During today's Nintendo Direct, in addition to our first look at Proto Man gameplay, Mega Man and Proto Man Amiibo figures were revealed. Both will be available alongside the game when it launches in Spring 2027.
No details about what functionality the Amiibo will have in the game were announced at this time.
Our first look at Proto Man in action is here! The latest Mega Man: Dual Override gameplay trailer puts “The Red Rogue” front and center, showcasing the unique abilities that set him apart from Mega Man, including a powerful Shield Bash attack. The trailer also includes a sneak peek at a few new stages.
Capcom also confirmed that Mega Man: Dual Override will launch in Spring 2027.
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Something appears to be amiss on Steam's backend, with achievements for several unreleased and even unannounced games surfacing on Exophase, a site that tracks Steam achievements. Among them is the complete achievement list for Mega Man: Dual Override, despite the game still being a long way from release.
I won't post the achievements directly here, as they spoil the names of the Robot Masters and other features that have not yet been announced by Capcom. If you want to go into Dual Override completely blind, or simply wait for Capcom to reveal these details on its own terms, be advised that the spoilers are now out there. Major spoiler warning.
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Mega Man and LEGO are finally collaborating, though perhaps not in the way many fans expected. In addition to the handful of cosmetics coming to Fortnite, officially licensed LEGO versions of Mega Man, X and Zero will also be available later this week.
The LEGO skins can be used in LEGO Fortnite's survival and crafting mode, as well as standard Fortnite Creative or custom modes that support LEGO skins.
All in all, it's great to see Mega Man and LEGO finally doing something together, and hopefully this is a precursor to more collaborations down the road. While not every LEGO skin featured in Fortnite has a corresponding real-world set or kit, some do, so perhaps physical Mega Man LEGO could be in the cards someday.
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Fortnite's Mega Man collaboration is heavily suggested to begin as soon as tomorrow, or within the next couple of days. Ahead of the festivities, several of the event's skins, items and cosmetics have been decrypted, offering our best look yet at what's in store.
The Mega Man Fortnite collaboration is expected to begin this week, potentially as soon as tomorrow according to early leaks. And with the crossover seemingly right around the corner, several official Fortnite channels have started teasing even more Mega Man skins.
As seen in the teaser above, X and Zero are joining the fray too!
We should have more details on the collaboration, including an official start date, very soon.
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In a new interview with Nintendo Everything, members of the development team confirmed that Junko Karashima is serving as sound director, seemingly taking over the role from Mega Man 11 sound director Ryo Oshii. Karashima has a lengthy list of credits spanning numerous Dance Dance Revolution and beatmania titles, and more recently directed and composed music for Mega Man X DiVE.
When asked who is composing the music for Dual Override, the team did not reveal any individual composers just yet, but they did speak about Karashima’s role and the expectations surrounding the soundtrack:
"What we can say at this point is the sound director of Mega Man: Dual Override is Junko Karashima. She is someone who respects the music of all the other past Mega Man games and understands that there are high expectations and how important music is for a game like Mega Man: Dual Override. The goal is to maintain the things that remain important in a Mega Man game we’re hoping people are really excited for the music in Mega Man: Dual Override."
Nintendo Everything’s full interview with the development team covers several other topics about the game, so be sure to give the full piece a read!
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A new month, a new collaboration. The classic series is crossing over with the Japanese MMORPG Logres of Swords and Sorcery: Goddess of Ancient beginning September 9.
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During today's State of Play, Sony has announced that Mega Man X: Command Mission is finally getting a re-release as part of the growing PlayStation Plus Classics Catalog. The game will arrive sometime later this year for PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers.
Notably, this will mark the very first re-release of Command Mission since its original launch on PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube in 2004. More than 20 years later!
Sony hasn't announced a specific release date just yet, or if you can purchase the game individually. We'll have more details as they become available!
An early retail listing has surfaced for what appears to be a new Blokees Mega Man release titled Mega Man: Dimension Cross. The listing is a blind box of kits under this new Dimension Cross line, with the Mega Man inside being a "Galaxy Version" variant.
At the moment, the listing doesn't provide any images or details about what the kit will actually include. The "Dimension Cross" name is interesting, though, and could potentially point toward a lineup featuring different versions of Mega Man from across the franchise -- classic, X, EXE, etc. That's purely speculation for now, however.
Blokees' Galaxy S Series kits typically stand approximately 11–12 cm (4–4.7 inches) tall, so we can at least get a general idea of the scale.
For now, we'll have to wait and see what Blokees has planned. Given that it's expected to ship in November, an official reveal could be around the corner.
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