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Full work/interior not inspected; no precise calendar year inferred from publication date.", "sourceIds": [ "mm-tokyo-star", "mm-exe-media" ], "continuity": "star-anime", "railLabel": "220X", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; complete work and all date captions not inspected.", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/ryusei_rockman/index.html", "productName": "Mega Man Star Force / Shooting Star Rockman — episodes 1–55", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher or legal access page; an exact Amazon edition has not been verified. No unrelated product substituted.", "actionLabel": "View broadcaster" }, { "id": "mega-man-star-force-tribe-episodes-1-21", "title": "Mega Man Star Force Tribe — episodes 1–21", "type": "TV series", "date": "220X — after Star Force anime", "order": 2, "canon": "Non-canon connected", "release": "2007–2008", "description": "Continuation of the Star Force television storyline.", "note": "Same anime history; precise calendar boundaries unresolved. Full work/interior not inspected; no precise calendar year inferred from publication date.", "sourceIds": [ "mm-tokyo-star", "mm-manga-inventory" ], "continuity": "star-anime", "railLabel": "220X", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; complete work and all date captions not inspected.", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/ryusei_rockman/index.html", "productName": "Mega Man Star Force Tribe — episodes 1–21", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher or legal access page; an exact Amazon edition has not been verified. No unrelated product substituted.", "actionLabel": "View broadcaster" }, { "id": "mega-man-gear-masters-2", "title": "Mega Man: Gear Masters #2", "type": "Comic", "date": "20XX — ongoing Double Gear storyline", "order": null, "canon": "Disputed canon", "release": "2026-10-28 (scheduled)", "description": "Mega Man confronts Robot Masters upgraded with portions of Wily’s Double Gear technology.", "note": "Upcoming as of October 12, 2026. Official synopsis supports continuation of Gear Masters; no interior date inspected. Group with the same ongoing story when released, absent a demonstrated time jump.", "sourceIds": [ "mm-gear2-publisher", "mm-gear2-release" ], "continuity": "main", "railLabel": "20XX", "segment": false, "confidence": "Placement unresolved", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; complete work and all date captions not inspected.", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://store.udonentertainment.com/collections/mega-man/products/mega-man-gear-masters-2-cvr-x1-roll-fashion-by-keenbiscuit-metal-card", "productName": "Mega Man: Gear Masters #2 — UDON exclusive variant", "productMatch": "Exact issue, publisher preorder; this variant includes a metal card. No exact Amazon match verified.", "actionLabel": "View official preorder", "storyGroup": "gear-masters", "upcoming": true }, { "id": "mega-man-gear-masters-3", "title": "Mega Man: Gear Masters #3", "type": "Comic", "date": "20XX — ongoing Double Gear storyline", "order": null, "canon": "Disputed canon", "release": "2026-11 (estimated shipping)", "description": "Wily’s Robot Masters attack the city while Mega Man is out of action.", "note": "Upcoming as of October 12, 2026. Publisher estimates November shipping; no exact day asserted. No interiors inspected. Same continuing Gear Masters story pending a demonstrated time jump.", "sourceIds": [ "mm-gear3-publisher" ], "continuity": "main", "railLabel": "20XX", "segment": false, "confidence": "Placement unresolved", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; complete work and all date captions not inspected.", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://store.udonentertainment.com/collections/mega-man/products/mega-man-gear-masters-3-cvr-a-ryan-jampole", "productName": "Mega Man: Gear Masters #3 Cover A", "productMatch": "Exact issue standard Cover A, official publisher preorder; Amazon match unverified.", "actionLabel": "View official preorder", "storyGroup": "gear-masters", "upcoming": true }, { "id": "mega-man-x-the-day-of-sigma", "title": "Mega Man X: The Day of Sigma", "type": "Short film", "date": "21XX; before the first X story", "order": 209, "canon": "Disputed canon", "release": "2005", "description": "Sigma’s rebellion begins in this animated prequel to the first X adventure.", "note": "Capcom places the film before X. First released with Maverick Hunter X; differences between that retelling and the original game remain a canon qualification.", "sourceIds": [ "mm-sigma-prequel", "edition-x" ], "continuity": "main", "railLabel": "21XX", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Primary publisher chronology and collection inclusion checked; full animation not inspected.", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CF6WDXP", "productName": "Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1+2 — Xbox One", "productMatch": "Includes X1–X8 on two Xbox One discs; does not include the Xtreme