Rockman Elysium

the cake is a lie

I'm starting to doubt the OFLC rating as well, given that it initially appeared as a rating on Friday the 13th. Okay, time to fess up, Aussies: which one of you pranksters managed THAT? XD

Head there to read the article. No direct links to the image from here for a variety of reasons.

They also say:
- You can play as Blues.
- The graphics are in the 8-bit sprite style, but not the classic Famicom/NES one.
(from the screenshot, I think it looks 16-bit...)
- It doesn't have anything to do with the X series.
- Tango is in it, and works just like the Rockman World Game Boy version.
- The game doesn't support full wide screen YET, but it will.
- It does support 480p.

This is now the second person (if it's not the same person) saying that Blues is a playable and that the game doesn't link to X. I checked the EXIF data of the larger image and confirmed that this IS a cell phone picture, from an LG phone, taken today. Granted, it'd be easy to make a photoshop on a screen, then take a picture of it, but are we getting into the realm of absurd paranoia to say that?

My personal speculation is that this is coming out of Backbone Emeryville as developer working with CoA, because of their very-recent handling of 1942, Bionic Commando and the revised Street Fighter for XBLA/PSN. "The Shadow" has stated two developers are on it - a recent PDF press release from Backbone's parent company mentions "several" classic franchises that they're working on, and the prior 3 have already been revealed.

Most are now focusing on waiting for an announcement at E3 in July.

PRC has a 'deep throat' source inside Capcom's QA department (That would be game testers- people who's job it is to make sure you don't run into walls and get stuck there because the rendering in an area is broken, stuff like that) who PRC believes to be legit.

He has now released a simple, chilling quote about RM9:

"Robots have expiration dates."

Given the current rumor is that Protoman and Megaman are the main playable characters with seperate endings, and we KNOW Protoman has a energy balancer problem that he's never allowed anyone to correct... does this mean Protoman (or Rock) is going to die in RM 9?

Probably not- as has been pointed out by a variety of people including Inafune himself, the game is a CHILDREN'S SERIES- but the thought is still pretty deep for Capcom; and Capcom HAS been more than willing to kill off hero characters before (Y helo thar, Zero/Aile/Girouette/etc--and don't forget Blues being CHOPPED IN HALF in Rockman and Forte!)

PRC adds: On a completely different note: I did some more research about the OFLC, even contacted them for some clarification. Apparently, the OFLC has never in its history listed a "rumored" game, implying that the RM9/MM9 listing is no mistake, it is real.

And you know, even if it turns out to be a completely different plotline, let's just think about the implications that could come out of the statement from a fanfic potential. A speculator on PRC wondered if the 'government' was going to consider ZX-style (or Blade Runner) limitations of lifespan for robots. If that were to happen, some sort of governmental regulation, it would explain Light appearing to take the X project deep underground in MHX, and the sealing of both X and Zero by their respective creators.


ON CONFIRMATION OF THE RUMOR?:
( speculation within )