Mega Man Rebirth is Mega Man Star Force!
Capcom has announced the English title for what we’ve been calling Rockman Rebirth. It is now known as Mega Man Star Force. Sounds a bit kiddy, don’t you think? Maybe Capcom wants to go with an Anime that they can license to 4Kids… Anyway, the game is set to be released in Japan later this year and in North America in the fall of 2007.
The game takes place in the year 22XX. Viruses and cyber crime are things of the past and technology is much more advanced than it was in Mega Man Battle Network. The world of 22XX has mobile computers called “Trancers” which change navigation systems into EM waves. These EM waves form the “Wave Road”, something that exists in the real world but can only be seen by those who come from the planet FM.
The lead character of Star Force is a boy called Subaru Hoshikawa, whose father disappeared years ago in an accident in a satellite station. This gave Subaru an interest in astronomy. One day, he put on “Visualizer Goggles” that belonged to his father and was able to see EM waves. He triggered something that made Warlock, a being who escaped from Planet FM, appear and learned that monsters from FM were going to attack Earth. Subaru combines with Warlock to transform into Mega Man and enters Wave Road.
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Capcom has announced the English title for what we’ve been calling Rockman Rebirth. It is now known as Mega Man Star Force. Sounds a bit kiddy, don’t you think? Maybe Capcom wants to go with an Anime that they can license to 4Kids… Anyway, the game is set to be released in Japan later this year and in North America in the fall of 2007.
The game takes place in the year 22XX. Viruses and cyber crime are things of the past and technology is much more advanced than it was in Mega Man Battle Network. The world of 22XX has mobile computers called “Trancers” which change navigation systems into EM waves. These EM waves form the “Wave Road”, something that exists in the real world but can only be seen by those who come from the planet FM.
The lead character of Star Force is a boy called Subaru Hoshikawa, whose father disappeared years ago in an accident in a satellite station. This gave Subaru an interest in astronomy. One day, he put on “Visualizer Goggles” that belonged to his father and was able to see EM waves. He triggered something that made Warlock, a being who escaped from Planet FM, appear and learned that monsters from FM were going to attack Earth. Subaru combines with Warlock to transform into Mega Man and enters Wave Road.
Capcom boasts the following:
- Two coexisting worlds – players can navigate the real world as Subaru and transform into Mega Man to travel across Wave Road
- Three stellar versions call upon the power of the elements to offer distinct advantages
- Pegasus – based on the water element, Ice Pegasus can instantly freeze an opponent with its special Ice Slash
- Leo – turning up the heat, Fire Leo uses a special Flame Burner attack that can incinerate enemies in its path
- Dragon – the ferocious Green Dragon draws upon the power of wood with a Wood Shot move that fires a cluster of razor sharp leaves to slash enemies to bits
- Star Force Big Bang – under special conditions, each form can unleash a devastating super move that draws upon their respective element
- Elemental power chain
- All battle cards have one of five elemental characteristics: fire, water, wood, electricity or neutral
- Each star forceÂ’s elemental attribute is stronger than one and weaker than another; double damage is dealt against a weaker element while double damage is received from a stronger element
- Wood bashes electricity, electricity shocks water, water puts out fire, and fire burns wood
- New battle system
- View the action from behind MegaMan in a new third person perspective
- Cyber “wave battles” now take place in a three by five grid with no boundaries between the player and the enemies
- Dynamic Brother Band system – add up to 6 friends that also have the game in order to gain powerful advantages in battle and help power up each otherÂ’s abilities
- Favorite cards – each player has 6 registered favorite cards which are part of his profile; by using a friend’s Brother force card during battle, one of these 6 favorites is picked at random for use during the battle
- Link ability – these can offer a boost in HP, higher attack level and more
- As a player levels up and the more Brothers they have, the link ability and other Brother card data get boosted as well
- Best Combo – combine Battle Cards to unleash consecutive attacks; players can also use a Brother’s Best Combo as well
- Connecting with others that have the same cards in their folders can boost the power of those cards for a player
- Brothers are encouraged to link up frequently to ensure they have the latest and greatest data
- By default you can transform into the version of Mega Man related to the version of the game you have; however, if you have a Brother with a different version of the game, you can transform into that Mega Man as well
- Each player has a personal page where they can edit their profile, organize their folders and more
- Fight against updated versions of familiar foes as well as exciting never before seen enemies
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