Update []: Capcom has now selected the "top 20" fan-made designs for its Mega Man: Dual Override Robot Master Design Contest. Voting has also gone live - allowing Capcom ID users to vote for the design they "like best".
As a recap, this competition asked fans to submit a unique design for a Robot Master with a "giant suction arm", which will be featured in the new game. Here's a look at the 20 fan-made designs that made this round. You can get a closer look at each design on Capcom's Mega Man contest page.
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Once again, voting is open from now until 5th February 2026 and requires a Capcom ID to participate. Users who vote will also receive the following social media icons as a reward:
You can find out more details about this competition and the prizes for the winners in the original story below.
Original Story: [Sun 4th Jan, 2026 01:00 GMT]
When Capcom lifted the lid onMega Man: Dual Override at the end of last year, it also announced a new Robot Master Design Contest.
This latest competition asked fans to submit a unique design for a Robot Master with a "giant suction arm" and provided an existing template to work off. As it's now past 1st January 2026, this contest has officially concluded.
Capcom has followed this up with an update, thanking fans for their "wonderful" submissions, and mentioning how staff will now review the entries. From there, 20 designs are selected to progress to the next round of voting, and then fans will vote in their "top 6" through the CAPCOM ID system.
This will get underway later this month on 30th January 2026, and there'll even be a voting participation reward in the form of a special icon.
After the top six are selected, Capcom will pick the best design, and this design will be used in Mega Man: Dual Override. You can see the prizes for the winners below along with an example entry.
As of January 1 at 11:59PM PT, the Mega Man: Dual Override Robot Master Design Contest has concluded.
Thank you to everyone that submitted their wonderful #MegaManDO designs! Capcom staff will now go over the entries and select 20 designs to move on to the next round of voting.
Fans will be able to vote for the top 6 entries with their CAPCOM ID starting on January 30, 2026, and you'll get a special social media icon for your participation.
Prizes
We will pick the 6 best entries and select one winner from among them.
- Grand Prize: 1 winner
Your Robot Master design will be used in Mega Man: Dual Override
- Excellence Awards: 6 winners
Your name will appear in the credits for Mega Man: Dual Override
Mega Man: Dual Override is currently scheduled to release on Switch, Switch 2 and multiple other platforms in 2027. Before then, Mega Man Star Force: Legacy Collection is arriving in March 2026 on the Switch.
You can find out more about the next major Mega Man entry in our previous story here on Nintendo Life.