Mega Man Battle Network 6
{{Short description|2005 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| image = MegaManBattleNetwork6 1.jpg
| caption = North American Cybeast Gregar box art
| developer = Capcom Production Studio 2
| publisher = Capcom
| director = Masahiro Yasuma
| producer = Keiji Inafune
| designer = Masahiro Yasuma
Shinsuke Kodama
| writer = Masakazu Eguchi
Teruhiro Shimogawa
| artist =Yuji Ishihara
Tokiko Nakashima
Hayato Kaji
| composer = Yoshino Aoki
| series = Mega Man Battle Network
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|November 23, 2005{{cite web|url=https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20051107/capcom.htm|last=Takizawa|first=Osamu|date=November 7, 2005|website=GameWatch|publisher=Impress Corporation|language=ja|script-title=ja:カプコン、GBA「ロックマン エグゼ6」とPS2「バイオハザード4」 e-CAPCOM限定予約特典を公開|trans-title=CAPCOM reveals GBA "Rockman.EXE 6" and PS2 "Bioharzard 4" e-CAPCOM exclusive pre-order bonuses}}|NA|June 13, 2006{{cite web|last=Sanders|first=Kathleen|date=June 13, 2006|title=Mega Man Battle Network Connects|url=http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/712/712384p1.html|website=IGN|access-date=February 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205095725/http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/712/712384p1.html|archive-date=December 5, 2010|url-status=live}}|EU|June 16, 2006}}Wii U Virtual Console{{vgrelease|JP|November 18, 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/214/G021423/20151118130/|date=November 18, 2015|website=4Gamer|language=ja|script-title=ja:「ロックマン エグゼ6 電脳獣ファルザー/グレイガ」がバーチャルコンソールで配信開始|trans-title="Rockman.EXE 6: Cyber Beast Falzer/Graga" now available on Virtual Console|access-date=August 31, 2022}}|NA|March 10, 2016{{cite web|url=https://nintendoeverything.com/mega-man-battle-network-6-hitting-the-north-american-wii-u-virtual-console-tomorrow/|title=Mega Man Battle Network 6 hitting the North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow|last=Brian|date=March 9, 2016|website=Nintendo Everything|access-date=August 31, 2022}}}}
| genre = Real-time tactical role-playing
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = Game Boy Advance
}}
{{Nihongo foot|Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar|ロックマンエグゼ6 電脳獣ファルザー|Rokkuman Eguse 6 Dennōjū Faruzā|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha|extra=lit. 'Rockman.EXE 6: Cyberbeast Falzer'}} and {{Nihongo foot|Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar|ロックマンエグゼ6 電脳獣グレイガ|Rokkuman Eguse 6 Dennōjū Gureiga|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha|extra=lit. 'Rockman.EXE 6: Cyberbeast Graga'}} are 2005 tactical role-playing games developed and published by Capcom for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) handheld game console. They are the sixth and final game in the Mega Man Battle Network series, and involves Lan Hikari's family and MegaMan.EXE moving to Cyber City, only to need to stop the returning WWW (World Three) once again from re-awakening the Cybeasts.
Battle Network 6 marks the end of the Battle Network series, as shown in the ending, although this wasn't initially the case; the developers stated the decision to end the series was only made part-way through development, and after several of the graphics were re-done. The international versions of the games also removed a significant amount of content, primarily due to Konami not localizing Shin Bokura no Taiyō: Sabata's Counterattack for Western territories.
Like with the previous few games, Mega Man Battle Network 6 received a generally tepid reception from critics, who near-universally highlighted lack of improvements from previous installments in terms of graphics and gameplay, although some praised its story. Despite being considered the end of the series, one last game, Rockman.EXE: Legend of Network, released in 2006 in Japan for mobile phones. A successor to the Battle Network series, titled Mega Man Star Force, also released in 2006 for the Nintendo DS.
Plot
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Lan Hikari and his family have moved to Cyber City.{{cite web |date=August 12, 2005 |title=CAPCOM Announces Mega Man Battle Network 6 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/08/12/news_6130985.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220060105/http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/08/12/news_6130985.html |archive-date=February 20, 2007 |access-date=July 9, 2008 |website=GameSpot |publisher=Red Ventures}} However, WWW has returned once again and is causing trouble that not the Official NetBattlers and even Eugene Chaud and ProtoMan.EXE can control, so Lan and MegaMan.EXE decides to investigate. Here, Lan and MegaMan discovers that the Cybeast Gregar which is created out of the combination of multiple bugs (like Gospel) and Cybeast Falzar which created as a means to counter Gregar but went out of control, have something to do with a mysterious conspiracy. When a WWW Navi, CircusMan.EXE, captures one of the Cybeasts, MegaMan captures the other Cybeast into his body. Lan and MegaMan must fight WWW and stop whatever they're up to. At first it seems that Baryl and Colonel.EXE were the culprits of the conspiracy, but later in the end he admits that he was working for Dr. Wily himself.
