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E3, LOS ANGELES - May 11, 2000 - Capcom® Entertainment today announced that the blockbuster franchise, Mega Man, blasts his way onto the PlayStation® in Mega Man X5ä. In this continuation of the Mega Man X series, Mega Man and his trusty ally, Zero havejust 48 hours to save Earth from total annihilation. The game features time-based gameplay where game events and endings depend on how fast a stage is completed and the ability to create new weapons and weapon enhancements using stolen energy from a defeated boss. In Mega Man X5, players can choose to play as either Mega Man X or Zero at any stage. Mega Man X5 is a one-player game. It is scheduled to release in November. Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) rating is pending.
"Mega Man isone of those rare video game characters that spans time and generations," said Todd Thorson, director of marketing, Capcom Entertainment. "Most video game players grew up playing Mega Man on their very first video game machine. Mega Man X5 will appeal to both those original Mega Man fan and a whole new generation of players."
In Mega Man X5, the evil Sigma has devised a terrible plan to destroy planet Earth. A diverted, asteroid space colony is now on a collision course with Earth. Mega Man X and his robot partner, Zero has just 48 hours to intercept and prevent total annihilation. Mega Man X5 is a tense race against time, featuring X-plosive gameplay, X-treme graphics and the best in Mega Man action adventure. Battle a legion of dangerous ReploidRobots, discover a myriad of power-ups and defeat an army of mutant Bosses to steal their energy forces and create all-new weapons…Earth depends on it!
In Mega Man X5, our heroes, battle a myriad of reploids through eight new brilliantly colorful X-Hunter levels. Each level is filled with intricate passages, hidden and hard to reach items and guarded by eight ominously new X-Hunter bosses. Players acquire powerful weapons, vehicles and power-ups supplied in hidden capsules by the good Dr. Light.
Capcom Entertainment of Sunnyvale, California, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Capcom, Co., Ltd. of Japan. A leading force in the multi-billion dollar interactive entertainment industry, Capcom's legacy spans 20 years of entertaining video gamers. Capcom develops, markets, and distributes home video games for the PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo 64 game consoles, Game Boy Color System, personal computers and coin-operated games. Worldwide recognizable product lines include the Street Fighter, Mega Man, Breath of Fire, and the Resident Evil series.
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