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Mega Man Battle Network costumes and BGM are featured in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster

To join Dead Rising’s long history of Mega Man cameos, its upcoming title, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, will have costumes of MegaMan.EXE and Lan Hikari in the Digital Deluxe Edition of the game. Digital Deluxe Edition contains up to 17 costumes for Frank and 17 BGM tracks that can be played in the shopping mall. The Mega Man costume is paired with “Running Through the Cyberworld”, while Lan has “Hometown”, both music tracks are from the the first Mega Man Battle Network.

You can pre-order Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster on Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, and Steam. It’s set to come out on September 19th, 2024.

Source: Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster official website

Rockman EXE collaboration coming to #COMPASS

In their official live broadcast, Japanese mobile game #COMPASS has announced to have a collaboration with Battle Network Rockman EXE. The collaboration event will start on September 25th and ends October 15th. A trailer for it can be seen below.

[#COMPASS] Rockman EXE Collaboration Intro

For the event, Rockman.EXE and Netto Hikari will join in as a Hero with the Gunner role. The original Japanese voice actors for Netto and Rockman also return to provide new lines for the game! Additionally, there will also be 6 kinds of collaboration cards, and collaboration costumes for the original heroes based on Rockman EXE characters.

As seen in the trailer, Rockman will also have different costumes including Normal Style, Saito Style, Dark Rockman, Shadow Style, Forte Cross Rockman, and Glaga Beast.

Source: Famitsu App, #Compass Official Twitter

MMBN Legacy Collection places Top 10 for the Switch’s most downloaded games

Nintendo of Japan has recently posted the most recent rankings for the most downloaded games on the Nintendo Switch. For the first half of 2023, both volumes of Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection can be seen placing in the top 10! Volume 2 places in 5th spot, and Volume 1 places in 7th spot.

This is another highlight for the collection’s success, as previously it was reported the volumes together have sold over 1 million units worldwide.

July 2023 update for the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection is now available

Our first big update for the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy is here! The game has been updated for Steam, Switch (1.0.3 update), and PS4 (1.03 update). These include some highly requested features such as MegaMan voice options, a black border, and online Custom Screen time increased to 30 seconds. This update also has important bug fixes such as BN4 ShadeMan’s behavior and BN6’s Virus Battler English rewards.

The complete list of changes and bug fixes can be found in the jump.

UPDATE: An incorrect English patch note in Battle Network 6 has been updated to match the Japanese patch note.

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Custom PET Pack for the Legacy Collection will be available as paid DLC

Those who missed out on pre-ordering the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection will now have the chance to get the “Custom PET Pack” DLC! Capcom has announced via Rockman-Unity that the pack will be available as paid DLC starting on June 27th. It is also stated that the DLC will be 200 yen for each volume’s pack. We will update this with other region prices when they are available.

UPDATE: The DLC is now available on Switch, PS4, and Steam. It will cost $1.99 in the US, or around that amount for other regions.

The “Custom PET Pack” DLC provides a new skin for the 3D MegaMan on the menu, as well as 2 new remixed tracks for the music player. The content will differ depending on the volume. The skins have an exclusive voice line for the 3D MegaMan, and the music track can be set as the background music for the Collection menu.

Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection has sold over 1 million units worldwide

Now this is some good news to hear, and only after 2 weeks of going on sale… The official Mega Man Twitter account has reported that Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 combined sales have surpassed 1 million units worldwide.

This is a grand feat that few Mega Man titles have the privilege of. Previously, for the Battle Network series, the only other title to have sold 1 million worldwide is both versions of Mega Man Battle Network 4. In Japan, Rockman-Unity had also previously addressed that the physical MMBNLC game has sold out in stores and is working to restock it in late April.

Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Original Soundtrack now available on Steam

Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Original Soundtrack is now available on Steam for $14.99 USD (price will change depending on your region). The listing for the OST can be found here.

The OST contains 22 remixed tracks from the Battle Network series, some can already be heard in the Legacy Collection‘s menu. This is the same soundtrack that has recently received a physical CD release in Japan.

Review round-up for Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection

The review embargo for the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection has been lifted and reviews have been begun to be published. Here’s a quick rundown on the reviews that are available: (This list may be updated with more later)

Written Reviews:

CGMagazine: 8.5/10

The Mako Reactor: 8.5/10

Hardcore Gamer: 4/5

God is a Geek: 8.0/10

Siliconera: 8/10

Attack of the Fanboy: 4/5 “Loved”

Shacknews: 8/10

Multiplayer.it (Italian): 7.5/10

IGN Italia (Italian): 7.5/10 “Decent”

COGconnected: 75/100

Screen Rant: 3.5/5 “Very good”

Hey Poor Player: 3/5

Denfaminicogamer (Japanese): Favorable

Nintendo Life: 9/10 Excellent

Console Creatures: Recommended

Nintendo-Master (French): 6.5/10

PlayStation Universe: 8/10

GoNintendo: Favorable

Metro GameCentral: 7/10

Digital Chumps: 9.8/10

Nintenderos (Spanish): 8/10

Gaming Trend: 75/100

Video Reviews:

GameXplain: Vol. 1 is the one to get, Vol. 2 not so much.

Noisy Pixel: Vol. 1, 7.5/10. Vol. 2, 8/10

Retro Rebound: Recommended

Nintendo World Report: 7.5/10 (Written version)

GamingBolt: 7/10

HD version of Rockman EXE the Movie available on YouTube for a limited time

Capcom has uploaded the anime movie, Rockman EXE the Movie: Programs of Light and Darkness on their YouTube channel. As a surprise, the movie has been remastered in HD! The movie has yet to be available on other streaming sites or have a Blu-ray release, making this the first time it is available in native HD resolution. The movie is in Japanese with no subtitles. It can be watched for a limited time here, until May 31st.

Capcom has also been uploading the entire Japanese anime series (also no subtitles) on the same channel, they are currently up to the 4th season, Rockman EXE Beast. The playlist can be found here, and like the movie they are limited until May 31st.

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Medarot S and Rockman EXE collaboration returns for a 3rd time

Darktrance stats

In anticipation of the Legacy Collection coming this month, the Medarot S mobile game has yet another Rockman EXE collaboration on April 6th. For this 3rd iteration, in addition to obtain the items and previous EXE-based Medarots from the last event, a new limited Medarot will be available: Darktrance, which is based on Dark Rockman. Players will only have the chance to play the event until April 27th.

Source: Medarot S twitter, Official Medarot livestream, 4gamer