The most notable new bits of info here are confirmation of an eventual ENGLISH release and the unveiling of a set of accessories: a fight stick to play two-player games on one Retro Station screen and USB PVP dongles for wireless connections between two individual Retro Station consoles.
Residents in Japan can pre-order the console now via the official Retro Station online store and, very soon, Amazon Japan. Sales in other regions are reportedly "coming soon!"
For the uninitiated, the Capcom Retro Station comes pre-installed with ten Mega Man and Street Fighter games. Mega Man-wise, the offerings include Mega Man: The Power Battle, Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, Mega Man X, Mega Man Soccer and Rockman & Forte. With the exception of Rockman & Forte, every Mega Man game listed here is playable in English. Rockman & Forte will be the original, untranslated Super Famicom version.
The Retro Station is due in Japan in March, 2021 for 21,780 Yen. That's roughly $210 US. Ouch! Is the price for admission worth it for a few Mega Man games that were missing from the Legacy Collections? Your call!
A New Year event with a new stage, a new character, a new musical remix, and a new boss is coming next week to Rockman X DiVE. If you weren't already busy playing the "Merry Christmas!" event stage, well, you'll be busy now two concurrent events. Find all the details after the break!
We got our first look at the model kit's paint job at the end of November and now, before year's ends, pre-orders are open in Japan. Find all the details after the break!
"Rockman DASH : Capcom Official Creation Data Collection - Great Adventure Guide" is a mouthful of a title that belongs to the undisputed king of Mega Man Legends 1 art books. It's not only chock-full of rare concept art and unused designs, but insightful commentary from the game's staff, too. It's a real sacred tome, let me tell you.
Unfortunately, the book is long out-of-print and never received an official English release. But where Capcom and partners fail to deliver, fans are once again happy to pick up the slack! An extensive English fan-translation is, after all the years, finally underway! Read on for the details!
Mega Man and the two Mega Man 10-inspired variants -- Triple Blade (Blade Man's special weapon) and Thunder Wool (Sheep Man's special weapon) -- are made from polystone and hand painted. They measure 8.4" tall. You can pre-order them right now through Icon Heroes' Online Store for $30 each:
Mega Man · Triple Blade · Thunder Wool
Even though these are bobbleheads... don't you think the neck is too long? Let us know in the comments!
Earlier today, Famitsu gave us a pretty extensive preview of next week's Rockman X DiVE Christmas event through an hour-long stream. The first character of the event, a new skin, the new main menu and the event stage were shown. Check out all the details after the break!
To commemorate the classic series' 33rd anniversary, Rockman Unity has announced three projects slated to launch in Spring 2021.
First, we have two brand-new manga. Rockman-chan is a humorous, parody manga starring an innocent Blue Bomber as he carries out the whims of Dr. Light. Dr. Light's missions for our hero, however, are anything but a cake walk.
The second manga is called Rockman-san. It follows the misadventures of a grown-up Mega Man as he deals with the tumultuous demands of an adult world.
Both manga will launch exclusively in Japan on Young Ace UP this coming Spring. English adaptations have not been announced. So... do look forward to our inevitable fan-translations.
The third announcement is a brand-new Capcom tribute album called Captune ONE. It will feature a new arranged pieces from the Mega Man series, such as Running Through The Cyber World” from Mega Man Battle Network, "Wily Stage 1" from MM2 and “Esperanto” from Mega Man Zero 4.
Source: Rockman Unity
Well that didn't take too long. Following a big reveal last week, pre-orders for Dimension Studio's upcoming Copy-X are beginning to appear online. What's more, we have an excellent video showing off completed kit. Check it out above!
Like what you see? Here's where you can get him so far:
I'll be updating this post as additional listings become available. Stay tuned - you don't want to miss this kit!
The last DiVE Festival of the year is here and it's packed. We have the second playable boss, the third Raid Boss event, and a new skin. Find all the details after the break!
Have you ever wanted an official LEGO Mega Man set? Then look no further than these four auspicious LEGO Ideas projects by RockmanCosmo, MacAndCheez, and Brickman911!
Check out the details about these projects after the break, written by the creators themselves!
Thanks to our friend marklincadet, we can take a much closer look at Monika Toys' upcoming Robot Master statues. The statues should be in the hands of buyers soon -- meanwhile, you can see both the final products and their packaging after the break!
The penultimate issue of Boom Studios' Mega Man: Fully Charged limited series is almost upon us. To mark the occasion, the publisher released a few sample pages from issue #5 and a sneak peek at a few variant covers.
Read on for the full scoop... but beware! We've got spoilers here!
The Rockman X DiVE development team has announced via social media that the game will receive a new skin after the maintenance period next Wednesday.
The skin is a recolor of Iris' design from the Game Boy Color game Rockman X2: Soul Eraser or as we know it in the west, Mega Man Xtreme 2. No price has been announced but judging by how much Iron Maiden Cinnamon cost, we are probably looking at another 1200 EM skin.
Are you panning on getting her? Let's us know in the comments!
If you thought MegaHouse's upcoming Rockman EXE: Rockman vs Forte statue was neat, wait till you get a load of the packaging!
By way of Rockman Unity, here's out very first look at heavily Rockman EXE 2-inspired box art. You can see the backside here. Needless to say, Ucchy-san is very pleased with the final product. Click on the aforementioned link to see additional, super close-ups of the statue itself, too!
As previously reported, the statue is due to ship in Japan later this month followed by an English release in January, 2021. You can pre-order yours through Big Bad Toystore.
Source: Rockman Unity
Say what you will about the goofy Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon, but its complementary toyline from Bandai was the best. Those action figures are fondly remembered - if not more so - than the animated series itself.
The toyline is also remembered for a number of cancelled and unreleased items, too. There was the giant 8-inch "Talking Mega Man", vehicles from season 2, and a trio of figures based on different suits that Mega Man wore throughout the show. Images of some of these toys have bubbled up over the years... but to date, we don't know anyone that actually owns them in any capacity. Samples, prototypes - nothing.
More recently, however, a video from Bandai's 1995 Toy Fair offerings has come to light that proudly displays TWO cancelled toys: the 8-inch talking Mega Man and a previously unknown, unannounced playset. You can see them in action in the video above (42:07). You gotta love the host's very, uh, colorful take on "PlAsMa PoWerrrr..."
I miss everything about this show. Sigh...
Issue #3 ended on a high note with the reveal of Zero. Many fans were looking forward to reading the next issue to find out about their identity... but Boom Studios had nothing better to do than spoil it beforehand. That said, is there iat all to look forward in this issue? Find out after the break!
