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Digimon Fans this is for you!

Sorry, its been a really long time since I posted anything. I've been busy with school and a whole bunch of other things.

Anyway, remember the old Digimon anime that aired in the early 2000's. The original series is 10 years old now. We all remember Digimon the Movie, right? Well, how many of you knew there was a 30 minute mini-movie sequel to it made in 2001.

It takes place a couple of months after the end of the second season finale with our favorite Digidestined.

Its name: DIGIMON THE MOVIE 2: THE REVENGE OF DIABOROMON

^Movie Title Card from US version. The logo above with the Japanese Kanji reads Digimon Adventures 02 the Japanese name for the second season of Digimon: Digital Monsters.

That's right Diaboromon is back after 5+ years and this time, wants to destroy the world even more. Can Omnimon defeat him once again or is the world done for. Can the Digidestined stop him before the world reaches ARMAGEDDON! Grab your popcorn and see the movie on my video blogspot*: (link to be put up at a later time)

^Here is the movie poster for the film. pictured digidestined are: Kari Kamiya, Matt Ichida, Cody Hida, Ken Ichijouji, Davis Motomiya, Takeru (or "T.K" as he is more commonly known), Tai, and Yolei. Both Tai and Matt are now 17 years old. Digimon pictured are Gatomon (Kari's Digimon), Upamon (Cody's Digimon -in training form of Armadillomon-), Wormmon (Ken's Digimon), Veemon (Davis' Digimon), Patamon (Takeru's Digimon), Poromon (Yolei's Digimon -in training form of Hawkmon), Diaboromon (antagonist of movie), and Omnimon (Matt and Tai's Digimon -Mega DNA Digivolved form of Agumon (Tai's Digimon) and Gabumon (Matt's Digimon)

^screenshot of the film with Omnimon, Tai, and Matt.

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*the movie on my blogspot is presented by Disney Inc. and did air on Toon Disney at one point. I do not know when though. Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon in any way. It is property of Toei Animation and Disney Inc. DIGIMON, 1999-2010 Toei Animation/1999-2002 Fox/2003-2010 Disney Inc.

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More Exciting EXE OSS News

Here are two new scans from the month's Coro Coro Magazine

From what I got:

• Battle Network Battle System is used.
• MegaMan is both playable and fightable.
• Just like in the Star Force games MegaMan SF has the ability to lock-on to enemies during battle.
• MegaMan SF can use battlechips and Program Advances just like his BN counterpart.
• The "BeastSlap" battle card will be a battlechip.
• Both MegaMan.EXE and MegaMan SF have there own unique set of abilities.

This game looks promising. I love the way the game looks I can't wait until November to get this game.

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Hey Naruto Fans: The English Dub of Naruto Shippuuden Is Heading To A TV Near You!

If you are fans of the Naruto anime and manga series, I have an update you'll enjoy. The english dub of Shippuden is coming to TV. It was picked up by Disney-ABC cable networks and will air on the network Disney XD this October. Here is the report from naruto.com:

San Francisco, CA, September 10, 2009 – In a landmark agreement, VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced that its animated series NARUTO Shippuden has been acquired by Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group for debut on Disney XD (www.DisneyXD.com) television channel beginning in October.

Disney XD is a new basic cable channel and multi-platform brand that showcases a compelling mix of live-action and animated programming for kids age 6-14, hyper-targeting boys and their quest for discovery, accomplishment, sports, adventure and humor. New dubbed episodes of NARUTO Shippuden will premiere on the network.

In the NARUTO manga and animated series, Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja in training, wants to be the best ninja in the land. He's done well so far, but Naruto knows he must train harder than ever and leaves his village for intense exercises that will push him to his limits. NARUTO Shippuden begins two and a half years later, when Naruto returns to find that everyone has been promoted up the ninja ranks—except him. Sakura is a medic ninja, Gaara has advanced to Kazekage, and Kakashi… well, he remains the same. But pride isn’t necessarily becoming of a ninja, and Naruto quickly regains his focus when he learns that Sasuke never returned from his search for Orochimaru and that the mysterious Akatsuki organization is still an ever-present danger. The more Naruto finds out about Akatsuki’s sinister plot, the more he realizes that nothing in his world is as it seems. Naruto is finding that he’s older, but will he also prove wiser and stronger?

“Disney XD is a growing destination for our key demographic, boys 6-14, and we're looking forward to bringing the adventures of NARUTO Shippuden to our lineup," says Tracy McAndrew, Director, Acquisitions and Co-Productions, Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group.

Created by Masashi Kishimoto, NARUTO was first introduced in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in Japan in 1999 and quickly became that country’s most popular ninja manga targeting tweens and teens and has sold more than 92 million copies to-date. The manga series (rated ‘T’ for Teens) and animated counterpart (NARUTO rated ‘T’ for teens, and NARUTO Shippuden rated ‘T+’ for older teens), is one of VIZ Media’s most successful properties and has captivated millions of fans across North America, Europe and South America. NARUTO is a co-production of TV TOKYO, VIZ Media parent company Shueisha Inc., and Pierrot Co., Ltd.

“We’re very pleased to partner with Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group to bring NARUTO Shippuden to U.S. television audiences this fall,” says Bill Germain, Director of Programming Sales, VIZ Media. “With Disney XD as its new broadcast home base, NARUTO Shippuden is poised to take viewers, both new and old, to unprecedented levels of ninja-excitement!”

