Tag: birthday

Today (well, in a few hours, as of this posting) another Mega Man series levels up in the anniversaries-divisible-by-five attribute. Ten years have gone by since the legendary red Reploid Zero was reawakened from his slumber in a mysterious, dilapidated laboratory and dash-sliced through an oppressive regime into our hearts.

Not unlike a comet that flares up in the sky as it makes its approach towards the sun along its orbit, today marks the fifth anniversary of the Mega Man Star Force series, which first released in Japan on December 14th, 2006. Truth be told, I don’t expect too many to pay homage to this […]

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 Nintendo DS. Five years later, however, its […]

When I think of Mega Man Battle Network, it still seems like a pretty new series to me. But the original title released in Japan on March 21st, 2001. And as the day has just turned over to the 21st in Japan, that makes Battle Network a whopping 10 years old. This makes me feel […]

Though it’s been the 17th in Japan for sometime now, Mega Man is officially 23 today. Culturally, I guess there’s nothing real significant about age 23, but this 23rd year for Mega Man has been anything but dull. First, the games. Even though they seem like such a long time ago, we did get a […]