Get ready to unload your Unity points. Capcom's got a spiffy Mega Man 20th anniversary shirt signed by Keiji Inafune up on the auction block.
The Unity Auctions are up and live for this week. We've got a super rare piece of swag, a Mega Man 20th Anniversary Shirt signed by Inafune-san!
Next up is the a couple of Monster Hunter items we were handing out at Comic-Con. Both the case and strap are imported from Japan, and were featured at a Monster Hunter Festa event.
Check out more free stuff you can win after the jump! Read more...
Marvel VS Capcom 2 is off to a huge start (as you can undoubtedly tell by perusing the in-game leader boards) and we haven't even dropped on PS3 yet! On the Twitter feed today (you are following @Capcom_Unity, right? Right?) , I noticed a user by the name of WiredWired asking, "Any way we can get the background of MvC2 menu (XBLA) as a wallpaper for 360 / PS3 / PC?" There sure is! I hit up Rey J and he immediately responded with these two images taken from both the game's Start screen and Menu screen. They're 1980 X 1024 resolution, which is the largest we can get them out of the game code. Grab the full-sized images from my Gallery and roll your own PS3 or PC/Mac/whatevs background.
Marvel Vs Capcom 2 is new on Xbox Live (and soon PSN), but is a game with a long history. One of the great things about that history is all the amazing in-game lingo the hardcore players have developed over the years, and in particular the East Coast (NYC) crew.
Perhaps the most zany and most famous of those terms is "pringles" (e.g. "oh he's so pringles!"). If you have no idea what I'm talking about, watch this famous video (beware some adult language). It's famous less for the play than for the infectious stream of Marvel slang that started players worldwide talking about pringles, curly mustaches, Haagen Dazs, and, um... the Knicks.
It was
Michael "IFC Yipes" Mendoza in that video who introduced
the world to the word "Pringles," but just what exactly
does it mean? Comment here and let me know what
you think--winner takes home an actual can of actual
Pringles, signed by the actual Yipes at EVO this year
(where he did a great job on this
year's MVC2 commentary, and also
placed 3rd!)
If you
know the real meaning, great, but something new and even
better than the real thing is eligible to win too--just
make us smile. So... where's yo curly mustaches
at?
Eagerly awaiting the unveiling of new Tatsunoko vs. Capcom characters? Well here's a little something to wet your appetite. In an interview with Siliconera, Ryota Niitsuma, producer of TVC, discussed his intentions of adding at least three to four (maybe more) new playable characters for the North American version:S: What can you tell us about these new characters? Are they going to be split evenly between the Tatsunoko and Capcom sides?
RN: In the end we want to have a good balance between the Tatsunoko side and the Capcom side, a split down the middle with characters on both sides. We’re still working on which characters to add and ones to put in so I can’t give you any specifics on that.RN: Right now I’m looking at around three to four, maybe more. Nothing has been finalized yet. We will be making an announcement very soon about how many characters and who they are.
Once again, proof that Japan gets all the cool toys, here's some brand new custom kits of Mega Man and Roll from Dimension Driver. They were shown off at Wonder Festival in Japan, and sold for around $75-125.As far as Mega Man figures go, these are totally worth it in my book. Especially for Roll. The picture to the left is totally how I'd keep them posed on my desk. Now, if I can just find somewhere that has them...
Via Kotaku, Via Tiny Cartridge
The PAC is back! This week we'll be jamming out on Xbox Live in Marvel vs Capcom 2. We'll also be handing out a couple randomly if you play with us, then message me here on Unity.
We'll be starting at around 3PM PST under gamertag Snow Infernus. See you guys online!
During an outing to Goodwill, Mark spotted this Mega Man NT Warrior promotional DVD for $2. The contents of the disc are pretty cool: one whole episode plus a bonus "behind the scenes" featurette, documenting the English voice dubbing process and interviews with voice actors, Alex Doduk (Lan Hikari) and Andrew Francis (Mega Man.EXE). Additionally, there's a few trailers for the then upcoming Mega Man Battle Network 3.
In honor of the recent release after our long, patient wait, it's the final episode of the Marvel Vs Capcom 2 comic showdown videos, this time featuring M. Bison and Magneto.
Magnetism vs Psycho Power... which is mightier? Play tonight and find out for yourself (*hint: Magneto > Bison, at least in MVC2. I still <3 Capcom).