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^A promo from Japan. Pictured are Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru Nara, Sakura Haruno, Kakashi Hatake, Sasuke Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, and Naruto's father, Minato Namikaze (the Yondaime [4th] Hokage of Konoha)

Just so you know, if you didn't, Disney XD went formerly by the name Toon Disney. Naruto's greatest adventure is finally back on TV this October. Stay tuned to naruto.com and disneyXD.com (as well as tuning to the network) for more information. My hope is that they keep the original Japanese openings.

if you have never seen Naruto you have a lot of catching up to do, but guaranteed, Shippuden is the best season yet!

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What Play Asia says about Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star

From Play-Asia.com:

"Rockman Exe is ported to the Nintendo DS with new upgrades. The battles system is easier to learn, part card battle and part action, both old and new gamers are going to pick it up in no time. There are new scenarios, a certain enemy, clockman was controlling the flow of time, defeat him and discover his motives. "

More people could play together. Turn on your Wi-Fi network and ask a couple of friends to join you on your quests and mini games. A maximum of 6 people can do battlee together in the Rockman Coliseum.

According to Play Asia's Description of this title, wifi might actually be available for this title so you can challenge friends and it is finally officially revealed that Clockman is an enemy.

Play Asia now accepting Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star Pre-orders

^Pending Game Boxart. You might notice some of the box arts from other EXE titles behind Netto and Rockman. The most notable ones are: EXE 2 (between S.S Rockman and Netto's head), EXE 3 Black Version (look at where Rockman.EXE's Megabuster points), EXE 4 Red Sun (below the EXE 3 Black Version art), EXE 6 Greiga (below the EXE 4) and EXE 4.5 Real Operation (Below EXE 6 Greiga)

One more site has put up a pre-order section for Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star. You can pre-order the title at Play Asia for $44.90 US + $3.40 in S&H. Shipments will be sent out the same day as game release in Japan (Nov. 12).

EXE OSS pre-order (Play Asia):http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-9g-49-en-70-3jwy.html

Also I have one piece of news:

At this years Tokyo Game Show (Japan's equivalent to the US's E3 Convention), Rockman.EXE OSS will have a playable demo. Also you can see a trailer for the game (well, its actually an animation similar to the Teaser site's old opening) at Capcom's Tokyo Game Show 2009 Theatre: http://www.capcom.co.jp/tgs2009/theater/index.html. All you have to do is click on the EXE OSS trailer to play.

Rockman.EXE on the Silver Screen- A look back at the Movie: "Rockman.EXE Hikari to Yami no Isan"

Back in March of 2005 Rockman.EXE hit movie theatres in Japan. It was part of a double feature with the Duel Masters movie. The movie takes place in the stream storyline between episodes 27 and 29. When you went to see the movie you would recieve an exclusive Forte Cross Rockman E-reader card for the GBA game Rockman.EXE 5 Team of Blues and/or Team of Colonel. Though it is not a full length feature film it is well worth watching. There is alot of action in this 50 minute film.

Here are exerpts a summary on Rockman.EXE Online:

"Deep in the dark recesses of the UnderNet, Forte sleeps as he drifts aimlessly. In this cybernetic graveyard, a pulsating power re-awakens Forte, alerting him to a dangerous being shortly ahead. A haunting face appears amidst a massive bright purple blob, laughing directly at Forte. Cursing him, Forte finds himself powerless as the blob takes form, and captures him within its grasp! Nearing the time of sunset, a peaceful city and its people go about their everyday business. Curious bystanders on a sidewalk glimpse a shimmering purple light, which suddenly expands into tall pillar that reaches up to the sky. Screams erupt from the people as the pillar of light takes flight, absorbing everything in its destructive path. A tower clock dings the hour of 4 o'clock as the pillar desintigrates, leaving behind a trail of cybernetic residue and utter emptyness. At a bustling amusement park, Netto and Rockman are participating in a Net Battling tournament. Rockman is faced up against an opponent by the name of Footman, while Netto operates against the navi's small owner, Minarai. It doesn't take long for Rockman to lay an onslought of attacks upon Footman, and soon enough he's declared victorious. In the middle of the sea, a large tanker boat is heading towards shore. Before it can reach home however, another bright pillar of light tears right through the middle of it, leaving behind only a wreckage of destruction. The pillar of digital light doesn't stop there - it continues right on to the mainland. Citizens flee in terror of the unknown threat, as it digitizes absolutely everything it comes into contact with. As the pillar fades away, a series of engraved symbols where it had travelled its path can be seen from a bird's eye view above the city.

Inside the Science Labs, Yuuichirou Hikari and Meijin are analyzing the latest attacks. Meijin reveals that the same occurances have created havoc in Ameroupe and Kingland. It is labeled as a "large-scale dematerialization phenomenon". Yuuichirou requests a close-up look of the damage on their moniter, and realizes that everything the pillars have touched have been transformed into network data.

A sudden realization triggers a thought in Yuuichirou's memory, and he demands a satellite view of the Earth. As they wait for the image to download, Yuuichirou begins to feel very troubled. Could it possibly be what he fears? As soon as the image uploads to the monitor, Yuuichirou's eyes widen in shock. "Spectrum...." he whispers, "....the Wily Program has begun operation!" Yuuichirou is working diligantly at the computers, asking for all information on Trinity Brain. By his side, Meijin is absolutely clueless as to what is going on. It appears that Spectrum was only a fabled rumor, said to have the power to perfectly manipulate the real world and cyberworld. Meijin demands some answers, but Yuuichirou is too busy to give any at the moment.