Dr. Wily raised Baryl when his own father was off fighting in a war, and in his kindness for Baryl, he was distracted from his plans for revenge of the Net society. He also created Colonel, the "Perfect Navi" who had the ability to feel kindness and had powers of machine manipulation. However, once Baryl's father, his only true friend was killed in battle, Wily began to feel the past thoughts of revenge and modified Colonel to become a military grade Navi. The other programs were modified into a separate Navi named Iris.EXE. She was to be a military control Navi, until she met Lan, who showed her that humans were not bloodthirsty killers.
As a precaution, Wily planted a program forbidding these Navis to merge by having them explode if they were ever to do so. To hatch his latest scheme to destroy the Net and the world, he built 2 enormous Copybots and installed the Cybeast Gregar and Falzar in them, until Baryl decided what was truly right and began to battle one of the Cybeasts. MegaMan also began to battle the other Cybeast, until in a twist, the Cybeast took over MegaMan's body once again. Colonel and Iris began the risky merging, and with their heightened powers they destroyed the Cybeast from MegaMan's body. However, instead of separating, they sacrifice themselves to destroy the Cybeast once and for all; afterwards, both of the Copybots explode, leaving Cyber City in ruins, and forcing the Hikari family to move back to ACDC Town. As a gift, Baryl, whom was survived and not found in the wreckage, sends Iris's Copybot to Lan, allowing MegaMan to stay in the real world all he wanted.
The final scene flashes forward 20 years in a epilogue as Lan narrates the future of all the characters,{{Cite web |last=Parish |first=Jeremy |date=October 9, 2011 |title=When Mega Man Ruled the World: An Anniversary Tribute |url=http://www.1up.com/features/mega-man-ruled-world-memorial-tribute |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026111703/http://www.1up.com/features/mega-man-ruled-world-memorial-tribute |archive-date=October 26, 2011 |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=1UP.com}} including how he married Mayl and had a son named Patch Hikari, as well as and a reformed Dr. Wily creating peace-keeping programs for the internet named Iris and Colonel.{{Cite video game|title=Mega Man Battle Network 6|developer=Capcom|platform=Game Boy Advance|scene=Post-credits|date=November 23, 2005|quote=Lan Hikari: '...Has it really been 20 years? Dex became the mayor of ACDC Town. I stil can't believe it. Yai became the president of her father's company. Mick became an elementary school teacher, and Tab is working hard to make his store a success. Chaud became the International Officials' leader. Mayl became my wife......... As for me, we're working for a better future... the future that Dad, Grandpa, and Dr. Wily envisioned...'}}
Gameplay
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The gameplay of Mega Man Battle Network 6 is largely identical to that of its predecessors. The player explores the real world through Lan and the Net through MegaMan.EXE. When Lan plugs his PET, a handheld computer, into a computer with an interface jack, he can upload MegaMan.EXE to the cyber network, allowing him to explore and fight viruses as random encounters.{{cite web |last=Provo |first=Frank |title=Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Falzar for Game Boy Advance Review |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gba/rpg/megamanbattlenetwork6faltzerversion/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;reviews |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124133431/http://www.gamespot.com/gba/rpg/megamanbattlenetwork6faltzerversion/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;reviews |archive-date=January 24, 2013 |access-date=July 2, 2008 |website=GameSpot}}
When MegaMan encounters viruses, the screen shifts to a battle screen set on a six by three square grid. On the left half of the grid is MegaMan, and on the other half are his opponents. MegaMan has a relatively weak arm cannon, the Mega Buster, but his main weapon is Lan's library of battle chips, one-use-per-battle special attacks which grant various abilities, including simple attacks, attack enhancements, defensive effects, terrain transmogrification, or assistance from other NetNavis. Before battle, the player can construct a folder consisted of thirty battle chips, and each turn of a battle (measured by a timer bar at the top of the screen), the player is presented with a random selection of these chips. The player can send MegaMan up to five Battle Chips, after which the battle takes place in real time, with MegaMan, controlled by the player, attacking with his Mega Buster, dodging attacks, or activating battle chips from his queue.
