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Mega Man (Archie Comics)
''Mega Man'' is a comic series based on the video game series of the same name by Capcom produced by Archie Comics which was announced at New York Comic Con 2010. The series began publication in April 2011 with Ian Flynn, who has written many stories for Archie's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series, as its lead writer. The series has proved highly successful, and in 2013 a crossover took place between the ''Mega Man'' and ''Sonic'' series, under the title " Worlds Collide". The series does not follow the events of the games in exact order, including an adaptation of the Japanese exclusive game ''Super Adventure Rockman'' between those of ''Mega Man 2'' and ''Mega Man 3''. The series later included a few stories set in the time of the ''Mega Man X'' series. The popularity of ''Worlds Collide'' subsequently led to a second crossover with the ''Sonic'' series, ''Worlds Unite''. The series was put into an "indefinite hiatus" after issue 55, concluding with setup for an adaptation of ''Mega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Comics
Archie Comic Publications, Inc., is an American comic book publisher headquartered in Pelham, New York.Archie Comics leaves Mamaroneck for Pelham " John Golden. May 28, 2015. Westfair Communications. Retrieved on October 20, 2015. The company's many titles feature the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega Man (game)
''Mega Man'', known as in Japan, is a 1987 action- platform video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was directed by Akira Kitamura, with Nobuyuki Matsushima as lead programmer, and is the first game of the ''Mega Man'' franchise and the original video game series. ''Mega Man'' was produced by a small team specifically for the home console market, a first for Capcom, who previously focused on arcade titles. The game begins the struggle of the humanoid robot and player-character Mega Man against the mad scientist Dr. Wily and the six "Robot Masters" under his control. ''Mega Man''s nonlinear gameplay lets the player choose the order in which to complete its initial six stages. Each culminates in a boss battle against one of the Robot Masters that awards the player-character a unique weapon. Part of the strategy of the game is that the player must carefully choose the order in which to tackle the stages so that they can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monster Hunter
is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fantasy-themed action role-playing video games that started with the game '' Monster Hunter'' for the PlayStation 2, released in 2004. Titles have been released across a variety of platforms, including personal computers, home consoles, portable consoles, and mobile devices. The series is developed and published by Capcom. The games are primarily action role-playing games. The player takes the role of a Hunter, slaying or trapping large monsters across various landscapes as part of quests given to them by locals, with some quests involving the gathering of a certain item or items, which may put the Hunter at risk of facing various monsters. As part of its compulsion loop, core gameplay loop, players use loot gained from slaying monsters, gathering resources, and quest rewards to craft improved weapons, armor, and other items that allow them to face more powerful monsters. All main series titles feature multiplayer (usually u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ÅŒkami
is an action-adventure video game developed by Clover Studio and published by Capcom. It was released for PlayStation 2 in 2006 in Japan and North America, and in 2007 in Europe and Australia. After the closure of Clover Studio a few months after the release, a port for Wii was developed by Ready at Dawn, Tose, and Capcom, and released in 2008. Set in classical Japan, ''ÅŒkami'' combines Japanese mythology and folklore to tell the story of how the land was saved from darkness by the Shinto sun goddess, named Amaterasu, who took the form of a white wolf. It features a sumi-e-inspired cel-shaded visual style and the Celestial Brush, a gesture-system to perform miracles. The game was planned to use more traditional realistic rendering, but this had put a strain on the graphics processing of the PlayStation 2. Clover Studio switched to a cel-shaded style to reduce the processing, which led to the Celestial Brush concept. The gameplay is modeled on ''The Legend of Zelda'', one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panzer Dragoon
''Panzer Dragoon'' is a series of video games by Sega. The first three games were developed in the 1990s by Sega's Team Andromeda for the Sega Saturn. The fourth, '' Panzer Dragoon Orta'' (2002), was developed by Sega's Smilebit team for the Xbox. A spin-off, ''Panzer Dragoon Mini'', was released for the handheld Game Gear in Japan in 1996. The ''Panzer Dragoon'' games are rail shooters, except '' Panzer Dragoon Saga'' (1998), a role-playing game. The games follow a protagonist fighting an empire in a post-apocalyptic world while riding a dragon. The ''Panzer Dragoon'' games have received positive reviews; ''Panzer Dragoon Saga'' is the most acclaimed Saturn game, and has appeared in several " greatest games of all time" lists. In 2018, Sega announced that remakes of ''Panzer Dragoon'' and ''Panzer Dragoon II Zwei'' were in development. The first remake was released in 2020. Premise The ''Panzer Dragoon'' series takes place on a post-apocalyptic planet where the people co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viewtiful Joe