games or Command Mission.", "actionLabel": "View on Amazon" } ], "sources": [ { "id": "classic", "title": "Classic chronology", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_Man_%28original_series%29", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "robotics", "title": "Robotics chronology and MM25 creator quotations", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Original_Mega_Man_universe", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "arcade", "title": "Translated CFC creator interview", "url": "https://kobun20.interordi.com/2011/03/07/ultimate-justice-on-parallel-earths/", "kind": "Primary translation", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "x", "title": "Capcom X Legacy Collection", "url": "https://megaman.capcom.com/mmxlc.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "zero", "title": "Capcom Zero Collection announcement", "url": "https://news.capcomusa.com/lets/browse/mega-man-zero-collection-announced-for-summer-2010-release", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "zx", "title": "Capcom Zero/ZX announcement", "url": "https://news.capcomusa.com/capkel/blog/2019/08/27/mission-start-mega-man-zerozx-legacy-collection-busts-out-january-21st", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "sf", "title": "Capcom Star Force collection release", "url": "https://news.capcomusa.com/lets/browse/mega-man-star-force-legacy-collection-is-now-available", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "dual", "title": "Capcom Dual Override update", "url": "https://news.capcomusa.com/2026/08/25/mega-man-dual-override-gets-charged-up-at-gamescom-2026-opening-night-live/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "vr", "title": "Capcom Rockman VR narrative", "url": "https://www.capcom.co.jp/amusement/game/shop/rockmanvr.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "rush", "title": "Capcom Rush Marine press release", "url": "https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2009/12/07/1075220/0/en/capcom-r-s-blue-bomber-takes-the-plunge-with-the-launch-of-mega-man-r-rush-marine-for-mobile.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "dive", "title": "Capcom X DiVE Offline", "url": "https://www.capcomfrance.fr/jeu/mega-man-x-dive-offline/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "inventory", "title": "Game inventory", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mega_Man_video_games", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "franchise", "title": "Cross-series catalogue", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_Man_%28franchise%29", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "super", "title": "Super Adventure Rockman", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Adventure_Rockman", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "race", "title": "Battle & Chase", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man%3A_Battle_%26_Chase", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "xtreme", "title": "Xtreme", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_Xtreme", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "xtreme2", "title": "Xtreme2", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_Xtreme_2", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "x2", "title": "X2 story", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_Man_X2", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "x6", "title": "X6 timing discrepancy", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_Man_X6", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "zero3", "title": "Zero3 story", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_Man_Zero_3", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "legends", "title": "Legends series", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_Legends", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "islands", "title": "Five Island Adventure chronology analysis", "url": "https://rockmandash.nomaki.jp/data/library3ragyou.html", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "bn", "title": "Battle Network series inventory", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_Man_Battle_Network_%28series%29", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "transmission", "title": "Network Transmission", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_Network_Transmission", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "oss", "title": "Operate Shooting Star", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Rockman.EXE_Operate_Shooting_Star", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "phantom", "title": "Phantom of Network played coverage", "url": "https://themmnetwork.com/2012/03/21/rockman-exe-phantom-of-network-initial-coverage-and-goodies/", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "lon", "title": "Legend of Network", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Rockman.EXE_Legend_of_Network", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "sf2", "title": "Star Force2 manual introduction