I don’t really know who Lady Gaga is– her name sounds like a broken transmission in Bionic Commando to me. But apparently, she’s a musician of some kind whose presence has managed to permeate the mainstream to a significant degree. At least, that’s the gist I get from Capcom*Unity’s “For the 0.3% of the population [...]

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No, this is not a rant about how Mega Man is always in underwear… This is about actual clothes with Mega Man inspired clothes. I was ready to blast how corny and foul MM clothing is and how you’ll probably get laughed at in public if you’re seen wearing it. Then I looked some stuff [...]

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Not even letting the dust settle from the pre-order announcement of “Mega Man: Complete History“, we have another piece of bad news for your wallet. Get ready to throw your hands up in celebration. Hitoshi Ariga’s “Rockman Megamix” manga is finally coming to the U.S. as “Mega Man Megamix” thanks to Udon. You can actually [...]

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TheSpeedGamers have announced that their next gaming marathon will take place on August 14th and they will do so while playing everyone’s favorite blue robot: Mega Man! In an effort to raise money for Earth Day, they’ll be running through what is suspected to be as many Mega Man games as they can.  One must [...]

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Hot on the heels of the “Mega Man: Complete History” announcement and the Mario Game Family Line, Destructoid member megaStryke took it upon himself to make one for the Mega Man franchise.  Unlike the Mario image, this one simply lists games per release year.  It’s pretty understandable, since we already have a hard time figuring [...]

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Have you ever wanted to know all about the history of Mega Man? Would you like to read about the series’ conception and how one little blue robot became a videogame icon in extreme detail? Well, you’re in luck! Right now, Barnes & Noble is taking pre-orders for “Mega Man: Complete History”. This paperback history [...]

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We’ve heard Mega Man creator discuss how Mega Man 3 is one of his least-favorite games in the series, due mainly to the team’s inability to do everything with it that they had hoped before the product had to ship. Nonetheless, development of the title still saw some interesting changes from its early stages to [...]

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Ah, memories. Once upon a time, as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was in its infancy, there was no Mega Man X, only Mega Man, and with heroes like Mario and Simon Belmont making the leap to Nintendo’s 16-bit platform, I don’t think any of us at the time imagined that eventually, a new hero [...]

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For this decade, which is swiftly coming to a close, Inti Creates has been a major component to the Mega Man franchise. Starting in 2002 they developed the Mega Man Zero series with Capcom and then followed with Mega Man ZX. They were also behind the unexceptionally received Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge. But of [...]

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For you Mega Man Star Force 3 owners, you can grab the special card Meteor Crimson Battle from the Wii’s Nintendo Channel this week. This powerful giga class card summons the game’s last boss to dish out some severe damage to your enemies. Yeah, it is kind of a game spoiler, but the game has [...]

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Handmade item marketplace Etsy has an interesting new entry on their site: Mega Man Cufflinks.  That’s right, you can spiff up your sexy blue suits with the Blue Bomber keeping your sleeves in check! Made by member TheClayCollection, these cufflinks will set you back a cool $22 (plus shipping) and are made on-demand.  As of [...]

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A question and answer panel with Capcom happened at this year’s Comic Con. A young lad spoke for all of us when he asked, “What’s next for Mega Man?” Though Capcom originally tried to direct the child’s attention to Mega Man Star Force 3, Seth Killian decided to step up to the plate when it [...]

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Has the final Mega Man 9 secret been discovered? Probably not, but this is a pretty neat Easter Egg nonetheless. First, observe the following screenshot from Mega Man 9. Take note of the circled area: Next, check out this screen from the opening of Mega Man 4, which details the origin of the Blue Bomber: [...]

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We all know about the raffle prize Sony and Capcom did to commemorate the launch of Rockman 9 on PSN in Japan.  Now we’ll all have a chance to play as the Blue Bomber in the Complete Works version of Rockman 1, releasing on August 12th 2009 for Japan’s PlayStation Network Game Archives (known in [...]

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For the second year running, we are proud to announce that the second “OtaRockman” Mega Man panel at Otakon, held at 12:45pm on Saturday, July 18th, was a success. This was thanks in part to the Otakon staff moving us to a larger room than the workshop room we filled at the last minute in [...]

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