Author: Midnite

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.

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

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.

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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Those who missed out on pre-ordering the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection will now have the chance to get the “Custom PET Pack” DLC! Capcom has announced via Rockman-Unity that the pack will be available as paid DLC starting on June 27th. It is also stated that the DLC will be 200 yen for each volume’s pack. We will update this with other region prices when they are available.

UPDATE: The DLC is now available on Switch, PS4, and Steam. It will cost $1.99 in the US, or around that amount for other regions.

The “Custom PET Pack” DLC provides a new skin for the 3D MegaMan on the menu, as well as 2 new remixed tracks for the music player. The content will differ depending on the volume. The skins have an exclusive voice line for the 3D MegaMan, and the music track can be set as the background music for the Collection menu.

Now this is some good news to hear, and only after 2 weeks of going on sale… The official Mega Man Twitter account has reported that Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 combined sales have surpassed 1 million units worldwide.

This is a grand feat that few Mega Man titles have the privilege of. Previously, for the Battle Network series, the only other title to have sold 1 million worldwide is both versions of Mega Man Battle Network 4. In Japan, Rockman-Unity had also previously addressed that the physical MMBNLC game has sold out in stores and is working to restock it in late April.

Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection, MMBNLC Vol. 1, and MMBNLC Vol. 2 combined sales have surpassed 1 million units worldwide! Thanks to all of you for your support! pic.twitter.com/S3a5M6ePsu

— Mega Man (@MegaMan) April 28, 2023

Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Original Soundtrack is now available on Steam for $14.99 USD (price will change depending on your region). The listing for the OST can be found here.

The OST contains 22 remixed tracks from the Battle Network series, some can already be heard in the Legacy Collection‘s menu. This is the same soundtrack that has recently received a physical CD release in Japan.

The review embargo for the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection has been lifted and reviews have been begun to be published. Here’s a quick rundown on the reviews that are available: (This list may be updated with more later)

Written Reviews:

CGMagazine: 8.5/10

The Mako Reactor: 8.5/10

Hardcore Gamer: 4/5

God is a Geek: 8.0/10

Siliconera: 8/10

Attack of the Fanboy: 4/5 “Loved”

Shacknews: 8/10

Multiplayer.it (Italian): 7.5/10

IGN Italia (Italian): 7.5/10 “Decent”

COGconnected: 75/100

Screen Rant: 3.5/5 “Very good”

Hey Poor Player: 3/5

Denfaminicogamer (Japanese): Favorable

Nintendo Life: 9/10 Excellent

Console Creatures: Recommended

Nintendo-Master (French): 6.5/10

PlayStation Universe: 8/10

GoNintendo: Favorable

Metro GameCentral: 7/10

Digital Chumps: 9.8/10

Nintenderos (Spanish): 8/10

Gaming Trend: 75/100

Video Reviews:

GameXplain: Vol. 1 is the one to get, Vol. 2 not so much.

Noisy Pixel: Vol. 1, 7.5/10. Vol. 2, 8/10

Retro Rebound: Recommended

Nintendo World Report: 7.5/10 (Written version)

GamingBolt: 7/10

Capcom has uploaded the anime movie, Rockman EXE the Movie: Programs of Light and Darkness on their YouTube channel. As a surprise, the movie has been remastered in HD! The movie has yet to be available on other streaming sites or have a Blu-ray release, making this the first time it is available in native HD resolution. The movie is in Japanese with no subtitles. It can be watched for a limited time here, until May 31st.

Capcom has also been uploading the entire Japanese anime series (also no subtitles) on the same channel, they are currently up to the 4th season, Rockman EXE Beast. The playlist can be found here, and like the movie they are limited until May 31st.

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In anticipation of the Legacy Collection coming this month, the Medarot S mobile game has yet another Rockman EXE collaboration on April 6th. For this 3rd iteration, in addition to obtain the items and previous EXE-based Medarots from the last event, a new limited Medarot will be available: Darktrance, which is based on Dark Rockman. Players will only have the chance to play the event until April 27th.

Source: Medarot S twitter, Official Medarot livestream, 4gamer

A brand new chapter of the MegaMan NT Warrior manga has been dropped, with a simultaneous English release! Once again, manga author Ryo Takamisaki returns to pen the chapter.

The story tells 20 years after the original story, with the gang (and Chaud) going to attend their 20-year DenTech Academy class reunion. The chapter also includes Takamisaki’s interpretation of Patch Hikari! The complete English translation can be read here.

Additionally, on the Japanese side; the same story is posted with a note it’ll also be put on the Weekly CoroCoro Comic site, but they have also made available entire volumes of the Battle Story Rockman EXE and Takamisaki’s Rockman EXE manga. The manga are of their most recent “New Edition” (Shinsoban) of the volumes. They can be read here.