transcription", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_Man_Star_Force_2", "kind": "Secondary transcription", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "gogo", "title": "Licensed Korean runner development", "url": "https://www.rockman-corner.com/2022/10/the-history-of-capcoms-failed-mega-man.html", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher, catalogue or synopsis checked; complete game/manual interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-udon-timelines", "title": "UDON: new and classic Mega Man comics", "url": "https://store.udonentertainment.com/blogs/news/new-classic-mega-man-comics-from-udon", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-udon-store", "title": "UDON current Mega Man catalogue", "url": "https://store.udonentertainment.com/collections/mega-man", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-udon-gear", "title": "UDON Gear Masters #1", "url": "https://store.udonentertainment.com/products/mega-man-gear-masters-1-cvr-c-chamba", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-udon-wily", "title": "UDON Dr. Wily one-shot", "url": "https://store.udonentertainment.com/collections/mega-man/products/dr-wily-1-cvr-a-ryan-jampole", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-archie-origin", "title": "Penguin Random House: Let the Games Begin", "url": "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/213392/mega-man-1-let-the-games-begin-by-ian-flynn-illustrated-by-partick-spaz-spaziante/paperback/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-archie-final", "title": "Archie #55 preview and synopsis", "url": "https://archiecomics.com/preview-the-new-archie-comics-on-sale-today-including-mega-man-55/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-archie-collide", "title": "Archie #24 actual recap/indicia page", "url": "https://archiecomics.com/wp-content/uploads/bonus/MEG-24/files/assets/common/downloads/page0002.pdf", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Actual legally published recap/indicia text inspected; explicitly distinguishes the comic world from Sega/Capcom games. This is not full issue inspection." }, { "id": "mm-archie-unite", "title": "Archie Worlds Unite solicitations", "url": "https://archiecomics.com/archie-comics-solicitations-for-may-2015/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-archie-inventory", "title": "Archie series bibliography", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_Man_(Archie_Comics)", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Issue/arc inventory; interiors and precise placement require verification." }, { "id": "mm-ariga-publisher", "title": "UDON Gigamix publication announcement reproduced", "url": "https://joeshusterawards.com/2011/01/31/udon-to-release-mega-man%E2%84%A2-gigamix-manga-series/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher press release supplies Megamix, Gigamix and ZX ISBNs." }, { "id": "mm-mastermix", "title": "UDON Mastermix Robot Rebellion", "url": "https://store.udonentertainment.com/products/mega-man-mastermix-volume-1-robot-rebellion", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-megamix-inventory", "title": "Megamix edition/story inventory", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_Man_Megamix", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-gigamix-inventory", "title": "Gigamix story inventory", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_Man_Gigamix", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-ikehara", "title": "Fukkan official Shigeto Ikehara digital catalogue", "url": "https://www.fukkan.com/list/isearch?c=1&format=&host=www.fukkan.com&o=date&s=send&search=&tag_filter=%E6%B1%A0%E5%8E%9F%E3%81%97%E3%81%92%E3%81%A8&z=2", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-ikehara-origin", "title": "Kodansha Rockman bibliographic entry", "url": "https://www.kodansha.co.jp/comic/products/0000217056", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-izuki", "title": "Fukkan Rockman 8 collected edition", "url": "https://www.fukkan.com/fk/CartSearchDetail?i_no=68324311", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-zx-manga", "title": "Fukkan ZX new edition with Advent chapters", "url": "https://www.fukkan.com/fk/CartSearchDetail?i_no=68327806", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-x-novel", "title": "PHP Rockman X The Novel: Irregulars Report", "url": "https://www.php.co.jp/books/detail.php?isbn=978-4-569-83254-8", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-mr", "title": "Kadokawa Rockman-san volume 1", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322110000791/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-mr-end", "title": "Kadokawa Rockman-san volume 3", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322310000872/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-little", "title": "UDON Little Mega Man volume 1", "url": "https://store.udonentertainment.com/collections/capcom/products/little-mega-man-volume-1", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-little-end", "title": "Kadokawa Rockman-chan volume 3", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322310000866/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-fully-comic", "title": "BOOM Fully Charged publication catalogue", "url": "https://www.boom-studios.com/archives/category/series/mega-man-fully-charged/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-fully-tv", "title": "Prime Video Fully Charged series", "url": "https://www.primevideo.com/-/da/detail/0QQKVEIM0XH4YP5OH96DUA5D2T", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-secret", "title": "Capcom Town legal Secret Level: Mega Man Start", "url": "https://captown.capcom.com/en/theaters/megaman/20", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-tokyo-exe", "title": "TV Tokyo EXE broadcaster site", "url": "https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/rockmanexe/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-tokyo-beast", "title": "TV Tokyo Beast story synopsis", "url": "https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/rockman_beast/story/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official synopsis explicitly begins one month after Duo crisis." }, { "id": "mm-tokyo-star", "title": "TV Tokyo Star Force premise", "url": "https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/ryusei_rockman/index.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Explicit year 220X appears in broadcaster text." }, { "id": "mm-exe-media", "title": "EXE animation publication inventory", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegaMan_NT_Warrior", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-manga-inventory", "title": "Franchise narrative-media inventory", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Inventory only; narrative canon must not be inferred from licensing." }, { "id": "mm-nt-manga", "title": "NT Warrior manga bibliographic inventory", "url": "https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/MegaMan_NT_Warrior_(manga)", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-zero-drama", "title": "Inti Zero soundtrack/drama publisher archive", "url": "https://www.inti.co.jp/cd/top_.htm", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-zero-telos", "title": "Inti Zero Telos drama production notes", "url": "https://www.inti.co.jp/cd/zero3/news.htm", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-zero-trans", "title": "Zero drama contents and placement", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Mega_Man_Zero_series", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-zx-audio", "title": "Inti official ZX Gigamix CD listing", "url": "https://www.inti-direct.com/shopdetail/000000000007/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-ten-audio", "title": "Inti Rockman 10 image soundtrack narrative extras", "url": "https://www.inti.co.jp/cd/rockman10ist/news.htm", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher verifies two dramatized tracks and a new 16-page Rockman10 extra F manga. Full booklet/audio not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-worlds-novel", "title": "Worlds of Power: Mega Man 2 bibliographic record", "url": "https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/worlds-of-power-mega-man-2", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-dreamwave", "title": "Dreamwave publisher preview announcement", "url": "https://toynewsi.com/148-1758", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Contemporary publisher preview and creator comments reproduced; full comic not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-brazil", "title": "Novas Aventuras de Megaman issue inventory", "url": "https://comicvine.gamespot.com/app.php/novas-aventuras-de-megaman/4050-40638/", "kind": "Secondary", "note": "Publisher/broadcaster catalogue checked; full narrative interior not inspected." }, { "id": "mm-udon-preview", "title": "UDON-provided Timelines #1 preview pages 1–4", "url": "https://www.rockman-corner.com/2025/05/mega-man-timelines-1-sample-pages.html", "kind": "Primary preview hosted by secondary outlet", "note": "All four supplied page images visually inspected in browser. Pages 1–4 are action panels with Rush and robot opponents; no calendar year, caption date, letter, newspaper or readable date was observed. These are only four preview pages, not the full issue. Artwork alone does not establish an exact position after MM11." }, { "id": "mm-sf26-launch", "title": "Capcom Star Force Legacy Collection launch and new comic", "url": "https://news.capcomusa.com/lets/browse/mega-man-star-force-legacy-collection-is-now-available", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Capcom explicitly places Ryo Takamisaki’s new comic after Mega Man Star Force 3." }, { "id": "mm-sf26-comic", "title": "Official new Star Force comic reading page", "url": "https://www.capcom-games.com/megaman/starforce/en-us/comics/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Reading endpoint returned HTTP 403; no interior pages inspected. Placement comes from Capcom launch announcement." }, { "id": "mm-gear2-publisher", "title": "UDON