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 Universe Mega Man Online Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star

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.

Xbox Live / PlayStation Store

• Mega Man Universe
  [Release Date: Unknown]
  

  Capcom’s released some game play videos of this (or what they are claiming are game play videos). If the videos are true to form, the game appears to be a sort of 3-D version of traditional side-scrolling Mega Man (looks similar to Powered Up but not as cartoony) with some gratuitous pixilated 8-bit 2-D elements thrown in. It seems evident from all of the trailers that you can play as a number of different...characters, including a variety of different flavors of Mega Man himself (though I’m trying to figure out why they think Mega Man is different from Rockman—not counting bad box art Mega Man, of course).

  Also, what I have seen so far indicates this is (at least for the time being) a U.S. release only, which surprises me. Even on Capcom’s Japanese site, it’s listed as “Megaman Universe” and not “Rockman Universe.” Curious.

  (Incidentally, if Capcom is taking suggestions, my top suggestion is to get rid of the legs swinging forward when he jumps. It just looks...strange.)

  (And actually, I feel kind of bad for whoever drew that Mega Man 1 box art. I mean, think of it what you will, but when the company itself is running around calling it “bad box art”...)

Nintendo DS

• Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star
  [Japanese release: Released?]
  I don’t know much about this one yet. It seems to be some sort of bizarre DS port of Battle Network 1 combined with a total crossover with the Star Force series. It actually sounds crazy enough to be pretty fun so I hope they bring it over here.

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.)