surfaced today for Street Fighter x Tekken, one of which highlights new characters at the end: This would seem to corroborate the rumor we heard a couple of months ago about both Namco's Pac-Man and Capcom's Mega Man being added to the roster of...
Bandai’s Next D-Arts Figure: You Make the Call
As we alluded to before, Bandai and Bluefin are looking into fan input towards the future of Mega Man in their D-Arts line. And today we can now say this will be effected with a series of polls to be held on Bluefin's Facebook page starting Monday. The first poll will...