Succeeding the Soul Unison (Double Soul) system, is the Cross System. Although similar to the preceding system in Battle Network 4 and 5, Crosses can last for the entire duration of a battle without utilizing the three-turn limit and can be activated without a sacrificial chip. Upon finishing an ally Navi's mission and battle, MegaMan will gain the Navi Link to that particular Navi, thus enabling a Cross between MegaMan and the corresponding Navi; said transformation can be activated at any time and lasts indefinitely, but are disabled for the rest of the battle if hit by its elemental weakness; gained Link Navis can also be freely used to move around the internet, and function similarly to MegaMan's allies in Battle Network 5, but have a fixed jack-in point. The Link Navis and Crosses gained differ depending on the version played. Beast Out is an additional gameplay element after MegaMan encounters one of two Cybeasts. This feature can be activated by pressing the "Beast Button" in the Custom Screen, and also differ depending on the version played; Beast Out only last three turns, and can be combined with Soul Crosses. Attempting to Beast Out when the counter is already zero will cause MegaMan to "Beast Over", which results in him moving and attacking uncontrollably for a turn, after which his HP will deplete and be unable to use Crosses or Full-Synchro.
There are many other small changes, including chips now being limited by their MB size, alongside their type; players can also "tag" 2 Chips in their folder as long as the combined size is below 60 MB, which will cause them to randomly appear together in the Custom Screen. Another one is a slight change in the Navi Customizer, in which parts can be placed off the map, allowing the player to install more programs, but at the risk of having a bug.{{cite web|url=http://megaman.retrofaction.com/mmbn/resources/mmbn6fmanual.txt |title=Mega Man Battle Network 6 Game Manual|website=Megaman Retrofaction|access-date=July 12, 2008|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504002321/http://megaman.retrofaction.com/mmbn/resources/mmbn6fmanual.txt|archive-date=May 4, 2008}} Like previous entries, players are able to fight and trade with each other using the Game Boy Advance link cable, now including support for the Wireless Adapter.
Development and release
Mega Man Battle Network 6 was developed for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) handheld video game console. Series writer Masakazu Eguchi stated that the decision to end the series with Battle Network 6 wasn't made when development started; the new project leader had desired to re-do many of the game's assets to make it feel "fresh", including the environment, until it was decided to be the series' conclusion due to the announcement of the Nintendo DS.{{Cite web |last=Midnite |date=March 19, 2018 |title=EXE 15th Ann. Special Staff Discussion! (Part 2)|url=https://www.therockmanexezone.com/interviews/2018/03/19/exe-15th-ann-special-staff-discussion-part-2/|access-date=June 30, 2022|website=The Rockman.EXE Zone}} The game was exhibited at Tokyo Game Show 2005,{{Cite web|last=Ishida|first=Katsuo|date=September 9, 2005|script-title=ja:カプコン、「東京ゲームショウ2005」ブース情報第2報 PSP「モンスターハンターポータブル」などを出展|trans-title=Capcom, "Tokyo Game Show 2005" booth information 2nd report; PSP "Monster Hunter Portable" etc. exhibited|url=https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20050909/capcom.htm|access-date=August 29, 2022|website=GameWatch|publisher=Impress Corporation|language=ja}} and released in Japan on November 23, 2005, with pre-orders for the game coming with a Battle Network-themed spoon, fork, and case.
