To the surprise of everyone, a lesser-known Mega Man game has ... contains only the Japanese version. *Trading functions have been disabled. *The manual included in the game it is from the NEOGEO ...

The background is exactly the same, but Mega Man's face looks decidedly less unsettling, matching the visual style present in Japan's box art design. Speaking of which, Japan's box art design ...

The game looks a lot like Mega Man, and the 2.5D ... Western or Japanese, with backers able to choose their preferred version. This includes box-art, art books, and so forth.

Progress. Now then, what of Mega Man 8? Wait! Wait a minute! Is that… Yeah, finally, Capcom decided to stop pretending this game wasn’t Japanese and used the Inafune-style art on the cover.

When a property runs long enough, there are adaptations and versions of the characters that become infamous for being so off the mark and bizarre. There’s that time when Dennis Hopper played ...

While the Japanese game's name may not make a lot of sense ... Final Thoughts With gameplay truly befitting the Mega Man name, a unique art style, and enough twists to the story and mechanics ...

Mega Man creator and former Capcom R&D boss Keiji Inafune has unleashed another bitter condemnation of the state of the Japanese games industry. Inafune told an audience at GDC in San Francisco ...

Before Might No. 9, you had some very serious concerns about the state of game development in Japan. Things seem to be on an upswing, but, how do you feel about the future of Japanese game ...

The release date just went up on Capcom Japan’s Mega Man 9 page. Wait, September 24? That’s a Wednesday. WiiWare games usually come out on Tuesdays in Japan. Something is awry. You know what ...

For many in the United States, this was the first real time that the video game hero ... But now that Mega Man‘s original animated series will be making its mark in Japan across multiple ...

NES/Famicom game support for the 3DS Virtual Console in Japan is ramping up. Next on the schedule is Mega Man 2, originally released in 1988. The game has eight new Robot Masters—Metal Man ...

Capcom has been in the games business almost as long ... own mascot of sorts very early on with Mega Man. This little robot boy, known as Rockman in Japan, was one of the most popular and ...