Rockman DASH DS

[Elusis]

Dengeki Online posted some interesting Rockman news just a couple of hours ago, but unfortunately, it got removed pretty fast because of insecurity between them and Capcom of Japan. We at RPM managed to snag some screens though and it looks like the DASH series is heading to the Nintendo DS after all! Oh joy! Alright, brace yourselves for the screens.

Here's the overall game play screen for the game. On the top we see our hero Rockman "Trigger" Volnutt face to face with two KnightMare Units guarding a gate. The Life Meter has gotten itself a boost too, as we can see that Rock begins with 7 of 14 MAX HP, as opposed to Rockman DASH: Hagane no Boukenshin's 5 of 10 MAX HP system. On the Touch Screen, we can see a Menu with functions such as Equipment for your Buster Parts, Options for game configuration, Map which will let you Zoom In and Out by pressing the Plus and Minus buttons next to the map screen, Item which most likely keeps recovery and other neat stuff and the basic Time and Zenny info in the corner.


Some more dungeon-based screens, where we see Data and a Treasure Chest on the first screen and some Reaverbot fighting action on the second screen. It's awesome!


The last in-game screen is based on a town, and here we see not only the ordinary main cast from the DASH series, but we also see a new character called Meiru (who looks so much like the Meiru from the Rockman.EXE series). The dialog seems to say: "Rock? It's a cute name! Fufufu!" and it seems like Roll isn't too fond with that.

This game has been confirmed to release on December 17th 2007, the day where Rockman turns 20. This is a truly excellent way to celebrate his birthday. We promise to keep you informed with more info.

Credit: Dengeki Online

Update: The scans for Rockman DASH DS has arrived from Famitsu, and it contains exciting information.


Credit: Famitsu

Quoted from RPM. >.>;

[Ztrl]

OMFGWTFDUSPANTS?!

Find those scans!


Edit:





*falls over dead*
*revives*

YEYEYEYEYEY!!!!

[Elusis]

Its probably a hoax. >.>;

Since the Dengeki and Famitsu where RPM supposedly got the scans don't have them and apparently only RPM ever even saw it supposedly on Famitsu and Dengeki. >.>;

[Professor Fann]

I dunno about that, the images are quite the proof it is being made. Who could develop such pictures of hoax?

[Andrew]

... Every other person that wants to make a hoax about a game that isn't being made.

It is a hoax, the information was released to the public the night of March 31st and the scans of the so called "magazine" are too small to actually be from a magazine, also, when Dengeki does information about new video games coming out, it's a two page large article, not a tiny thing like that.

It's a hoax, get over it.

And just as a reference.. Does anyone recall the Mario videogame that was apparently going to be released for the GCN, or maybe Wii, that was created about a year ago? It showed a completely new styled version of Mario in a massive word. And it was a hoax. It was just a kid with too much time on his hands. -.-

Just because they have pictures doesn't mean it's real. And besides, Capcom doesn't give a damn about the Legends series anymore.

~Backstaber

[Professor Fann]

Alright, then it's a hoax then. For the time being. But it's definitely a hoax when the release date shows none on the shelves.

[Andrew]

No, not "for the time being." It's a hoax.

The creator of said hoax, Robert Oakes, revealed himself yesterday on the BnG boards, where the original link was inserted.

Robert said:

www.rockmanpm.com/forum/index.php?topic=766.0

Quite frankly, I'm seriously disheartened and dissappointed that people could get so worked up over this. We had this planned for almost a month, and we put serious effort to deliver good enough quality. There is no "mediocre editing" at all; every single detail on the screenshots were made from scratch, from the characters to the backgrounds and the menu. The designs of the "KnightMare Units" (as Iri decided to name them) and Meiru were carefully developed and debated between us in hopes of making the concept more interesting.

Unfortunately, the fake scan couldn't be finished on time, so Zan and I made Blackbeltdude hastily insert tags from Dengeki Online on the screenshots to make up for it. We also contacted Atomic Fire to divulge the joke, but they never answered our e-mail. By that time, we had lost hope that we could convince others that this was real, but we still hoped that those who didn't fall for it could appreciate the concept and discuss the ideas introduced in it. Instead, people prefer to interpret this offensively and nitpick on the flaws (which we do acknowledge, to be fair), killing the mood for what was supposed to be a day of harmless entertainment.

So, it’s okay if we make a joke with classic Mega Man, but not Mega Man Legends. Nice to know.

And here: forums.bobandgeorge.com/viewtopic.php?p=622099&sid=4af30c70e277634e5b6b6d0680875bb7#622099 is a link to his post.

-.-

~Backstabber