This section covers games which are rumored to exist, are in development, or have recently been released. If the game you’re looking for isn’t found here, try the Game List page.

Previews: Mega Man Legends 3 Mega Man Universe Street Fighter X Tekken Marvel VS Capcom 3 Mega Man Online

Rumors: Mega Man Anniversary Collection (GBA) Mega Man Mania Mega Man Xtreme 3 Mega Man X7 (GBA) Mega Man Extreme Mega Man Neo Mega Man V (GBC)

		NEW AND UPCOMING MEGA MAN GAMES

The following games are confirmed meaning Capcom has announced they are in development. They may still be canceled as sometimes happens, and so may never see the light of day, but they are at least not baseless rumors.

Note: Release dates and other information are subject to change.

Nintendo 3DS

• Mega Man Legends 3
  [Release Date: Canceled]
  This one’s been canceled as well. No real reason was given; it’s just a management decision. These sorts of things happen, but I was really impressed with how they were involving so many people with the project, so it’s a shame not to see it go forward. And it’s always a shame to see that much creative work and energy go into a game, and then the game never gets released...

Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3

• Mega Man Universe
  [Release Date: Canceled]
  Evidently this one got nixed, at least temporarily. I can’t say I’m surprised, considering all that’s been happening lately. I will leave its entry here for now in case it gets resurrected.
• Marvel VS Capcom 3
  [Release Date: Released]
  At the very least Tron and Zero are confirmed characters in this one. I don’t know yet if there are any additional hidden Mega Man characters. I’ll play this and get a Game Hints page up when I get a chance. I think I’ll wait for the “Ultimate” version which is coming out in November which has some additional features.

PlayStation 3 / PlayStation Vita

How can a guy like that jump like this?

• Street Fighter X Tekken
  [Release Date: March 2012]
  Mega Man is going to be one of the characters in this fighting game. Not original series Mega Man. Not X series Mega Man. Not even Legends or EXE Mega Man. No...Mega Man 1 Box Art Mega Man. (He looks like an overweight cosplayer with a really nice gun.) This makes me glad I don’t have a PlayStation 3... (Having said that, it will be a shame to miss out on that upside-down backwards-flip super-shot. If it’s even possible to do without some insane controller motion combination.) (Note: The game will be available on other systems as well, but not with Mega Man as a playable character to the best of my understanding.)

PC

• Mega Man Online
  [Release Date: Unknown]
  Guess I should list this, though I won’t be able to cover it, most likely. From what I have read, this is a 2-D massively-multiplayer online game set, evidently, in the Mega Man X universe. It’s being released in the Korean market first and might eventually wander over to China and elsewhere, but right now, details are slim. I myself probably won’t be able to play it unless and until it’s ever released in a North American market (or possibly Japan, if they allow for those in foreign countries to log in).

		MEGA MAN GAME RUMORS

These are games which are rumored to exist or otherwise get asked about a lot, but are either (a) proven false (and are listed here for your information); (b) misnomers; (c) canceled; or (d) titles for which I can find no official confirmation that I can point to. In no particular order....

• Mega Man Anniversary Collection (GBA): This one was announced, marketed, and then canceled. Sorry, folks. It was going to be the first five Game Boy games ported to the Game Boy Advance, but never saw the light of day.
• Mega Man Mania: The original name of the Mega Man Anniversary Collection listed above.
• Mega Man Xtreme 3: This one wasn’t just canceled—it barely even existed in the first place. There’s a ROM of this floating around that’s either a prototype or a pirate, but the game itself was never announced, much less released.
• Mega Man X7 (GBA): As far as I can tell, this is a complete screw-up on some store’s part, which listed this in their “upcoming releases” catalog and started a firestorm. There is no information about such a game on any of Capcom’s websites, even their Japanese one (Mega Man games come out in Japanese before they come out in English). And there is not likely to be a port of Mega Man X7 for the GBA considering the original is for the PlayStation 2 (and it’s in 3-D for crying out loud).
• Mega Man Extreme: It’s “Xtreme.” Capcom spells funny. You won’t find anything on MMHP if you look for “Extreme.” I spell titles the way they are spelled in the game itself.
• Mega Man Neo: This was the original title everyone used for Mega Man Legends back when Legends was little more than a rumor. The name is now obsolete; however you may still see it floating around on archived websites and such. Note: I’m told there’s also a fan-made game named “Rockman NEO” which has nothing to do with Legends, but may also be causing some confusion.
• Mega Man V (GBC): It was posted in Nintendo Power that this game (which currently is a Super Game Boy game, which is slightly different than a Game Boy Color game) was going to be upgraded for Game Boy Color but apparently the project never saw the light of day. (Either that or the info was just plain wrong, which is not uncommon with gaming magazines.)