Professor Mega Man! Legendary game producer Keiji Inafune to lecture at Osaka...
Despite working for video game publisher Capcom for over 20 years, Keiji Inafune didn’t really achieve international name-recognition until the tumultuous tail end of his time with the company. Even...
View ArticleShut up and take my money: Awesome handmade Lego video game art on sale now
If you like old-school video games and loving fiddling around with bits of Lego, then this is something that you absolutely need to see. These scenes from Super Mario Bros 3, The Legend of Zelda,...
View ArticleAnother sensible purchase: Replica Mega Man arm cannon can be yours for just...
“Eat solar bullets, evil robots!” You’re never too old for awesome toys, and the folks over at ThinkGeek are working on your next nerdy purchase as we speak: a perfect replica of platform shooter hero...
View ArticleCry into your Mega Man cushion while you wait in vain for a new game in the...
Despite the reluctance of video game publisher Capcom to green-light any new titles, there’s a lot to love about the Mega Man franchise, including creative boss battles, catchy music, and tough but...
View ArticlePower up with Mega Man E Tank sports drink
Sometimes, everyday tasks can seem like a bigger challenge than a stage in a retro video game. As the day draws on, you get more and more tired, losing the ability and will to go on. Wouldn’t itbe...
View ArticleTurn desk time into battle time with this gloriously unnecessary replica Mega...
Anyone who regularly reads my ramblings here on RocketNews24 will know that I’m steadily building up a sizeable list of geeky trinkets I intend to pester my loved ones for this Christmas. From...
View ArticleAwkward: Official PlayStation montage features image taken from Wii U game,...
Take a quick look at the character-packed image above. That’s a whole lot of faces, right? And in the 20 years since Sony’s first video games console was released, they’ve all appeared on some...
View ArticlePoseable North American Mega Man figure lets you admire the character’s belly...
Back in the 1980s and ‘90s, it wasn’t unusual for Japanese video games to be released internationally with box art different from that which was used at home. Many overseas publishers worried that the...
View ArticleFrom kicked to the curb to stylish kicks, here come Mega Man sneakers!
While some video game characters have settled into more or less permanent relationships with their publishers, like Nintendo’s Mario or Bandai Namco’s Kazuya and Heihachi Mishima, not every digital...
View ArticlePlayer uses 1 controller to run through Megaman X & Megaman X2 simultaneously
YouTuber Aura Puffs assigned themselves a seemingly impossible task: using only one SNES controller simultaneously play through Megaman X and Megaman X2. The limitations also include no save states,...
View ArticleJapan’s amazing screen door video game artist is back with new NES-inspired...
Intricate process creates characters that look as cool now as they did in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. Quite some time ago, we took a look at the awesome artwork from Japanese Twitter user and...
View ArticleMega Man rock concert coming this July in honor of 30th anniversary
Time to look back at the fine history of Mega Man… except the Captain N stuff. Let’s all agree to forget about that. In December of 1987, a fledgling video game company by the name of Capcom put out a...
View Article10 stalled Japanese game franchises that deserve a sequel, according to gamers
There are a lot of oldies but goodies on here! Popular ranking site Goo Ranking is back at it again! They’ve been polling Japanese netizens on their preferences on all manner of topics. We’ve seen the...
View ArticleNew Mega Man cartoon to premiere, Japanese fans understandably apprehensive
Come on guys, it’s not like they’re going to make Mega Man a hoarse chubby baby with a speaking disorder…twice. In all of video-gamedom there is hardly a character as endearing as Mega Man (or Rockman...
View ArticleThe 13-year-old video game contest winner who became one of Japan’s greatest...
Once he was just a junior high kid who drew a Mega Man robot, but now he’s one of the most beloved comic artists in the world. Capcom’s Mega Man came out for the Famicom/NES in 1987 and quickly...
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