I started this blog one year ago today, so I thought it would be a fine time to do a little self-inventory.
Art of RFWS?!
The Mega Man Network has mirrored some scans from 2chan showing off artwork for 2 characters from the Japan-only Bandai-prouced made-for-Wonderswan Rockman & Forte Mirai kara no Chousensha (or just RFWS for short).
The artwork is pretty similar to the character image screens found in the games. It’s odd they didn’t include such art in the game’s manual. The booklet and packaging almost completely devoid of pictures that aren’t screencaps, and what there is is taken from Capcom’s own Rockman & Forte game art. What a neat find!
Also odd is that Shadow’s body is a dark green color. In the game dialog he’s often referred to as being clad in black. But all in all, that’s hardly the weirdest thing about that game.
Here are the photographs, starting with the two-page spread:
And here’s just the relevant page:
A close-up on Rockman Shadow:
And finally, a close-up on Danganman (“dangan” means bullet or artillery shell):
Cool. Makes ya wish they’d published more of the art from that game.
The Lost Episode of Rockman 6
For this Monday’s update, I decided to post a page from Club Capcom’s Spring 1993 issue. Club Capcom magazine is the predecessor of the CFC-Style Fan Book mini ‘zines that I pulled content from last week. This time, I’m translating a prologue teaser for Rockman 6 that also made a cryptic new announcement regarding the future of the Rockman franchise on the Super Famicom (Super NES) that had many Japanese fans super-excited! As a bonus, at the bottom of the page there’s an untold story from Rockboard’s development team detailing the birth of Reggae, who recently made a comeback appearance in Rockman 10’s Forte (Bass) mode! Bump it!
What, another update?!
And it’s not even Monday! Another scan from the CFC-Style Fan Book Vol 2, page 13. It’s a little something that didn’t make it into the R20 or SF20 art compilation books.
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