Tag: Japan

Capcom of Japan apparently still has some place in their hearts left for Mega Man (or Rockman, if you must), as GamesRadar spotted the above on their recent tour of the Japanese offices. You can see another pic of the giant Game Boy Advance-displaying Servbot/Kobun and Rockman.EXE plush and some other swag below, or you […]

One of ScrewAttack’s “G1s,” MegaSilverX1, has done his part to shine a little light on our favorite robot-blasting franchise by making a post to the site about “obscure and forgotten” Mega Man games. Admittedly, titles such as Mega Man Powered Up and Mega Man Xtreme are likely anything but forgotten among more savvy Blue Bomber […]

While we wait to see what kind of celebration will come this December, we can get a good look at some of the currently Japan-exclusive goodies on the way. This time, Ucchy is showing off the 25th Anniversary Rockcan announced earlier. In case you were wondering, it’s huge! But there’s more to this news than […]

I doubt a lot of you know much about Japanese pro wrestling – I certainly don’t. But today the stars have aligned and we get to talk about Kenny Omega, a Canada-born pro wrestler in Japan’s Dramatic Dream Team circuit. Kenny’s character gimmick is that he’s a big gamer and otaku, and even performs a […]

What’s better than Zero? Well, depending on the game (and how liberal you are about code usage, in some cases), the answer would be “Zero in black.” First appearing in Mega Man X2 as a result of Sigma’s failure to “study the blueprints closely” (maybe he’s color blind?), the black-armored Zero has become something of […]

While we in the west have done pretty well getting translated Mega Man manga these past few years, it still doesn’t scratch the surface of all that’s been made in Japan. One of the earliest and yet most prolific original Rockman series was by Shigeto Ikehara. Starting in 1992, he wrote episodic manga covering Rockman […]

Nightram56 of the Video Game Memorabilia Museum is back, this time with a look at two candy boxes made available to coincide with the release of Rockman 10: He notes that the candy “has pixelated art imprinted on them,” while “the boxes were reminiscent of Famicom boxes, just bigger.” Do any of you own either […]

If there’s one thing Mega Man fans can’t get enough of, it’s music. Lucky for the fans, a can of music is coming to sate your thirsts! The “Rockcan” comes in a steel E-Tank tin, and includes a full color booklet. There will be 10 discs and they cover music from the Mega Man games […]

Click to enlarge. That’s right, this auction for a third-series Rockman X3 “Factory Figure D” set, said to be a rare item by the seller, is available for the next day and a half for a starting bid of $700 (plus $15 for shipping if you win). It is an interesting find, brought to our […]

The old Mega Man Battle Network Express doesn’t come by here much any more, but when it does, it’s usually a pleasure. Such is the case with this lost Japanese commercial for Rockman.EXE3: Black (released here as Mega Man Battle Network 3: Blue Version) starring none other than Masakazu “Meijin” Eguchi (aka “Mr. Famous”) in […]

Fans of Rockman are gearing up for a mega event marking the Blue Bomber’s 25th anniversary. This time the shindig is Rock Party: an all Rockman, only Rockman doujin convention. Right now Rock Party has a pre-site open, and they plan to begin adding event details later this month. The event itself, however, won’t be […]

Undamned has passed along a couple of links to us for some of his recent YouTube videos. The first one features a look at the Rockman DASH 2 and Namco X Capcom “SR” (Super Real) figures from Yujin; check it out: A gallery of the Rockman DASH 2 set can be seen here, with a […]