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 Star Force 3 Tatsunoko VS Capcom

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 DS

• Mega Man Star Force 3
  [English release: Released]
  Amusingly enough, the Japanese site translates this “Shooting Star Rockman 3.” I suppose they figure that’s what the English version should have been called. Anyway, not much to say about this one right now. It comes in two versions as we all would expect: Black Ace and Red Joker. (Is it just me, or does MegaMan look very much insane in his new forms?)

Nintendo Wii

• Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Ultimate All Stars
  [English release: Winter 2009]
  The Japanese fighting game that I’ve been mentioning has a couple of Mega Man series character appearances is (rather surprisingly) officially going to be released in English. As far as I know, the Mega Man series playable characters are Roll (classic) and MegaMan Voulnutt (Legends). It’s only a cameo, like most of the arcades, but I’ll still cover it when I get a chance.

		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 (meaning you may hear about them from unreliable sources, but Capcom itself has not mentioned them). 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.)