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excited

「ロックマン　ゼクス」 - Rockman ZX


ニンテンドーＤＳ　　カプコン　　発売日未定　　価格未定
Nintendo DS - Capcom - release date unknown - price unknown

さまざまなハードやジャンルで発売された人気シリーズ「ロックマン」の最新作が発売決定。本作は、少年ヴァンと少女エール二人から主人公を選べるアクションゲームだ。二人は、遺跡から発掘された”ライブメタル”を使って返信可能。新たな物語が始まる！
A new entry in the popular system- and genre-spanning "Rockman" series has been announced. This is an action game with two selectable characters - a boy, Van, and a girl, Eile. The two are able to transform due to the "living metal" excavated from the ruins. This begins a new story!

「ロックマン」シリーズ初の女子主人公エールの実力は！？
What abilities could Eile, the first female protagonist in the Rockman series, have!?

女性主人公登場！
Introducing a female protagonist!

変身前の主人公のようだが、変身条件などがあるのだろうか？
This is how the character looks before the transformation. Could there be special transformation requirements?

EDIT: official artwork

EDIT2: So now I've had time to actually look at the art.

We have two characters here who appear human, Van and Eile (Elle, Aile, Aiel, Ayla, whatever). They might be human or they might be repliroid, but one of the design sketches says "human version" on it. Anyway.

Both of them can transform into X, and in the X transformation reference picture we see a Changer which looks like a flat, handheld item in the general shape and design of X's helmet. The ZX transformation pic is also interesting - the result looks a lot like Zero, but look at the name - "ZX". Clearly visible near Van's hands in the pic are the X Changer and what appears to be a Zero Changer.. which means whoever you -can- transform into, you can also combine forms.

All the art is tagged by Studio A-Cat, which did some spriting work for the Zero series, namely the boss animation in Z2 and Z3. The designs themselves seem to be Nakayama Toru's or intentional imitations of her style. At any rate Inti-Creates seems to be involved, which to me means that I'll need to be buying a DS fairly soon.