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Rockman EXE: Phantom of Network and Legend of Network dumped, fully playable now! (Updated)

At long last, the mobile Rockman EXE games have been freed from their mobile prisons! As of today, Rockman EXE: Phantom of Network and Rockman EXE: Legend of Network are now playable for the first time on PC via emulator.

Announced via Rockman Corner, Mega Man preservation group SciLab Secrets has managed to dump a whole batch of long-lost mobile Mega Man games from a Japanese phone and put together an emulator package to allow international fans to play the games for the first time. This includes the first three chapters of Phantom of Network, and the first chapter of Legend of Network. The group does possess a phone containing the full versions of the games, so we may see an update in the future. However, the phone in question has not yet been cracked.

Update: As several community members have found, the Phantom of Network & Legend of Network “demos” simply… don’t end at chapter 3! The dumped games are, in fact, the complete versions of the game, and they are playable from start to finish.

Rockman EXE: Phantom of Network was first released in 2004 for Japanese i-mode phones in an episodic format. This was later followed by Rockman EXE: Legend of Network in 2006. Legend of Network is especially notable for having been released after Mega Man Battle Network 6, making it the last new Mega Man Battle Network game! The games follow the same format as the GBA games, albeit simplified for the phone’s button layout, with the same real-time battle system.

To read the full story as well as download the emulator and games, head on over to Rockman Corner!

Rockman EXE Battle Chip Stadium and The Medal Operation arcade games dumped

It’s been a long wait, but two Japan-exclusive Mega Man Battle Network arcade games are finally on the cusp of being playable by international fans. Hardware preservationist and friend of the site GoodTofuFriday has managed to obtain what many considered lost media: ROM dumps of Rockman EXE Battle Chip Stadium and Rockman EXE: The Medal Operation.

In order to dump the ROMs, Tofu and DemiDyourMC flew all the way out to France to meet with a private collector who had acquired the two arcade cabinets, and was willing to let the team dump them. The whole process has also been documented by Demi, who plans to release the video on his YouTube channel later.

As for playability, there’s good news and bad news. The games do appear to boot on the arcade emulator MAME, but since both games rely on various unique physical hardware features, they’re currently not in a playable state. The preservation team plans to release the ROM dumps once new plugins for MAME have been developed emulating these hardware features. While playing the games in MAME won’t fully replicate the experience of playing on the real arcade cabinet, it should at least give fans the opportunity to see the games’ contents.

For more pictures and details, check out the full breakdown over on Rockman Corner!

Source: Rockman Corner

Denuvo Anti-Tamper removed from Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Updated)

As many have speculated would happen, Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM seems to have now been completely removed from the Steam version of Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection; six months on the dot after its initial release.

Capcom has not made any official announcements regarding the removal of Denuvo from MMBNLC, but in the past has removed it from their other games after their initial release window. The Steam store page for the games no longer makes any mention of third-party DRM, and the size of the games’ executables has dropped by more than 300 MB.

We can also confirm that Capcom did not add Enigma Protector, a different type of DRM recently added to Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection, which is also used in some other Capcom games. UPDATE: In a later Steam update for Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection, Capcom has now integrated Enigma Protector into the game after all.

If you’ve been meaning to grab Legacy Collection for PC, but Denuvo was a deal-breaker to you, now might be a good time to check it out!

Source: SteamDB

Rockman EXE collaboration coming to #COMPASS

In their official live broadcast, Japanese mobile game #COMPASS has announced to have a collaboration with Battle Network Rockman EXE. The collaboration event will start on September 25th and ends October 15th. A trailer for it can be seen below.

[#COMPASS] Rockman EXE Collaboration Intro

For the event, Rockman.EXE and Netto Hikari will join in as a Hero with the Gunner role. The original Japanese voice actors for Netto and Rockman also return to provide new lines for the game! Additionally, there will also be 6 kinds of collaboration cards, and collaboration costumes for the original heroes based on Rockman EXE characters.

As seen in the trailer, Rockman will also have different costumes including Normal Style, Saito Style, Dark Rockman, Shadow Style, Forte Cross Rockman, and Glaga Beast.

