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Today we can exclusively announce that Inafune-san is working on Mega Man Universe for the 360 & PS3. Please find the slightly dry blurb below :-)
Mega Man Universe, the latest entry in Capcom’s long-running Mega Man™ series, will be a revolutionary take on the seminal classic, setting course for a new chapter in classic gaming. Mega Man games are beloved by fans all over the world. Since their debut in 1987, Mega Man has remained a videogame icon, having starred in more than 140 titles over the last 22 years. The connection he’s made with pop culture at large has extended beyond games and into cartoons, toys, clothing, comics, kid’s meals, and more. Part of that popularity is driven by the series’ ability to evolve over time yet consistently retain the addictive gameplay experience that sets Mega Man games apart.
For the next chapter in this legacy of excellence, Capcom aims to deliver the most creative Mega Man experience yet. In Mega Man Universe, imagination is the star of the game.
“We are thrilled to finally be able to announce Mega Man Universe,” said Kenji Inafune, Head of Research and Development Management for Capcom Entertainment. “This game will break the mold and challenge the conventional wisdom of what a Mega Man game can be. When fans finally get to see it, I believe they’ll envision their most far-out Mega Man dreams coming true.”
Inafune is committed to helping craft a Mega Manexperience that meets the highest expectations of Capcom fans. Most recently Mega Man™ 10echoed this fact when its classic design and compelling gameplay made it one of the most sought after digital downloads of the year. Gamers can expect Mega Man Universeto bring the core experience fans want while delivering on the promise of innovation that Capcom is known for. Its official: classic gaming will never be same again.
Find out more about MMU and lots of other new announcements @ the Capcom Europe Blog next week when we send Fonix out to Comicon in San Diego….
Official project or just doing some personal drawings for the blog, the artist Hitoshi Ariga is now at this very moment hosting a live stream known as "Arigamegamix Stream" (similar name as his blog) where he is drawing Rockman comics, sketches and other things, and if you are interested, take a look inside. You can join the chat too, however, it's a good idea if you are able to comment in Japanese. English should be fine too, in small doses or transcribed in kana.
Well, this one isn't completely Mega Man related. But enough of it is. And it involves another rare Mega Man prize, so that makes it newsworthy.
After holding two recent batches of fanart contests focusing solely on a certain series (Classic and Zero), things are getting mixed up a bit over at Capcom Unity. Now it's time for some creative crossovers.
Being called "Worlds of Capcom," the only requirements for this contest are that you create some type of NEW art that contains some kind of Capcom-series crossover. All characters in your pic must be property of Capcom. And preferably be PG-13 in content.
There will be multiple winners again, as chosen by Capcom employees from the US, Europe and Japan. Prizes seem to have something in common: autographs. From the rules page, they include: "a Mega Man t-shirt signed and drawn on by Inafune-san, an autographed (by Inafune-san) Zombrex: Dead Rising Sun movie script (this is pending), an autographed copy of Monster Hunter Tri (signed by the producer and director), RE5 poster signed by the dev team, and MORE."
The deadline for this contest is Monday, July 12th, at 9 AM PST. As usual, send a link to your entry to jgonzo with the subject "Capcom Worlds Fan Art" and a short description of what your pic is all about. Only one submission per person.
This is the cover for the soundtrack, where we see Zero being ready to slice something with his Z-Saber, while being surrounded by feathers. On the back side of the booklet, there's a drawing of Cyber Elf X, along with a staff list of the people who worked on the soundtrack.
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Turning to the next page, you will see a track list of the music in the CD, and the people that composed and performed each song too. On the right side, there's Production Notes from producer Ippo Yamada.
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Moving on, we are now getting track notes from director Ryo Kawakami, giving notes for each song in the CD. It should be noted that there is a secret 14th track in the CD, but it isn't mentioned openly in the booklet, unless you listen to it from the disc. Anyways, on the right side, there's the lyrics for the song "Everlasting", performed by Toru Itoga.
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Next we have Creator's Comments 2010 from a couple of people about the soundtrack and the Zero series in general, among other things. Here we have Inti producer Takuya Aizu, Inti supervisor Yoshihisa Tsuda, Inti director Ryota Ito, Capcom director Yoshinori Kawano, Inti character staffs Masaya Suzuki & Hirokatsu Maeda, and finally Inti BG staff Noboru Konda.
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And when turning to the next page, we get greeted by the familiar character designer Toru Nakayama, with his own comments, and also the drawings he has done for Inti Creates and Capcom. We have here Game Packages for the GBA games Rockman Zero 1, 2, 3, 4 and the Rockman Zero Collection for the Nintendo DS. The Book Cover for Rockman Zero Official Complete Works. And lastly, the Soundtrack Jackets for the Rockman Zero soundtracks made by Inti Creates, like the Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero (Original, Idea, Telos, Physis and Mythos) and the Rockman Zero Complete Game Music Collection.