Gear Masters #2 preorder", "url": "https://store.udonentertainment.com/collections/mega-man/products/mega-man-gear-masters-2-cvr-x1-roll-fashion-by-keenbiscuit-metal-card", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher labels preorder and estimates shipping October 2026. Product synopsis checked, no interiors inspected." }, { "id": "mm-gear2-release", "title": "UDON September 2026 preorder press release reproduced", "url": "https://themmnetwork.com/2026/09/03/press-release-pre-orders-now-open-%F0%9F%93%A2-street-fighter-masters-and-mega-man-gear-masters/", "kind": "Primary press release reproduced", "note": "Publisher release gives Gear Masters #2 in-store date October 28, 2026; future as of October 12." }, { "id": "mm-gear3-publisher", "title": "UDON Gear Masters #3 preorder", "url": "https://store.udonentertainment.com/collections/mega-man/products/mega-man-gear-masters-3-cvr-a-ryan-jampole", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher labels preorder and estimates shipping November 2026. No interiors inspected." }, { "id": "mm-x-run-boundary", "title": "UDON Mega Man X series launch press release reproduced", "url": "https://themmnetwork.com/2025/11/12/press-release-mega-man-x-goes-to-series-with-0-in-january/", "kind": "Primary press release reproduced", "note": "Publisher identifies #0 prelude and #1–5 regular issues. No verified X #6/#7 entries; six issues includes #0." }, { "id": "edition-classic", "title": "Amazon edition: Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 + 2 — Nintendo Switch", "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079ZV4GX9?tag=chroniclevaul-22", "kind": "Retail edition", "note": "Actual product title verified; contents checked against Capcom / publisher inventory. Stock and current prices are not asserted. Includes Mega Man 1–10. Collection 1 is on cartridge; Collection 2 requires the supplied download code. Check code validity for used copies." }, { "id": "edition-x", "title": "Amazon edition: Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1+2 — Xbox One", "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CF6WDXP?tag=chroniclevaul-22", "kind": "Retail edition", "note": "Actual product title verified; contents checked against Capcom / publisher inventory. Stock and current prices are not asserted. Includes X1–X8 on two Xbox One discs; does not include the Xtreme games or Command Mission." }, { "id": "edition-zero", "title": "Amazon edition: Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection — Nintendo Switch", "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X48SKZ7?tag=chroniclevaul-22", "kind": "Retail edition", "note": "Actual product title verified; contents checked against Capcom / publisher inventory. Stock and current prices are not asserted. Includes Zero 1–4, ZX and ZX Advent." }, { "id": "edition-network", "title": "Amazon edition: Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection — PlayStation 4", "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQ2QVZ7X?tag=chroniclevaul-22", "kind": "Retail edition", "note": "Actual product title verified; contents checked against Capcom / publisher inventory. Stock and current prices are not asserted. Includes the six numbered Battle Network stories and both editions of 3–6; excludes Network Transmission and other spin-offs." }, { "id": "edition-starforce", "title": "Amazon edition: Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection — PlayStation 5", "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G888D7NF?tag=chroniclevaul-22", "kind": "Retail edition", "note": "Actual product title verified; contents checked against Capcom / publisher inventory. Stock and current prices are not asserted. Includes all seven versions of the three Star Force games; this collection was released in March 2026." }, { "id": "mm4-jp-story", "title": "Rockman 4 — official Japanese story", "url": "https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_rm4/vc_rm4_02.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Japanese synopsis explicitly gives one year after the Gamma battle. This agrees with the English manual’s interval." }, { "id": "mm6-jp-manual", "title": "Rockman 6 — official Japanese electronic manual", "url": "https://www.nintendo.co.jp/data/software/manual/man_tbfj.pdf", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Japanese Story section gives 20XX and one year after the World Robot Alliance’s formation. Do not silently substitute one year after a numbered game’s ending." }, { "id": "mm4-manual", "title": "Mega Man 4 — original Capcom manual", "url": "https://captown.capcom.com/uploads/game/manual/46/megaman4_en_G.98634821-d7ba-41fb-8e32-2d88e6eef9f0.pdf", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Printed page 6 states one year since Gamma’s destruction. Text checked in the manual transcription at VGMuseum; scan not visually inspected in this pass." }, { "id": "mm4-manual-transcript", "title": "Mega Man 4 — manual page 6 transcription", "url": "https://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/manual-mm4.htm", "kind": "Primary