Mega Man
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...
Bandai/Bluefin Seeking Fan Involvement with Mega Man
Today Bluefin has contacted us with an interesting update. While we aren't able to give details yet, since they simply haven't been finalized, we've been informed to tell you of an upcoming activity that may have influence on the continuation of the Mega Man product...
Mega Man 25th Anniversary Logo Revealed?
Deep within the files and code of the iOS version of Mega Man X, something interesting was uncovered by Spanish gaming website Universal Gamer. Above is apparently logos for the 25th anniversary of Mega Man, featuring a rather stark difference to the style of the 20th...
Preview of Mega Man #9
Just one more issue, and the headlines for these previews won't sound the least bit confusing any more! In any case, the preview for the newest issue of the Mega Man comic book is now available, and surprisingly enough, it's not on IGN; rather, it comes straight from...
Rockman X4 Zero Ver. Releases in Japan, Rockman Solitaire on the Way
Following the release of Rockman X4 X Ver. last month for Docomo and au phones, Capcom of Japan today has released the version with Zero as a playable character. The game boasts the same high fidelity graphics and sound matching the original PSX game, with minor...
Mega Man Receives Two Diamond Distributor 2011 Gem Award Nominations
Just a quick item of note regarding the Blue Bomber in print, as he is up for two awards in Diamond Distributor's Gem Awards for 2011. Mega Man #1 from Archie is a nominee in the category for "2011 Licensed Comic of the Year," while UDON Entertainment's Mega Man...
