This is awesome. Also: crazy. I'm so glad to see that Hong Kong cinema remains so optimistically gonzo. Everything about this trailer has clearly been stolen from Mega Man games and then run through the HK movie blender. Andy Lau? Check! A director who once worked with Chow Yun Fat? Check! A dude who shoots robot dragon heads out of his arm? Uh, what now?

So help me god, if it turns out that little scooter thing at 1:08 turns into a robot dog, we're suing.

At our recent Las Vegas Fight Club, one of the dudes in the crowd was wearing an awesome Mega Man-themed shirt, which was composed of Mega Man's helmet over a "Year 200X" 8-bit styled logo. When I quizzed him about it, he told me a story about a college, his sister and seeing some band or something that was really interesting at the time, but then I immediately drank 47 more beers and forgot the gist of the convo. Whoops! Fortunately, Gerald jumped in to snap the blurry camera pic to the right, which helped remind me later.

A quick lap around the internets has revealed unto me -- and hence, you -- that Year 200X is none other than the finest heavy metal video game music cover band in all of Lansing, MI. They've been playing together since 2006, and released a 13 song shredfest in 2008 called We Are Error that contains their epic rock power takes on theme songs from Duck Tales, Contra, Mega Man 2 and 3, Ghosts 'n Goblins and more. Their website is better than 90% of band websites that I visit, with tons of info on the band, YouTube videos of their live performances in various arcades and nerdfests, a functional store, and more. They've got some awesome IP-infringing shirts as well, which you should take a gander at before the Capcom lawyers sue them out of exisitence now that we are aware of them. I kid! Sorta.

Dunno about you, but as a Mega Fan, I'm constantly jealous of all the killer Blue Bomber goods produced in Japan that are near-impossible to find in North America. That's why I'm very happy to bring you a preview of some Mega Merch currently in production by new Capcom licensee FAB Starpoint. FAB Starpoint are in the process of signing distribution deals with retailers across the continent (hopefully including our own Capcom eStore), with an eye towards the products reaching your hot little hands in the beginning of the year. As a bonus, the folks from FAB Starpoint will also be checking the comments on this blog post to see which items you liked. Also, if you've got any clever ideas for Capcom-themed stationary/baggage items you'd like to see made, toss 'em out in the comments.

Oh, Mega Man. If I purchased every cool Japanese Blue Bomber toy, I would be superbroke and my office would be even more dorky than it currently is. Fer instance, in the Land of the Rising Sun and Awesome Toy this month, Mega Fans will be able to purchase Mega Man Be@rbricks. I don't even understand why I'm so drawn to little toys like this, but since I'm pretty much completely controlled by my id, I don't fight it or try to understand. Instead, I just roll with my initial instincts, which sound like: DO WANT!! See more images of the minifigs on Collect3D.

Comedy is dangerous business, as evidenced by the translated Mega Man EXE comic above, which comes from the Japanese site. I don't really get it, but then again, I'm not very smart. Fortunately, Heat Man from the Mega Man Network seems to have a better grasp of what's going on. Read his explanation of the hilarity on the MMN.