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[rockman zx]

That's right, 27 years ago the first Rockman for the Famicom was released in Japan (12/17/87).

From @Reploid_21XX




From here to below is Cheesemeister work!.

The Blue Bomber is 25 years old today, December 17th.

Capcom's Rockman Series Official Portal Site
Capcom USA's Mega Man Series Official Portal Site
Mega Man Community Thread
Mega Man 25th Anniversary Playthrough Topic

Also indispensable...

MMHP: The Mega Man Home Page
The Mega Man Network
Protodude's Rockman Corner
Okkusenman!
Airman ga Taosenai
Wikipedia: List of Mega Man video games
Wikipedia: Robot Master

The Original Series

[NES] Mega Man

JP: 12/17/1987
NA: 12/1987
EU: 12/13/1989

And who can forget this boxart?

DRN-001 Mega Man (Rock)
DRN-002 Roll
DRN-003 Cut Man
DRN-004 Guts Man
DRN-005 Ice Man
DRN-006 Bomb Man
DRN-007 Fire Man
DRN-008 Elec Man

[NES] Mega Man 2

JP: 12/24/1988
NA: 7/1989
EU: 12/14/1990

Or these beauties?

DWN-009 Metal Man
DWN-010 Air Man
DWN-011 Bubble Man
DWN-012 Quick Man
DWN-013 Crash Man
DWN-014 Flash Man
DWN-015 Heat Man
DWN-016 Wood Man

[NES] Mega Man 3

JP: 9/28/1990
NA: 11/1990
EU: 2/20/1992

DRN-000 Proto Man (Blues)

DWN-017 Needle Man
DWN-018 Magnet Man
DWN-019 Gemini Man
DWN-020 Hard Man
DWN-021 Top Man
DWN-022 Snake Man
DWN-023 Spark Man
DWN-024 Shadow Man

[NES] Mega Man 4

JP: 12/6/1991
NA: 1/1992
EU: 1/21/1993

DWN-025 Bright Man
DWN-026 Pharaoh Man
DWN-027 Drill Man
DWN-028 Ring Man
DWN-029 Toad Man
DWN-030 Dust Man
DWN-031 Dive Man
DWN-032 Skull Man

[NES] Mega Man 5

JP: 12/4/1992
NA: 12/1992
EU: 11/18/1993

DWN-033 Gravity Man
DWN-034 Wave Man
DWN-035 Stone Man
DWN-036 Gyro Man
DWN-037 Star Man
DWN-038 Charge Man
DWN-039 Napalm Man
DWN-040 Crystal Man

[NES] Mega Man 6

JP: 11/5/1993
NA: 3/1994

DWN-041 Blizzard Man
DWN-042 Centaur Man
DWN-043 Flame Man
DWN-044 Knight Man
DWN-045 Plant Man
DWN-046 Tomahawk Man
DWN-047 Wind Man
DWN-048 Yamato Man

[SNS] Mega Man 7

JP: 3/24/1995
NA: 9/1995

DWN-049 Freeze Man
DWN-050 Junk Man
DWN-051 Burst Man
DWN-052 Cloud Man
DWN-053 Spring Man
DWN-054 Slash Man
DWN-055 Shade Man
DWN-056 Turbo Man

[PSX][SAT] Mega Man 8

JP: 12/17/1996
NA: 2/27/1997

DWN-057 Tengu Man
DWN-058 Astro Man
DWN-059 Sword Man
DWN-060 Clown Man
DWN-061 Search Man
DWN-062 Frost Man
DWN-063 Grenade Man
DWN-064 Aqua Man

[360][PS3][WII] Mega Man 9

NA: 2/22/2008
JP: 2/24/2008
EU: 2/25/2008

DWN-065 Jewel Man
DWN-066 Magma Man
DWN-067 Hornet Man
DWN-068 Splash Woman
DWN-069 Plug Man
DWN-070 Galaxy Man
DWN-071 Concrete Man
DWN-072 Tornado Man

[360][PS3][WII] Mega Man 10

NA: 3/1/2010
EU: 3/5/2010
JP: 3/9/2010

DWN-073 Blade Man
DWN-074 Pump Man
DWN-075 Commando Man
DWN-076 Chill Man
DWN-077 Sheep Man
DWN-078 Strike Man
DWN-079 Nitro Man
DWN-080 Solar Man

Spin-offs...