Indeed, even more attacks are springing up once again! Choina is now under attack by the pillars of light, its people fleeing in terror. Yuuichirou asks if his son has arrived at Trinity Tower yet, but it appears the poor boy is stuck in traffic. Becoming too impatient to wait for his taxi to get there in time, Netto pays the taximan then runs from the car. Netto clips on his rollar blades, then zips through the streets, apologizing to anyone in his way.

Rockman guides him through a shortcut, leading him ever closer to Trinity Tower. Meanwhile, Netto's PET begins to ring again, signaling another call from his father. Rockman answers for him, allowing Yuuichirou to instruct them to plug-in directly into Trinity Brain once they reach the tower. Finally, Yuuichirou tells his son that the world is being threatened by a wide-scale dematerialization phenomenon. Once Netto can plug Rockman into the Trinity Brain system, he must then destroy the Hikari Tadashi Program. It appears this is the only way to stop the Wily Program's Spectrum.Netto arrives at last at Trinity Tower, and issues his Net Savior liscense to the receptionist as he plugs Rockman directly into their system. The men controlling the Trinity Brain system notice the intruder at once, and prepare to stop him at all costs. Inside the cyber world, Rockman runs forward until he reaches the security firewall. Normally a Net Savior would need a commission to pass through, but there's simply not enough time. Netto decides that Rockman must instead forcibly break through it.

In the control center, the men activate the security system inside the firewalled area. The cheif is suddenly notified of a call from the Net Police, where Commissioner Kifune comes into contact. Kifune begins to fill the men in on the dire situation they have been placed in.At the Science Labs, Yuuichirou is closely watching their progress on his monitors. One of the other attendants quickly alerts Yuuichirou to an alarm - another intruder is quickly approaching Rockman from behind! Indeed, Rockman is quickly taken over by the emense amount of energy, and both himself and the intruder crash into the final destination below.

Slowly the smoke begins to clear, and we see the mass amount of ruble and destruction from their impact. Rockman painfully gathers his bearings as he leans against a pile of rock, with no knowledge of who or what struck him. As he looks forward, Rockman suddenly reels in shock at the sight of his opponent - it's Forte!

An eerie purple glow is cast upon Forte's dead set eyes and the star jewel upon his helmet. Yuuichirou and Meijin don't understand how Forte could be before them, when Slur had thrown him down into the depths of UnderNet. Rockman struggles to his feet, clutching a wounded arm, and murmers Forte's name. The blood thirsty navi leaps forward, thrusting out his "Dark Arm Blade!" with both arms as he goes in directly for the kill.

Seeing no choice but to fight, Netto slots in the Samurai Sword chip, allowing Rockman to par against the incoming attacker. Rockman throws Forte back, yelling at him to not interfere with their mission. Forte remains silent, but flings off a blast of an attack instead as his answer. Yuuichirou yells at Netto that there isn't enough time left, forcing Netto to go further and use the Search Soul Unison chip, so Rockman has better aim at his foe. It fails. Forte attacks and Search Soul is dissolved. But before Forte can land a final blow Rockman is saved by Colonel. With Forte now distracted, Rockman is free to continue his mission to the core of the Trinity Brain system. However, their time is quickly running out. The pillars of light have now appeared in Densan City - right where Netto is! Rockman finally reaches the core, where he finds the magnificant Hikari Tadashi Program glittering before him. Netto stares at it, stunned by its pure glamour, until his father reminds him that he has to destroy it.

Coming back to reality, Netto instructs his navi that they will rely upon a Program Advance to do the job. Coming back to the very first Program Advance they ever mastered, Netto slots in the Sword, Wide Sword and Long Sword chips. Rockman raises his hands to the sky as a beautiful glowing sword appears at his fingertips. Yelling out "Dream Sword!", Rockman grasps the sword, and flings its enormous power straight at the program itself.

Forte and Colonel burst into the room, just in time to see the program be struck head on by Rockman's attack. Netto watches momentarily as the shards break apart, but is suddenly alerted when screams begin to sound from nearby. The pillars of light are advancing! Netto quickly closes the holographic screen on his PET, and begins to run away. As the boy is fleeing, a feminine yell gains his attention from behind, and he turns just in time to see the receptionist dissolved right into the bright light!

Deep in the cyberworld, Rockman stares at another great amount of light which is now arising from where the Hikari Tadashi Program had once been harbored. Above in the sky, a familiar laugh booms out. "That light!", exclaims Forte, who seems to have come back to his senses at last. "After my fight with Slur....when I was floating in the UnderNet, that light...."

Forte falls silent as the light expands, filling their vision. A gigantic and terrorific beast rises from the depths, bound in chains yet still undeniably powerful. Shielding his eyes, Forte names the new foe who now stands before them, "Nebula Grey!"

