Game Freak, the developers behind Pokémon, have announced a collaboration event with Rockman in their free-to-play mobile RPG, Pandoland.
While details remain somewhat vague, the event—running from February 28th to March 14th—will introduce several classic series characters, including Rockman, Blues, and Forte. Players will be able to explore an event-exclusive "Robot Island" alongside Rockman and friends, facing off against Dr. Wily and some familiar Robot Masters.
Pandoland is currently available in Japan and is set for a global release this April. Unfortunately, the Rockman event will have concluded by then, meaning those outside Japan will have to rely on gameplay footage and screenshots to get our fill. We'll have some of that to share later this week.
You can find out more about Pandoland from the game's official site. Pre-registration for the English version is now open on the Google Play Store.
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ReplyDeleteAww man, that reminded me of Twitch’s final April Fools’ video with Power Guy. R.I.P.
DeleteBattle Network is already the Pokemon of Mega Man. Anything else is redundant.
DeleteNah Battle Network is the Paper Mario of Mega Man anything else is extra tho.
DeleteIsn't it closer to Digimon what with the tamagotchi and digital whats'its?
DeleteI'd say it is closer to Shin Megami Tensei, since in that series the internet is more of a realm or conduit to the real world. So is Digimon but it came later.
DeleteI can see why Mark said Paper Mario though. Both are JRPGs with action elements that came from mainline platforming games. Both collect power-up collectibles to augment the playable characters (Mario:Badges, Star Rods, Items etc, Mega Man:Chips, NaviCust, Forms etc). Both change the universe and properties of the main series into alternate analogs of themselves (Paper Mario...well Paper and MM.EXE computer entities... although all Maga Mans are computer entities if we are being technical). Both have heavy emphasis on companions etc etc.
But if not that, I'd say Shin Megami Tensei, you even fuse demons, I'd say that is close to Soul Unisons. Also, Megaten has substantial action RPGs, I don't think Digimon does, but I could be wrong.
Can't say I've really noticed Action-RPG elements in Nocturne, IV/Apocalypse, or V/Vengeance. Not the way it is in some of the Mana games, at least.
Deletethat being said, if it wasn't a BN game, I'd play a Shin Megaman Tensei game. I've played Devil Children Dark Book 8 times the whole way through.
DeleteThe SMT games with action elements are the Devil Summoner Raidou games... Before the ones with predominate action elements are Jack Bros. (platformer) and after that Synchronicity Prologue (Metroidvania).
DeleteI haven't played much Dark Children, but I have played most of the mainline. The aforementioned Raidou games (which are some of my favorites), a little bit of Digital Devil, and some Persona here and there are some others. Never touched Devil Survivor, Soul Hackers etc.
That'd explain it. I didn't own a Playstation, so I didn't get to play the Raidou games. I only got to play Nocturne when it came out on the Switch.
DeleteI thought these were figures of some kind at first blush, which I guess is supposed to be the aesthetic. That’s one way to get kids to like toys: make a game about them!
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ReplyDelete...Can't say I'm a fan of these aesthetics, but maybe the gameplay will be decent enough. ...Wait a sec, Proto Man and Bass are in this game? Ah, so they can be included in something without confusing new players, after all? Interesting.
ReplyDeleteCapcom should stop drinking that green tea so much. 😅
ReplyDeleteThat's not green tea! D:
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