[PC] Mega Man, Mega Man 3
[NES] Rock Board
[GB] Mega Man in Dr. Wily's Revenge, II~V
[GEN] Mega Man: The Wily Wars
[SNS] Mega Man Soccer, Rockman & Forte
[PSX] Rockman Battle & Chase, Super Adventure Rockman (also [SAT]), Rockman Complete Works
[ARC] Mega Man: The Power Battle, Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
[NPC] Rockman Battle & Fighters
[WS] Rockman & Forte: Challenger from the Future
[PS2][NGC][XBX] Mega Man Anniversary Collection
[PSP] Mega Man Powered Up!
[PSP] Mega Man Maverick Hunter X

The X Series

[SNS][PC] Mega Man X

JP: 12/17/1993
NA: 12/20/1993
EU: 1/1/1994

Chill Penguin
Launch Octopus
Storm Eagle
Armored Armadillo
Flame Mammoth
Sting Chameleon
Spark Mandrill
Boomer Kuwanger

[SNS] Mega Man X2

JP: 12/16/1994
NA: 3/1995
EU: 3/1995

Morph Moth
Wire Sponge
Bubble Crab
Flame Stag
Magna Centipede
Crystal Snail
Overdrive Ostrich
Wheel Gator

[SNS][PSX][SAT][PC] Mega Man X3

JP: 12/1/1995
NA: 11/30/1995
EU: 4/26/1996

Blast Hornet
Blizzard Buffalo
Gravity Beetle
Toxic Seahorse
Volt Catfish
Crush Crawfish
Tunnel Rhino
Neon Tiger

[PSX][SAT][PC] Mega Man X4

JP: 8/1/1997
NA: 7/31/1997
EU: 1997

Web Spider
Split Mushroom
Cyber Peacock
Storm Owl
Magma Dragoon
Frost Walrus
Jet Stingray
Slash Beast

[PSX][PC] Mega Man X5

JP: 11/30/2000
NA: 2/1/2001
EU: 8/3/2001

Grizzly Slash
Duff McWhalen
The Skiver
Izzy Glow
Dark Dizzy
Squid Adler
Mattrex
Axle the Red

[PSX][PC] Mega Man X6

JP: 11/29/2001
NA: 12/4/2001
EU: 2/8/2002

Commander Yammark
Ground Scaravich
Blaze Heatnix
Blizzard Wolfang
Rainy Turtloid
Metal Shark Player
Shield Sheldon
Infinity Mijinion

[PS2][PC] Mega Man X7

JP: 7/17/2003
NA: 10/14/2003
EU: 3/5/2004

Soldier Stonekong
Tornado Tonion
Ride Boarski
Splash Warfly
Wind Crowrang
Flame Hyenard
Snipe Anteator
Vanishing Gungaroo

[PS2][PC] Mega Man X8

JP: 3/10/2005
NA: 12/7/2004
EU: 2/11/2005

Optic Sunflower
Dark Mantis
Gravity Antonion
Gigavolt Man-O-War
Burn Rooster
Avalanche Yeti
Earthrock Trilobyte
Bamboo Pandamonium

Spin-offs...

[GBC] Mega Man Xtreme, Mega Man Xtreme 2
[PS2][NGC] Mega Man X Collection, Mega Man X Command Mission
[PSP] Mega Man Maverick Hunter X

The Legends Series

[PSX][N64][PC][PSP] Mega Man Legends
[PSX][PC][PSP] Mega Man Legends 2

Spin-off...

[PSX] The Misadventures of Tron Bonne

The Battle Network Series

[GBA] Mega Man Battle Network
[GBA] Mega Man Battle Network 2
[GBA] Mega Man Battle Network 3: White Version/Blue Version
[GBA] Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun/Blue Moon
[GBA] Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team ProtoMan/Team Colonel
[GBA] Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar/Cybeast Gregar

Spin-offs...