As the beast increases its power, Colonel states that it is now far too dangerous to stay. One by one the navis plug out, just before Nebula Gray decimates the entire Trinity Brain system. In the real world, Netto is staring at a wall of pure cybernetic data, left behind by the pillars of light. "What in the hell is Nebula Grey?", he wonders frantically.
Forte screams as he dives straight in at his opponent, but Rockman calmly calls upon his Scope Gun to snipe Forte right through his chest. Or....so it seemed, as Forte's body dissappears, and his cloak floats harmlessly to the ground. Netto yells out to look behind him, and sure enough, Forte is there. It's now Rockman's turn to scream as Forte slices right through him with his Hell's Rolling attack at near point blank range. Yuuichirou is holding a conference with Netto, Meijin, Commissioner Kifune and Manabe. Since their situation has become dire thanks to Nebula Grey's release, he feels it is best to enlighten everyone on what is exactly happening. Yuuichirou explains that 20 years ago, his father Tadashi Hikari was researching the method of linking human thought and emotions to a digital network. This revolutionary system was to be called "Spectrum", which may sound familiar.

He was successful in transforming living organisms into data, allowing them to run freely in the cyberworld. Yuuichirou explains that after witnessing the data patterns that the destructive pillars of light created, the program behind the attack was indeed "Spectrum". This special program acheives its power by combining two very specific programs: the "Hikari Tadashi Program" and the "Wily Program". When these two programs are fully combined, Spectrum is powered up to 100%. When this happens, everything the program comes in contact with will be automatically transformed into digital data.

Yuuichirou then reveals that Dr. Wily once worked alongside his father, in a collaboration for the Spectrum program. During this time, Wily accepted a contract from the Ameroupe army, allowing him to pursue other uses for "Spectrum". However, after Wily left, the main project was broken up and abandoned. The Hikari Tadashi Program was placed under a new sponsor, and was reconfigured to be the main core of the Trinity Brain system. Yuuichirou believes that Tadashi would have known that something like this may come to pass in the future, so he made sure that the initial Hikari Tadashi Program was incomplete. Nebula Grey, which had been trapped inside Spectrum all this time, would eventually try to gain its own ultimate power. When this happens, the entire world would be turned completely digital, then warped into a giant cyberspace.

Even those the situation looks bleak, Yuuichirou reminds them that they still have enough time to destroy Nebula Grey. He then asks of Commissioner Kifune to pin-point the location of the Wily Program, so they may find Nebula Grey's initial source of power. Kifune agrees to do so, but he wonders how they will take care of the beast once they find it. For that task, Netto claims all responsibility.

Netto swears he will save his friends, and looks down to his PET for his navi's agreement. However, Rockman is brooding too deeply to pay attention. Netto asks what could be bothering him so much. Rockman looks up, and mentions a time when Forte had been seeking his Ultimate Program, to become more powerful. "What if I give Forte my ultimate program....then we could defeat Nebula Grey-"

"What the hell are you saying?!", Netto blurts out. "If you lose your Ultimate Program, you'd disappear!"

The two begin to argue, but a sudden rumbling in the ground interrupts them. The room's attendants step back in shock as dimensional converters begin to appear out of nowhere! In the center of the room, a new pillar of purple light erupts, and a familiar form appears in its midst. That booming laugh sounds out again - it's Dr. Regal!

Netto yells out as Regal quickly grabs hold of Yuuichirou, ensnaring him in his unyielding grasp. The doctor's glasses clink to the floor as he struggles against Regal's arm, unable to break free. Netto glares at his father's captive, stating that he and Rockman had defeated him back during the time of Nebula's reign. Regal confirms it, but explains that his body had simply turned to data instead of being destroyed, and was cast down into the UnderNet.

However, thanks to this incident, Regal came into contact with the dormant Wily Program, which had been lost in the UnderNet as well. Fusing his own body's data with the program, Nebula Grey was born! Because Regal is in sense Nebula Grey's very own core, he is still not yet complete. He needs the remaining portions of the Hikari Tadashi Program in order to complete his evolution, for which he will need Yuuichirou's assitance. Ordering Yuuichirou to return with him, a bright glowing light envelopes both of them. Netto screams out to his father in despair, but Yuuichirou only orders his son to hurry and destroy Nebula Grey for the sake of the world. Netto reaches out to him, but the two men only dissappear as the light fades. With not only his friends gone, but now his father as well, Netto collapses to his knees, yelling out "Papa!" one last time. "

Can Netto Stop Regal from activating Nebula Grey's full power and the demateralization of the entire world? One way to find out...

let's look at the trailer for the movie (it is in Japanese):

Coming Tomorrow: See the movie on my Video blogspot! pennyshaq95videos.blogspot.com

Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star News To Love: Battle System Revealed!

MORE EXE OSS NEWS!!!!

The Battle system for the game has been revealed in screenshots.

The Battle System is....

^Battle Network! Though this is a small screenshot, it shows a beta version of the EXE 1 Battle field using elements from BN's 2-6. One of which is that you are restricted to 10 chips per selection instead of BN1's original 15 chip max select and the BN 2-6 chip code style ( the * code chips now included as part of sets). Also different is the position of opponent HP, shown to be more to the left.

Both MegaMan are playable in this game. As to if you play as them in the same profile or choose at the games start is unknown.

The game is available for pre-order via Rakuten. Box art is still being developed by Capcom but it has been rumored that the image sceen on the wallpaper could be it.

