Well its about time for some cool Megaman news!

Well at this weekends World Hobby Fair in Japan capcom anounced that a crossover of Megaman Battle Network and Megaman starforce is on its way. The game is called Rockman EXE: Operate Shooting Star and will be ported to the DS. The game is said to be comeing out this year in japan. Series producer Takeshi Horinouchi stated he has a variety of ideas for projects in mind leading up to Rockman’s 25th anniversary
source: http://www.themmnetwork.com/?p=1882

I would have put it in the EXE fourm because EXE beats SF by a mile!

Edited by axl z on June 21, 2009 at 17:31:45.

Heh. I must say, this outta be one of the more impressive moves that Capcom has done in a while for Mega Man. I really enjoyed the EXE characters, so it's nice to see them come back, in some way. Don't suppose Lan and the whole gang would be alive, would they? Doesn't SF take place one hundred years after the events of the EXE series?

I guess it's alright that this is coming out for a handheld (minus Network Transmission), like the rest of the EXE/SF games. Something about the whole idea of the SF/EXE series crossing over makes me think that this could be big though. I'm thinking a console release might be a better fit for this. Then again, if it sticks with the same gameplay both series are known for, I suppose the same basic handheld release will probably work best.

I was kind of hoping to see all of the EXE character's grownup selves at the end of 6.

I have the answer to all our probloms. They went to Disney world and were frozen in a block of ice like good ol' Walt himself.......

You fail, good sir.

My thoughts? Awesome, but if it involves any convuluted form of time travel I will tear it a new asshole.

Heres a few pictures of the logo and both Megamen.

I wonder what time travel tropes they will invoke for this one.

Apparently, this game may not be a cross over, but rather a remake of the first Battle Network game, with Star Force's DS capabilities and such.

I don't know...

Well, here's the story.

I don't see why we need a remake. The game is not that old unless they are setting the stage for a battle network revive.

Edited by axl z on July 3, 2009 at 4:41:57.

Edited by axl z on July 3, 2009 at 4:42:23.

I wouldn't be surprised if this becomes a revival/re-release.

$*Ca-ching Ca-ching*$

Maybe we'll be battling as Mega Man.EXE in the same 3rd person perspective used in the Star Force Games.

...hooray for revolution?

I'd probably still buy it though. The first couple of Battle Network games were definitely some of the best ones in that series.

Well no dobt I would buy the battle network remake. I love battle network and seeing it with a battle system like starforce would make my day.

Well thats another story Doc the pokemon games came out for a reason. You see people were not able to get all the pokemon with the gen three games. So they cameout with the remakes to help those who wanted them. Its kinda the same with heartgold and soulsilver.

Edited by axl z on July 4, 2009 at 5:41:38.

Yeah you know except not.

I'll never stop laughing if this is a remake using SF controls. The tears will be delicious.

I think it would be funnier if someone remade the Star Force games with Battle Network style battles.

Seeing as how Navis don't age (well, "physically" anyway, by simple sense of logic), it could really work as being part of the actual story- and timeline if they wanted to. But I am guessing it will not be so.

http://www.gametrailers.com/newsletter/communityNewsletter7-2-09july4th.html

It's an official interview, so pretty much, this is either a remake of the original with SF gameplay or we're getting another BN game with this.

Edited by Teej on July 15, 2009 at 1:06:08.

A true crossover or a game designed to bridge the gap between Battle Network and Star Force was too good to be true anyway. After all, its Capcom; god forbid they try to be innovative or try something new.

...nope, I'm still picking up Bowser's Inside Story over this.

- Both EXE and SSR protagonists are playable
- Harp Note appears, in addition to Shooting Star Rockman
- EXE1 maps return
- The future of the EXE world appears - ClockMan (we're assuming he means Clock Genius here)
- Unsurprisingly, ClockMan apparently gets his own, new area added to EXE1
- The screen setup is like with EXE5 Twin Leaders - field on top and map on bottom
- GBA graphics seem to be returning, with updates only on minor things, like portraits
- SSR3 portraits are used for the Shooting Star characters

Edited by Teej on August 8, 2009 at 11:51:12.

This should be interesting. I wonder what kinds of bonuses we can expect to see from GBA Cart usage

Probably nothing truly special. Capcom has a tendency to put the "no" in "innovation."

Edited by RisingDragon on August 8, 2009 at 18:38:52.

You never know; maybe they realized that tiny sprites with bold black outlines weren't an inprovement.

And even when they do innovate, many special features in the MegaMan RPGs can get thrown out during localization. What do you think we'll miss out on this time?

Probably the BattleChips.

Darn, I'm not used to buster-only runs. Better get practicing...