Capcom and Takara later released the Navi Link System in February 2006, allowing players to dynamically adjust the stats of the Navi Data Chips for use in-game; the system was also compatible with the arcade game Rockman.EXE: Battle Chip Stadium, and Link PET_EX LCD game.{{cite web|date=January 12, 2006|title=CAPCOM Press Release 2005|url=https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/pdf/e060112.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509040133/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e060112.html|archive-date=May 9, 2012|access-date=July 2, 2008 |publisher=Capcom}} Capcom further re-released the game on March 23, 2006 as the Rockman.EXE 6: Beast Link Gate DX Edition, a bundle that comes with the Beast Link Gate peripheral allowing players to be in permanent Beast Out, as well as use real Battle Chips.{{Cite web |date=March 17, 2006 |title= |script-title=ja:「ロックマン エグゼ6」ビーストリンクゲート同梱版の発売が決定――大会情報もあり |trans-title="Rockman.EXE 6" Beast Link Gate bundled version will be released - Tournament information is also available |url=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0603/17/news058.html |access-date=November 3, 2022 |website=ITmedia |language=ja}} Despite being considered the final game (outside of re-releases), a gaiden game titled Rockman.EXE: Legend of Network released for Japanese mobile phones in 2006.{{cite web |last=Takizawa |first=Osamu |date=September 11, 2006 |script-title=ja:カプコン、FOMA 90xiシリーズ向けに3タイトル配信決定「ロックマン エグゼ」の新作や「逆転裁判 蘇る逆転」など |trans-title=Capcom to Distribute Three Titles for FOMA 90xi Series (New "Rockman.EXE" and "Ace Attorney: Resurrection of Ace Attorney) |url=https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20060911/capk.htm |website=GameWatch |publisher=Impress Corporation |language=ja}}
= Content removal =
Mega Man Battle Network 6 released in Western territories starting on June 13, 2006; the international versions of Battle Network 6 had significant amounts of content cut, including a crossover scenario with Shin Bokura no Taiyō: Sabata's Counterattack, which Konami did not localize outside of Japan due to poor sales of the first two games.{{Cite web |last=Lemus |first=Jean-Karlo |date=March 27, 2020 |title=Kojima's GBA experiment—and the sunny island childhood it changed forever |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/03/kojimas-gba-experiment-and-the-sunny-island-childhood-it-changed-forever/ |access-date=February 11, 2022 |website=Ars Technica |publisher=WIRED}} The Beast Link Gate content was also disabled, but can be re-enabled through hacking.{{Cite web |last=Protodude |date=February 3, 2008 |title=Beast Link Gate With English EXE 6 |url=https://www.rockman-corner.com/2008/02/beast-link-gate-with-english-exe-6.html |access-date=August 29, 2022 |website=Rockman Corner}}{{Cite web |title=Mega Man Battle Network 6 |url=https://tcrf.net/Mega_Man_Battle_Network_6 |access-date=August 29, 2022 |website=The Cutting Room Floor}}
= Re-releases =
On November 18, 2015, on its tenth anniversary, both versions of the game were made available on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console; due to the lack of multiplayer emulation, entering the "Comm" menu will instead give the players all Chips that required multiplayer, alongside the e-Reader exclusive jobs.In international versions, these jobs were always made available by default due to the e-Reader functionality being removed.{{Cite web |last=Brian |date=November 17, 2015 |title=Japanese Mega Man Battle Network 6 Wii U Virtual Console trailers |url=https://nintendoeverything.com/japanese-mega-man-battle-network-6-wii-u-virtual-console-trailers/ |access-date=August 31, 2022 |website=Nintendo Everything}} It was also released in North America on March 10, 2016. Both versions were also included in the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection in 2023 for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.{{Cite web |last=McWhertor |first=Michael |date=June 28, 2022 |title=Mega Man Battle Network 10-game collection coming in 2023 |url=https://www.polygon.com/23185536/mega-man-battle-network-collection-nintendo-switch-games-release-date |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=Polygon |publisher=Vox Media}}{{Cite web |last=Kim |first=Matt |date=June 28, 2022 |title=Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Announced for Nintendo Switch |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/mega-man-battle-network-legacy-collection-switch-announced |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=IGN}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| GR = 63% (Falzar){{cite web|title=Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Falzar for Game Boy Advance|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/929992-mega-man-battle-network-6-cybeast-falzar/index.html|website=GameRankings|access-date=June 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617090228/http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/929992-mega-man-battle-network-6-cybeast-falzar/index.html| archive-date=June 17, 2010|url-status=live}}
