Nuts
Mega Manplayers are some of the most eagle-eyed fans in the industry. They saw the writing on the wall forMega Man 11before it was announced by way of a Block Man outfit that seemed like a throwaway/unused piece of concept art, and they also managed to sneak a peak at aStar Force(aMega Manspinoff series) design that graced the pages of Game Informer back in January of 2018.
It led to all sorts of speculation that the costume would be playable inMega Man 11, and perhaps people haven’t figured out how to unlock it yet: but nope, that legend has been put to bed. According to the officialRockman 11 Production Notebook, it’s simply a placeholder for Tundra Man’s weapon: full stop. The book humorously explains how it happened: “When there was still no design for the Tundra Man weapon, Mr. Ueda created a Shooting Star style [Star Force] model as a place holder during development. It seems the magazine journalist that came took a photo of it… Sorry for confusing fans. We blame Ueda.”
While it may seem like an innocuous joke, the fact that theMega Man 11team is playing around with historical references like this could led to cameos, or perhaps full-on sub-franchise crossovers in the future. They’re clearly passionate about the source material and my guess is Capcom is ready to resurrectMega Manthrough any means necessary.Finallygiving us thatMega ManClassic andXseries mashup would be pretty explosive.
