Capcom of Japan has recently opened up a website for a Rockman Zero Collection which will be coming to the Nintendo DS. Not much is currently known about this title, but I believe its safe to say that this game will feature all four of the Zero games. The game is currently set for a April 22nd, 2010 release date in Japan. No word if this game will make it state side as of yet.
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- The Rockman Zero Collection was formally announced at the World Hobby Fair right after the OSS Survival NEO Net Battle tournament, with screens of the game shown. There was also a one page ad for it in the event pamphlet.
- A promotional movie featured both artwork from the games and official character illustrations.
- A new feature to called the Collection Mode for now was announced. Details about it are unclear, but it may be gallery mode to view character artwork and such.
IGN has revealed the names of the Robot Masters from Mega Man 10 along with their sprites, artwork, and screenshots from their stages.
- Blade Man -
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Character Summary: An ancient castle robot guide. He gets his appearance from the fact that the castle's lord was a serious sword buff. He is well versed in weapons and swords, and once you get him talking on the subject, it's hard to get him to stop. Some visitors to the castle have been known to just get up and leave while he rambles on. Blade Man moves quickly. Watch out for his sudden approach!
- Chill Man -
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Character Summary: Arctic natural observation robot. His primary job is to stop glacial melting caused by global warming. His hobby is photography. He takes pictures of magnificent natural wonders and posts them on the internet to make people aware of the importance of nature. Watch out for his "Chill Spike", when it strikes Mega Man, he freezes and becomes paralyzed!
- Commando Man -
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Character Summary: A mine-sweeper robot responsible for removing land-mines by remote detonation of small explosives. He is busy fielding requests for his services from countries worldwide and also enjoys being able to taste oil from all over the world. Commando Man's attack "Commando Bomb" is an intense blast wave!
- Nitro Man -
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Character Summary: A stunt robot featured in numerous movies and TV shows. If the director says to do something, there's not a stunt he won't do, no matter how dangerous. On a motorcycle, his technique is pure genius. He is also the president of a robot stunt club of which there are 60 members. Nitro Man transforms into a motorcycle! He chases Mega Man at a furious speed!
- Pump Man -
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Character Summary: A wastewater treatment plant purification robot. He looks a little old, but he can control water at will, and launch high-powered water-projectiles. He is quite a clean freak, so it is no wonder that he volunteers his time to blast away graffiti from neighborhood walls. Pump Man can control water at will. His "Water Shield" can block Mega Man's attack!
- Sheep Man -
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Character Summary: Formerly a sheepherding robot. He recently took the unique job of working in the static resistance test division of a circuit board manufacturer after noticing one day static build-up on his wool. But being one that easily gets bored, it seems he is already thinking about changing jobs again. Sheep Man splits up his body into several clouds that attack the ground with static electricity like thunder!
- Solar Man -
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Character Summary: An artificial sunlight research facility robot. He has the ability to create ultra-high temperature artificial sunlight. Since he and his coworkers spend so much time cooped up in the lab, he developed his own "Solar Workout" plan which is slowly gaining recognition. Solar Man's artificial sunlight blocks and absorbs Mega Man's attack!
- Strike Man -
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Character Summary: A stadium batting-practice robot. He can throw just about any kind of pitch, but gets in a bad mood when he gives up too many hits. He was almost sent back to the factory for maintenance when he hit a batter he didn't like with a pitch and put him in the hospital. Strike Man makes a big jump and hurls the hard fastball, "Rebound Striker"!
Hey everyone, it is time to announce this falls AMV of the Season winner. We had a lot of good entries and before I announce the winner I would just like to thank everyone who participated, it was fun getting to watch each one of your entries. Now unfortunately, there can be only one winner. Judging was based upon Editing, Sync, Skill, Effort and Replay Value and based upon many other variables.
1st Place Entry: Heatman's Fire by Dark Rockman Comment: I really liked the creative way Dark Rockman made this music video, specifically I enjoyed the creative use of lip sync in this video. I also enjoyed the overall editing, originality of this video and felt it deserved the top spot in this contest. I always enjoy to see what new and creative ideas you guys come up with, and this video really showed off Dark Rockman's more creative side.
Congratulations Dark Rockman, I here by award you with this banner to place along side your AMV.
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2nd Place Entry: Ryuusei No Rockman AMV - Breath by Juuniji009 Comment: Juuniji009 yet again brings us another quality rockman music video that everyone can enjoy. I liked the editing in this video and the general theme of villains throughout the Shooting Star Rockman series. This video definitely deserves second place.
3rd Place Entry: The Heroes of 21XX by Wild Kaos Comment: I really felt that the song "A Hero Comes Home" was a great pick by Wild Kaos for a Mega Man X music video. Its a slow dramatic song that fits with the chaos and story in the X series. You really don't get many dramatic music videos that use the X series so Wild Kaos' "The Heroes of 21XX" is a refreshing pace from what we usually get.
4th Place Entry: How far we've come by Dragonsclaw Comment: You don't often see montage videos of all the Styles, Soul Unions, Crosses from the Rockman EXE Anime and Dragonsclaw's music video "How far we've come" shows just how one can be done. I personally like how the video shows just how the EXE anime series progressed.
Again, thanks to everyone who participated in this seasons contest and I can't wait to see what you guys come up with for the Winter Season. Oh and before I forget, Happy New Years from everyone here at The Rockman Anime Music Video Station, hope to see you all again in 2010.
Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season. Anyway, I managed to get my self a copy of Nintendo Power issue 250 and took the time to scan the magazine so that everyone may enjoy the awesomeness to holds inside. In a segment called "The Tenth Degree", Keiji Inafune is interviewed and answers several questions asked by editor Chris H. related to the Mega Man series and specifically Mega Man 10. One question I thought was interesting was why Mega Man 9 and 10 went back to the 8-bit style of graphics. To see what Keiji Inafune say, check out and read the article in the images below.
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Besides the Mega Man 10 Article seen above, Nintendo Power listed the top 250 reasons why they love Nintendo. Surprisingly enough, I never saw this article mentioned anywhere on the net. You might be wondering why I found the absence of this article surprising. Well the answer is because several of the top 250 reasons they love Nintendo involved Mega Man related things (Smiles)
Edit: It appears The Mega Man Network actually posted a news article about this a few days ago. Obvious I fail at reading (Laughs)
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Hey, just wanted to give everyone a heads up that this Wednesday, the 23rd of December, is the last day to enter you're music video into the Seasonal AMV Contest. Remember that both Rockman and General AMV's are allowed into the contest. Best of luck to everyone that enters and Merry Christmas and have happy holiday season.
Hot on the heels of the Rockman's 22nd Anniversary Webcast Event, Capcom has released the official Rockman 10 website. The site currently features Character Bios, Game Story, and a Trailer for Rockman 10 which will be available to down on this site shortly. Also Rockman 10 will be coming to both XBLA and PSN just like the previous installment in the series.
- Rockman 10 Teaser - [ Click the image to be taken to the download page ]
The Rockman 10 Teaser has been added to the site for everyone to download, watch, and enjoy. Question, is anyone else enjoying the music heard in the Teaser as much as I am?
Today is Mega Man's 22nd Birthday, and in honor of his birthday, Capcom threw him a Webcast party for the entire internet too enjoy. In fact 80,000 viewers world wide watched the event and had their questions answered by Keiji Inafune himself. Here is a summary of the Q&A session brought to you by GoNintendo.com
- Inafune says moving into 3d once again would be tough, because 2d and 3d Mega Man fans would have different expectations, and there are some elements of Mega Man in the 2d realm that just wouldn't translate to 3d.
- Inafune would love to make a new entry in the X series, but he says he happens to be very busy. Before X9 were to happen, Inafune would like to do something completely different with Mega Man.
- Inafune says 8-bit is where Mega Man was born, and he hasn't done everything he wants to with 8-bit Mega Man. As far as a Mega Man series entry that is 16-bit in style, he'll have to see where the series leads him.
- Inafune likes the idea of a Mega Man game with hand-drawn graphics (Muramasa), but he doesn't want to just imitate that idea.
- Inafune says Mega Man Powered Up 2 has a strong possibility of happening.
For those that missed the webcast but would still like to hear it, go check out Rockman Perfect Memories, they were nice enough to record the audio from the event and host it for everyone to enjoy. I personally enjoyed the webcast and I managed to get the US announcers to yell "Its a trap" and suggest "Da Man" as a new boss character (laughs). Oh by the way, Hironobu Takeshita Mega Man 9 and 10 Producer is now known as Fail Man, a nickname given to him by over 60,000+ fans.
Nintendo Power Issue 250 is finally available for purchase and comes with a ton of new Mega Man 10 information for fans to enjoy, specifically, the unveiling of a new Robot Master "Commando Man" and the release date for Mega Man 10.
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- Expect a new ice-themed boss who dominates a glacier stage. It's filled with snowmen with exploding heads and ice blocks which break if shot or touched.
- A sewer stage is home to new slug-like Metools.
- A stadium stage contains sports-themed foes like baseball throwing robots, and a soccer goalie mid-boss.
- a desert stage acts as one of the more difficult areas as sandstorms obscure your vision.
- The famous Yashichi item returns, and refills Mega's life and weapon energy completely.
- The shop returns from MM9.
- MM10 features difficulty settings: Easy mode is said to make the game’s difficulty more "in line with Mega Man 2", while hard mode is there for who want a real challenge.
- The game will contain multiple modes, achievements, challenges, leader boards, and downloadable content.
- Unfortunately, there won't be a female Robot Master this time around.
- MM10 is looking to release some time in March 2010.
This year our Blue Bomber will be turning 22, and to celebrate the event, Capcom is hosting a live Webcast on December 16th 2009, at 9PM PST where series creator Keiji Inafune will be giving announces about upcoming titles in the series and helping celebrate the blue bombers birthday.
No, your not going blind or reading the title incorrectly. In the latest issue of Nintendo Power, Capcom has officially announced the release of Mega Man 10 for WiiWare (No word of a PS3/360 Release).
- Nintendo Power Issue 250: Mega Man 10 -
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Mega Man 10 will once again being back the classic Mega Man series in all its 8-bit glory. Although the article is hard to read from the picture shown below, GoNintendo was nice enough to summarize the some of the features in the game.
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- Mega Man is looking for a vaccine-making device to fight the 'Robotenza', which causes robots to overheat and go crazy
- Play as Proto Man right from the start
- Third playable character yet to be revealed
- Computer-themed stage with mouse pointer enemies that draw boxes to throw at you, color-changing disappearing blocks, power treadmills and more
- Lava level, vertically oriented, lava pools, block shaped enemies that can duplicate themselves, conveyor belts that push you down
- Sheep Man: turns into 4 clouds that hover above and attack with lightning, earn Thunder Wool for lightning attacks
- Features an easy mode
Honestly, while I am extremely excited about this release, its announcement didn't surprise me at all considering that Capcom is about to celebrate Mega Man's 22nd Birthday in a few weeks. Still, I can't wait to play this game.
News Credit:Capcom Unity, Go Nintendo, Protodude's Blog
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