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On the next page, we see other random drawings for the Rockman Zero series, like the Rockman Zero 3 Kaizou (Mod) Cards, Rockman Zero Telephone Card with Ciel, Passy, the Big 4 and Zero on it, and right under them, there's some rough design sketches for the game. On the right, we see a small profile list for people from the III Sound Create Unit.
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Here is the cover art for the soundtrack disc itself, with a big symbol in the middle as concept for the soundtrack as a whole.
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The back cover of the soundtrack package shows the track list for the soundtrack, not counting the secret track. Turning the cover around, we see a complete list of the Inti Creates and Capcom team that worked together in creating Rockman Zero Collection for the Nintendo DS.
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The spinecard on the outer side of the soundtrack package has detailed info about the soundtrack, as well as a list of the last 5 soundtracks that Inti Creates has published. Turning the spine card around, we see...
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HETARE ZERO~! The cuteness~!
That's all about the booklet and other things about the soundtrack. If you can afford it, please buy the soundtrack from any store available, including YESASIA.
I'm sure there may be a lot of you who wondered if certain Rockman anime fansubs would ever be completed. After all, it's been about 9 months since an episode has been released by anyone in the community. And the EXE anime itself has now been off the air for 4 years. We can all understand people's frustrations about the whole process, but are grateful for those who have been patient enough to stick around to see a series finished off.
So that's why I'm making a short little public service announcement today to let you all know that the final three episodes of Rockman.EXE Beast have been released by Puku Anime fansubs in joint cooperation with WolfPackProductions!! You can download the newly released episodes 23-25, along with any others you have missed, from the tracker HERE.
To continue on with the good news, all of us on the team have been working a bit harder as of late and our progress on the Beast+ series is moving along at a rapid pace. Over half the series has been edited, and many episodes are already being prepped for release as well. The plan is to release all of those episodes in higher-quality MKV files. Keep an eye on things within the next two weeks for a few more pleasant surprises...
And if things continue to run smoothly, the plan is to help out with Stream once Beast+ is wrapped up. Episodes are currently being translated, so work actually has begun on that series as well.
The Mega Man Network reports that the new Rockman Online game being produced by Korean developer Neowiz, will be using the Rockman X series as its basis. The game is said to use 3D graphics with a 2d perspective, thus evoking games of the past. Here are three pieces of promo art that are circling the web.
Note: I flipped Zero around because I noticed a mistake in his artwork.
This is where the good news ends. The game so far is only scheduled to be released in Korea, Taiwan and China. There are currently no plans to release this in Japan or America. This is where you come in! Head over to www.capcom-unity.com and make your voices heard on their forums.
After the success of the Mega Man 10 Contests and recent Mega Man Zero T-Shirt contest, Capcom-Unity is holding yet another fanart contest.
Starting this week, and continuing for another 3, all you have to do is draw something relating to a specific Zero game. Unless there is some twist, it probably will just go in order, with this week focusing on the first Zero game. So in other words, resist drawing some Neige this week, everyone.
Each week, one winner will take home a copy of Udon's Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works and a copy of the Mega Man Zero Collection when it releases on June 8th. Judging won't be public this time around, it'll all be handled by Capcom reps.
Again, to enter, you have to have a Unity account. Just PM jgonzo a link to your art, with the subject "Mega Man Zero Fan Art: Week _____" and a short description of your piece.
Week 1 (Megaman Zero) Deadline: Monday, May 17th, 9 AM PST Week 2 (Megaman Zero 2) Deadline: Monday, May 24th, 9 AM PST Week 3 (Megaman Zero 3) Deadline: Tuesday, June 1st, 9 AM PST Week 4 (Megaman Zero 4) Deadline: Monday, June 7th, 9 AM PST
Another game starring the Blue Bomber has been id'd, thanks to a new Investor Report Capcom put out recently.
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...Other goals mentioned in the briefing included expanded online development. Capcom aims to sell additional download content for major titles like Super Street Fighter IV and Lost Planet 2. It hopes to increase digital distribution of software. It also looks like we'll be getting a Mega Man Online game, jointly developed by Korea's Neowiz Games.
This is the cover for the soundtrack, where we see Forte leading a music band together with the Light bots. On the other side of the cover paper, we can see the starting page for Koji Izuki's Rockman 10 manga called -Extra F-.
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On the next few pages, we see a tracklist for the soundtrack, and all the people that are behind each track. Most of it is written in kanji, but a little guessing work will do a neat trick and you will be able to identify who they all are. If not, you will see their romanized names a few pages further. On the second page is the Producer & Arrangers Comments, with Ippo Yamada, Ryo Kawakami and Hiroki Isogai.
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Next we see Track Notes, with personal notes from Ippo Yamada on each track that's on the CD. Way on the edge of the next page is Artist Comments, where a couple of people that helped create the songs in the CD are sharing their own thoughts about things Rockman and the CD itself. On this page we see Yoshino Aoki, Masato Kouda, Satori Utsumi and Seiko Kobuchi.