To pre-order on Rakuten: http://item.rakuten.co.jp/edigi/jan-4976219032193/

At Rakuten in the product description area, it is revealed that there will be the addition of 6 mini games in a menu called the "Rockman Star Colosseum"

^this is my take on what box art may look like when the game is released. (Put together by me)

^take a look at the multitude of screenshots. the first one on the top left is of the top screen during the games intro movie, the second one is the screenshot of the battle field and the custom selection screen, the third shot is from the bottom screen during the intro movie, the fourth is a map of ACDC Internet Area 1, the fifth is of MegaMan.EXE in the school's computer network (talking about stopping WWW), and the final is of our four heroes (MegaMan SF, MegaMan.EXE, Roll.EXE, and HarpNote) with Clockman in his area.

I can't wait to hear more about this game.

Oh just in case you are wondering here is a translation of the game description as given by Rakuten (translated from Japanese to English):

◆ revives the story and game system

Popular game system combining a highly strategic and action RPG, making it easier to review the balance in pushing gameplay farther. An additional series of scenarios are added as a new "power-up".The fans of the series will see this as a fresh new title in the series and new "visitors" to the series can enjoy playing with the game with confidence as if they have played the series from the very beginning.

◆ Rockman.EXE and Shooting Star Rockman Meet!

Over 200 years in the making, the world of Rockman EXE meets the world of Shooting Star Rockman! Manipulate the time as new enemy, "ClockMan", who holds the key to the story! Why do the two Rockman meet? What is really the purpose of ClockMan?!

◆ broaden the circle of Rockman! Rockman.EXE Operate shooting star also features a new mini-games!

Up to six simultaneous mini-games can be played in the "Rockman Star Colosseum". Enjoy! The introduction of communication is one of the best works of this game, buyers also enjoy outstanding software functionality, the users gain a new foothold.

◆ See the new elements in the first game made in the legendary EXE series, set at an attractive price!

You can get it for only 3,380 Yen! (That's $36.05 US!)

(If you live in North America and not Japan, see if you can preorder from Rakuten)

A Look Back: MegaMan Battle Network 5 Double Team DS

With Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star coming to the DS, I decided to take a look back at the first and only other EXE title to make its way to the Nintendo DS: Rockman.EXE 5 DS: Twin Leaders (NA/EU/AU title: MegaMan Battle Network 5 Double Team DS). This title included both versions of EXE 5 from the Gameboy Advance, Team of Blues (NA/EU/AU title: Team ProtoMan) and Team of Colonel (NA/EU/AU title: Team Colonel) with DS exclusive features.

Game Info:

Title Japan/Asia: "Rockman.EXE 5 DS Twin Leaders"

Title NA/EU/AU: "MegaMan Battle Network 5-Double Team DS"

Style: Action RPG

Developer/Producer: Capcom Japan- Capcom Production Studio 3

English Translation for North America: Capcom USA

Translation for Europe: Capcom Europe

Platform: Nintendo DS

Release Date Japan: July 21, 2005

Release Date North America: November 1, 2005

Release Date Europe: April 13, 2006

Release Date Austrailia: April 12, 2007

Let's look back at some of the DS Exclusive features:

• Party Battle System: This feature give you the opportunity to support MegaMan by installing 2 of your teammates into your PET. This is called Group (or Party) Battle. You can install party cust programs that are also exclusive to the game. These programs have "P." before the actual name of the program (programs look like this: "P.Atk +5", "P. HP +100", "P.Support"). You can switch out your navi up to 3 times in one battle (unless you install a program in your navi customizer that increase the number). With this system, if used right, you can keep MegaMan out of danger and be tough to beat.

• Interactive PET menu on the touch screen: It is modeled after the Progress PET Menu screen from the anime Rockman.EXE Stream. Access you battlechip folder, look at your library, map out your way through the internet, battle friends wirelessly, check Lan's Emails, Customize MegaMan and your "Party Battle" Navis, and touch MegaMan to ask for advice (or hear a joke if you have "Humor" installed in the NaviCustomizer). During battle you can call upon the teammates you installed in your Party Battle System (unless otherwise stated by Lan or MegaMan). When in the real world playing as Lan, a 3-D image of MegaMan (or Colonel or ProtoMan when Nebula kidnaps MegaMan) will appear on the touch screen in either normal form, Dark form (if you use darkchips), Bass Cross form (if you have a gba BN5 with the Bass Icon on the title screen in the GBA port of your DS), or Sol Cross form (if you have the gba game Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django in the gba port).

• Data Transmission: Are you a fan of the Battle Network Series? If the answer is yes this feature is for you. If you have Battle Networks 1-4 slotted in there will be special occurances in game and remixed versions of that game's battle music. If you have a BN 5 game slotted in you can transfer your in-game folder from your GBA version to the either version on your DS. Also if your BN5 GBA game has the Bass Icon on the title screen you can battle in Bass Cross in MegaMan Battle Network 5 DS(Gold Version for TP and Silver for TC). When Jacked out a 3-D model of Bass Cross will appear on your PET. Bass Cross is always active as long as BN5 TC or TP remain in the GBA slot. When you get this cross, an anonymous person will send you an email talking about the cross. Also if you have Konami's Boktai 2 Solar Boy Django you unlock something special...

