Mega Man Star Force: Official Complete Works Hardcover Edition Up for Pre-Order

Exorbitant second-hand prices begone! Mega Man Star Force: Official Complete Works is coming back at with an affordable price tag. The hardcover reprint of the book recently went up for pre-order of Amazon for $44.99. It's due to ship on May 5th, 2020.

Just like past OCW hardcover reprints, no new content will be added. If you missed out on this one the first time around, by all means snag a pre-order here.

Rockman X DiVE on Track to Launch This Year

Following Kazuhiro Tsuchiya's statement at the end of September saying " it may take a while for the game to officially launch" some fans speculated that the game may not be launching this year.  However, today via Capcom's Q2 FY2019 Financial Results, we have confirmation that the game is indeed launching this year as originally was announced in the reveal trailer:

We are pretty much two months away from the end of the year and they still have to conduct an Open Beta and of course launch the game itself. That said, we can expect regular news about Rockman X DiVE to resume soon after a relatively calm period following the end of the Closed Beta in August.

And speaking of Rockman X DiVE, the development team opened up a new Facebook page called "Rockman X DiVE – Derivative Work Group". Here, fans can post their fan-creations and, by the look of things, the development team will choose a topic from time-to-time to inspire fan creations. It's something to look forward to if you're the creative type!

Source: Capcom Investor Relations

The Live-Action Mega Man Movie Isn't Dead Yet, It Seems

Back in August we reported (via Variety) that the Mega Man live-action movie could have been shelved following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox as a number of Fox-related films were reportedly cancelled mid-development. However, according to Capcom's latest financial results, the franchise is still poised for a live-action film adaptation.

Here is the relevant statement regarding expanded brand-awareness:

"... to generate synergy with its popular games via greater global brand awareness and value, the Company has been producing world-leading content, with brands such as Street Fighter and Resident Evil being made into Hollywood movies, now followed by Monster Hunter and Mega Man, which are also scheduled for live-action film adaptation."

At this time, it remains to be seen if this is the same project that was intended to be produced by Masi Oka and written and directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. What's more, there's no indication of Disney is involved or if Capcom are shopping the film around to different studios/distributors.

More news on this subject as it comes!

Mega Man Battle Network 4.5: Real Operation English Translation Released!

Thanks to the tireless efforts of The Rockman EXE Zone, fans can finally enjoy Mega Man Battle Network 4.5: Real Operation in English. The English-translation is now complete, featuring a fully-realized localization that's practically indistinguishable from a would-be-official localization. This is the game that would have been in your hands 15-years-ago!

Elemental Story x Rockman X Crossover Characters Revealed!

On the heels of last week's announcement, we have more details about the Elemental Story x Rockman X crossover. The "Studio Z Official Elest Live Broadcast vol.72" today has delivered our frst look at the Rockman X characters that will take part in the crossover. All the expected characters are here such as X, Zero, Axl and other popular characters like Alia, Sigma and Vile (VAVA). But surprisingly enough two characters that barely get any attention are joining the party: Dynamo and Shadow Devil.

Bonus Cards and Link Mode Confirmed for Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection

It's the news many of us have been waiting for: The Mega Man Zero 3 e-modification cards are indeed back for Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection. What's more, Mega Man ZX 1's Slot-2 features will be included as well! 

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection: Special Interview with Toru Nakayama

Via the Rockman Unity blog, we have the rare chance to read an interview with Zero series character designer and illustrator Toru Nakayama. More recently, Nakayama was the character designer for Inti Creates' Dragon Marked for Death. He returned to the Zeries to create the boxart (and other goodies) for the Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection, as well.

Grab a cup of coffee because this is a lengthy interview, albeit with some information you may not have heard before. Nevertheless there's some very interesting information to be found!

Rockman X and Elemental Story Crossover Event Announced

Dragalia Lost won't be the only mobile game crossing over with our blue boy. A Rockman X-themed event is reportedly coming soon to Elemental Story; a relatively popular match-three RPG for iOS and Android.

Although details are few and far between at the moment, the contents of the event will officially be revealed on Friday, October 25th during a special Elemental Story broadcast on YouTube. The crossover event itself will begin on October 31st.

And yeah; that's all there is to say on this topic for now. An announcement of an announcement is one way to do things, I suppose. At least we know X, himself, will be a part of the festivities.

Source: Elemental Story

Exclusive: Mega Man and Roll's Lost Sisters From Mega Man Universe

Our Mega Man Universe postmortem project continues with a look at two never-before-seen characters. My sources could not recall the official names for these girls, but one thing is absolutely certain: they were intended to be Mega Man and Roll's sisters for Mega Man Universe. We'll call them "Glasses" and "Met" for now.

Rockman Live 2020 – New Songs, TV Commercial and Other Information Revealed

Recently, general admission tickets for Rockman Live 2020 went up for sale (if you have the means to do so, you can order them here). And to mark the occasion, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (ytv) revealed new information about the concerts via the Rockman Live 2020 Official Website. All the information after the break!

Mega Man: Fully Charged Season 1 Officially Headed to YouTube (Update)

UPDATE: For one reason or another, the videos have got "private".  Sooo... yeah. We'll see what happens.

It looks like Mega Man: Fully Charged is, at last, freeing itself from the shackles of Cartoon Network. As of a couple weeks ago, full-length episodes of the show have begun appearing on the official Mega Man: Fully Charged YouTube channel. They've posted six episodes so far with more to come each weekend. They're region free, too! Check em out:

• Episode 27 & Episode 28 – A Guided Cage | To Air is Robot
• Episode 29 & Episode 30 – Watt's Happening?! | Chill Out, Bruh
• Episode 31 & Episode 32  – Big Bad Dreams | License to Drill

It beats me why they've chosen to not start at episode 1. But, hey, at least we're starting somewhere. By putting Fully Charged on YouTube, WildBrain (formerly DHX Media) are giving the show a chance at finding a larger audience. Fully Charged suffered a fate that's all too common on Cartoon Network: they schedule a non-CN Studios show at a "dead" timeslot, choose not to advertise it, then "gate" it behind cable-subscriber-only VOD and on-demand services. Today, though, we can all watch it.

If you haven't seen an episode of Fully Charged, well, it sounds like this is the way to go.

Source: Mega Man: Fully Charged

Mega Man 1-11 Vinyl Soundtrack Boxset Announced for December Release

Laced Records, a company that specializes in creating soundtracks and merchandise for video games, announced today the release of a limited edition vinyl boxset featuring the soundtracks of Mega Man 1 to 11. You can find all the details after the break!