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The ongoing saga of Kevin Comadrán’s Medabots has taken a somewhat unexpected turn. The social media accounts for the now delayed mobile game began teasing Medacoin, a cryptocurrency, as far back as May. Read the rest of this entry »
While most of us only came to know about Kevin Comadrán’s Medabots project earlier this month, it turns out he’s been promoting it in a lowkey fashion for nearly a year. An official website has been set up, offering email notifications for the game’s launch on Android and iOS “about one month.” The developers have also launched social media pages across Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Read the rest of this entry »
A battle for the right to release Medabots branded content in Europe has begun. Medarot IP holder Imagineer has announced plans to fight a European legal decision that ruled the publisher would not be allowed to market products in the continent under the Medabots and Medarot banner. The European Medabots trademark has been held by Kevin Comadrán de Frutos (henceforth, Comadrán), of Spain, since January 2018. Read the rest of this entry »
Over 23 years in the making, you can now finally play the original Medarot video game in English. Originally teased on this site back in 2015, the fan effort to translate the first entry in the franchise has finally reached a playable state. While it’s not entirely polished, a translation patch for the entire game launched earlier this month. Read the rest of this entry »
Imagineer announced today that a new Medarot compilation is headed to the Nintendo Switch in Japan. Medarot Classics Plus contains all of the games from the 2017 Nintendo 3DS release, as well as three games developed for the Gameboy Advance. As per the norm for the franchise, the collection will be available in both Kabuto and Kuwagata versions. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s April 1st and Medarot is celebrating in style. The official social media accounts for the Digimon franchise revealed a new addition: Omedamon, a mysterious Digimon born from the data of a popular game in the late 20th century. Designed by Digital Monster regular Asmaria, the new character was an official part of the Digimon Reference Book until 6PM JST. Read the rest of this entry »
The first free-to-play RPG in the Medarot franchise is off to a strong start. Since launching on January 23rd, Medarot S: Unlimited Nova has amassed over 500,000 downloads in Japan, according to the game’s official Twitter account. Imagineer has promised that rewards will be handed to players later to celebrate the milestone. Read the rest of this entry »
During this year’s Medarot Day celebrations, Imagineer announced the release date for Medarot S: Unlimited Nova. The first smartphone RPG in the franchise will become available to download for Android and iOS devices in Japan starting January 23, 2020. The game is up for pre-order on Google Play and iTunes.
The live-stream, which was co-hosted by Ikki voice actress Michiru Yamazaki and Arika’s Eri Sendai, revealed additional information about future Medarot events and products: Read the rest of this entry »
Bushiroad’s Future Card Buddyfight trading card game will crossover with the Medarot franchise. S Ultimate Booster Cross 7 will be themed around the miniature robots. It will launch on February 15, 2020, in Japan and will feature six new illustrations. More news about the set will be revealed in the future. Read the rest of this entry »
Imagineer has released the first full trailer for the upcoming smartphone title Medarot S. The video showcases the protagonists from all prior mainline Medarot video games and showcases gameplay. It features the insert song OVERTHiNKiNG BOY performed by EXiNA. Narration was done by Yū Mizushima.
The news comes alongside a relaunched website. Our new hero Arase Osumi obtains a Medarot named Cross Messiah through mysterious circumstances. Alongside the ditzy Hisaki Kaguya, he joins the Medalympics robattle competition. Like all prior mainline entries, the game utilizes the 3-on-3 relay battle system. Read the rest of this entry »
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