is a side scrolling beat 'em up video game franchise created by Japanese game designer Hideki Kamiya. It is primarily developed and published by Capcom and its subsidiary Clover Studio. Games ''Viewtiful Joe'' (2003) The first game in the series was directed by Hideki Kamiya, who had previously directed ''Resident Evil 2'' and ''Devil May Cry''. It was the second title to be released under the Capcom Five, developed by a team of developers within Capcom Production Studio 4 known as Team Viewtiful. The game was released for the GameCube on June 26, 2003, in Japan, and in October 2003 in North America and Europe. ''Viewtiful Joe'' centers around the avid movie-goer Joe, who is thrust into Movie Land, transforms into the superhero " Viewtiful Joe" and sets out to rescue his girlfriend Silvia. The gameplay features traditional 2D platform side-scrolling intermixed with 3D cel-shaded graphics. A PlayStation 2 version was developed in 2004 by Clover Studio featuring Dante f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Axe (video Game)
is a side-scrolling hack-and-slash video game released by Sega for arcades in 1989, running on the Sega System 16B arcade hardware. Makoto Uchida was the lead designer of the game, and was also responsible for the creation of the previous year's '' Altered Beast''. The game casts players as one of three warriors who must free the fantastical land of Yuria from the tyrannical rule of Death Adder, who wields the titular Golden Axe. The game was well received at the time of release, ''Golden Axe'' was later converted for play on many different home systems, including Sega's own Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System. The game's success spawned an entire franchise consisting of several sequels and various spin-offs. Plot The game takes place in the fictional land of Yuria, a ''Conan the Barbarian''-style high fantasy medieval world. An evil entity known as Death Adder has captured the King and his daughter, and holds them captive in their castle. He also finds the Golden Ax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Fighter
, commonly abbreviated as ''SF'' or スト (''Suto''), is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting video and arcade games developed and published by Capcom. The first game in the series was released in 1987, followed by six other main series games, various spin-offs and crossovers, and numerous appearances in other media. Its best-selling 1991 release '' Street Fighter II'' established many of the conventions of the one-on-one fighting genre. ''Street Fighter'' is one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time and is one of Capcom's flagship series with total sales of 49 million units worldwide . It is the highest-grossing fighting game media franchise of all time at , including 500,000 arcade unit sales. History Video games ''Street Fighter'' (1987) '' Street Fighter'', designed by Takashi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Matsumoto, debuted in arcades in 1987. The player controls martial artist Ryu to compete in a worldwide martial arts tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonic Boom (TV Series)
''Sonic Boom'' is a CGI-animated television series, produced by Sega of America, Inc. and OuiDo! Productions in collaboration with Lagardère Thématiques and Jeunesse TV, respectively for Cartoon Network, Canal J and Gulli. Loosely based on the video game franchise ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' created by Sega, the series is the fifth animated television series based on the franchise and the first to be produced in computer-generated imagery animation and in high-definition. The series premiered in November 2014. The series is a part of the ''Sonic Boom'' spin-off franchise, which also consists of three video games: ''Rise of Lyric'', ''Shattered Crystal'', and ''Fire & Ice''; a comic series by Archie Comics, and a toyline by Tomy. Premise The series focuses on the adventures of Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles and Sticks—the main characters in the ''Sonic Boom'' series of video games—as they protect their home village on Seaside Island from attacks by Doctor Eggman and hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reploid
is a series of action platform video games released by Capcom. It is a sub-series of the ''Mega Man'' franchise. The first game was released on December 17, 1993 in Japan (January 1994 in North America) on the Super NES/Super Famicom; most of the sequels were ported to the PC platform. The gameplay introduced new elements to the ''Mega Man'' franchise including the ability to dash and climb walls. The first six games in the series were compiled in the anthology '' Mega Man X Collection''. Capcom released '' Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2'' on July 24, 2018 and July 26, 2018 in Japan, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Windows, which contains all eight main games over both collections, as well as bonus modes. Plot " X" was created by Dr. Thomas Light. He was a new type of robot with the ability to think, feel, and make his own decisions. Recognizing the potential danger of this model (in particular if he were to break the first rule of robotics: a rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega Man X (character)
is the main protagonist of Capcom's ''Mega Man X'' video game series, known as in Japan. First appearing in the 1993 Super NES video game ''Mega Man X'', X is an android member of the Maverick Hunters, a special police force tasked for defending humans and Reploids (anthropomorphic androids similar to X) against criminal Reploids known as Mavericks. X has appeared in multiple printed adaptations of the series as well as an original video animation, ''Day of Sigma'', which explores his early days as a hunter. X is also a supporting character in the ''Mega Man Zero'' and ''Mega Man ZX'' video game series, which star his Maverick Hunter comrade Zero. Outside of the main ''Mega Man'' franchise, X has appeared in multiple crossover video games series. X was created by Keiji Inafune as a successor to the original Mega Man. He was given a darker characterization and multiple sets of armor that enhanced his skills to contrast him from his predecessor. Besides Inafune, X was overseen by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
