Like many other Switch releases, one question that's frequently been asked since Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection was announced for Nintendo's hybrid system was if the retail release would include all of the content on the game card.
The good news is everything will be included on the one game cartridge. That's all six of the following classics: Mega Man Zero, Mega Man Zero 2, Mega Man Zero 3, Mega Man Zero 4, Mega Man ZX and Mega Man ZX Advent. Here's Capcom's official confirmation via Twitter, stating how "no additional downloads" will be required.
6 games. 5 heroes. 2 series. 1 cartridge or disc.
Grab Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection at retail for Switch, PS4, or XB1 in North America starting January 21st, 2020, and get all six games plus Z Chaser with no additional downloads required!
As noted above, the collection will also include the Z Chaser Mode. Apart from this, it comes with an artwork gallery, a music player, special filters, and a Casual Scenario Mode. You can see more of this in the trailer above.
Lastly, if you pre-order the game, you'll be able to receive ten new in-game songs – one new stage remix in each of the games and four bonus music player tracks. Right now, the physical release has been confirmed for Japan and the US.
Are you relieved to hear all of the content will be on the game card? Share your thoughts down below.
[source twitter.com]
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Now this is how you do it!
Then again, I imagine these are smaller games than the likes of L.A. Noire or the Spyro trilogy. It's still nice to have everything on the card, though.
Figures the only series they didnt split into 2 would have no download.
Well shiver me timbers, you don’t say. Well maybe I WILL get this after all. I do still have my DS cart but what the heck.
I was myffed when I bought physical X collection. I really should have looked up reviews before buying, only the first few games are any good...and the download code I was trying to avoid too
I’m honestly surprised by this development.
Good job Capcom, now do the same with Resident Evil 4, 5, and 6 Collection.
Now that wasn’t too hard now was it?
Battle Network Collection with online multiplayer. It’d be awesome.
So where do we find that full cart version? Notice they don't mention where you can find it or where it will be sold at?
Finally somebody listened! MegaMan zero are great games, I hope this physical release does really well so that other companies will take note.
@retro_player_22 : They should do it for ALL of the Resident Evil games released so far.
And a proper cartridge release of the original Mega Man Collection would also be appreciated. For crying out loud, they could have fit both collections on a single 4GB cart! And there would be no need to consolidate the ROMs into a single shell because Switch cartridges can accommodate multiple ROMs, as Ubisoft have shown with their compilation releases.
Just the way it should be
Mega Man Battle Network Collection next, please! The split versions from 3 onward could get interesting though....
But what about Europe? ):
I would certainly expect them all to be on one card, DS games don’t exactly take up much space. I would have been more surprised if they hadn’t done it this way, don’t go and give Capcom too much credit on this one.
I'm assuming these games don't take very much space. Since they came out on the DS... I still hate you Capcom.
Still hoping for a Mega Man Legacy Collection 3 with Mega Man I-V for the Game Boy, Mega Man for the Game Gear, Mega Man & Bass, Mega Man Xtreme 1 & 2, and if Sega doesn't have locked it up, The Wily Wars for the Genesis.
As much as am happily to own physical copies of Mega Man Legacy Collection 1+2 and Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1+2 and I love them but my minor complaint on the two copies is that I have get a download copy of the second half which is a bummer. Hearing this makes me happy.
Wow, this must be some breakthrough in storage tech. I mean, how could they possibly squeeze all those games onto one card? Witchcraft, no doubt.
Bravo Capcom for putting the money into the r&d required to pull it off.
Not surprising, as GBA and DS Rom sizes are very small.
Wow, they managed to fit 4 GBA games and 2 DS games onto one cartridge. That must've taken a lot of work..... /sarc
And this will be the only other Mega Man (MM11) game I own on my Switch unless they do more proper complete collections.
Shame they've decided to only do with with a collection most people don't care about. What a coincidence.
@Old-Red It seems the Mega Man Zero/ZX series is the only collection Capcom hasn't screw up yet despite this been the second time they did this. That and Street Fighter. Before this they also had a Mega Man Zero Collection for DS which had all the games too. I guess they are still testing the water on if people really buy physical if all the games are on there.
No additional downloads probably just means that in addition to a cart there is now download.
Or it could mean you get a download code for a game, with no additional downloads after.
Still this doesn't apply to Europe.
Probably due to the Zero Collection on the DS.
