Capcom released a ton of screens today for the new Megaman ZX sequel, Rockman ZX Advent, and they show exactly what we want to see in our Megaman games: running from left to right and shooting at robots, all delivered in gorgeous hand-drawn 2D. We could look at stuff like this all day. Coincidentally, that's kind of our job.In the first ZX, kids use "Biometals" ("Livemetals" in the Japanese version) to transform into robots similar to X and Zero from the Megaman X series, as well as a fused ZX form. The kids from last time, Vent and Aile, have been replaced by a pair of functionally-identical crimefighting children, called Grey and Ashe.
They operate a new Biometal, called Model A, which enables transformation into a dual-wielding robot seemingly based on Axl from Mega Man X7, a game that we're glad is on the PS2 (so we don't have to like it).
We've included character designs and a selection of screens for you. Bask in their 2D-ness after the break, won't you? We shrunk them down a bit from Dengeki's original display, to make the basking more successful. Over-enlarged DS screens are not cool.
Prometheus
Grey
Ashe
Pandora
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-28-2007 @ 6:48PM
Kia said...
Uhhh, these are really old screens...We had them up on Dtoid ages ago. And I'm still disappointed that there isn't more of a graphical upgrade.
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2-28-2007 @ 7:06PM
BPM said...
I'm not disappointed. Inti Creates already has some top-notch 2D art, it's hard to get better than it already is.
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2-28-2007 @ 7:27PM
Dead_Prophet said...
What I want to know is... which one is supposed to be the male protagonist? Seriously, just from the character art I can't decipher gender.
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2-28-2007 @ 8:35PM
ddt71 said...
@3
Seem like they're pulling a final fantasy in terms of figuring out if a character is a male or female...
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3-01-2007 @ 1:49AM
BPM said...
Ashe is the girl, Grey is the boy.
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3-01-2007 @ 9:08PM
Dan said...
Whoa, how did I miss hearing about this? I was hoping that ZX would become a series. I'm a little wary of both the totally new characters and an Axl based Biometal, though. I still don't understand the X7 hate. Aside from not being completely 2D, is there something else people hate so much about it?
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3-01-2007 @ 11:26PM
JC Fletcher said...
The gameplay.
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3-19-2007 @ 4:30PM
david said...
no not really, i really liked x7 and zx is the best game i have ever played i cant wait until model axl is used . im so getting it. i thot the battle networks were crappy. and if capcom wants to make zx a series dont make it past 3 cuz after that its annoying. like the battlenetworks i think if they had ended it after three when megaman was absorbed by alpha it would have been a good ending to a good TRILOGY. i think the original series was awsome espically the eighth
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