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Yet More Wonder Fest Reporting

Yet More Wonder Fest Reporting

Capcom's own Ucchy-san stayed up quite late to deliver you his own report of the Winter 2011 Wonder Festival. I don't think he even got to play Rockman 4 before nodding off. His report has some photos of stuff we've seen, and some photos of stuff we haven't. But I...

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Play with Aero, Check Devroom Updates

Here's a really fun way to spend five minutes. Capcom of Japan has put up an embedded model viewer of Aero's in game model, which you can spin around and zoom to any position of your liking. It's like getting to have a taste of the 3DS before the 3DS is even released!...

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Mega Man 2 iTunes Sale

Capcom has once again put Mega Man II on sale at a low $0.99 for a limited time on iTunes.  For those of you who haven't followed the game's evolution, it was given quite a few free updates since its relatively lackluster release. Among the most notable: It now has a...

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More on Archie’s Mega Man from Comic Book Resources

The comic book world has been abuzz lately with word of Archie's upcoming Mega Man comic. And just as we saw a few days ago from Newsarama, so too has Comic Book Resources decided to get in on the fun with their own chat with writer Ian Flynn about the upcoming book's...

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Rockman Dot Straps the Next Big Thing

There's been so much Rockman/Mega Man merchandise being pumped out these days that we may need to open another site just for it. Capcom of Japan is teaming up with Creative Union to produce a series of Rockman sprite themed decorative straps: Rockman Dot Strap...

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Kotobukiya Reveals Zero as Next Model Kit

After Blues came out, it seemed uncertain what Kotobukiya would tackle next, if anything at all. But the Winter 2011 Wonder Festival has an unexpected answer. Kotobukiya's next model kit foray will be Zero. And that is, specifically, Zero of the Mega Man Zero variety....

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Newsarama Talks Archie’s Mega Man with Ian Flynn

Over at Newsarama, there is a new interview with the writer of Archie's upcoming Mega Man comic, Ian Flynn. There, he discusses a little of what fans and new readers alike can expect when they first open the pages of the premiere issue of the book, which will be...

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Mega Man Olympics, FINAL STAGE!!!!!!!!

We've come a long way, and Ucchy-san and jgonzo finally reach the final stage of the Mega Man Olympics. In this climactic challenge, both must chug three ice cold E-Tank drinks. Considering they just got done wolfing down jalapenos, this is probably going to be rough....

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MML3 Devroom Event 5: The Easter Egg

Seems a little soon for this one. Easter isn't for a couple more months yet. Ah well, this Devroom event is for users to submit some kind of hidden trick or gag that will appear in Mega Man Legends 3. This is something like how in the original Mega Man Legends, where...

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Leviathan Garage Kit to Grace Wonder Fest 2011

Last year garage kit group Yama Tai Koku brought us Harpuia and Phantom, and coming next week at Japan's Winter 2011 Wonder Festival, Leviathan will go on sale too. For the uninitiated (which admittedly includes me too), these...

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Mega Man Universe Undergoing Great Changes

Tokyo Game Show was the last we heard anything new of Mega Man Universe. If you don't recall, that was back in September of last year. There's been speculation abounds concerning the game's fate, but we finally have an official word on Universe's status. Over at Ask...

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Rockman 2 on PSN this Week, Rockman 4 in Japan the Next

The PlayStation Network is getting a little richer in Rockman this week (may be today even, if my knowledge of update schedules is right). Following the original Rockman, you can download the Complete Works version of Rockman 2 on your PlayStation 3. Remember that...

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New Cell Phone Game “Rockman Diver”

Capcom of Japan has just announced a new and simplistic keitai game called Rockman Diver for docomo, au and SoftBank branded cell phones. The game seems to be based on Mega Man's worst nightmare: falling slowly through water down a pit of evilly arranged spikes. Your...

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Mega Man Tribute Deadline Extended

Here's some good news for you lollygaggers. UDON has extended the deadline of Mega Man Tribute submissions to this Friday, February 4th at 1:00PM EST. That gives you a few more days to polish things up. Or, get started, if you can work that quickly. If you've already...

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More Fun Retro VHS Nonsense!

A short while back we showed you Game Players' VHS guide to Mega Man 2, but that's hardly the only game guide series released on VHS back in the golden age of gaming. Here we have a guide called "How to Score More Points on Nintendo Games," and the first game it...

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Devroom Reaverbot Event Reminder

You been drawing them Reaverbots? Making sure they're just the right amount of creepy? Sneaking up on unsuspecting Diggers in a dank and dark ruin ever so quietly, until they suddenly start to notice the faint red glow around them. They slowly turn around and... Oh,...

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Win a DL of Rockman Complete Works

Right now, Capcom Unity is giving away a few downloads codes for the PS1 imports classic Rockman Complete Works (the first in the series). All you gotta do? Simply comment in the thread why you think you deserve a code! And let me tell you all, none of you is more...

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Kinuyo Yamashita of Mega Man X3 Pariticipating in VGL

She is probably best known by game music fans for scoring Castlevania as her debut work, but Kinuyo Yamashita is also behind the music in the SNES version of Mega Man X3. What's more, she will be joining this Saturday's performance of Video Games Live this Saturday at...

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Mega Man Olympics, STAGE 7!!!!!!!

Been a little while since we had an update to the Mega Man Olympics. The pacing is slowing as we reach the dramatic conclusion. Today, though, we come to part seven of the competition, the Heat Man stage. CLEARLY THE BEST STAGE. And things literally do heat up, as the...

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Ben Bates’ Blue Bomber

The first issue of Archie's Mega Man comic book will be coming at us at the end of April/beginning of May (depending on how you receive it), and we've had some looks at what we can expect from the art of Patrick Spaziante and Chad Thomas, including the two covers the...