Source: Famitsu App, #Compass Official Twitter

Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection receives TGS2023 sale; up to 34% off

To promote their Tokyo Game Show 2023 lineup, Capcom is holding a big sale on many of their games; Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection included! If you’ve been meaning to pick up the collection on Steam, Switch or PS4, this might be a good time.

During the sale, the collection is 34% off (¥3,953 / $39.59 / €39.59 / £32.99) for both volumes combined, or 25% off (¥2,992 / $29.99 / €29.99 / £24.73) for the individual volumes. This sale will run until September 30th for the Nintendo eShop in the US and October 9th in other regions, until September 27th for the PlayStation Store, and until October 4th for Steam.

Source: Capcom

Mega Man X DiVE Offline now available on Steam, Android, iOS

It’s time to dive into the Deep Log as Mega Man X DiVE Offline is now available for Steam, Android and iOS. The game will run you $29.99 / €29.99 / £24.99 / ¥3990 on all platforms.

Mega Man X DiVE Offline features the same gameplay as the original Mega Man X DiVe, but with the big difference that you don’t have to pull on a gacha mechanic with real money to obtain new characters and items; now you can simply buy them from the shop with in-game currency, and there are no microtransactions. Additionally, there are no multiplayer modes – this is a fully single-player experience, and the game has been rebalanced as such.

With the exception of Capcom crossovers like Street Fighter and Monster Hunter, all characters and stages from the original game are available in Mega Man X DiVE Offline, which yields a total of over 100 playable characters and over 900 stages. This includes a number of characters from Battle Network and Star Force.

Check out the game’s character overview trailer, which includes a segment featuring the Battle Network characters:

Source: Capcom

Mega Man X DiVE Offline releasing on September 1st, pricing and system requirements announced

Capcom has just announced the release date and pricing for Mega Man X DiVE Offline, the upcoming standalone version of Mega Man X DiVE which was announced a little while ago. The game will release for Steam, Android and iOS starting September 1st, 2023, and can now be pre-purchased on Steam for $29.99 / €29.99 / £24.99 / ¥3990.

Additionally, Capcom has announced the minimum system requirements for the game on each platform. Curiously, it is noted that an internet connection is required to play Mega Man X DiVE “Offline”. It’s not clear at this time whether this is only required for initial install/activation, or whether you need a constant connection.

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MMBN Legacy Collection places Top 10 for the Switch’s most downloaded games

Nintendo of Japan has recently posted the most recent rankings for the most downloaded games on the Nintendo Switch. For the first half of 2023, both volumes of Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection can be seen placing in the top 10! Volume 2 places in 5th spot, and Volume 1 places in 7th spot.

This is another highlight for the collection’s success, as previously it was reported the volumes together have sold over 1 million units worldwide.

July 2023 update for the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection is now available

Our first big update for the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy is here! The game has been updated for Steam, Switch (1.0.3 update), and PS4 (1.03 update). These include some highly requested features such as MegaMan voice options, a black border, and online Custom Screen time increased to 30 seconds. This update also has important bug fixes such as BN4 ShadeMan’s behavior and BN6’s Virus Battler English rewards.

The complete list of changes and bug fixes can be found in the jump.

UPDATE: An incorrect English patch note in Battle Network 6 has been updated to match the Japanese patch note.

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Mega Man Battle Network being added to TEPPEN

Next month, Mega Man Battle Network will be making its debut in Capcom’s free-to-play cross-series card game TEPPEN! Capcom states that the addition is due to popular demand, so give yourselves a pat on the back, everyone.

First revealed in TEPPEN Headline #18, the next event and card pack will be known as 30_MINUTES.EXE, and will be added to the game on July 3, 2023 – just in time for the game’s 4th anniversary.

30_MINUTES.EXE is set in Den City, a floating space colony, whose inhabitants live peacefully in a Cyberworld of their own making. However, this peace is disturbed when M. Bison and his army of invaders threaten to destroy the city in 30 minutes. With time running short, RiCO, one of the city’s operators, calls in the help of an unlikely hero: Ryu. He will be joined by various operators and NetNavis from the MMBN series, fighting together to prevent the destruction of the Cyberworld.

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