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Just two weeks left to enter our Mega Man Legacy Collection fan art contest! Submit your entry to be one of six winners who get a free copy of the game!

You're tasked with "re-imagining" the covers to one of the six original Mega Man titles, creating a key art that is much more indicative of the in-game action. We have some solid entries but there's still time to get yours in too!

To keep the creative juices flowing, each week we're debuted new art for each of the aforementioned six MM titles. This week is a great Mega Man 5 piece by Chamba; we wanted to capture the Mega Man / "Proto Man" rivalry aspect that was absent in the original NES art, plus show off the inverted antics of Gravity Man!

CONTEST RULES: From now until August 14th, you can email one entry to [email protected] (labeled MMLC ART CONTEST) and be entered for a chance to win one of six copies of the game. We will notify winners by September 4th, 2015 at the latest. Please submit an entry that depicts your ideal Mega Man box / key art, choosing one of the six Mega Man games collected in MMLC. Please also read the full contest rules.

There is no min/max size but it's generally nice to have art that's high-res (i.e. not like 300 pixels wide or something) and if you're taking a photo instead of scanning, just make sure the image is clean and it shows your work in a positive light.

A (super small) sampling of the art assets found in Mega Man Legacy Collection. Sketches, promo art, old fliers and more!

Plus the original six Mega Man games :)

Number: DWN-015

Weapon: Atomic Fire

Weakness: Bubble Lead

An exceptionally heatproof robot that can control fire at will. Be sure to jump and dodge his tackle attack.

From the charred ashes of Mega Man 1’s Fire Man rose the almighty Heat Man, an upgraded design and even more powerful embodiment of the very concept of heat. Heat Man can spew fire from his mouth, hurl volleys of flames with his hands, and create an impervious shield of fire which he uses to charge Mega Man at high speeds.

Heat Man has been described by onlookers as “unenthusiastic about his job,” “hot,” and “actually a lighter.” Indeed, Heat Man is one of the few Robot Masters to distinctly resemble a real-life appliance, suggesting he might have originally been designed with some noble, utilitarian purpose in mind (like setting stuff on fire).

Heat Man’s stage is one of the most dangerous in Mega Man 2 thanks to some tricky “Appearing Block” segments and a heaping helping of insta-death bottomless pits and lava pits, so you may want to save his stage for last.

Smart use of Bubble Man’s all-powerful Bubble Lead will make short work of Heat, rewarding Mega Man with the Atomic Fire weapon. Word has it the Atomic Fire can produce fire bursts at up to 12,000 degrees Celsius (over 21,000 degrees Fahrenheit).

H.M.D., Mega Man 1, Mega Man 2 (programmer) “When I created Heat Man as written in the game design document, it wasn’t fun at all. When I made changes to how each of his moves connected based on the director’s instructions, it instantly became very fun to play. I learned that I wasn’t thinking about how fans would actually play the game when I worked on programming first. Similarly to the Yellow Devil, Heat Man taught me an important lesson about the depth of game creation.”

Adam “Heat Man” Anania, formerly of The Mega Man Network “I guess it's not too surprising that I'm pretty keen on Heat Man, considering I used him as my online persona for so many years. He was one of my favorite Robot Masters as a kid, although the reasons why elude me anymore. I just have very vague memories of drawing him on a Denny's place mat. I also made a Heat Man costume for Halloween one year, seriously. [Seen above!]

Number: DLN-008

Weapon: Elec Beam

Weakness: Rolling Cutter

A robot who controls electricity. He’s a strong enemy with speed and power to match. Take him down quickly with a weapon that plays on his weakness.

Probably my (Brelston’s) favorite of the MM1 bosses, Elec Man always felt a bit like a legit super villain. That mask and color scheme reminded me of Marvel's Electro, and his powers were the easiest to immediately equate with comic books. Super strength could be any of a billion characters. Bombs & blades too. But hurling electric beams felt right out of a Spidey comic.

This strong design is backed by Elec Man's abilities - he's considered among the strongest overall MM1 Robot Masters (according to Dr. Light, that is!). His original purpose was to monitor the power of nuclear power plants, which is not something you hand over to just any industrial robot.

Elec Man's pulpy design moved me so much that I made a PixelBlock of him several years ago. He's been chilling on my desk ever since!

As mentioned back in June, Super NES classic (and rarity!) Demon's Crest is on its way to the North American Wii U eShop. And in true spooky fashion, it and its NES predecessor will land just before Halloween on 10/30.

At that point, all three of Firebrand's adventures will be available to a new generation - or one looking to reconnect with this '90s saga.

Gargoyle's Quest (Game Boy) - This Ghosts 'n Goblins spinoff first appeared in 1990 and was the darling of my 3rd grade class (I am old). I wrote about it back here so check that out, OR pick up the game on the 3DS eShop... it's been there since 2011!

Gargoyle's Quest II (NES) - Much like Kirby, Firebrand's second journey made the leap into full color on the NES. The gameplay is similar to its action-RPG ancestor, but with even more abilities and eye-popping visuals.

Demon's Crest (SNES) - Released in 1994, the third and seemingly final solo adventure took the winning formula of GQII and enhanced it with 16-bit flair. Gain new powers via transformations, battle huge bosses and discover all kinds of cool secrets in a massive, Mode 7-filled overworld. Wrote about it during my first month at Capcom.

So yeah... on 10/30 pick up GQII on either 3DS or Wii U, and by all means try out Demon's Crest on Wii U. It's a rare treat and one that ANY Capcom fan should own. Still got mine but you better believe I'm droppin' real 21st century cash on this thing.

Street FIghter 2010 is a brutal good time. Pro tip: Use the backflip!

Mega Man meets Shovel Knight, a fan mashup by infestedandy

FOR EVERLASTING SHOVELRY

New abilities in Mega Man 6: Jet Mega Man and Power Mega Man!

Acquired by beating Plant and Flame Man, respectively. Then use the new abilities to explore more of MM6's hidden paths!

And if you'll excuse the shill, Mega Man 6 is out now on 3DS and Wii U eShops :3

Spending part of tbt looking at old NES manuals. Used to devour these things back in the day, no page overlooked and every hint absorbed! Got any old manuals still kicking around, or old favorites?

Teaser pages for Mega Man #40, out on 8/27 and the conclusion to the "Dawn of X" crossover storyline.

Love seeing Sigma, Vile, Zero and X interact before the, uh, "unpleasantness."

More pages over on Capcom Unity

Mega Man StreetPass puzzle now ready in both NA and EU!

Today also sees the NES Mega Man 5 hit NA Wii U eShop, while EU folks will get the GB Mega Man II on 3DS.

Happy Thursday! We've got another Throwback Thursday Double Feature stream for you today. First, tune in at 3:30pm PT for Mega Man III (Gameboy version), which is out TODAY alongside Mega Man II on the Nintendo 3DS eShop. Then at 4:00pm PT we're throwing it all the way back to...1905??? Yep, it's the NES "sleeper" hit Little Nemo: The Dream Master.  Don't miss it! http://www.twitch.tv/capcomunity