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Arm your computer with Mega Buster USB drive
Street Fighter X Mega Man is getting a physical release, sort of, in the best possible container. Next week, Capcom will start selling the 8GB Mega Buster USB drive, a flash drive shaped like Mega Man's weaponized right arm.In addition to (a link to a download of) the freeware game, the $20 drive also comes loaded with digital copies of Mega Man comics, the Mega Man Tribute and Mega Man X Complete Works art books, wallpapers, and a soundtrack. More importantly, it comes with a flash drive shaped like the Mega Buster.
Street Fighter X Mega Man V2 slides in for free on Jan. 18
Capcom crossover Street Fighter X Mega Man picks up a free V2 update on Friday, January 18, via its group page on Capcom Unity. While we can't exactly gnash our fangs over a freebie like SFxMM, there's no doubt V2 brings some very welcome fixes and additions.None more so than the addition of passwords, meaning we don't have to start the game from scratch every time we exit it. That's something that happened a heck of a lot to us because of accidentally pressing the insta-shutdown Escape button, but thankfully V2 remedies this too; now Escape and F12 bring up prompts making sure you want to exit or reset respectively.Other minor adjustments include better support for controllers, the ability to capture screenshots (via F9), and a buff for M Bison - not that Bison ever needs one, of course.
Street Fighter X Mega Man's chiptune soundtrack now on Bandcamp
Street Fighter X Mega Man's superb chiptune soundtrack is now available on Bandcamp, complimenting yesterday's release of the game. Composed by San Francisco-based electronic music producer A_Rival, the 22-track album fuses Mega Man's sonic sensibilities with classic pieces of orchestration from Street Fighter's past.The soundtrack, which includes character themes and scores from the game's various menus, is being sold through Bandcamp's name-your-own-price model with a minimum price of $0.00. So, hypothetically, this could either be the cheapest or most expensive piece of music you've ever purchased. Regardless of which end of that spectrum you feel is most appropriate, at least do yourself the favor of downloading these sweet, chippy jams.
Street Fighter X Mega Man out today, Mega Man 1-6 coming to 3DS
Street Fighter X Mega Man, the Capcom-supported fan crossover game by Seow Zong Hui, is available for download now. We're guessing there's significant interest in a new, semi-official, free Mega Man game, because Capcom's site seems to be getting overwhelmed. Mega Man fans know how to be patient when waiting for a new game, of course, so we know you'll be able to get it eventually.In other exciting Mega Man news, Capcom plans to release all six NES games on the 3DS Virtual Console in North America and Europe, starting with Mega Man on December 27, followed by Mega Man 2 on Feb. 7. Yes, we're excited to have two pieces of Mega Man news in one day.
Street Fighter X Mega Man is a free PC 8-bit crossover, available Dec. 17
In celebration of 25 years of Street Fighter and Mega Man, Capcom will release an all-new crossover 8-bit Mega Man game on the PC December 17, Street Fighter X Mega Man. Street Fighter X Mega Man was announced during the 25th Anniversary finals today and pits the blue bomber up against eight popular Street Fighter characters like Blanka, Ryu, Chun Li, Rose, Dhalsim and Rolento.Mega Man will have access to eight new weapons in this new adventure, a few of which you can see in the trailer above – our favorite is the holographic panels which Mega Man can use to reflect enemy projectiles. Street Fighter X Mega Man will be a free download on the PC when it launches on December 17; you'll be able to download it through Capcom-Unity. %Gallery-172885%
