Back In Action!

2011/04/04 Monday | Author: #20

For some strange reason, people don’t seem to be taking my last post very seriously. Does everyone think it’s a joke or something? Weird. Well, if you guys feel so strongly about it that you’ll keep yourselves in denial like this, I guess I’ll play along.

The Lav lives!

MEGA thanks to Amie, Bryn, Katie, and Sarah for all the cat pics! By the way, the waiting list is growing longer so don’t put off submitting your pets to be MEGAFIED!

You’ll be mildly amused that you did.

Regular Lavatory activities should resume this afternoon!

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Developer’s Adventure Story in Halcyon days

2011/03/28 Monday | Author: #20

Back in the fall of 1997, the first 3D polygon-built Rockman game had finally settled on a name: Rockman DASH. The project had originally been dubbed Rockman NEO, but just like its spin-off predecessor Super Rockman had evolved into Rockman X, Capcom had never settled on the NEO title. Instead, they preferred to see where the course of development would take them before deciding on the perfect final name. Outside Japan, we watched the game change from Mega Man Neo, to Mega Man Nova, and then finally land on Mega Man Legends.

Coming up with just the right name is no easy task. So what made the developers choose DASH? And what else were they calling it before then? After all, you have to call a game something while you’re working on it… In CAP! Vol. 5, Capcom decided to let all the news-hungry Rockman fans in on what was going on behind the scenes, and get everyone hyped and ready for its upcoming release that winter.

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The Riddle of Dr. Wily

2011/03/25 Friday | Author: #20

Your Friday art is from Carddas’ All Capcom World ’98 series. This set spanned 186 cards featuring artwork for what were then some of Capcom’s latest games, as well as classic arcade and console titles. While only a handful of these are Rockman related, this one in particular caught my eye. It’s not technically to do with the Rockman series at all, but rather Capcom’s 1990 adventure trivia game Adventure Quiz 2: Hatena? no Daibouken. So what’s so special about it?

Dr. Wily! Hanging out with the likes of other Capcom quiz challengers such as Damnd and Red Arremer. Looking years younger with that brown hair, too. He should really color it more often.

Other Rockman characters also appeared in the various Capcom Quiz games, like Capcom World 2. I’ll have to check those games out sometime.

By the way, for those interested in more Rockman cards, The Mechanical Maniacs have a growing gallery of them! Worth checking out.

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Marvelous!!

2011/03/23 Wednesday | Author: #20

Marvel vs Capcom’s been out for a while now. For those who play, how’s your game shaping up? Developing those killer combos and strategies?

Quite frankly, my skill level is probably average. Until we get a third Rockman character, my mains are typically (you guessed it) Zero, Tron and Servbot #42. Speaking of adding a third, I know a lot of fans want to see X appear (and I saved a vote for him on the Unity poll, too). But honestly, back when it was first confirmed that Zero was in, what I was really looking forward to then was to finally have that Zero vs classic Rockman battle! Come on, don’t tell me it didn’t cross your mind…

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Forsaken Future Fridays

2011/03/18 Friday | Author: #20

Check out this mini comic by Masahiro Fujii, from CapYon Vol. 2.

The Future None Dare Speak Of

Panel 1:
The mysterious enemy known as Quint… is actually the Rockman of the future who was remodeled by Dr. Wily.
X: Wha-

Panel 2:
You’re talking about me!? That thing is me!?

Panel 3:
X: Nah…… They must be talking about you.
Rock: Nuh-uh I’m the Rock of the past, so it’s gotta be you!

Panel 4:
Ele: Would you really like to know the truth?
X: Uwah, it’s that future girl!
Rock: Stop, don’t say it–!

Poor Quint, nobody wants to be him.

CapYon is a collected series of yonkomas that feature Capcom characters. The second volume commemorated the Rockman franchise’s 16th birthday.

The future girl in panel 4 is Ele from Capcom’s Star Gladiator 2/Plasma Sword.

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Updates Update

2011/03/17 Thursday | Author: #20

This is just an announcement about some of the recent less-noticeable updates going on at the Lav.

First, The Source has been getting some steady updates of late. If you haven’t checked it out lately, something new has probably been added. Not sure how much longer I ought to keep it all one page like that, since it still has such a long way to go.

Next, you may have noticed I’ve finally replaced the old tags-based navigation bar up top with an organizational system that I hope will making browsing old posts easier and allow people to actually find the specific articles they’re looking for. Each menu tab now links to a corresponding page that lists all the related blog postings. If you have suggestions on how to improve these pages, let yourself be heard in the comments below.

Finally, I’m going to try updating regularly on Wednesdays, too. Probably just small things, like yesterday. I’m not sure yet. We’ll see how that goes.

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