Essentially this a DS emulation of the games.
That's great Capcom. Now please do this going forwards. Admittedly this is probably only happening as they will fit on a tiny cart....
If this comes physical to Europe as well (very unlikely as Capcom seems to really hate Europe when it comes to physical releases lately for some weird reason...), with a price tag that isn't ridiculous, I will actually buy it.
See Capcom, it doesn't take much effort to please people, and a happy customer is a paying customer after all, so please keep doing it like this going forward ^_^
You don't have to butter me up, Capcom. I already knew I was getting this the moment it was announced... But the effort is very much appreciated all the same.
Yes yes yes yes .
Also , a mini artbook / instruction manual inside would be the cherry on top!
Ahh the way it should be done. This pleases me.
@Old-Red Don't care about? The Zero series are some of the most highly regarded Mega Man games of all time. They were put on a pedestal for a reason. Not sure about the ZX series, but they seem fairly well liked.
The Zero series is my favorite set of Mega Man games. The first game is a bit grind heavy, at least the way I played it, but I really liked the adjustments to the sequels. Good to see Capcom release them properly. Hopefully, there are no issues in how they run. The ZX games didn't hook me when I tried them. I would like to give those another shot as they do play well, unsurprisingly.
@Xelha On the one hand, I agree with you wholeheartedly. On the other, I'm just grateful they didn't screw this up for once.
Hope they rerelease past collections in full physical carts.
Well that's alright then, I haven't played any of the Mega Man Zeros games so I might consider getting it.
Yes Capcom, thank you so, so much for doing what you should have been doing in the first place. Also, I hope this means you'll be releasing this physically in Europe too?
My god, you're a useless company.
So much ZX appeal.
Then why do it differently in other cases? Why?
Still have to import (thanks a lot Capcom Europe!) but at least importation from North’s america is a tad easier and cheaper for me.
I didn't get the other two because of the download needed, not all of us have great download speeds or data to spare, yes Australia's internet is that bad and expensive.
I love my carts and appreciate no downloads.
But make no mistake
We live in a digital world, and I for one, embrace it with open arms. Even though I will be grabbing this excellent cartridge release I will also be buying it digitally, because it’s almost 2020. I don’t want to carry 296 cartridges with me every time I leave the house and I don’t like swapping them every time I play a different game. When I’m sitting in my chair browsing my library I like to fire up whatever I want to play on the spot without getting off my butt. I work hard and when I’m home I want it to be as smooth of an experience as possible.
@GameOtaku
All past games are on cart except Mega Man Legacy Collection 2.
NA got Legacy 1 and X Collection 1, and Japan got X Collection 2.
That missing Collection is being released in a box set in Japan that has Mega Man Legacy 1, Legacy 2, X Collection 1, X Collection 2 and Mega Man 11 all on cart in 5 separate cases. Of course the games come with English also so it’s not a problem, and Etsy sells replacement cover art in English complete with inside artwork that looks so official I can’t even tell them apart, for $6.
So I will finally have all 25 Mega Man games from the original series, X series, Zero series and ZX series on cart. What sucks is you have to buy the whole box set to get that missing entry. I’m just going to sell the other four games on eBay and get back what I can.
Lol, gba and ds games without download. What an amazing feat Capcom!
I love how low the bar is sometimes with Switch
@JaxonH Right? I at least would like to just grab Classic 2 and X2 without having to repurchase what I already own plus SnH.
@JaxonH
The NA sets were not complete physical. Only the Legacy collection and X collection were, both second collections were download code.
@GameOtaku
Understood. I own all of them
But that means that the first collection of each was on cart, as you just said. And the second X Collection was released separately on cart in Japan. I own it.
And the missing second Legacy Collection is currently being released in the box set.
So all of them will be on cart with English one way or another once the box set releases.
Dear Capcom, you can make up for the mess you made on Switch so far by releasing all your previous compilations for Europe fully on carts!
@JaxonH
Whoa! Didn't know that box set and the Etsy covers was a thing. Thx for posting that! ^_^
The box even has room for the Megaman Zero and ZX collection. And strangely enough, the box seems to have room for 1 more case.
Now if Capcom were to release a Switch collection of the 5 Gameboy Megaman games (the first one was the very first Megaman I played, so always had a soft spot for the GB series) to go in there, it'd be amazing! ^_^
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