As I got many e-mails related to Mega Man 5 for PC these days, I updated it's page to add many details that I was asked about in those e-mails. Note that I do not know when the next version will be out. I also updated the Rockboard Translation section, to give it the same look as the new MM5PC layout.

Rockman X5 port
The Megaman Outpost reports that Rockman X5 had been port over to the GamePark 32.

What is the GamePark 32, you ask? It is a 32-bit handeld made by a group of Korean developpers, and it has been on the works for a few years now. It's not as powerful as the GameBoy Advance, but it has some nice abilities. Rockman X5 is listed on the official website as "currently printing". Nothing else is known about the game for now.

New Rockman Zero screenshots
Mega Man X Onlin ...

Busy, busy, busy...

EXE Anime is on
The new Rockman EXE Anime was first aired some hours ago in Japan. There is still no news about an American translation, but I don't see that coming too soon. The Megaman Outpost gives this link to a preview of the anime. While the animation seems limited at best, I blame that on the RealMovie format. More as it becomes available.

MMBN2 release: when?
Pick your choice.
Capcom of America: Spring 2002
EBGames: May 1st, 2002
GameFAQs: May 2, 2 ...

Due to some abuse on the Oekaki board, it has been taken down for now. It WILL return, but I can't predict when exactly. Click on the Oekaki link above if you want to know the details.

New on Capcom Japan site today is the Volume #151 of their FAXes. Even if it's in Japanese, you can see some interesting information about current and upcoming Mega Man (Rockman) games.

The fax #12 is about Rockman X2: Soul Eraser (Mega Man Xtreme 2). There is nothing much to be seen here, since it's mostly text, probably related to the mavericks. You can view this fax here.

The #30-1 one is about various Capcom merchandise. Some new Rockman EXE cards are displayed there, alo ...

Ok, so I did not put the new layout back online in the last two weekends... Unfortunately, my semester at school is ending in a bit over a month, so the teachers keep throwing big assignments at me. While I'm still working on the site between two schoolworks, it isn't easy. Here's some more detailled info of the return of several sections:



New layout: Still not ready, but I did a lot of work on it this weekend. I'll try to complete it for next weekend, but again, y ...

I'm still putting things back together... Since what I like to call The Great Crash, I've lost track of many things that I was planning to update, and I have a lot of schoolwork, so expect delays everywhere.

CURRENT STATUS:

New layout: I'm still working on it. Hopefully, it should be up this weekend, along with the return of some sections, but I can't guarantee that.
FanArt: I'll try to understand the mess which is the status of this half-completed update and ...

First of all: this is April Fools Day. I REPEAT!! This is April Fools Day. On this day, you know to check your backs for anything suspicious. I also ask you to double-check your news. Most of the news put on this day are completely WRONG. No, Capcom will NOT announce Mega Man 9, 10, 11 and 12 at the same time. Sonic and Tails are NOT hidden in SSBM. Got it? Just be SURE to know about your sources. Oh, and check http://www.gamefaqs.com for a good laugh. (NOTE: they are making a JOKE too)

A ...

So far so good! I've re-added the left menu, even if almost no links are clickable. This will allow you to know what exactly I'm working on. Currently, there's a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff going on, mainly the work on a new layout (what you see now is my current test for the new design). Once I'm done creating a new layout, I'll begin to convert the sections one by one. I'll keep you posted about this.

Don't forget, if you have any of the former Oeka ...

After several days of downtime, I finally managed to put the MMPC Website back online! (well, partially at least)

What happened: On the Sunday 24 March 2002, at 12:57, the serveur hosting my website crashed. While it is unknown at this point what exactly caused the problem, the keywords are: "Complete System Failure". Both the hard drives and the backups drives crashed, loosing all data stored on them.

What does this means: Simple - the website went down the drain. All files on the ser ...

Rockmangames was kind enough to warn me that Mega Man X5 for the PC is going to cost 19.99$ US, according to EBGames.com on this page. People without a PSX or a lot of money will be able to look forward to this release.

I've just updated the Release Dates for all upcoming Mega Man titles, with the addition of the ports of Mega Man X5 and Legends 2 to the PC. While everything about those games has been dead quiet, X5 PC is already out in Japan, and Legends 2 was displayed at E3.

Still moving to reupload stuff on the site! Today, the SuperAdventure Rockman Information page is making a return, as well as the section about the Rockboard Translation. Some people have been concerned about the future of that translation. While I haven't been able to work on it much in the last few months because of school and the site crash, I didn't forget about it. In fact, I worked on that a bit today.

On another note, Chicoboltsi got me the latest release dates for the tw ...

All right! School's over for three months, so I now have time to really work on the website. I've just reuploaded the Music Archive and the MMBN Info section. I know that a couple of MP3s are missing. Just give me enough time, and I'll get to those eventually. Hopefully, having those two sections back online will stop the e-mails saying: "i cant get 2 the music". :-P

I also used that occassion to complete the new layout. While it was up for this page and the Contact page, i ...

A scan of a flyer available at E3 is currently running around the Internet, and it clearly shows the game being in 3D. The strange thing is that almost all elements of the screenshots are from X1, so the possibility of this game being a remake exists. Note that Zero's back for another round (don't ask, I don't even know myself...) You can see the scan directly from the article at MMO.

