UPDATE: Rockman Zero Collection Gets a Trailer (now in English)

Looks like it didn’t take long at all for a trailer of the Rockman Zero Collection to drop. While the first half is a pretty straightforward gameplay montage of the series, the second half shows off a bit of the bottom screen. It’s hard to say much about it from what the trailer shows, but it looks like boss artwork is displayed on the bottom screen. There’s also some sort of menu that looks like it contains thumbnails of the artwork. It’s entirely possible that the bottom screen could be a dedicated art gallery, but hopefully this is only one of several functions.

The number one thing I took away from this trailer is that the music seems to be retained from the original instead of using the remasters. I doubt they’d show this trailer with the original GBA music if the music in-game was going to be the redone versions. Honestly, this isn’t too surprising considering the ridiculous amount of space it would take to contain 4 games worth of music in actual compressed audio instead of MIDI. Ah well.

Lastly, the mystery of the “extra logo” has been solved. It seems the rectangular slot on the official site that was previously empty has been filled in with a link to this very trailer which is embedded right below.

Update: Well it looks like there are at least 2 different functions for the bottom screen. While boss art and pics of Zero still look like they’re purely aesthetic, there’s another interesting thing shown. Protodude has pointed out on his blog that the other menu looks like Zero 3’s e-modification card menu.

“The Rockman Zero modification cards were cards sold exclusively in Japan in 2004, and when used with Nintendo’s e-Reader device, they would make minor modifications to Rockman Zero’s 3 gameplay.  To accommodate for the lack of an e-Reader, Zero Collection looks to be implementing this system within the game itself.  ‘Course, this is just speculation, so don’t take my word for it.” -Protodude

Very interesting indeed. A feature predicted by our own LBD “Nytetrayn”.

News Credit: Protodude’s Rockman Corner

Rockman 10 website goes live

Following the 22nd anniversary live stream, Capcom of Japan has launched the Rockman 10 homepage. For now the info mostly surrounds the game’s story and main characters, but be sure to check out the promotional movie and delicious screens. It does mention, however, that the game is only one player, so the rumored co-op seems to be out. Pages yet to come will detail the bosses, items and how to purchase.

Edit: The Mega Man 10 homepage is now available, and is rather different from the Japanese site, language notwithstanding. –LBD

New Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom footage, Roll production art

Here’s two back-to-back three minute trailers for the upcoming Capcom fighting extravaganza, Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars. The footage features both MegaMan Volnutt and Roll. I have to admit, while I’m not much of a fighting game fan, TvC is looking pretty cool!

Additionally, here’s some production artwork of Roll from Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom’s official blog.

News Credit: GoNintendo

Nintendo Channel’s Operate Shooting Star trailer

Here’s the trailer for Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star that’s appeared on Japan’s Minna no Nintendo Channel. It’s some new footage mixed with old. Furthermore, if the trailer is to be viewed as the final product, this close to the game’s release (it practically is out now), it seems they kept the majority of the game’s music sounding similar to the GBA version of the game. Rather unfortunate.

News Credit: Gamersdag, via GoNintendo

Update: Subtitled Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star official trailer

Courtesy of Famitsu, here is Capcom’s TGS 2009 trailer for Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star, which we have graciously subtitled for you. Here are some interesting notes to point out about the video:

-Contains arranged version of the MMBN main theme, but the rest of the music is original GBA and DS tunes (probably just filler for this video).
-Game will feature voice acting for at least Lan and MegaMan. Voices appear to be the same talent who worked on the Japanese anime.
-ProtoMan, ShadowMan and even Bass make their appearances among the footage.
-What appears to be a Program Advance similar to Double Hero, with both MegaMans, in the battle with ClockMan. (Curiously, this scene is cut so you can’t tell which MegaMan is actually doing the fighting.)
-ClockMan’s battlefield panels are identical to the ones in NumberMan’s stage, implying the event takes place there.
-Even Navi chips such as GutsMan’s will be available with a * code.
-The new Rockman Star Colosseum appears to be a frantic battle to collect stars while your friends try to stop you/get the stars themselves. Has a map apparently to show the location of players and items. (I don’t know how close this is to Star Force 2’s Colosseum minigame, I never had a chance to play it.)

Original video source: Famitsutube, via Protodude’s Rockman Corner

Following Black Ace, here’s a nice Red Joker trailer

Last week we showed off a trailer for Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace. Now you can enjoy the Red Joker version! It’s pretty much the same fare, as Mega Man shows off his Red Joker skills against an assortment of bosses. And of course more voice acting samples.

Are these videos getting you more amped for our contest?

New Star Force 3 video shows Black Ace, boss battles, voice acting

Capcom has delivered us another Star Force 3 video, this one a gameplay trailer specifically for the Black Ace version. In the video, Mega Man takes on a few of the game’s bosses while using the new Black Ace form. Furthermore, the video also demonstrates that the game’s voice acting has been dubbed in English. What a nice treat!

Mega Man Star Force 3 E3 2009 trailer

Here we have a nice new trailer for Mega Man Star Force 3 Black Ace and Red Joker, direct from Capcom’s E3 content. Shows off quite a bit of gameplay action, though curiously everything is still in Japanese (except for the logos). Ah well, still a great look at the game!

Capcom’s press internets are quite packed right now and aren’t loading well, but we’ll be sure to get up the rest of the SF3 content as soon as we can. Stay tuned!