REMASTERED TRACKS ROCKMAN ZERO: Telos Translation Part 3: "Special Interview & Artist's Profile"

To end our coverage of the REMASTERED TRACKS ROCKMAN ZERO Telos soundtrack booklet, we have an interview with Katabuchi Sunao, the director of the 2nd and 3rd Rockman Zero TV commercials that aired in Japan. What's more, we also have profiles of perhaps, the notable members of Inti Creates Sound Team that worked on the soundtrack.

Read on for all the info and images! Thanks again to Sidier for providing all this translations!

Brand-New Mega Man 11 Artwork Featured on T-Shirts (UPDATE)

UPDATE: It turns out Ishihara-san isn't the illustrator. Rather, it's the handiwork of artists Omar Alvero, Lv01KOKUEN, and BerryVerrine.

Here's a little something interesting that flew under our radar. A couple weeks ago at Anime Expo, four officially-licensed Mega Man 11 t-shirts were up for grabs, each featuring brand-new artwork by character designer Yuji Ishihara. The shirts were produced by Eighty Sixty, makers of various video game-inspired goods.

Artwork on each shirt includes:

• Mega Man, Roll, Rush and Auto
• Mega Man undergoing repairs
• Mega Man striking a familiar pose against a collage of all eight Robot Master powers
• Mega Man's profile with internal schematics

At the time of this writing, these four shirts remain AX-exclusives and are unavailable from Eighty Sixty's website. However, according to Eighty Sixty's Twitter account, there will be an "announcement soon". We'll keep an ear to the ground for updates. For now, which of these do you want most?

Thanks to bomberedx2 for the pics!

REMASTERED TRACKS ROCKMAN ZERO: Telos Translation Part 2: "Creator's Chat"

Thanks once again to the translation work of Sidier, we present the "Creator's Chat" from the REMASTERED TRACKS ROCKMAN ZERO Telos booklet. What follows below is a lengthy interview with Ippo Yamada (Sound Producer and Designer, Music Composer), Toshihiko Honda (Background Designer), Masaya Suzuki (Character Graphics), Toru Nakayama (Character Designer), Makoto Yabe (Background Design and Scenario Draft), and Takuya Aizu (Producer).

Grab a cup of coffee because this is a long interview you don't want to miss!

"Mega Man Grin" Figure Going On Sale During Comic-Con

Ron English's highly anticipated, officially-licensed "Mega Man "Grin"figure will debut during the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, the artist announced. The figure will be sold exclusively at an off-site pop-up shop three blocks from the convention center between July 17th through July 20th. It will be located at 1037 J Street.

No word yet on price or the status of Ron English's equally interesting Proto Man and Zero interpretations. I guess you'll have to go down there and find out for yourself...

Source: Toys R Evil

Teppen: Mega Man X Cards From "The Core Card Pack" (Part 3)

We've reached the final part in our Teppen Core Card Pack coverage. Today we're observing the last 12 cards from a total of 36 Mega Man X-themed cards... but before that, let's talk about the "Secret Cards."

REMASTERED TRACKS ROCKMAN ZERO Telos Translation Part 1: "Notes on Tracks"

Released back on December 10th, 2004, REMASTERED TRACKS ROCKMAN ZERO Telos is the third album in Inti Creates' REMASTERED TRACKS ROCKMAN ZERO series. Telos (from the Greek word "ΤΕΛΟΣ "or "Τέλος"  meaning "end", "purpose", or "goal") features 37-tracks worth of remixed music from Rockman Zero 3.

Typically, the majority of Inti Creates' music CDs for the Rockman series and even the Gunvolt series go the extra mile in terms of supplemental content. You'll often find fun things like liner notes, character and development staff  biographies, interviews, development insight and, sometimes, mini manga stories. However, the crown jewel of these albums are the "drama tracks" that further expand and enrich pre-established lore. Rockman Zero Telos is no exception.

Courtesy of our translator Sidier, we're proud to present for the very first time the entirety of Rockman Zero Telos' densely-packed booklet in English. Because of it's length, we'll be splitting its translated contents into separate posts. Today we begin with English-translated liner notes, or "Notes on Tracks" as Inti Creates calls them. Hit the jump below and see what composer Ippo Yamada had to say about various tracks!

Teppen: Mega Man X Cards From "The Core Card Pack" (Part 2)

Today we continue with 12 more Mega Man X cards from Teppen. There's not much to add this time, so just enjoy the flavored text and artwork. Come back at the end of the week for the third and final part of our Core Card Pack coverage. You'll also get to find out which card you can only get spending real money.

Teppen: Mega Man X Cards From "The Core Card Pack" (Part 1)

We continue our coverage of Teppen's Mega Man X specific cards with the cards that are only available from the Core Card Pack. This is the first supplemental card pack made available for the game and, as such, we should talk about currency and how much it costs to get one of these packs

Game Boy Mega Man III SAMPLE Version Dumped

Our library of pre-release and prototype Mega Man games continues to grow with the addition of a Game Boy Mega Man III "SAMPLE" version.

On the surface, there's nothing too ground breaking here. It's more or less a final, localized build of MMIII with the only noticeable difference being the words "SAMPLE" on the title screen. I'd wager this was originally passed around out trade shows, demo kiosks, or for review. Still, it's a part of Mega Man history and should be preserved.

You can download it and lots of other Mega Man pre-release/prototype/demo versions from the Rockman Corner Dropbox here. Many thanks to Skaarg for the donation!

Mega Merch: Post-E3 Round-up - Current and Upcoming Items

Every year during E3, Capcom sets up cases of current or in-progress merchandise for their series. This year at E3 there was once again a wide selection of Mega Man merchandise showcased for fans to get excited for. Now that the show has come and gone, here's an in-depth look at what you can expect to see this year and beyond for our little blue bomber.

Teppen: The Basic Cards (Mega Man X)

A couple of days ago we talked about X's story in Teppen. Today we're going to start looking at the actual Mega Man X series cards. After all, this is a trading card game and in this particular case the cards are the jewel of the crown (in terms of presentation, at least). At this time, the game has cards that you acquire when you beat each hero's story mode and completing events (missions, leveling up, etc.), plus cards from the Core Card Pack that you acquire using money (using real money or in-game currency).

Today we will cover Basic Cards from the Mega Man X series. After the break you'll find  story information and clean artwork of each card (and the name of the artist that drew them).

Teppen: X's Hero Story Summary

We're continuing our coverage of Capcom and GungHo Online Entertainment's latest mobile game, Teppen, with an image recap of X "Hero Story". Check it out after the break or, if you're just catching up, read up on what the game is all about here.