Hot on the heels of our recent full English translation of Rockman EXE: Operate Shooting Star, today The Rockman EXE Zone is releasing a translation of that game’s demo version! The Rockman EXE OSS demo had an original mini-scenario featuring Mr. Famous, who does not appear in the full game. Mega Man Star Force also makes his first appearance.

This was playable at Tokyo Game Show 2009 and was later also released for download via Nintendo Channel – both versions actually have some pretty major differences! Now you, too, can get to enjoy this 9 year old appetizer with translated videos of the whole demo, as well as patches you can use to try the demo out for yourself.

For more info and downloads, see the project’s topic on The Rockman EXE Zone Forums!

Thanks to giver336 for recording the TGS demo version differences!

Fancy a bit of tabletop dice rolling action and wish there was something a little more MMBN-themed to play? Look no further than NetBattlers, a fan-made MMBN tabletop RPG that has just been released by TREZ user Shaleblade.

NetBattlers is a tabletop roleplaying game meant to emulate the experience the Mega Man Battle Network series. NetBattlers seeks to create a rules-light, narrative-first gateway to roleplaying in MMBN’s world. Instead of emulating the nuts and bolts of the games, NetBattlers focuses on creating concise, flexible rules and letting players focus on the fantasy first.

The extensive 64-page rulebook contains all you need in order to run an MMBN campaign. The game is currently in public beta and development is ongoing, with Program Advances, NaviChips and more planned to be added in future versions.

For more info and downloads, check out Shaleblade’s post on TREZ Forums! And to stay up to date with the game’s development, stop by the game’s official Discord server.

Good news if you’re hungry for more Battle Network-style games! Developer Thomas Moon Kang has just released the first playable demo for his MMBN-inspired indie game One Step From Eden, featuring a mish-mash of Battle Network combat and roguelike elements. If you’re new to the game, you can watch the game’s recent presentation at TeamBN Summer Showcase 2018 right here, or watch the demo release trailer below.

The official game description:

One Step From Eden is a deckbuilding roguelike set in a bleak post-war world with one shining beacon of hope, Eden. The game is centered around relentless real-time grid combat. Cast powerful spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.

Grab the demo, for Windows PC, from the game’s official website at www.onestepfromeden.com. The full game is currently scheduled to be released in Q3 2019 and will be playable on PC and Mac. You can also follow the game’s development on its dev blog, Twitter, Facebook and Discord.

Download demo: https://www.onestepfromeden.com/

12B3 Games have just released a new update for their Mega Man Battle Network-inspired indie game, EndCycle. This update brings modding support to the table; now you can put in your own characters, text, music and even attacks! With some effort, you might even be able to turn the game into a full-fledged Mega Man Battle Network game.

If you’re new to EndCycle, catch up with the game’s development by viewing the game’s presentation during TeamBN Winter Festival 2017. Visual and audio mods that don’t affect gameplay can also be used with the game’s online PvP mode.

For a tutorial on how to get started modding EndCycle, watch 12B3’s video below. The game will auto-update the next time you start it, if you’ve already installed it; otherwise, you can grab the game from the game’s itch.io page here.

It’s almost that time again for a new speedrun and community marathon! Resident speedrunners TeamBN have just announced their new Summer Showcase 2018, taking place later this month. Tune in to see every single Battle Network and Star Force game be destroyed in record time! And you won’t have to wait long, as the marathon is set to begin on Saturday, July 21st, 2018.

As usual, there will also be some updates and showcases from fan-games, MMBN-inspired indie games and other community projects, including: the N1 Grand Prix NetBattling community, Mega Man Battle Network Chrono X, Shanghai EXE: Genso Network, Tri Wing and One Step From Eden. In addition, you can watch the ClockMan scenario unfold from the recently released Rockman EXE: Operate Shooting Star translation patch.

You’ll be able to catch the marathon live on TeamBN’s Twitch channel starting July 21st. Check the full schedule right here!

The wait is over! 8+ years after its original release, Japanese-only Nintendo DS title Rockman EXE: Operate Shooting Star has been fully translated into English and is now available for anyone to play. This translation was produced by various The Rockman EXE Zone members, with TREZ administrator Greiga Master heading the project.

The translation patch fully translates the game into English, including newly added text and the Mega Man Star Colosseum side game. Moreover, the original Mega Man Battle Network script has received another editing pass to fix errors and inconsistencies with later games. Some field graphics that were left in Japanese in the original game have also been localized this time around.

Head on over to the project’s topic on The Rockman EXE Zone Forums to download the patch for yourself! You’ll be able to apply this patch to a ROM that you can dump from your own Rockman EXE: Operate Shooting Star game cartridge using various tools.

Screenshots below the jump:

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UPDATE: Yup, this was an April Fools joke… we’re not actually adding any new Navis to the Rockman EXE 4.5 translation. But if you still want to see WaveMan in action, you can watch his antics in the classic The Rockman EXE Zone mini-series MMBN6: The New Crisis on YouTube!

It’s time to unveil the winners of the MMBN 4.5 Original Navi Contest! As was announced a few months ago, we’ll be putting one original Navi in our English fan-translation of Mega Man Battle Network 4.5: Real Operation. Following what Capcom has done in the past, we asked fans to submit their best and most original Navi designs. Each of our three finalists will get a professional Navi design sketch done by our artist. Of course, the big prize here is that the winning Navi will be drawn, written, and programmed into the game and completely playable for everyone when the patch is fully complete!

You can find the final results after the jump.

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