Late last month, Capcom announced that one of its fan favorite Game Boy Advance series, Mega Man ZERO would be repackaged and rereleased for the Nintendo DS, due for release this summer. The ZERO series, taking place about 100 years following the end of the X series, features X’s partner Zero as the main playable character, awakening in a dystopian future under the control of a brutal dictatorship after having been in hibernation for over a century. After being revived by a human scientist named Ciel, Zero learns that a reploid by the name of Master X and ruler of the government of Neo Arcadia has branded innocent reploids as Mavericks, ordering their extermination. Learning from Ciel that Master X is the same X that fought alongside him a century before, Zero embarks on a mission to stop his former friend.
Released in 2002, production of the series began after the release of Mega Man X5, which was intended by series creator Keiji Inafune to be the final entry in the X series, leading into the events of Mega Man ZERO. While the X series continued, ZERO went on to become a four-part series, enjoying its success on the Game Boy Advance and considered to be some of the hardest games in the entirety of the Mega Man series. While no definite release date has been given for the collection, Capcom has announced a Summer 2010 release. Not much is known about any special features the collection may contain, but in the meantime, enjoy these screens, courtesy of Capcom.