65% (Gregar){{cite web|title=Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Gregar for Game Boy Advance|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/929993-mega-man-battle-network-6-cybeast-gregar/index.html|website=GameRankings|access-date=June 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719012010/http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/929993-mega-man-battle-network-6-cybeast-gregar/index.html|archive-date=July 19, 2010|url-status=live}}
| MC = 63/100 (Falzar){{cite web|title=Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar for Game Boy Advance Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/mega-man-battle-network-6-cybeast-falzar/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance|website=Metacritic |access-date=June 24, 2010}}
62/100 (Gregar){{cite web|title=Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar for Game Boy Advance Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/mega-man-battle-network-6-cybeast-gregar/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance|website=Metacritic |access-date=June 24, 2010}}
| GI = 6.5/10{{cite magazine |magazine=Game Informer | publisher=Sunrise Publications | title=Reviews: Mega Man Battle Network 6 | date=August 2006 | issue=160 | page=93}}
| NP = 7.5/10{{cite magazine |magazine=Nintendo Power | publisher=Nintendo of America | title=Now Playing: Mega Man Battle Network 6 | date=August 2006 | issue=206 | page=86}}
| JXV = 14/20{{cite web|url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00006736_test.htm|title=Test de Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar|language=fr|trans-title=Review of Mega Man Battle Network 6|date=July 20, 2006|last=Romendil|website=Jeuxvideo.com|access-date=August 31, 2022}}
}}
= Sales =
Both versions of the game placed in the Media Create top ten best-selling games list in Japan during their release week. Cybeast Gregar placed at number three with 107,099 units sold, while Cybeast Falzar placed at number six with 65,560 units sold.{{cite web | author=Jenkins, David | date=December 2, 2005 | title=Japanese Sales Charts, Week Ending November 27 | url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/japanese-sales-charts-week-ending-november-27 | website=Gamasutra | access-date=June 15, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111062225/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/7372/Japanese_Sales_Charts_Week_Ending_November_27.php | archive-date=November 11, 2010 | url-status=live }} The two versions of the game sold nearly half a million copies combined during its first month in the region and a total of 610,000 copies by the end of Capcom's 2005 fiscal year.{{cite web | year=2006 | title=Capcom Annual Report 2006 | url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/2006annual/Annual2006e.pdf#14 | publisher=Capcom | format=PDF | access-date=June 20, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016210951/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/2006annual/Annual2006e.pdf#14 | archive-date=October 16, 2012 | url-status=live }} The game achieved solid sales outside Japan.{{cite web|author=Sinclair, Brendan |date=August 10, 2006 |title=Capcom Q1 sales down, profit up |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/capcom-q1-sales-down-profit-up-6155616 |publisher=CBS Interactive |work=GameSpot |accessdate=February 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114110225/http://www.gamespot.com/news/capcom-q1-sales-down-profit-up-6155616 |archivedate=November 14, 2012 }}
= Critical response =
Both versions were released to mixed reviews, with Falzar and Gregar holding averages of 63 and 62 out of 100 on Metacritic respectively.
Like with previous new games in the series, reviewers near-universally highlighted the lack of changes Battle Network 6 made from previous installments. It was commented by Frank Provo of GameSpot that "there's really nothing in Mega Man Battle Network 6 that wasn't in the previous games, but they'll likely feel compelled to finish this one anyway, since the story provides the payoff for events that have been building since the first game". Reviewers generally praised the new customization aspects, but felt they weren't enough to make the game feel different.
Similarly, the game's presentation was also poorly received, with it often being unfavorably compared to contemporary GBA games. Mark Bozon wrote for IGN "you can see more than ever that the series is beginning to get lazy with presentation, as less and less unique animation is being used to tell the story", which GameSpy agreed with. GameSpot felt the music and sound effects were "serviceable", albeit holdovers from Battle Network 2, while GameZone called them "boring". It was agreed by reviewers that the game would only interest die hard fans or newcomers.
== Legacy ==
{{See also|Mega Man Star Force|List of MegaMan NT Warrior episodes (Beast and Beast+)}}
