We've covered Mega Man: The Board Game a fair amount, from its origins on Kickstarter to tentative updates as Jasco Games has worked towards making the final product a reality. As a relatively complicated game with plenty of text and miniatures to produce, it's clearly been a challenging project.
A major part of that challenge is clearing everything with IP owners Capcom, and in a recent project update it was explained that a set of sample miniatures had been sent by their manufacturers, and that progress with approval was nearly final. Capcom's reps were impressed with the figures, while approval on graphics for the box, cards etc is now at around 95%, with just a few points to resolve.
It all sounds positive as this tries to get to market, so we thought we'd share a number of images from that latest status update. If you're a fan of Mega Man and / or board games, you should really check these out.
[source kickstarter.com, via destructoid.com]
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The miniatures look immense. I've not been keeping up with the project outside of knowing it actually exists but I'm intreagued as to whether it will resemble how the video game is played ie, does is share the same dynamics. I think even if you have no intention of ever playing this it would be nice to keep in a box on display
This is going to be BAD@SS!
Interesting, they're going with the Oil Man style as depicted in the Archie comics.
Which is they cover his lips with the scarf, which aside from avoiding racial controversies, makes him look much better.
Give us more mega man amiibos first!
This will be cool, and having a ton of figures is a nice touch.
Why are you trying to make me buy this with those awesome pics?? I can't afford games, amiibo and this
I remember looking into this when they were still taking KickStarter orders.
The actual game didn't look that exciting and was prohibitively expensive... but as fan service it looked fantastic. These pre-production photos seem to reaffirm that last part.
I wonder what the price will be, and which retailers it will be sold at, if any?
How about an actual Megaman game Capcom?
Capcom: "See, we care about Megaman! Look at all this Megaman merchandise, and Megaman is in Smash!"
Consumer: "That's great but when are we getting an actual game?"
Capcom: " ....Look! Megaman amiibo!!"
Now you have to figure out how to teach a friend how this game works
*Rolls Dice.
*Moves 6 Spaces Forward, land on Spikes Panel.
*You lose the game.
Where might one purchase this? I would DEFINITELY like to have this in my collection.
@Mega719
Story of every single board game I've ever played with anyone ever.
Because people are asking, the game was selling for $70+shipping via KickStarter. That's just for the basic game though - a bunch of the figures shown in images above aren't included unless you shell out $140+shipping for the deluxe bundle. Some figures are also KickStarter exclusives (I think) so if you buy later do your homework first to know exactly what you will/won't receive.
Hard to say what pricing will be like after release. Most board games that go through KickStarter are available online after release - sometimes for slightly lower prices if you look around before buying. The license will probably make this quite desirable though, so it's hard to say how long stock will last or what pricing will be like.
Yes! YESSS! They shoud make a MM 2 expansion pack in the near future featuring Airman, Crashman, Flashman, Quickman, Metalman, Bubbleman, Heatman, Woodman and Mech Dragon.
I kinda need this.
The artstyle on the box is exactly how they should make a new megaman game. Retro gameplay, cellshaded graphics But alas capcom doesn't seem interested in doing anything.
@Dipso Capcom is like a chicken running around with it's head cut off right now.
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