[NGC] Mega Man Network Transmission
[WS] Rockman EXE WS, Rockman EXE N1 Battle
[GBA] Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge, Rockman EXE 4.5 Real Operation
[NDS] Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team DS
[ARC] Rockman EXE The Medal Operation, Rockman EXE Battle Chip Stadium

The Zero Series

[GBA] Mega Man Zero
[GBA] Mega Man Zero 2
[GBA] Mega Man Zero 3
[GBA] Mega Man Zero 4

The ZX Series

[NDS] Mega Man ZX
[NDS] Mega Man ZX Advent

The Star Force Series

[NDS] Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus/Leo/Dragon
[NDS] Mega Man Star Force 2: Berserk x Shinobi/Berserk x Dinosaur
[NDS] Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace/Red Joker

Fight on, little guy!

 

[alf717]

Love me some Mega Man. =D Happy Anniversary!

 

[L~A]

Hello, I'm James Cancelton. I'm a lawyer representing Capcom.

I have to come to order you to cancel that thread.

Thank you.

***

Seriously, I didn't know Mega Man was "only" 27yo... for some reason, I thought he was the same age as Mario.

 

[a secret-boss]

How can one have a birthday when its dead

 

[Busaiku]

RIP

 

[Sn4ke_911]

This thread makes me sad.

 

[rockman zx]

How can one have a birthday when its dead

He is alive in our hearts

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Favorite series on the NES.

 

[Worthintendo]

I can't wait to see what Capcom does in celebration of this event ^_^

In all seriousness, I'm going through and playing all the Mega Man games I've never finished before. Got Mega Man Xtreme 2 on the play list next Go you awesome little Blue Bomber, Capcom may hate you, but the rest of us still love you.

 

[LurkerPrime]

Great OP!

Rock on, Megaman.


His appearance in Smash gives me hope for the franchise's future.

 

[Blakynt]

thanks OP, great post, mm VII is great I know everyone has a grudge on it but still it has a place in my heart

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Well, at least he's in Smash.


Also, X4 is the best MM game. None of that FTFY shit, either. Fucking X4. Is the best.

 

[AGoodODST]

Can't wait to see what Capcom is planning.

Oh.

 

[andymcc]

I can't wait to see what Capcom does in celebration of this event ^_^

rockman felynes in MH4U?

 

[Regiruler]

EDIT: came out unfunny. Ignore

 

[Haunted]

 

[Sgblues]

Well while Capcom has been getting better recently, I think they can do even more if they announced a new Megaman game that wasn't a mobile game or something.

Or better yet Legends 3 comes back to life.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

I don't know whether to celebrate, laugh or cry.

 

[Salsa]

who?

 

[Omegasquash]

They say you're only really dead when no one talks about you any more.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

The names in the MegaMan X series get more and more bizarre, but I almost called bullshit on Duff McWhalen.

 

[Hugstable]

May he RIP


Megaman come back!

 

[captmcblack]

Mega Man is the greatest character platforming/shooting series outside of Nintendo's holy IPs. Period. Point-blank.

Fuck Sonic. Fuck Crash. Fuck Rayman. Fuck Ratchet and Clank. Fuck Sly Cooper. Fuck every character. It's Mega Man.

Capcom is the worst for ignoring and neglecting this franchise. This franchise has been behind tons of games, has driven TV cartoons and comics/manga, has sold toys and merch, has made tons of licensing dollars...so how is it possible to not even get a new game? You mean goddamn Rocket Knight can get a downloadable game, and Strider can get one, but there's no way to make more Mega Man?

There's not enough money and fans out there for downloadable Mega Man 11? They couldn't have finished downloadable Mega Man Legends 3 for 3DS? They couldn't even port Mega Man Powered Up somewhere? They can disposably put box art Mega Man in SF x TK, but the next appearance of Mega Man in his own game is some shitty iOS game?

