Promo artwork by MidniteW, logo design by MegaRockEXE
Intro
The Rockman EXE Zone is proud to present its English fan localization patches for Mega Man: Phantom of the Network and Mega Man: Legend of the Network!
Rockman EXE Phantom of Network (PoN) and Rockman EXE Legend of Network (LoN) were two Japan-exclusive Mega Man Battle Network games originally released in the mid-2000s. These MMBN spin-off titles were notable for not only fully replicating the battle system from the GBA games, but also containing full-length stories complete with new characters and settings.
PoN and LoN were only ever playable on specific models of Japanese mobile phones, and were considered lost media for a long time. Towards the end of 2023, preservation group SciLab Secrets managed to free the games’ data from their pocket-size confinement; for the first time, this allowed fans outside of Japan a chance to play these hidden gems for themselves.
In addition to localizing all text in the game to English, the patches also includes the following changes and updates:
- Added Buster MAX Mode, similar to Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection.
- Restored the online ranked virus battle mode in Phantom of the Network.
- Restored the animated backgrounds from the EZweb version of Legend of the Network.
- Added in-game methods to obtain BattleChips required to 100% the game, which were previously Chip Trader-exclusive.
Mega Man: Phantom of the Network (2004)
Set after the events of MMBN3. During what should be a routine virus removal, Lan and MegaMan come face-to-face with a resurrected version of a previously-deleted WWW Navi. The danger quickly escalates with more cloned Navis sparking incidents all over the world, seemingly orchestrated by some mysterious entity. It’s up to our heroes to pull back the curtain on this phantom and save the Cyberworld from the looming threat…
Mega Man: Legend of the Network (2006)
Set before the events of MMBN6. Lan and MegaMan are recognized as ACDC Town’s first official NetPatrollers, but their inaugural mission is suddenly cut short by a mysterious Navi with the power to control other Navis. With new partners at their side, our duo quickly find themselves at the center of an international crisis that threatens to destroy global Net society, as foretold by the legend of a highly advanced ancient empire…
Credits
- MegaRockEXE: Logo Design
- MidniteW: Editing, Promo Artwork
- Midori Woodley: Translation
- Prof. 9: Programming, Editing
Download
Grab the complete English patch and all bonus content from the link below! Be sure to read the included README.html first before playing!
You will need to obtain the original Japanese i-αppli game files for Rockman EXE Phantom of Network & Rockman EXE Legend of Network in order to apply the patches. These files are not included in this download. Please refer to SciLab Secrets on how to obtain these game files.
Head on over to TREZ Forums to discuss the release in the project’s topic!
thanks for the hard work !
Man I still wish they really didn’t include bustermax. It was bad enough to have it in the rerelease but these are essentially new games it really is cringe to include it.
Good thing it’s optional, right?
Just turn it off you fool
I wish cheat codes were still a thing these days so you people would stop whining about these “cringe” features that are clearly optional. It wasn’t a problem then, it isn’t a problem now.
Funny, what’s actually “cringe” is your useless attitude toward something that you don’t even have to acknowledge.
partyrocking so what? Give these guys credit they worked extremely hard in making battle network games. The least you can do it show your thanks and support there projects. I don’t see nintendo making a new megaman battle network game they just made only remades.
Partyrocking bustermax is optional. If you don’t want it don’t use it. No one is forcing you to use the bustermax. Megarock and prof 9 adn there friends worked there butts off making megaman battle network mods and give them credit for there hard work dude instead of complaining about bustermax.
Thank you SO VERY MUCH for working on this!
Thank you so very much for you work here. I’m unbelievably happy to have new Mega Man Battle Network content to play after so many years!
Sorry about that last message. I accidentally sent it before finishing.
Anyway, I’ve been wanting to play these games for a while, but don’t own a PC so I can’t really play them as is. I do have an android phone though. While I would asume it isn’t possible, if there was a way I could use these files properly on my phone and play these games, I would be greatful to anyone that knows how. And that is willing to tell me of course.
Thanks.
Wow this is amazing. Thank you MegaRockEXE, MidniteW, Midori Woodley and Prof 9 for bringing back the battle network series as extended and can’t describe it just awesome.
Fantastic MegaRockExe, Prof 9 and all your friends. Keep up the Fanatastic Work on making more new megaman battle network games.
They truly rock. Lets make sure nintendo stops gettign rid of these awesome talents of awesome modders. I hate how nintendo sued and tookdown Yuzu shameful.
Nintendo is reallly banning and eliminating modders who wrok so hard for there talents making the best games. If anyone has no talent its nintendo showing there true colors. I rather play these modders games they make way better games then nintendo. Nintendo should mind there own business. These people who mod should be proud of the talents and skills they share with the community on making many new award winning games. https://gbatemp.net/threads/nintendo-takes-down-the-breath-of-the-wild-randomizer-mod-from-gamebanana.656807/
Modders who show off ther talents and skills are deserving of recognition for there talents and hard work. Nintendo sees that as a threat to there games because nintendo jealous that modders make way better games then they do. There is nothing wrong for modders showcasing there amazing talents and skills. Nintendo changed so much. Now nintendo likes spreading hate.