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On this page we see more Artist Comments. This time it's for Manami Matsumae, Yasuaki BUNBUN Fujita, Minae Fujii, Mari Yamaguchi, Yuko Takehara, Makoto Tomozawa, Akari Kaida and Shusaku Uchiyama. On the right side of these pages is the Lyrics for the track One And Only, sung by Toru Itoga, and the song is a mix of all 3 Special Stages (Enker, Punk and Ballade) from Rockman 10.
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Turning to the next pages, we see the Lyrics to the Staff Roll track, this one being called Last Exit, also sung by Toru Itoga. Right next to it, is a pixel montage of mostly every enemy in the game, along with their official names.
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Next we see a bunch of profiles for the people who worked on the soundtrack, and also describing things they have done in the past.
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On the next pages, we see the Credits section, where it shows every single person that has worked on the soundtrack, including publishing, packaging and all kinds of hard work done to the soundtrack in general. On the right side is the very last page for the -Extra F- manga. Why is it showing up there? Well, it turns out that you have to read the manga from the other direction. Go back to the first page mentioned at the top of the news post and then read the manga in the following order (from Right to Left):
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Wily crash-lands with his capsule down to Dr. Right's Laboratory, talking about the Robotenza that has infected the robots around the world. Going out to find a cure, Rock puts on his helmet in a attempt to cure Roll from the virus, as well as the other robots around the world. Blues shows up here to give a helping hand too. Forte and Gospel crashes nearby some ruins.
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Forte is interrupted by Blade Man, but with a big grin on his face, Forte fights him.
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The fights gets more rough, and things are getting tough for Forte, but in the end, Blade Man is no match to him. Rock and Blues shows up near the same ruins, and they see Blade Man beaten to a crisp. Blues talks about the Vaccine Data with Rock.
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The next robot master is Strike Man, and Forte is ready to slice him up with a Triple Blade attached to his buster.
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Forte slices up Strike Man and his Rebound Strikers. Forte also fights against Sheep Man and Pump Man with a insanely crazed expression on his face.
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The last couple of fights are on these pages. Forte fights against Solar Man, Chill Man, Nitro Man and Commando Man. After that, Forte boasts about his awesomeness, before things goes wrong and he falls down flat on the ground.
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It looks like Forte has been infected by the Robotenza. Gospel runs over to help him, by giving him a vaccine to cure Forte from the virus. Gospel swallows it though. Both of them rush over to Wily's station way way up into space and things go boom-boom from there.
Here is the cover art for the soundtrack disc itself. Rock plays the guitar on the reflecting plate, with both white and blue colors to match the theme of the soundtrack in full.
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The back cover of the soundtrack package shows the tracklist for the soundtrack. Turning the cover around, we see a complete list of the Inti Creates and Capcom team that worked together in creating Rockman 10 for Wii, PS3 and 360. On the right side of the staff list, we can also see a full list of every single person that composed each track for the Original Soundtrack. If this wasn't known before, now you know.
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Inside the booklet, there was a extra paper sheet flying out of it. This is a survey that you can fill out, with some questions like the version of Rockman 10 you own, which other Inti Creates soundtracks you own, and other things. At the bottom of that paper, you can see a square box covering Rockman's face. There was a similar sheet of paper inside the Original Soundtrack, with Rockman's face on it. You could take a scissor and cut that piece of the paper out and then glue it on Rock's face on this survey. Turning the paper around, there is some empty fields where you have to write your name, address, gender, e-mail and other info. Then you send the survey to Inti Creates for something fun.
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The spinecard on the outer side of the soundtrack package has detailed info about the soundtrack, as well as a list of the last 5 soundtracks that Inti Creates has published. Turning the spine card around, you can see the colorful sprites from the game, with some kind of diagram drawn in the middle. It looks like some kind of playful thing where you have to match the instruments at the bottom of the spine card with the sprites on the top of it. That sounds like a fun activity. ^^
That's all about the booklet and other things about the soundtrack. If you can afford it, please buy the soundtrack from any store available, including CD Japan.
It would seem as though Siliconera has found a really interesting tidbit in a recent trademark filed by Capcom. Capcom's USA branch has trademarked the title "Mega Man Universe" and the fans are getting down to the guess work. So far, folks have thought of everything, from things as modest as new art book series to a new full fledged MT Framework flagship blue bomber entry on consoles. Whatever this may turn out to be, it's sure to keep us guessing as the only info we have is said name.
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Perhaps, Mega Man Universe is their next major Mega Man project. Capcom trademarked Mega Man Universe in the USA and they have a pretty good track record when it comes to using trademarks. Remember Okamiden, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, and Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth? All of those games were outed by trademark registrations dug up by Siliconera.
So what do you all think? Expecting something amazing? Keeping your hopes tempered? Or cynical and doubtful? Whatever the thought, you can share it all here. Discuss!
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