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 The kids from last time, Vent and Aile, have been replaced by a pair of functionally-identical crimefighting children, called Grey and Ashe.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.