The fandub is currently set for a June 23-30 release on Vimeo and Veoh, with the possibility of a YouTube release. View the full post to see the trailer, embedded below.

To celebrate their 4th anniversary, the MegaDudes are holding a Chrono X Anniversary Week, during which they will be releasing goodies regularly for 7 days. Starting today, you can download a high-quality version of the game’s soundtrack at the project’s home page. Be sure to check back!

If you haven’t tried MMBN Chrono X yet, be sure to give it a go. The latest demo can be downloaded here, and includes the first two chapters. The full game is set to be released for PC and Android sometime in the future.

Source: Mega Man Battle Network Chrono X

According to the developers, C-Wars was inspired by games such as Super Robot Taisen, Fallout and Call of Duty, not MMBN. Furthermore, the FAQ on the game’s site also notes several major differences with Mega Man Battle Network.

Q: Magaman EXE [AKA Megaman battle network]?
A: C-Wars’ combat system and EXE do look alike in some way, but if you look closely, the two have essential distinctions.

• C-Wars’ combat sys is a Real Time Strategy like, aka Army vs. Army. You do have a Captain in C-Wars, but he alone will be dead quickly without his squad, while EXE is RPG, aka One Super Hero vs. Many.
• C-Wars has a non-stop real time gameplay, but EXE is command based with pauses for taking new tiles.
• C-Wars is rogue-like while EXE’s battle is a RPG fighting system. In C-Wars, You will have to think how to corporate with different types of soldiers. For example: use Shield PVT to cover your fragile gunner; place a Supply Cadet to power a Beam Sgt; deploy a Barrier generator to protect your precious Mega Cannon; order two fighters to beat one enemy, one after another, etc.

What say you: inspired by MMBN, or just a coincidence? It’s easy to see the similarities, but it also feels very different from MMBN. Regardless, with the developers already having a few games under their belts, the game is shaping up to be quite a blast.

A Java-based demo is available, and can be downloaded here. It’s a bit hard to get the hang of, but it’s only an alpha version, after all. Be sure to give it a try! At the time of writing, the game has almost reached its goal already, with 25 days to go. However, if more funding can be raised, the game will also come out for 3DS, Wii U, iOS and PS Vita.

C-Wars website
Source: Kickstarter via Joystiq

During the event, the group played through all Mega Man Classic and X games, as well as Legends and Battle Network 1 and the newly released Street Fighter x Mega Man. Many prizes were given out including download codes for The Amazing BrandO’s Instrumental of Devastation, t-shirts, posters and a gorgeous hand-crafted PET-styled GBA Micro case with a Micro and Battle Network 1 included.

It certainly was an awesome experience to be able to sponsor such a worthy cause. To all who watched and/or donated, thank you!

TheSpeedGamers: http://www.thespeedgamers.com/
Rocking H Ranch: http://www.rockingh.net/

The actual bulk of video isn’t important. Skip to the end of the video where the title appears. You’ll notice that this “Flying Jet Robot” character looks very similar to MegaMan EXE. This isn’t the first time a mobile game has blatantly taken an existing character being passed off as original, but I think this is the first directly involving the Battle Network series.
Thanks to a regular TREZ reader for sending this in.

TheSpeedGamers is a well-known group of gamers from Texas, founded in March 2008, who regularly hold gaming marathons for charity. Previous marathons include a Pokémon Marathon and Mario Marathon in 2012, and a previous Mega Man Marathon in 2009, which featured Battle Network 3. Viewers can donate money to win prizes, and all proceeds go to charity.

In addition to TheSpeedGamers’ main site, you’ll be able to watch the marathon right here on the TREZ home page and chat with fellow Mega Man fans. There are various prizes to be won, such as t-shirts, games and figurines, so please consider donating, or spread the word. Don’t miss it!

TheSpeedGamers: http://www.thespeedgamers.com/
Rocking H Ranch: http://www.rockingh.net/

Over the past 11 months, we’ve had some good translators offer to aid in translation. So far, almost none of them have put their money where their mouth is. On the other hand, I’ve also received numerous help offers from folks who aren’t as advanced in Japanese translation, but very willing to help.

Of course, we’ve had some troubles on the technical side. Being that this is my first ever translation project, the initial script dumps were a bit messy and full of control codes. We’ve improved on that a lot, though, having moved from thousands of text files in folders to a much more manageable spreadsheet format with most of the control codes stripped out. There are still things we could improve on, but we’ve come a long way the past year.

It’s clear to me that if the project continues down this road, it’s not going to go anywhere. As dedicated as the Mega Man fan community is, most people simply don’t have the time or drive to translate a game as big as Real Operation. So here’s the plan: instead of having a small group of people translate the whole game, we’ll have a large group of people translate small parts. Basically this will become an open translation project, where anyone can help with translation. Midnite and I will continue to take care of the proofreading process, to prevent the script from being a huge style clash.

Before we get to that point, I’m aiming to polish up the script dump to make it more suitable for mass translation. The first goal I have in mind is running the whole script through Google Translate. If you have been following this project, you may remember that we did that already, but the resulting patch crashed at various points in the game. The Mega Man Battle Network script engine is, unfortunately, fairly complex; some parts of the script dump have to be manually adjusted on a case by case basis.

So what does this mean for the 4.5 project? In short, we have no intention to give up or anything. But it’s likely going to take a while to get this done. Think “a couple of years” a while. As for everyone who has supported this project so far: you guys seriously rock! Don’t get too excited yet, but I hope you’ll continue to look forward to the day we can finally play a game known as Mega Man Battle Network 4.5.

From the project leader, MaxRock:

After many, many months of hard work, I finally bring to you Demo 4! It was a lot of work putting this together, what with all the problems we had and having to change all the graphics, but I think it was well-worth it. I expect production on the full-game will go smoothly and quickly. Remember to report any and all bugs in the appropriate topic on the forum: LINK

You can watch the release trailer below:

Source: Mega Man Battle Network: Chrono X website

This year, we’ll be repeating some of last year’s most successful events, such as Master’s Craft and the Chrono X highlight event, but there will also be new things to enjoy, such as the Speedrun Challenge. Whether you’re a gamer or an artist, or something else entirely, there should be something you’ll like.

So what are you waiting for? Check out the schedule for this year.

Click here to visit the Winter Festival 2012 board on TREZ Forums.