News credit: Megaman Outpost

Looks like our friends at Capcom Japan like to announce a new X game every year now. On a new E3 page, a list of games that will be displayed at next E3 is printed there. Among the list: Mega Man X7 (note that it says Mega Man, not Rockman). This new title is currently listed as a PS2 title. Perhaps it will change, but it will most probably not. It's also very possible for the game to be ported on the GameCube and possibly Xbox, as Capcom announced a while back that they were interested ...

I've finally completed all work on the new message board, so it's now open for public use! I'll be looking forward to see the former members coming back :-) All details about the new board regulations and such are described there. Have fun!

Oekaki return
On a side note, I began the work on the new Oekaki board and I've got extremely positive results so far. It's still far from a release, but things are moving fast. I'll post more as work continues.

Believe it or not... Rockman & Forte is on it's way for the GBA, thus granting the wishes of several fans. Only the name of the game is available for now, on this page over at Capcom Japan. Rockman EXE 3 is also listed there. No other details are known yet.

For those who aren't aware of this yet, the original Rockman & Forte for the SFC/SNES came out in Japan in 1998. The SNES was already dead in North America, so the game wasn't released here. This new GBA port, while unco ...

The Magic Box has the following to say about the upcoming Rockman X7:
Capcom will release Rockman X7 for PlayStation 2 in Japan by the end of this year, this is the first time the series hit PlayStation 2. This time the game will be in full 3D, you can play as both Rockman X and Zero. A new Double System is added to the game, allowing both characters to execute their special attacks simultaneously.

Of course, the game being in early stages, that release planned before the end of the year ...

Message Board regular PharaohMan.EXE claims that his local Gamestop already has Mega Man Battle Network 2 in stores, and that he already grabed his copy. Most online stores (including Capcom.com) are still giving June 11 as the release date, so the game being available 4 days ealier sure is strange. I wasn't able to confirm this information yet, but it sounds plausible. Anyone can confirm this to me?

And another section gets restored! The new FanArt Archive took a while to restore because I've rewritten it completely: it's now database-driven to simplify updates and viewing. I know that not everything has been re-added (Khragoon's sprites are missing), but I should be doing that soon. I'll not make any more additions to that section until I complete the administrative side of the script. I also want to add a couple of features to the gallery. I'll give the other ...

The SuperAdventure Rockman Info page has been updated with corrections and some new info provided by myself and Joel Achiel N. Van Heugten. The e-mail form has also been updated. It's now running a new script written by myself.

On a side note, today is the official release of MMBN2 in North America. Capcom has yet to make a press release about it, but that's understandable with the current site updates being done over there.

MMBN2 is out. Really.
Several visitors were kind enough to confirm to me that Mega Man Battle Network 2 indeed came out last week. I waited to write this because I wanted to find my own copy first. Is it normal that only one store in my area had the game, that they got it this morning (a week and a half after the release!), and that they had only TWO copies? Any other RPG would have been available in a matter of 2-3 days...

Release dates fun
As you can see at the right, I've update ...

If you tried to come here during the last 36 hours, you'll have noticed that it wasn't quite working. Instead, you were getting that very pretty and descriptive error message (Ok, enough sarcasm for now). The problem is that I ran out of bandwidth for this month. As soon as I hit that limit, the whole site goes offline and I have to pay extra fees to get additional bandwidth. Unfortunately, with popularity comes problems, and that is a big one. I hope we will be able to get through ...

People who are bored and everyone else will be happy to know to know that I've just readded the animated mets in the left menu! It's the same effect as before: put your mouse cursor over a menu item, and the corresponding met will pop up it's head. Have fun! ;-)

In order to make sure we won't run out of bandwidth again before the end of the month, I temporarily removed the Music section. The files were NOT deleted, they simply... vanished until July 1st. Everything will be back online after that. All e-mails related to the music section being not working will be ignored.

There is a slight chance that the whole site might be going offline again during the last day of the month. I'll make my best to ensure that this doesn't happen ag ...

Last of the bandwidth problems
Once again, the site was down yesterday. That should be the last of the downtimes. Since we just started a new month, my bandwidth was resetted to zero. I used last month to see how things would be going. Starting from now, I'll just pay extra for whatever bandwidth would be needed, so there shouldn't be anymore downtimes (hopefully). As a reason, I've put back online the Music Archive and the FanArt. I suspect that these two, along with the mes ...

... well, not quite, but almost.Reeve of MegaMan X Online revealed yesterday a major overhaul to his website. His new site, The Mega Man Network, covers all 5 Mega Man series. While all sections are up, the content for the subsites is still being gathered, so more will be available in the future. Of course, the large database of information about the X series is still available. Be sure to take a look!

You might have noticed the lack of updates lately. That's because I've been working a lot on programming the new Oekaki board and the other sections of the site. More updates should be available shortly, as the result of all those efforts is finally approaching.

Sometime yesterday, the hit counter finally reached the magical number of 100 000 hits since the opening of this website over two years ago. Thank you everyone for your continued support!