Category Archives: X

You Asked For It

Written by #20 on 2016/12/24 Saturday — 11 Comments

As my holiday gift to you, I’m going to finally address some of the talking points on the Ask page.

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New Leader of the X-Hunters?

Written by #20 on 2015/10/13 Tuesday — 1 Comment

I want to share the background profile for X-Kai, TruForce Collectibles’ new “original” villain character. As listed on the box, courtesy Comic-Con attendees nice enough to upload images of their figures to YouTube and Instagram: X-kai- ■ DATA Leader of the X-Hunters. Long ago when Dr. Wily stole Mega Man’s blueprint from Dr. Light, a […]

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Welcome, Capcom-ites!

Written by #20 on 2015/08/01 Saturday — 6 Comments

During the early PS2 era, Capcom would have a bi-weekly (or so) one-page feature in Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu Playstation with this header image. Sometimes the background color would change, but the picture would remain the same. The art features famous faces from many late ’90s Capcom franchises, including many characters from the Rockman series […]

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Retro Six

Written by #20 on 2015/07/27 Monday — 5 Comments

It’s been a long time since we’ve had a Retromags post, so today for your viewing pleasure let’s all gawk at old gaming mag pages from some recently archived Electronic Gaming Monthly issues.

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A Day For Sigma

Written by #20 on 2015/07/06 Monday — 10 Comments

Last Saturday was the Day of Sigma (Japanese version), and once again I kind of forgot all about it. Oh well! I’m sure Sigma isn’t losing any sleep over it. He doesn’t care if some puny meatbag humans don’t remember what day it’s on… ….Um. I mean, he’d probably prefer we all go eat some […]

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Q-bans³

Written by #20 on 2015/06/27 Saturday — 2 Comments

Third time’s the cliché. Let’s get into some X3 Q-bans!

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More Q-bans!

Written by #20 on 2015/06/20 Saturday — 4 Comments

They’re back!

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A Most Irregular Manga

Written by #20 on 2015/06/19 Friday — 6 Comments

When most fans think of Rockman X manga, they think of Yoshihiro Iwamoto. And quite rightfully so, as his work is iconic and the way it established a clear separation of tone between the original Rockman and Rockman X was mind-blowing at the time. I want to write about those mangas in-depth someday, but today […]

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Q-bans!

Written by #20 on 2015/06/14 Sunday — 1 Comment

Pretty soon Capcom is going to be selling cutesy Rockman stickers. Would you believe there was slightly similar merchandise for sale 20 years ago? Wow, what a segue.

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Sketch to Screen – Death of A Player

Written by #20 on 2015/05/17 Sunday — 7 Comments

Today we’ll be comparing the rough drafts of Zero’s Rockman X5 ending scenes with how they appeared in the final game. We will be looking at sketches published in the Rockman X5 Official Guide Book and R20+5 Rockman & Rockman X Official Complete Works. The screenshots are taken from Sprites, Inc. Some of these image […]

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