With the conclusion of the Mega Man Battle Network series, the development staff would start conceptualizing a follow-up to the series, later evolving into the Mega Man Star Force series; Star Force takes place 200 years later in the years of 22XX and focuses on radio wave technology, while maintaining several gameplay concepts introduced in Battle Network.{{cite web |author=Theobald |first=Phil |date=August 20, 2007 |title=Mega Man Star Force: Leo |url=http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/mega-man-star-force-leo-/813999p1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011084927/http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/mega-man-star-force-leo-/813999p1.html |archive-date=October 11, 2009 |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=GameSpy |publisher=IGN}}{{Cite web |last=Moriarty |first=Colin |date=August 15, 2007 |title=Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/08/14/mega-man-star-force-pegasus-review |access-date=October 18, 2022 |website=IGN}}{{Cite web |last=Provo |first=Frank |date=October 18, 2022 |title=Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/mega-man-star-force-pegasus-review/1900-6176689/ |access-date=October 18, 2022 |website=GameSpot |publisher=Red Ventures}} As a whole, the Star Force series was not nearly as successful as Battle Network, which was attributed in retrospect to its perceived lack of changes; after the release of two sequels and Rockman.EXE: Operate Shooting Star (2009)–an enhanced DS port of the first Battle Network game released only in Japan–Capcom would discontinue development on a fourth entry due to poor sales.{{Efn|Sales of Mega Man Star Force games (in millions):
- Mega Man Star Force: 0.59{{cite web|title=2007年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP500（ファミ通版）|url=http://geimin.net/da/db/2007_ne_fa/index.php |publisher=Geimin |language=ja |access-date=June 23, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017183611/http://geimin.net/da/db/2007_ne_fa/index.php|archive-date=October 17, 2015}}
- Mega Man Star Force 2: 0.29{{cite web|title=2008年テレビゲームソフト売り上げ Top 500（ファミ通版）|url=http://geimin.net/da/db/2008_ne_fa/index.php|url-status=dead|publisher=Geimin|language=ja|accessdate=2010-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923055208/http://geimin.net/da/db/2008_ne_fa/index.php|archive-date=September 23, 2015}}
- Mega Man Star Force 3: 0.17{{cite web|last=Monogatari|first=Gaijin|date=February 13, 2009|title=RPGamer > Japandemonium|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/news/japan/mb021309.html|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831012416/http://www.rpgamer.com/news/japan/mb021309.html|archive-date=August 31, 2009|work=RPGamer.com|access-date=August 2, 2009}}
- Rockman.EXE: Operate Shooting Star: 0.06{{Cite web|url=http://geimin.net/da/db/2009_ne_fa/index.php|title=2009年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP1000（ファミ通版|language=ja|trans-title=2009 Video game software sales TOP1000 (Famitsu version)|website=Geimin|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627100212/http://geimin.net/da/db/2009_ne_fa/index.php|archive-date=June 27, 2015}}|group=lower-alpha}}{{Cite web |last=Sounders |first=Mike |date=June 17, 2019 |title=Capcom was working on a Mega Man Star Force 4 at one point |url=https://www.destructoid.com/capcom-was-working-on-a-mega-man-star-force-4-at-one-point/ |access-date=February 28, 2022 |website=Destructoid |publisher=Enthusiast Gaming}}{{Cite web |last=Protodude |date=June 14, 2019 |title=Exclusive: Cancelled Mega Man Star Force 4 Concept Art and Story Details |url=https://www.rockman-corner.com/2019/06/cancelled-mega-man-star-force-4-concept.html |access-date=February 28, 2022 |website=Rockman Corner}}
The story of Mega Man Battle Network 6 was loosely adapted into the events of the Beast season of the anime series MegaMan NT Warrior; in Beast, Lan and several of his friends are transported to a parallel world in a continual Dimensional Area, areas where the Cyber World and real world meld together. Many of the characters in the season, including Baryl and Colonel, have different personalities that are more inline with their game counterparts, rather than the anime.{{cite web |title=Rockman Beast episodes |url=https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/rockman_beast/episodes/episodes01/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021171546/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/rockman_beast/episodes/episodes01/ |archivedate=October 21, 2012 |accessdate=May 11, 2011 |publisher=TV Tokyo |language=JA}} Other characters and elements of Battle Network 6 not present in Beast would be adapted into the Beast+ season, as they also do in the last chapters of Ryo Takamisaki's manga.{{cite web |title=MegaMan NT Warrior Vol. 11 |url=http://store.viz.com/MegaMan-NT-Warrior-Vol.-11-v./A/142151141X.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003023053/http://store.viz.com/MegaMan-NT-Warrior-Vol.-11-v./A/142151141X.htm |archivedate=October 3, 2012 |accessdate=November 25, 2011 |publisher=Viz Media}}{{cite web |title=MegaMan NT Warrior Vol. 12 |url=http://store.viz.com/MegaMan-NT-Warrior-Vol.-12-v./A/1421513250.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003023058/http://store.viz.com/MegaMan-NT-Warrior-Vol.-12-v./A/1421513250.htm |archivedate=October 3, 2012 |accessdate=November 25, 2011 |publisher=Viz Media}}{{cite web |title=MegaMan NT Warrior Vol. 13 |url=http://store.viz.com/MegaMan-NT-Warrior-Vol.-13-v./A/142151785X.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003023103/http://store.viz.com/MegaMan-NT-Warrior-Vol.-13-v./A/142151785X.htm |archivedate=October 3, 2012 |accessdate=November 25, 2011 |publisher=Viz Media}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100522212931/http://www.capcom.co.jp/rockmanexe/ Official website] {{in lang|ja}}
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