Tag: 25th anniversary

The 25th anniversary of Mega Man is finally upon us! And to help celebrate, we’ve reached out with three simple questions to a number of people who have been affected in some way, shape, or form by the Blue Bomber as he continues to play a part in helping to shape our lives, in ways […]

What is this strange image, you ask? Why, it’s the entire history of a gaming phenomenon. This info graphic is the Mega Man Game History Ver 2, created by Destructoid’s Tony Ponce. It covers 25 years of Mega Man games, from the original December 17th, 1987 NES classic to the just announced December 17th, 2012 […]

As part of our celebration of the Mega Man series hitting its 25th anniversary, we are featuring a look back at many of the games of the Classic series. For this entry, I’ll be looking Mega Man 10, a great game that came after a really great game. It is hard to define what elements guarantee a universally loved Mega […]

As part of our celebration of the Mega Man series hitting its 25th anniversary, we are featuring a look back at many of the games of the Classic series. For this entry, I’ll be looking Mega Man 9, the best 1988 game released in 2008. Once upon a time there was a site called Pixelboy’s […]

While the details are being kept under wraps, an advertisement in Rockman Xover indicates that something special is coming on December 17th to commemorate Mega Man‘s 25th anniversary. Chances are it’s probably a new special card. But who knows, perhaps they’ll add a new kind of power-up or stage? Image courtesy of Kenny. LanceHeartlocalhost/tmmn

Capcom caused quite a stir with the announcement of Street Fighter X Mega Man, the free-to-download PC game designed to celebrate the 25th anniversary of both respective franchises, and right on top of things is IGN, who discuss with Capcom Senior Vice President Christian Svensson and Senior Community Manager Brett Elston the details surrounding the […]

Remember that fan game which featured Mega Man taking on various characters from Street Fighter? Well, guess what? Capcom has just revealed via the trailer above that it is going to be an official release to celebrate the 25th anniversary of both Mega Man and Street Fighter. And better still? It’s going to be a […]

Now here is something interesting, and perhaps even more crossover-y than Xover (artwork aside). From YouTube’s description: Started in August, our team of six game industry professionals (Jason Canam, Jeff Canam, Orie Falconer, Tim McLennan, Daniel Ochoa, Julian Spillane) has been working hard to get a preview of the game ready in time for December […]

Good ol’ Ucchy-san at Rockman Unity is getting a little celebratory plan in the works. He is asking all fans (well, technically all fans in Japan) to send in their comments aboutMega Man’s 25th anniversary. The comments can pertain to things such as: Congratulatory 25th anniversary comments Your favorite Mega Man series What is Mega […]

As part of our celebration of the Mega Man series hitting its 25th anniversary, we are featuring a look back at many of the games of the Classic series. For this entry, I’ll be looking Mega Man 8, (in)famous for succumbing to the late-90s illness of oddly placed and completely unnecessary full motion video. Yes, […]

We’ve already told you about some of the new content the revised “R20” will be getting, but now you can take a look at the cover design. This comes from Action Gameside Vol. A, which is running a special Rockman 25th anniversary spread. It’s also revealed that the enhanced art book will be sporting new […]

As part of our celebration of the Mega Man series hitting its 25th anniversary, we are featuring a look back at many of the games of the Classic series. For this entry, I’ll be looking Mega Man 7, famous for being the first original series game to go beyond 8-bits and the first game to […]