"Rockman ZX" Announced for Nintendo DS

[Derwin]

Capcom of Japan has officially posted their website for a new Rockman game for the Nintendo DS, dubbed Rockman ZX (http://www.capcom.co.jp/rockman_zx/). Credit: Mega Man Network (http://megaman.retrofaction.com)

For Mega Man fans, this new series appears to be post-Zero, pre-Legends. Translations from the website state:

New Project Initiated
The Latest Addition to the Rockman Series
"Rockman ZX" Work Determined!!

Rockman ZX
Genre: Action
System: Nintendo DS
Release Date: Undecided
Cost: Undecided

[There are male and female protagonists]
- Van and Eile
For the first time, in this game you can choose between the male "Van" and the female "Eile".
Eile is the first female protagonist in the Rockman series.
What is the power they hold within...?

[Enigmatic Character]
Model Z

[Transform with living metals*!!]
- What are living metals?
They are enigmatic pieces of metal discovered from ruins. There are many varieties and they record information, including past history and weapon data. Those who recognize living metals can acquire knowledge and power according to their own personal purposes. Van and Eile use the living metals to transform.

Model X

What is the connection between Model X and Model Z? And what of Rockman ZX...?

I personally love the Mega Man Zero series for the GBA because while Mega Man regularly recieves periodic bashings one after another on the media due to how far it has strayed from the original games, this Zero series completely goes back to what Mega Man used to be. I just hope this new game doesn't screw up everything i like about it.

[JazGalaxy]

I think that's really the beauty of any original game, and why I hate "sequelitis" so much.

Halo was so great because it didn't have to do anything but be Halo. Perfect Dark was way more lame than it should have been because it wasn't a particularly good sequel to Perfect Dark.

Keep in mind, being a good sequel and a good game are entirely different concepts with entirely different criteria.

[Rirath]

this Zero series completely goes back to what Mega Man used to be. I just hope this new game doesn't screw up everything i like about it.[/I]

The whole reason why I loved the GBA and hate to see it drifting off the radar. But if Castlevania DS, Mario Kart DS, Sonic Rush, and etc is any indication, the DS is still the home of some oldschool fun. Just hope devs don't start forgetting that. Looking forward to this.

Three cheers for "female protagonist"! :D

[EternalGamer]

I don't know about the whole female protagonist thing. Certainly not because I have any problems with a female star, but because it seems more like a marketing tactic. I almost expectg there to be two versions of this game the "Megman Z" version and the "Megaman X" version with some sort of assinine Pokemon type collection system built in. It makes me feel sort of dirty just thinking about it....

Dan

[Murtaug]

I don't know about the whole female protagonist thing. Certainly not because I have any problems with a female star, but because it seems more like a marketing tactic. I almost expectg there to be two versions of this game the "Megman Z" version and the "Megaman X" version with some sort of assinine Pokemon type collection system built in. It makes me feel sort of dirty just thinking about it....

Dan

Didn't they already do that with the Battle Network games?

[EternalGamer]

Yeah, but that doesn't stop them from putting it into practice again.

Dan

[Taco]

A lot of DS stuff going around. Good to hear.

[Crabby]

Ahem? Pre-Legends? Since when was the Legends series apart of any continuity pertaining to MegaMan/X/Zero? Pfftt, fan indeed.

[Derwin]

i only say that because a lot of the characters in it appear to be from the legends series, or the story suggests it. just a thought, buddy.

there is more information floating around about this game, one quote that says:

"The two can transform using "live metal" excavated from ruins. A new legend will begin!"

you can't chafe me for alluding to the possibility.

[Crabby]

Look at the models for Zero and tell me if you think the art style in this one is unusually different.

Secondly, it was a joke.

Thirdly, marketing buzzwords don't account for anything. :rolleyes:

[Derwin]

engrish IS kind of mysterious, so who knows what it could mean.

[mister_slim]

engrish IS kind of mysterious, so who knows what it could mean.
Thanks to the quality writing on the internet, half the time I can't tell what stuff written in English means.

[Rirath]

Ahem? Pre-Legends? Since when was the Legends series apart of any continuity pertaining to MegaMan/X/Zero? Pfftt, fan indeed.

Wikipedia puts the Legends series in the same position, post Zero:

# Mega Man Classic takes place from 200X to 20XX,
# Mega Man X begins from 21XX to possibly 22XX afterwards,
# Mega Man Zero is set an additional century after the X series ends, and
# Mega Man Legends takes place several thousand years after the Zero series but the exact time is unknown.

[Mozgus]

Wikipedia puts the Legends series in the same position, post Zero:
And just for that, someone is now going to edit that wiki entry to say otherwise. Because wiki is always correct!

[LiquidRain]

Who did the translation, out of curiosity? (give credit where credit is due.... the first place (and the only place that translated it that I've seen so far) is fansite Atomic Fire (http://www.atomic-fire.com))

[Derwin]

yeah, sorry about that. i didn't mean to ignore the source, i just forgot. but i edited the post to include the proper credit site.

[Rirath]

And just for that, someone is now going to edit that wiki entry to say otherwise. Because wiki is always correct!

Someone'll edit it back. It's not always correct, nor is any other encyclopedia you'll ever read, but it's a good starting point.

[mister_slim]

Because mister_slim is always correct!
Now I have to edit your post to correct it.

[Heretic Machine]

And just for that, someone is now going to edit that wiki entry to say otherwise. Because wiki is always correct!

Critics of Wiki's always seem to ignore the fact that 99% of the information is accurate. They just focus on the fact that it's "possible" for someone to edit a wiki post maliciously, and then for no one to edit it back. I've yet to see an example of this.

Now as for this game... am I the only one that thinks this will just provoke the internet to produce a significant amount of Z-on-X hentai?

[Chimpbot]

Ahem? Pre-Legends? Since when was the Legends series apart of any continuity pertaining to MegaMan/X/Zero? Pfftt, fan indeed.

It's always been a part of the continuity. The Legends series simply takes place in the distant future, far after the X series.
Some of the things in the first Legend game are referenced in one of the later X games...such as X forming a group and calling it something eerily similar to the name the Mega Man line of robots had in Legends. Don't ask me for the specifics, because it's been a long time since I've played these games...but the X collection shall certainly help refresh my memory!

I do think it's rather cool that Capcom actually bothered to come up with an overarching storyline for their games; the series is old enough that they could just toss out new ones every year or so without even attempting to try...but they still do.
I'm glad they're actually starting to bridge the gap between the "beginning" of the series and Legends; it's been a long time coming and they're finally explaining how and why the things that happened actually came to pass.

[Crabby]

I don't dig revisionist history. Playing the games themselves places them in a unique universe, especially if you endure the second one to the finale. The "Zero" games are already an ambiguous amount of time after the "X" series. The way they've set themselves up here is very simple. They could make MegaMan X sequels past the number 30, let's say. and still maintain an intact plot for the "Zero" games provided they don't destory the world at some point in the X series (having a final plot closer is unlikely).

Positioning Legends thousands of years beyond Zero simply because nothing in that world resembles or has any trace to past MegaMan games (so it must be really far ahead) is a huge copout.

What's next? Is someone going to find a loophole to insert the BattleNetwork series somewhere in there?

Or maybe time in the MegaMan universe is circular and Legends is really before MegaMan 1. That would make some sense right? I mean, maybe Dr. Wily stole his skull fetish from the Bonnes?

In all seriousness, if you've played to the end of Legends 2 and still think it relates at all to any of the other plots than you must have been sleeping.