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Yes, I believe that is exactly the case!

Rockman X1 release date listed as December 29, 1993 in the books Rockman Memories (below) and Rockman Perfect Memories (above).

They didn't quite pull X1 off either!

A bug caused a recall on the software and it delayed the actual release for almost 2 weeks.

Some commemorative books listed the sale date as 12/29, but by the 20th anniversary Capcom either entirely forgot it had happened or just stopped acknowledging it.

While the French site got a more literal translation from the Japanese, French fans know of the term Robot Master. It was used in the Mega Man 11 Limited Collector’s Edition. Some Fr language gaming news sites are still calling it a robot master contest, though these articles may be AI translated.

Dr. Wily working on a robot, as promotional material for a previous Mega Man Boss Design Contest.

With the announcement that Mega Man: Dual Override would feature a Robot Master Design Contest again, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at the history of this interesting contest throughout the Mega Man series. 🧵

Regional adoption of the term “Robot Master” based on the language settings of the Mega Man Dual Override official site.

Wait, is it “zees” like “bees” or ”zhis” like “this” or ”Zyes” like “eyes”

You can peek the blue cheeks!

But sadly Maverick Hunter X went full baboon instead

This was but a blur on my late 90s 18” CRT television with RF input cables.

Live image of Rush zooming away from attainability.

Who could blame you when human proofreading died in the 20th century?

Why if I were, oh say hypothetically, the producer of a certain anthology comic series, I bet I’d be bragging on Twitter about how I personally did essentially ZERO script editing. 😝

I think you mean Megan Man Zero?

If you ever get serious about it, I could pitch in 10%

Rockman Kiki Ippatsu Rockman Kiki Ippatsu (ロックマン危機一髪, Rockman Kiki Ippatsu "Rockman's Close Call" or "Rockman In the Nick of Time") is a drama CD from the original Rockman series released by Capcom in 1995 as part of the ...

The 90s audio drama!

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Nice archive work!
IMO the title changed from NEO to DASH in late Aug 97 (per the ROMs).
Magazines are written ~2.5 months ahead, so too late for VJump’s Oct issue but in time for Nov.
VFest was July 31 so it used NEO but the video covering it was finished in Sept so they edited in the final name.

I do really like this image of robots going berserk while a human is freaking out (or being kicked?)

As much as I’m glad this folder exists and I will certainly try to get one, I am not a fan of the decision to showcase a mostly blank page with just the title written on it. I’m sure there must have been many more interesting pages to consider. I’m partial to this one

Cut Man and Guts Man are iconic characters and exist here very close to their final form, though it looks like Cut might be number 005 and Guts 012 instead of numbers 3 and 4. It’s a little hard to tell at this resolution.

There are also some notes here brainstorming weakness chains.
(Strong) (Weak)
Stone ⇄ Scissors
Bomb ⇄ Stone
Fire ⇄ Oil
Magnet ⇄ Scissors

A stage select screen concept featuring unused bosses Oil Man, Bond Man, Magnet Man, and a Shield wielding boss

An 8 boss stage select. Some look familiar, but no names are given.

My guess as to their identities (clockwise from upper left):
GutsMan, CutMan, a knight with a shield(?), BombMan, BondMan, MagnetMan, ElecMan(?), OilMan

Mega Man ロックマン story concept

Dr. White (left) and Dr. Brown (right)

Dr. White concept art from MM25, page 239

The Story page’s text is very close to what was in the R1 manual, except we have professors White and Brown instead of Right and Wily. Described as childhood friends who went to high school and college together, these two were in competition up until Brown’s sudden disappearance.

Mega Man ロックマン folder

Mega Man ロックマン Concept Design Document Display

We got some new glimpses of Rockman concept art and design documents that will be on exhibition at DaiCapcomTen and I want to talk about it. /🧵

Doc Robot too, between Proto’s knees.

I just realized this is technically my first bsky post and I am not sure how to feel about that.

I’m delighted at the idea that AI translation is used for hentai so often that we’ve reached the point it just assumes indecipherable scribbles are sex noises and innuendos, and then just phones it in like Steve Martin’s weatherman character in LA Story.