Capcom Plaza Ikebukuro's “VR-X” virtual reality corner is officially shutting down on February 14th. And when it goes, so to does Rockman VR: Targeted Virtual World!!
Located on the third floor of Capcom Plaza Ikebukuro, Rockman VR began operations on July 18th, 2020. The attraction put players in the blue bomber's shoes to fend off a wave of robots, topple Block Man and thwart Dr. Wily's plans to conquer the virtual world. You can watch nearly five minutes of gameplay footage above.
At this time, there are no plans to relocate Rockman VR or the two Biohazard VR attractions to a different Capcom Plaza location. To compensate for this unfortunate news, Capcom reduced ticket prices from 1,500 yen to a mere 750 yen (roughly $7.12 US) until the 14th.
Is Rockman VR doomed to become lost media? Possibly. But there has been some speculation that Rockman VR could *eventually* see a PC port. The game is played with a retail-based HTC Vive Pro on a regular 'ol PC and... it's partially in English!
In other words, most of the pieces are in place for this virtual reality romp to come home. The ball's in Capcom's corner!
Source: Capcom Japan
Well, y'know... pandemic
ReplyDeleteShame, the arcade in there isnt that great, thats pretty much the only there going for that plaza besides the little store. lol
ReplyDelete(and I guess the cafe if you want some mediocre gimmicked food)
Ill have to play it a couple more times before it goes then. Hopefully it becomes a real release somehw
Hopefully we can get this on PSVR at some point.
ReplyDeleteThey should honestly just put it on hold till pandemic is over then try to milk a little more money out of it before dropping it. But ah well business is business
ReplyDeleteWish I could play it... Anyone knows a way to quickly buy a travel to Japan so I could play it and then return without being on the red? XD
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