Mega Man is greatness - he, like Mario, is games incarnate to me. I have played every Mega Man game, and have probably posted about Mega Man 2 thousands of times on the Internet here, or at other places. This birthday is bittersweet, because as I sit here in my cube looking at my Mega Man figure on my desk, I can only remember how much Capcom must hate me and other fans because they feel like they can't even afford to make something new in the franchise that fucking made them. Look at that first post. Look at that list. Even the missteps were worth playing...and the best games in that list are some all-time platforming/shooting greats.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Fuck Capcom forever for cancelling Megaman Legends 3.

 

[Krejlooc]

Op forgot the game gear megaman game.

 

[Harmen]

So what is the year to use to hounour him for the anniversary of his demise?

 

[Banjotanooki]

Happy Birthday Megaman! And thank you Nintendo for not forgetting about him!

 

[akidnamededdy]

Great OP!

Rock on, Megaman.


His appearance in Smash gives me hope for the franchise's future.

I saw it more as a "lifetime achievement award" that you give someone when they're no longer relevant and on the way out of their respective industry.

Spoiler

Which makes me sad I love Megaman.

 

[theechrisfox]

Ohhh, the blue amiibo™ guy. Happy birthday then.

 

[darkmagus]

He is alive in our hearts

my brother, indeed he will live in our hearts forever...

 

[Timeaisis]

Happy birthday, Megaman. May you always live within our hearts. Even if Capcom ignores you.

 

[Beaniedude]

I enjoyed playing Battle Network.

Even more so than the original Megaman games.

Happy birthday little guy.

 

[Cormano]

One of the best series ever, about to get my Megaman half sleeve within the next couple of weeks in his honor.

 

[clarkision]

Happy Birthday Blue Bomber! You deserve better!

 

[LurkerPrime]

I saw it more as a "lifetime achievement award" that you give someone when they're no longer relevant and on the way out of their respective industry.

Spoiler

Which makes me sad I love Megaman.

Haha, yeah...

I was just surprised by how faithfully the Smash team managed to implement Megaman, after so many years of neglect by his robot masters.

 

[3DimensionalAperture]

Tough to celebrate the occasion given the circumstances.

 

[Weng]

27... a dangerous age for a rock star.

 

[EatinOlives]

Haha, yeah...

I was just surprised by how faithfully the Smash team managed to implement Megaman, after so many years of neglect by his robot masters.

A similar thing happened with Sonic. People felt odd that he was in an actually high quality game.

 

[MichaelFassbender]

The Wily Wars has the best version of the BGMs from the first 3 games. This is my sincere belief.

 

[Hugstable]

Has anyone here ever played the horrible MS-DOS Megaman games from the days of old. It's sooo soo bad. Includes such classic Robot Masters like Sonic Man and Dyno Man!

 

[FrontalMonk]

I recently got back into retro game collecting, and MM games were on the top of my list. I've had MM2 & 3 (da best) at home for the last year or three, but I found a copy of MM1 with the manual a month ago and then after that I started hitting up ebay. I've got Rockman 5, 6, 7, X, X2, X3, and Rockman & Bass coming my way from Japan now. I've spent an unhealthy amount of money on it recently, but it's all worth it.

 

[geomon]

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

 

[Magnet_Man]

I'm really looking forward to those PSN titles coming out this week. I've never played them outside of....certain...methods.

 

[Hugstable]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhTPA2EfvkM

 

[Nightbird]

I got into the Series with Battle Network, and i loved it to death since then(Thats why BN-MM is the Standard-Megaman to me).

Happy Birthsday, and please come back someday. We are waiting for you Rock

 

[Ifrit]

Why is Megaman and Bass not listed in the OP??

 

[CragMan241]

This thread makes me sad.

.

The series that got me into gaming. The X series to be precise. Mega Man X is that game I can play for 3 hours straight, beat it 5 or so times in that span of time, and still not get tired of it. To this day it's still my favorite video game of all time.

Happy birthday, Rockman. Maybe someday you'll get another game. ;_;

 

[andymcc]

Why is Megaman and Bass not listed in the OP??

Rockman & Forte?

 

[Tempy]

Rock & Roll~

You don't really get that reference anymore after being renamed Mega Man in the west unfortunately!