Charge Man’s Stage and Music Rembakun is our only enemy for the first section. It flies forward while dropping three bombs, and aims in front of Mega Man. They die in one hit, but are reasonably fast and the bombs deal six damage, so they can be dangerous if we’re distracted by platforming or other [...]

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Just in time (well, minus two weeks) for you to begin playing along to A Critical Look at Mega Man 5 Stages, the penultimate game in the Blue Bomber’s NES legacy has been released to the Nintendo 3DS eShop in North America and Europe (thanks, Rockman) alike. $4.99 is all it takes to go take [...]

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“Bad art is more tragically beautiful than good art, because it documents human failure.” –Henry Letham, Stay —– Having arrived in the Skull Egg Zone, the bizarre conjoining of Mobian and Wily-esque design, the strike force of Sonic (and pal) and Mega Man (and his brother and his dog) find themselves wondering who’s responsible for [...]

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The fifth chapter of “Worlds Collide” hits comic shops today in Sonic Universe #52, and you can check out the first few pages courtesy of iFanboy (via TSSZ News). Click the link for the preview, read on if you just want the solicitation, or check back tomorrow for Erico’s “Blue Ink” review!

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The above may look familiar to you if you’ve been keeping up with the “Worlds Collide” story arc spanning Archie’s Mega Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Sonic Universe comics– Mega Man in particular, but have you taken the oath? In truth, this isn’t just hyperbole: Now more than ever, Mega Man needs us to spread [...]

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GamesRadar has been celebrating their annual “Week of Hate,” and today’s feature involves “10 examples of fan service that fans hated”– instances where companies try to do something to please fans of a certain franchise, only to have the whole thing blow up in their face with fans frothing venom and rage. Mega Man, as [...]

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Crystal Man’s Stage and Music

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“Communication can only take place between equals.” – Kenneth Boulding

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Over on IGN is a preview for the fourth part of “Worlds Collide,” Mega Man #25, which is due to hit comic shops tomorrow. Now that Sonic and Mega Man are on the Blue Bomber’s home turf, will the tide of battle go in favor of the Super Fighting Robot? Find out by clicking here!

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Over on Facebook, Platinumfungi dropped us a line letting us know about a little something he managed to whip together for Mega Man‘s 25th anniversary. With a bit of help from Custom Nes Guy, he’s created a Nintendo Entertainment System which is not only adorned with Mega Man’s traditional blue hues and a graphic featuring [...]

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Title Music & Stage Select Music Mega Man 5 gives us a somewhat lackluster intro compared to the last one, this time using Proto Man as Wily’s new scapegoat. The Robot Master selection is as ridiculous as always, and Mega Man gets a spot on the screen again. Unfortunately his eyes don’t follow the cursor [...]

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It’s been a bit over half a day (as of this writing) since the original Mega Man for the NES arrived on the Wii U’s Virtual Console, bringing with it an accompanying Miiverse community through which fans can share pictures and messages. Of particular note are the pictures people draw on the Wii U GamePad. [...]

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“Science studies what’s at the edge of understanding, and what’s at the edge of understanding is usually fairly simple.” -Noam Chomsky ————————————— We left off having finally gotten the full explanation of how Mega Man ended up in the Green Hill Zone, and how Dr. Wily and Robotnik got the Genesis Wave to cross the [...]

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When it rains, it pours. Our last bit of news during this little flood of items comes from Brelston at Capcom Unity. He reveals that Yacht Club Games aren’t the only ones who will be having a “Mega Man,” as in addition to the NES version of Mega Man 5 coming to the Nintendo 3DS [...]

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Just a reminder for all of you Mega Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and just comic book fans in general: This Saturday, May 4th is Free Comic Book Day, and one of the books available to comic book shops is a two-sided Mega Man/Sonic the Hedgehog flipbook which acts as a prelude to the “Worlds Collide” [...]

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