^Bass Cross MegaMan (Bass + MegaMan synthesis)

• Sol Cross MegaMan: A Battle Network 5 DS exclusive Cross Soul, it can only be obtained by having Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django slotted in to the GBA slot. When this soul is obtained you will get an anonymous message (like with Bass Cross). MegaMan's charge shot changes to GunDelSol. If you jacked in from an outdoor location (ie the speaker system at Oran Isle) a sun will appear in the upper left hand corner of virus and boss battles powering up all Django or Otenko related attacks (GunDelSol 1,2,3 and EX, Django Battlechip series except for DjangoDS, Otenko battlechip, PileDriver Program Advance, MegaMan's GunDelSol Charge Shot). This cross is always active as long as Boktai 2 remains in the GBA slot.

^Sol Cross MegaMan (Django + MegaMan synthesis)

• Microphone Communication: This game incorporates the DS's microphone. Cheer MegaMan on and, depending on the situation, something will happen. If MegaMan is normal, and you cheer him on he might enter full snychro. If MegaMan is struggling, you can get MegaMan back to normal status and possibly to full synchro or recover HP. If in Dark Soul, you will have to try really hard to get MegaMan back to normal and out of dark soul or just become enraged at the enemy instead of being evil. It depends on you!

• Voice Acting: In this game Lan, MegaMan, ProtoMan, and Colonel all have Voice actors. The voice acting is based off the Anime, however the English voices were not the actual voice actors from MegaMan NT Warrior.

Voice Talent (NA/EU/AU versions):

• Lan Hikari- Mark Gatha
• MegaMan.EXE- Jeffrey Watson
• ProtoMan.EXE- Tommy James
• Colonel.EXE- Tommy James

Voice Talent (JP/Asia versions):

• Hikari Netto- Higa Kumiko
• Rockman.EXE- Kimura Akiko
• Blues.EXE- Matsukaze Masuya
• Colonel.EXE- Yasumoto Hiroki

• Transport Chips: Known as TP chips, these are used in Liberation Missions to transfer Navi's from a different version of the game into the one you are currently playing as long as they correspond to each other. Hate NumberMan? Transfer SearchMan. Hate MagnetMan? Transfer KnightMan. Don't want to deal with GyroMan? Transfer ShadowMan Want to switch Leaders? You can do that too. With this feature you can literally create your own BN 5 Dream Team. Transfered Navi's stay until you sub them out again or the Liberation Mission ends, whichever comes first.

• Finally look at the E3 2005 Trailer for the game:

this game got mixed reviews here in the US but all in all the gameplay is great.

This game plays better than the GBA version in my opinion. Out of a possible 10 points I give MegaMan Battle Network 5 Double Team DS: 9.5/10. The PET felt realistic, Bass Cross rocks, 3-D modeling is great. Voice acting is very well executed in my opinion, and it takes advange of most of the DS's features including the mircophone, which seems to be forgotten in a lot of games. The DS exclusives make this one of the best Battle Network titles. This is a needed game for any die hard Battle Network fan, or even someone wanting to play the series for the first time.

(note: The reason I don't give it 10/10 is because there is no wifi compatability only local wireless gameplay. Only people within 50 feet of you can battle you. While this game takes advantage of almost all parts of the DS, wifi isn't one of them. That is the only disappointing thing about this title)

Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star Desktop Wallpaper

Capcom Japan has just released a desktop wallpaper for the game that can be downloaded from the "Brain" area of game's official site: http://www.capcom.co.jp/rockman/exe_oss/

this is what the wallpaper looks like:

I will post the links to the sizes to save you some time:

1600 x 1200 wallpaper- http://www.capcom.co.jp/rockman/exe_oss/dl/exe_oss_top_1600x1200.jpg

1280 x 960 wallpaper-

http://www.capcom.co.jp/rockman/exe_oss/dl/exe_oss_top_1280x960.jpg

1024 x 768 wallpaper-

http://www.capcom.co.jp/rockman/exe_oss/dl/exe_oss_top_1024x768.jpg

all you have to do is right click on the image and "save image as"

Official Release Date for Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star

The release date that was slated for September 12, 2009 was officially moved to November 12.

Also revealed (kind of) is that there will be many new characters in this game not just the MegaMan SF, Harp Note, and ClockMan.EXE. The game will include many new DS exclusive features similar to Rockman.EXE 5 DS: Twin Leaders. So although this is a "Battle Network Rockman.EXE 1" remake it will feel and play like a whole new game.

the two pictures of Netto and Rockman.EXE (Lan and MegaMan.EXE) are new pieces of official artwork created by Capcom. The third picture is a shot of the intro video for the game.

OFFICIAL GAME INFO-

title Japan/Asia: "Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star"

title NA/EUR: "MegaMan Battle Network: Operate Star Force" (pending title)

style: Action RPG

developer/producer: Capcom Japan- Capcom Production Studio 3

platform: Nintendo DS/Nintendo DSi

release date Japan: November 12, 2009

release date North America: TBA (summer 2010?)

release date Europe: TBA (not set to be released in Europe?)

Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star Character Profiles #00011: World 3 NetNavis

EXE OSS CHARACTER PROFILES #00011: WORLD 3 NETNAVIS

Names: MagicMan (far upper left), ElecMan (far left), FireMan (left), StoneMan (upper center), BomberMan (Center), ColorMan (right), NumberMan (far right), IceMan (far upper right)

Organization: World 3

NetOps (in order of netnavis): Yahoot, Count Zapp, Mr. Match, Dr. Wily (both StoneMan and BomberMan- independant navis), Mr. Higsby (recruited by WWW), Froid (tricked by WWW)

Description: This evil organization is the responsible for 98% of all NetCrimes in Japan and all over the world. Headed by a former Robotics Scientist and associate of Tadashi Hikari, Dr. Wily his goal is to get revenge on and delete society and become the new world leader. The World 3 has attacked everything from Bank Servers to Elementary School Servers in order to spread terror. These navis are the bad of the bad but have trouble defeating a familiar set of Blue Bombers and their allies. Can they defeat them and follow through with their bosses plans for terror and world domination?

Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star Character Profiles #00010: Dr. Wily and The World 3

EXE OSS CHARACTER PROFILES #00010: Dr. Wily and the World 3 (WWW) NetOps

Names: Yahoot (far left), Mr. Match (left), Dr. Wily (center), Madoi (right), Count Zapp (far right)

Organization: World 3 (WWW)

Description: This evil organization is the responsible for 98% of all NetCrimes in Japan and all over the world. Headed by a former Robotics Scientist and associate of Tadashi Hikari, Dr. Wily his goal is to get revenge on and delete society and become the new world leader. The World 3 has attacked everything from Bank Servers to Elementary School Servers in order to spread terror. Dr. Wily always is looking to manipulate people into joining the organization. Dr. Wily has an Ultimate Weapon called the Life Virus that is wishes to summon to bring an end to the free world. There is one problem, his former associates grandson is looking to thwart his plans and save the world. He also has 4 powerful allies backing him up. Can Wily get rid himself of these nuisances before his chance at world domination is thwarted.

Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star Character Profiles #00009: Roll.EXE

EXE OSS CHARACTER PROFILES #00009: ROLL.EXE

Name: Roll.EXE

Gender: Female/Humannoid NetNavi

Age: (None)

NetOp: Mayl Sakurai

Description: Roll is the charismatic netnavi of Mayl Sakurai. Just as her netop is best friends with Lan Hikari, she is best friends with MegaMan.EXE. Just because she is a girl don't count her out in a battle, even though she is alot weaker than MegaMan. She is known for healing ability and her speed, making her a tough navi to deal with (though not as fast as ProtoMan). Her Roll Arrow can destroy battlechip data no matter how strong it is and her Roll whip depleats a navi's HP while she recovers her own. She really is not a fighter and often loses to stronger viruses or NetNavis, but is a reliable at times. She is practicing with Mayl to get stronger so she can help MegaMan whenever he may need it. She is a hard worker and is probably MegaMan's strongest supporter.

Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star Character Profiles #00008: Yuichiro Hikari

EXE OSS CHARACTER PROFILES #00008: YUICHIRO HIKARI

Name: Yuichiro Hikari (Hikari Yuuichiro in Japan)

Gender: Male

Age: 33

NetNavi/Wizard: (None)

Description: Yuichiro is one of the world's top scientific minds, and a second generation Hikari scientist taking after his father, Tadashi. Just like his father he now leads a department of Scilab devoted in developing the next generation devices. His is also the father of Lan and Hub Hikari. He is known for creating the modern PET designs and has developed many secret projects. At the age of 25 he worked on and completed what he calls his most successful project, placing human DNA and Soul into a netnavi to give it both emotions and desires of a human being. He calls it his most successful as it was a way to keep his child Hub alive. Hub, of course, died right before he started the project when he was looking for a test subject. He did not want to lose his son so soon, so he implanted Hub's DNA and soul into a netnavi shell called, "MEGAMAN.EXE" and intended to give it to Lan so he would always have one brother watching out for the other. The project was of course successful and gave Hub a new life that is one he his happy to have because he gets to be with his brother Lan to watch over, help, and protect him. Little did he know that putting Hub's soul into that navi shell would prove to make MegaMan the world's best netnavi, totally customized and optimized with more features than any other navi on the planet.

Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star Character Profiles #00007: ClockMan.EXE

EXE OSS CHARACTER PROFILES #00007: CLOCKMAN.EXE

Name: ClockMan.EXE

Gender: None/NetNavi

Age: (None)

NetNavi/Wizard: (None)

Description: Not much is known about ClockMan. He is a mysterious NetNavi from MegaMan SF and HarpNote's time (22XX). He has a thing for wanting to go back and maybe change history and has sent MegaMan SF and HarpNote with him to do that. He was created by accident when Arthur C. Eos of the Satella Police installed a program called ClockPGM into the secret satellite server welcome wizard, Clark, who ended up not being able to control the program and thus transformed.

Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star Character Profiles #00006: Chaud Blaze

EXE OSS CHARACTER PROFILES #00005: CHAUD BLAZE

Name: Chaud Blaze (Inujin Enzan in Japan)

Gender: Male

Age: 11

NetNavi/Wizard: ProtoMan.EXE (Blues.EXE in Japan)

Description: He is called the best official netbattler in all of Japan, though some would argue that he is the best one in the world. He has a no mercy attitude and will delete a netnavi that he sees as a threat. His navi, ProtoMan shares the same outlook and is very loyal to the young Chaud Blaze. Chaud trains ProtoMan almost vigerously and has built him into a powerhouse of a netnavi. ProtoMan is so fast that he can reach Mach 5 speed. Mix that with ProtoMan's sword and you can pretty much say that if ProtoMan sees you as a threat to society, expect to get deleted. He hates Lan for intruding in his business and developed a rivalry with him and is noted as saying that if Lan ever again comes between him and any of his job again he will not hesitate to delete MegaMan. Chaud shows no emotions whatsoever and says about that, "The weak so emotion. Strength comes from training and emotion is the key to losing. There is no such word as mercy in my vocabulary." Chaud can quickly assess any situation and figure out plans in a matter of seconds. He is definately one tough competitor for only being 11 showing courage and smarts of a man more than double his age.

Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star Character Profiles #00005: MegaMan.EXE (AKA Hub Hikari)

EXE OSS CHARACTER PROFILES #00005: MEGAMAN.EXE

Name: MegaMan.EXE [Hub Hikari] (Rockman.EXE [Hikari Saito] in Japan)

Gender: Male/Humanoid NetNavi

Age: 10

NetNavi/Wizard: (None)

NetOp/Brother: Lan Hikari

Description: MegaMan.EXE is a pretty powerful navi for his size. He was made with the DNA and Soul Data of Hub Hikari after Hub had passed at the age of two and was a secret project that only Hub and his father, Yuichiro know about. He is very strict on Lan about getting his work done for school and has joked to his dad that if he was alive he would be beating up his brother until he did his homework. MegaMan always watches out for Lan and will listen to any instruction he gives him even though he is the older brother. He loves his brother so much and really wishes he could be in the real world with him, alive, but is happy to be Lan's netnavi because he gets to experience more than he could human. It can be noted that he and Lan share their athletic abilities but not brains. Hub is the smarter of the two and that is not because Hub is a netnavi. Thanks to Lan, MegaMan has beenable to train himself and get stronger as a result. MegaMan has gotten many rivals thank to his brother and he is happy that he gets challenges. His fighting style mixes his finess and athleticism with very powerful chip combos to make him a challenge to even navis as strong as Bass and ProtoMan.

Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star Character Profiles #00004:HarpNote (AKA Sonia Strumm)

EXE OSS CHARACTER PROFILES #00004: HARPNOTE

Name: HarpNote [aka Sonia Strumm (Hibiki Misora in Japan)]

Gender: Female/EM-Being

Age: 12

NetNavi/Wizard: Lyra (Harp in Japan)

Description: She is a legendary hero from 200 years in the future. She is the "sidekick" of MegaMan SF. Her real identity is Sonia Strumm, a famous pop singer from that time period (22XX). She is friends with Geo Stelar, the identity of MegaMan SF. When she was 9 her mother passed away and she revealed that she sang for her memory. She, after meeting Geo, became more confident in her abilities and joined up with him in his fight against the FM-ians during the FM-ian invasion of Earth. She later helped Geo get through the Bermuda Maze to lead him to the continent of Mu where he was to meet in a head to head fight against the "EM Wave God", Le Mu. She joined with the Satella Police alongside Geo and helped in stopping Dealer's advancement but was unable to join Geo in the fight because the noise level was too high for her and her body would not be able to hold the pressure. She secretly has a crush on Geo and hides it well in her songs (see "Shooting Star" at the end of the Diamond Ice Scenario of Star Force 3). She, however, is trying to muster up the courage to tell him of her love for him and hopes that Geo feels the same. She wants to get strong so she can fight alongside him no matter how strong the enemy. In a terms of speed she is often compared to ProtoMan.EXE. When in her wave form Sonia goes from weighing a very light 85 pounds to weighing 0 pounds. She uses her music as her main weapon. Her music is literally very beautiful and deadly.

Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star Character Profiles #00003:MegaMan SF (AKA Geo Stelar)

EXE OSS CHARACTER PROFILES #00003: MEGAMAN SF

Name: MegaMan SF [Geo Stelar] (SS Rockman [Hoshikawa Subaru])

Gender: Male/EM-Being

Age: 12

NetNavi/Wizard: Omega-Xis (War-Rock in Japan)

Description He is a legendary hero from 200 years in the future. His real identity is Geo Stelar, a kid with a huge heart and determination to help his friends. He once considered himself an outcast from society when he found out his father's space station, PEACE, was attacked by aliens (the FM-ians). He met the AM-ian, Omega-Xis and fused with him to become MegaMan and saved the world from the threat of the FM-ian's Ultimate Weapon, Andromeda. Along the beginning of his life as MegaMan he met a girl named Sonia Strumm, who is a famous singer at that time period. She can fuse with an FM-ian named Lyra, who defected from King Cepheus's army during the "FM-ian Invasion". When fused with Lyra Sonia becomes Harp Note, who is a very powerful ally for MegaMan and has helped him out on numerous occassions. Geo has developed some feelings from Sonia over the time he has known her and their bond strengthens daily and if she is in danger, expect MegaMan to come on in and rescue her and deleting the person who did it. Geo has opened up more and is no longer afraid to step out into society, in fact he welcomes it with open arms. He is The Satella Police's top Agent (even stronger than their "Ace" agent Arthur C. Eos) and has destroyed many threats that have threatened the planet including the "EM Wave God" Le Mu and the "Noise Meteor" known as Meteor Grave (or "Meteor G" for short). Just recently in his time, he has celebrated the return of his Father Kelvin and is once again living as a happy-go-lucky boy. But what awaits him when he is taken aback in time 2oo years?