A slew of Capcom related Tokyo Game Show material was unveiled tonight, and while there wasn't any mention of Rockman games at the show, Capcom is planning to roll out a new arrange album exclusive to TGS.Entitled Rockman Kai, the CD is being produced by Tetsu x Neko, who previously worked on the famed "Can't Beat Air Man" song and album. Not much else about the disc is known currently, however according to Capcom's TGS goods page, the soundtrack includes a DVD and a special booklet of some sort. Naturally, more details will trickle out as TGS draws closer.
On the lack of the presence of a Rockman game, Capcom (and most developers) are known to add titles to their TGS lineup as time goes by, so it's not entirely a lost cause. The least we can expect from TGS is Mega Man Universe, but you never know..
UPDATE: Some major updates coming from The Mega Man Network. I'm a bit short on time at the moment so here's a good ol' copy/paste of the new details, found after the jump...
A new product listing has appeared on e-Capcom for the Rockman soundtrack “Rockman Kai: Arrange Shitemita!!” (roughly Rockman Modified: Let’s Arrange It!!). The album will release various Rockman tracks arranged by different musicians, including Team Nekocan of Airman ga Taosenai fame. In fact, Airman ga Taosenai will be a bonus track on the disc. Here is the complete track list:
01. Blow Through Tornado by Team Nekocan (Rockman 9 Tornadoman)
02. Snake dance by Shachou (Rockman 3 Snakeman)
03. DIVING DAY by Yamadan (Rockman 4 Diveman)
04. RELOADED by Soy-SOUTH (Rockman 5 Napalmman)
05. Upside Down Phenomenology by Deadball P (Rockman 5 Gravityman)
06. Imitation Castle ~To The Castle of Lies~ by kanipan (Rockman 5 Darkman)
07. Scissor Head by Sound CYCLONE (Rockman 1 Cutman)
08. Thermal Power by IOSYS (Rockman 6 Flameman)
09. Knightmare night by Princess Tissue & Yutaka Sekine (Rockman 6 Knightman)
10. I’m BUBBLEMAN by Hyadain (Rockman 2 Bubbleman)
11. Power of the Unknown ~Eight Power of Rock!~ by JUNCA (Rockman 2 opening and staff roll)
Additionally, the album will feature Team Nekocan’s three Rockman-releated singles: Can’t Beat Airman, These Guys Are Supposed to Help? and Won’t Sleep ‘Til Cleared! The album will ALSO come with a DVD with movies for the three Team Nekocan bonus tracks, as well as a medley of the main tracks. This amazing album will release on October 20th for ¥3,150 with tax (roughly $37 US). A pretty interesting selection for a new album!
After a little snooping around, I found a preview reel for the soundtrack has been put up (for a week, oddly enough). You can take a listen in the video here, although it is a 20 minute long demo.
I love Team.ねこかん[猫]!!!!! So they're finally gonna go official with Capcom on something now eh? I hope they put their Tornado Man vocal on this arrange album and hopefully it'll be a full version or something. Other than that, I hope it has some new original Rockman songs. They really love doing Touhou songs...
ReplyDeleteIs Rockman Kai going to cut all the filler? :P
ReplyDelete@Anon: Hahaha!
ReplyDeleteI just did some research and there's a video floating around on Nico Nico Douga with a long ass preview. The Tornado Man song seems to have been re-recorded too..
Here's a tracklist (credit goes to The Mega Man Network?)
01. Blow Through Tornado by Team Nekocan (Rockman 9 Tornadoman)
02. Snake dance by Shachou (Rockman 3 Snakeman)
03. DIVING DAY by Yamadan (Rockman 4 Diveman)
04. RELOADED by Soy-SOUTH (Rockman 5 Napalmman)
05. Upside Down Phenomenology by Deadball P (Rockman 5 Gravityman)
06. Imitation Castle ~To The Castle of Lies~ by kanipan (Rockman 5 Darkman)
07. Scissor Head by Sound CYCLONE (Rockman 1 Cutman)
08. Thermal Power by IOSYS (Rockman 6 Flameman)
09. Knightmare night by Princess Tissue & Yutaka Sekine (Rockman 6 Knightman)
10. I’m BUBBLEMAN by Hyadain (Rockman 2 Bubbleman)
11. Power of the Unknown ~Eight Power of Rock!~ by JUNCA (Rockman 2 opening and staff roll)
In addition to these, there will be 3 bonus tracks, which are tracks previously released by Team.ねこかん[猫] on their R21 album. For those who are wondering:
12. Airman ga Taosenai
13. Koitsu wa Honto ni Kyouryoku Suru Kiga Aru no Ka?
14. Clear Made wa Nemuranai!
The DVD seems to contain 4 PVs for the bonus songs. They were released on their singles I think. And that's all I know from reading around the place.
Sorry for double posting but I took the liberty of downloading it from Nico Nico Douga, converting/fixing up and uploading it into two parts for YouTube since nobody has uploaded it on there yet. It's 7:30 in the morning and I haven't gone to bed yet @_@. Enjoy~
ReplyDeletePart 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyOAM7CNLBU
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw86NAjABhU
So Airman Ga Taosenai is upgraded to official status? Cool!
ReplyDeleteMore Mega/RockMan music is always good :3
ReplyDeleteOh, hey! Hyadain! XD I like his music (although the gayness had to grow on me at first, so did heatman's song because I'm really not much of a ''let's have s** all night like some animals'' person, so..)
ReplyDeletehttp://d.hatena.ne.jp/video/niconico/sm11850720
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Definitely buying, for supporting both some of my favorite singers on Nico Nico Douga, as well as Capcom for actively supporting their work.
That said, I still can't believe Shacho, Yamadan, De-P and IOSYS are Rockman fans.
Also, if all CD previews are spruced up remixed like this, I might end up buying a lot more CD's..
ReplyDeleteAww. And here I was hoping for a sequel to Chiptuned Rockman...
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