transcription", "note": "Capcom manual reproduced in transcription; the one-year interval was read directly." }, { "id": "mm5-vc-manual", "title": "Rockman 5 — official Japanese electronic manual", "url": "https://www.nintendo.co.jp/data/software/manual/man_tbej.pdf", "kind": "Primary", "note": "PDF page 4, Story: 20XX and two months since the preceding battle. Japanese text inspected; the preceding numbered story is Mega Man 4." }, { "id": "soccer-jp-manual", "title": "Rockman’s Soccer — original Japanese manual", "url": "https://captown.capcom.com/uploads/game/manual/49/megamanS_ja_G.6efcd564-c94e-4b71-9d7e-a06606f6224c.pdf", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Actual Capcom-hosted scan visually inspected: PDF page 14, printed pages 24–25. Story explicitly gives A.D.20XX and several months since the Dr. Cossack battle." }, { "id": "soccer-play", "title": "Mega Man Soccer — Capcom Town", "url": "https://captown.capcom.com/en/classic_games/50", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official legal browser version; Capcom ID required." }, { "id": "exe45-manual", "title": "Rockman.EXE 4.5 — original Japanese manual", "url": "https://www.nintendo.co.jp/data/software/manual/manual_pc5j_00.pdf", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Printed pages 4–5 specify 200X and a player-operated Navi. The manual does not establish a confirmed bridge between Battle Network 4 and 5." }, { "id": "world2-vc-manual", "title": "Rockman World 2 — official Japanese electronic manual", "url": "https://www.nintendo.co.jp/data/software/manual/manual_RCDJ.pdf", "kind": "Primary", "note": "PDF pages 4–5: Wily’s defeat in World 1 is followed several months later by his theft of the time machine. Japanese story text inspected." }, { "id": "world3-vc-manual", "title": "Rockman World 3 — official Japanese electronic manual", "url": "https://www.nintendo.co.jp/data/software/manual/manual_RCEJ_00.pdf", "kind": "Primary", "note": "PDF page 5: 200X+α and several months since the preceding Wily battle. Japanese story text inspected." }, { "id": "world4-vc-manual", "title": "Rockman World 4 — official Japanese electronic manual", "url": "https://www.nintendo.co.jp/data/software/manual/manual_RCFJ_00.pdf", "kind": "Primary", "note": "PDF page 4: 20XX; several months after the third World-series defeat of Wily. Japanese story text inspected." }, { "id": "x3-nintendo-story", "title": "Rockman X3 — official Nintendo synopsis", "url": "https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/20010000007548", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Several months elapse after Doppler’s suppression of Maverick outbreaks, before his revolt. This is not an exact interval measured from the ending of X2." }, { "id": "mm-sigma-prequel", "title": "Capcom on PlayStation Blog: The Day of Sigma prequel", "url": "https://blog.playstation.com/archive/2018/07/18/tell-a-maverick-from-a-reploid-with-capcoms-crash-course-to-the-world-of-mega-man-x-legacy-collection-12", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Capcom’s Kellen Haney identifies the animation as a prequel and confirms its inclusion in both X Legacy Collection volumes. Complete animation not inspected in this pass." } ], "scope": [ { "title": "Ports and compilations", "type": "Game", "status": "Grouped with corresponding stories", "note": "Collections and straight ports do not create later events. Wily Tower and Japanese Legends2 prologue are separately indexed.", "sources": [ "inventory", "franchise" ] }, { "title": "Official mobile minigames", "type": "Game", "status": "Catalogue verified; narrative inspection pending", "note": "Tobe!/Jump!Rockman; Bug Sweeper; Panic Fire; Slot; GP; Pinball; Tennis; Chokkan!Rockman; The Puzzle Battle; Dot Art Logic; Diver; Solitaire; Poker. Minimal premises require direct checking.", "sources": [ "inventory", "franchise" ] }, { "title": "Legends mobile minigames", "type": "Game", "status": "Catalogue verified; narrative inspection pending", "note": "DASH Golf; DASH15 Panel; Kobun Flies?; Tide Coming Kobun; Kobun Assembly; Watch Kobun.", "sources": [ "inventory", "franchise" ] }, { "title": "Licensed Taiwanese educational titles", "type": "Game", "status": "Catalogue verified; full stories pending", "note": "DASH Zhěngjiù Dìqiú Dà Màoxiǎn; X Shùxué Xuànfēng; IQ Xuànfēng; no Huángjīn Dìguó; Rockman123.", "sources": [ "inventory", "franchise" ] }, { "title": "Electronic handhelds and PET hardware", "type": "Game", "status": "Scope register", "note": "Tiger Mega Man2/3, X3 Buster Battle, RockmanX and PET/Transer toys need narrative-content inspection.", "sources": [ "inventory", "franchise" ] }, { "title": "External crossover narratives", "type": "Game", "status": "Further chapter coverage required", "note": "Marvel vs.Capcom, Project X Zone, Cannon Spike, TEPPEN, Smash Bros and mobile collaboration stories require individual story checks; cosmetic cameos are not automatically narrative.", "sources": [ "inventory", "franchise" ] }, { "title": "Cancelled projects", "type": "Game", "status": "Not