Rockman Online

[Manic]

Quoted from Rockman Perfect Memories:

The Mega Man Network reports that the new Rockman Online game being produced by Korean developer Neowiz, will be using the Rockman X series as its basis. The game is said to use 3D graphics with a 2d perspective, thus evoking games of the past. Here are three pieces of promo art that are circling the web.





Note: I flipped Zero around because I noticed a mistake in his artwork.


This is where the good news ends. The game so far is only scheduled to be released in Korea, Taiwan and China. There are currently no plans to release this in Japan or America. This is where you come in! Head over to www.capcom-unity.com and make your voices heard on their forums.

I'm pretty interested in how this will turn out, I think it's a good idea overall. I think it's a good idea to use the X series for it, and the fact that they didn't use the X7/8 designs.

[KPT25]

X8 designs weren't that bad(except for the armors for X,they did suck).X7 sucked altogether,so much i didn't even play the game once

Let's see what other kind of news we get from this soon...

[Yung Kratos]

Quoted from Rockman Perfect Memories:

I'm pretty interested in how this will turn out, I think it's a good idea overall. I think it's a good idea to use the X series for it, and the fact that they didn't use the X7/8 designs.

X series mmo im all over it provided it gets made in us
 >:-(-|anyone heard anything on that dragonball mmo

[Jelux Da Casual]

Why has no one bumped this: BEHOLD THE EPIC!!

[Rage]

the ending to that first vid was epic

[.Batzarro.]

Guessing every classic Robot Master is getting a Maverick type upgrade to them. Looking really interesting so far.

[Spidermew]

im lovin this now! Looks like some sort of time warp is pulling things form the past and future into the X erra.
Pharoman looks cool! 

Cutman looked steampunkish to me, which i thought was also cool 

[vyn]

Holy crap im about to cu.... oh god..... nevermind.

i hope theres couch co-op too.

[Rabbitxpp]

omg i want this game so bad

[Jelux Da Casual]

X-Type Gameplay: Pharoah-Man Stage



Zero-Type Gameplay: Sting Chameleon Stage

[vyn]

is this coming to the west?

[Jelux Da Casual]

is this coming to the west?

ATM, no, it's designed for South Korea. However given Capcom's history with localization, I if we show enough interest they'll bring it Stateside. (EX: TvC).

Also did a little digging and found this over at Protodude's Rockman Corner

Rockman Online Plot Details Surface

Overshadowed by the big Mega Man Legends 3 unveiling, NeoWiz opened up an official blog for Rockman Online. Scant on gameplay specifics or release date info, the page did however reveal some interesting info about playable character classes with a handful of new artwork thrown into the mix, too. You can read up on all of that here but today we're taking a quick look at the game's plot.

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According to the blog (with a translation and summary provided by reader KidWillow), Rockman Online takes place in the far future. Rockman X, Zero, and the rest of the X series cast have long died off; so too, has the looming threat of the Sigma Virus and its product, the Irregulars (Mavericks).

Believing the threat of Irregulars are gone for good, society is taken by surprise one day when a large number of Irregulars began to wreak havoc out of the blue. In response, the UCA (The United Continent Association), initiates the production of copies of X, Zero and Duo, among other heroes, to combat the rampant Irregulars. The UCA went so far as to embed the DNA Souls of the original heroes onto a chip housed within the copy bodies to further enhance their abilities in an effort to make them as legitimate as possible.

The Irregulars associated with Rockman Online are actually rebuilt and heavily customized versions of Robot Masters and Irregulars from the past, produced in a similar manner to the X, Zero and Duo copies. Coupling the above info with the other day's report, we can assume these Irregulars will go on to form the basis of the URA organization (The Ultimate Reploid Association). The URA is at constant war with the UCA with battles waging on the small to large, global scale.

What isn't known at this point is just how Dr. Light and Dr. Wily returned. Artwork on the game's blog depicts the characters associated with the UCA/URA respectively, leading to the assumption that each doctor spearhead's their respective organization. Their depiction could also be looked upon as a sort of visual representation of "good vs. evil" but we don't know for sure.

[deadmangunner]

Man I really hope we do get that game over here because it looks kick a$$ and I would love to customize my own zero type character. Also I am glad to see the old robot masters making a come back newly designed.

[BLue BoMBeR]

the 1st trailer involving the original rockman is a stupid idea.. heck...

1st. RM,Roll, and the rest of the classic series are not even in the game which the plot says, excluding robot masters/ Dr.Light/Wily.. which is pretty lame that they said that its a mistery... reincarnation??

2nd. they said that, "Rockman X, Zero, and the rest of the X series cast have long died off; so too, has the looming threat of the Sigma Virus and its product, the Irregulars (Mavericks)." and why the hell Roll was in there?

3rd. i dont get why the hell did they connect this to the story line of rockman universe, so the Z/ZX/ZXA/DASH was just a false alarm story line?

4th. i dont think we will get this in west... maybe 2-3 years..? translators please??

5th. did they just left Axl in the character progress and leave him in the trailer??

(i think we'll get a grandchase ripoff here..."

[Jelux Da Casual]

Dude, you're asking of questions and making of assumptions based on what amounts to very little information.

1) They're not playable characters, but Megaman totally shows up in the gameplay trailer I posted earlier, so it would seem they're NPC.

2) You excluded the rest of the statement that everyone was suprised that Mavericks have returned for one reason, hence the creation of the hero-type copy bodies to fight them.

3) Perhaps even though the game itself takes place after everything, stories within will bridge the gap.

4) "Don't hate on the States", we definitely won't get it here with that attitude.

5) Axl being in the second trailer implies that he's there for a specific purpose, just as Megaman showing up to assist X at the end probably has so purpose as well. Like I mentioned before, probably more characters will become playable. For instance maybe...


Oh, some new info to drop, from Mega Man Network:

In the final game, players will be able to join together in up to teams of up to four, although the demo was only single player. When you start the game, you select your character and transfer to a “town” that serves as the lobby. At the town you can purchase avatars and weapons, and select the stage you want to go to. According to Min, the ability to use stronger equipment when you level up, and how it relates to your avatar design, will be very “Rockman-ish.” In the G-Star version the town was not implemented, but the town is already complete (for the final game).

[BLue BoMBeR]

still, music doesnt feel like rockman (those catchy themes) to me..

[vyn]

now thats a cool proto, is that official?.

[Jelux Da Casual]

now thats a cool proto, is that official?.

Yeah, that pic was cropped from a banner at the G-Star event.