Leading the pack this week are stories concerning Rockman Megamix's "revival", Hitoshi Ariga's foray to re-release the fan favorite comic after years of being out of print.
Ariga Unveils New Megamix Concept ArtAriga san recently updated his personal
blog to include a few mock up sketches of future Megamix volumes. Ariga mentions the reprints are planned to retail for 1,524 Yen+additional tax. (roughly $15). He apologizes for the high price, citing it has something to do with the overall size of the books (reported to entail 300 pages) and a limited amount of copies available from the get-go.
In closing, Ariga once again reassured the newest Megamix volume, volume 4, is still underway.
Reprints On Their Way In May[spoiler]
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Online shop Fukkan is now taking
preorders for the reprints, set to ship at an unspecified date in May, 2009.
Volume 1 and
volume 2 will retail at an estimated price of tag of 1,600 Yen each ($16.98). Both issues come with all new cover art and a special forward by Ariga san himself.
In other non-Megamix news:
Star Force 3 Satellite Server FindingsMegaRock was able to dig around the US
Star Force 3 website, accessing a few pages from the
Satellite Server which have yet to be "published." In other words, the Satellite Server lists these pages as "coming soon" but the SWF for each is accessible, thus enabling us to see a few things Capcom doesn't want us knowing about yet.
The secret pages contain advance information on
Black Ace,
Red Joker and
Rogue Noise forms. Click on the respective links to check them out.
Next Wavemasters Announced It's that time again! From June 20th to the 21st, the
Wavemasters 2009 qualifying finals kick off in Tokyo free of charge. Starting at 9am, the event will be held at the Makuhari Messe Hall 9-11, a decisive tournament to see who goes onto the finals. Winners will receive special "crown data" for SSR3.
Rules and regulations will be announced at a later date.