completed chronology entries", "note": "Legends3/Prototype Version, Mega ManUniverse, MaverickHunter, Mega ManOnline and cancelled concepts are not represented as released adventures.", "sources": [ "inventory", "franchise" ] }, { "title": "Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] }, { "title": "Marvel vs. Capcom2: New Age of Heroes", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] }, { "title": "Marvel vs. Capcom3: Fate of Two Worlds", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] }, { "title": "Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom3", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] }, { "title": "Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] }, { "title": "Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] }, { "title": "Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] }, { "title": "Namco × Capcom", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] }, { "title": "Project X Zone", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] }, { "title": "Project X Zone2", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] }, { "title": "SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] }, { "title": "Cannon Spike", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] }, { "title": "Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo3DS / WiiU", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] }, { "title": "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — World of Light", "type": "Game", "status": "Connected crossover — narrative inspection pending", "note": "Mega Man franchise guest-character game; full route/dialogue and narrative status must be checked before treating appearances as dated adventures. Date unknown; no main-timeline placement asserted.", "sources": [ "franchise", "inventory" ] } ], "audit": { "checked": "2026-10-12", "status": "Research edition — verification gaps disclosed", "checks": [ "The pre-build table was reviewed for duplicate editions, branch contradictions, missing numbered games and unsupported exact dates before generating the franchise page.", "Classic, X, Zero, ZX and Legends remain together; Battle Network and Star Force share their genuine alternate history. Incompatible licensed adaptations have their own selectors.", "Main numbered game versions are indexed without counting compilation releases as new fictional events. Retellings and paired editions use shared story positions where supported.", "200X / 20XX / 21XX and relative eras remain fictional period labels. The popular 80XX Legends date and an exact 25XX ZX calendar are not asserted.", "Canon and date confidence are independent: official side games without a verified exclusion use Assumed canon. Arcade games retain their specific parallel-world caveat. Command Mission is labelled Official possible future and remains visible in the robotic history.", "Manuals supply relative intervals without invented calendar years. Soccer’s actual Japanese manual pages 24–25 were visually inspected. EXE 4.5 uses an estimated insertion between 4 and 5; this is not a confirmed narrative bridge.", "Japanese story information takes precedence over conflicting English localization information. Meaningful differences are retained in the research notes; a localization does not override an inspected Japanese date.", "Each row has a source and matching product / access note. Collection contents are checked; a nearest-match edition explicitly identifies any excluded remake features.", "Robotics subseries kept together; Network and Star Force share their second history.", "Game Boy V before/after6 source contradiction disclosed.", "Command Mission is a possible future independent of Zero, not a necessary bridge.", "Retellings and variants share storyGroup and sorting positions.", "No invented80XX Legends or exact25XX ZX dates.", "Dual Override2027 remains upcoming, release year separate from story year.", "Actual visual inspection: Timelines #1 publisher-supplied preview pages 1–4 only; no explicit date observed. Archie #24 actual recap/indicia page text inspected, not the full issue." ], "gaps": [ "This is a source-backed research edition, not a completed inspection of every game script, comic page or drama transcript. Inaccessible interiors are disclosed on the records.", "Era placement does not prove an exact position within that era. Unresolved stories stay unplaced; estimated relative positions are labelled est.", "No complete game interior or manual pages inspected in this pass.", "Several mobile minigames, educational works and external crossover event chapters remain scope-register items, not fully researched narrative entries.", "Relative sort anchors do not assert hidden exact years.", "Outstanding coverage: licensed 4-koma/anthology shorts, Japanese guidebook narrative inserts, X anniversary one-shots, NT Warrior movie placement, Captain N episode appearances, Archie #56 announcement primary verification, UDON Battle Network one-shot, 2026 Gear Masters #2–3 publication statuses." ], "publishReady": true } }