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Mega Man Star Force Games Get Legacy Collection in 2026
posted on by Alex Mateo
CAPCOM announced during the Japanese Nintendo Direct stream on Friday the Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, a collection of seven Mega Man Star Force (Ryūsei no Rockman, or Rockman of the Shooting Star) games. The collection will launch for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam in 2026. The company streamed a shorter video in English on YouTube, confirming a Western release for 2026:
The collection includes the following games:
- Mega Man Star Force Leo
- Mega Man Star Force Dragon
- Mega Man Star Force Pegasus
- Mega Man Star Force 2 Zerker×Ninja
- Mega Man Star Force 2 Zerker×Saurian
- Mega Man Star Force 3 Black Ace
- Mega Man Star Force 3 Red Joker
A successor to the Mega Man Battle Network Game Boy Advance games, the Mega Man Star Force series of action role-playing games debuted for Nintendo DS in Japan in 2006 and in the West in 2007 with three slightly different titles Mega Man Star Force Leo/Dragon/Pegasus. The games got a pair of sequels Mega Man Star Force 2 Zerker×Ninja/Zerker×Saurian in Japan in 2007 and in the West in 2008. The final pair of sequels Mega Man Star Force 3 Black Ace/Red Joker launched in Japan in 2008 and in the West in 2009.
The games inspired the Megaman Star Force (Ryūsei no Rockman, or Rockman of the Shooting Star) anime. Viz Media licensed the anime. The series premiered on Cartoon Network in August 2007 and streamed online on Toonami Jetstream in July 2007. The series debuted in Japan in October 2006, and it had 55 episodes.
CAPCOM released Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection, a collection of the Mega Man Battle Network 1-6 Game Boy Advance games, in April 2023. The series inspired an anime titled MegaMan NT Warrior (Rockman.EXE) in 2002. The Kids WB block aired the series in the West in 2003.
Sources: Nintendo Direct, CAPCOM's YouTube channel
