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Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Earlier this year, Mega Man Battle Network turned ten, but that doesn't mean there's no room for another anniversary (and they tend to group up like this). On July 6th, 2006, in the country of Japan, Inti Creates' followup to the Zero series came into the world on the...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

More Puzzle Battle Details, Plus Video and Music

Rockman the Puzzle Battle may not be a game you can get outside of Japan, but thanks to some fans you can enjoy all other aspects of it besides playing it. The above video of gameplay comes from Tarbo-san, who details more about the game on his blog. Aside from the...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Mega Man Legends 3 Devroom is on a Roll

How's that for a nice pun? This week Mega Man Legends 3 art director Yuji Ishihara takes us back to Roll's redesign, giving us a little more in-depth information. Included is a bit of concept artwork of her emotional range, which includes imagery of her serving as a...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

New Rockman Album from the ROCK-MEN

Another new Rockman arrange album has been announced by Ucchy-san on Rockman Unity today. This album will be fronted by a team of Capcom's own sound staff who puts on the "We are ROCK-MEN!" podcast on Capcom's Sound Sphere website this includes Masahiro "Asian Guitar...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Vote Mega Man in the Newest Nintendo Power Poll

The latest poll has just been posted for the upcoming Nintendo Power volume 270. And going by a lot of the questions, there would seem to be a Super Nintendo Entertainment System theme planned for the issue, no doubt celebrating the 20th anniversary of the classic...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Kotobukiya Mega Man Zero Coming in December

Recently, we had our first opportunity to see the Kotobukiya version of Zero from the Mega Man Zero series, which came with an October release date. Now, Kotobukiya has updated their English Facebook page with the pics, and according to the image descriptions in their...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Preview Pages for Mega Man #3

Heads-up! The third issue of Mega Man will be blasting its way into comic shops and newsstands soon, with the former being hit next week, on July 6th. Naturally, subscriber orders are a little more erratic, but you should be seeing them any time now. IGN has the scoop...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

New Japanese Cell Phone Game: Rockman the Puzzle Battle

A new Rockman-themed game is out for Docomo series cell phones in Japan: Rockman the Puzzle Battle. Rockman must once again battle Dr. Wily's robotic forces... but this time with puzzles! I love the art style this game features, replicating the sprite poses of classic...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Rare eBay Find: Rockman X Gashapon Locks

Here's something interesting that I can honestly say I've never heard of before. An eBay auction is up right now for Rockman X theme padlocks called "Rockin' Locks" (or maybe "Lockin' Rocks"?) that were once released gashapon style, but this is the whole set. Of...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Records of the Elf War

Here's yet another drama track localization from Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero: Telos by Sensei-Hanzo. This track is Retrospect 1: Elf War, and covers X and Zero's original last stand against Omega, and then Zero later being sealed up (yet again, knowing he had...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Kinako’s Reminder: Have Your Mascots Ready (for Thursday)!

The 107th edition of Kinako's Daily Report has been posted with an important reminder for Devroom members: Every Monday, the web planners and Assistant Producer Shiozawa-san have a little sync-up meeting. Today, we mainly talked about how we'd select and present...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Solicitations for Mega Man #6 and TPB Volume 1

When we saw the solicitation for Archie's Mega Man #5, we learned a little more of what we could expect from the comic outside the confines of the games' stories. Today, we have not one, but two new covers to share with you. Well, sort of. The first is the cover for...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Enjoy Live Communicated Rockman without Being There

Since last year, Inti Creates' Ippo Yamada has been organizing live performances called Live Communitcated Rockman where he and other artists setup and perform Mega Man music from games developed by Inti Creates, especially Mega Man Zero. To catch the act, you'd...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Mega Man Legends Mii

We may have gotten a setback with the Prototype Version, but art director Ishihara-san did find one novel way of getting Mega Man Legends onto the 3DS. "Sorry MegaMan! I had to sell all of your equipment. Again!" Yep, Mega Man Legends themed Miis. I'm a little...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Calendar Pegs 2012 as a Heroic Year

Last year Capcom of Japan put out a "Capcom Girls 2011" calendar which featured females from various series, including a page with Luna Platz and Sonia Strumm of Star Force fame (which is presently displayed this month, actually). For 2012 however, Capcom is steering...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Mega Man 5 Lands on Virtual Console Today

Not sure about Europe, but in North America today you can power up your Nintendo Wii, jump on the Wii Shop and grab Mega Man 5 for 500 Wii Points. I'm going to be charitable today, and while Mega Man 5 isn't one of my favorites (far from it), it's still a pretty darn...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Rockman Maniax Formally Announced, New Features

Hitoshi Ariga has formally announced his revamped edition of Rockman Maniax, which is set to release in Japan on July 11th. The cover features a Comic Bombom style arrangement in honor of the original publication where Rockman Maniax appeared. Announced contents...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Looking at MML3’s Absence from E3

Having just gotten back from E3, and my trip to California in general, I had a lot of fun but can't help feeling a little disappointment Mega Man Legends 3 wasn't present. The game, at least its Prototype Version, has been in a playable form for some time now, and...

Mega Man ZX Reaches 5 Years

Behold! Your final MegaMan design!

D wins! Today's newest Devroom update has revealed the second round's results. Design D came in first with an overwhelming amount of support in both Japan and worldwide, with 66% and 57% respectively.  With that out of the way, the dev team can finally complete...