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It’s been a long wait, but two Japan-exclusive Mega Man Battle Network arcade games are finally on the cusp of being playable by international fans. Hardware preservationist and friend of the site GoodTofuFriday has managed to obtain what many considered lost media: ROM dumps of Rockman EXE Battle Chip Stadium and Rockman EXE: The Medal Operation.

In order to dump the ROMs, Tofu and DemiDyourMC flew all the way out to France to meet with a private collector who had acquired the two arcade cabinets, and was willing to let the team dump them. The whole process has also been documented by Demi, who plans to release the video on his YouTube channel later.

As for playability, there’s good news and bad news. The games do appear to boot on the arcade emulator MAME, but since both games rely on various unique physical hardware features, they’re currently not in a playable state. The preservation team plans to release the ROM dumps once new plugins for MAME have been developed emulating these hardware features. While playing the games in MAME won’t fully replicate the experience of playing on the real arcade cabinet, it should at least give fans the opportunity to see the games’ contents.

For more pictures and details, check out the full breakdown over on Rockman Corner!

Source: Rockman Corner

As many have speculated would happen, Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM seems to have now been completely removed from the Steam version of Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection; six months on the dot after its initial release.

Capcom has not made any official announcements regarding the removal of Denuvo from MMBNLC, but in the past has removed it from their other games after their initial release window. The Steam store page for the games no longer makes any mention of third-party DRM, and the size of the games’ executables has dropped by more than 300 MB.

We can also confirm that Capcom did not add Enigma Protector, a different type of DRM recently added to Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection, which is also used in some other Capcom games. UPDATE: In a later Steam update for Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection, Capcom has now integrated Enigma Protector into the game after all.

If you’ve been meaning to grab Legacy Collection for PC, but Denuvo was a deal-breaker to you, now might be a good time to check it out!

Source: SteamDB

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.

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

To promote their Tokyo Game Show 2023 lineup, Capcom is holding a big sale on many of their games; Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection included! If you’ve been meaning to pick up the collection on Steam, Switch or PS4, this might be a good time.

During the sale, the collection is 34% off (¥3,953 / $39.59 / €39.59 / £32.99) for both volumes combined, or 25% off (¥2,992 / $29.99 / €29.99 / £24.73) for the individual volumes. This sale will run until September 30th for the Nintendo eShop in the US and October 9th in other regions, until September 27th for the PlayStation Store, and until October 4th for Steam.

Source: Capcom

Capcom has just announced the release date and pricing for Mega Man X DiVE Offline, the upcoming standalone version of Mega Man X DiVE which was announced a little while ago. The game will release for Steam, Android and iOS starting September 1st, 2023, and can now be pre-purchased on Steam for $29.99 / €29.99 / £24.99 / ¥3990.

Additionally, Capcom has announced the minimum system requirements for the game on each platform. Curiously, it is noted that an internet connection is required to play Mega Man X DiVE “Offline”. It’s not clear at this time whether this is only required for initial install/activation, or whether you need a constant connection.

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.

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.

Next month, Mega Man Battle Network will be making its debut in Capcom’s free-to-play cross-series card game TEPPEN! Capcom states that the addition is due to popular demand, so give yourselves a pat on the back, everyone.

First revealed in TEPPEN Headline #18, the next event and card pack will be known as 30_MINUTES.EXE, and will be added to the game on July 3, 2023 – just in time for the game’s 4th anniversary.

30_MINUTES.EXE is set in Den City, a floating space colony, whose inhabitants live peacefully in a Cyberworld of their own making. However, this peace is disturbed when M. Bison and his army of invaders threaten to destroy the city in 30 minutes. With time running short, RiCO, one of the city’s operators, calls in the help of an unlikely hero: Ryu. He will be joined by various operators and NetNavis from the MMBN series, fighting together to prevent the destruction of the Cyberworld.

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.