Mega Man Star Force (video game)

MegaMan Star Force, known as Shooting Star Rockman (流星のロックマン) in Japan, is the first game of the MegaMan Star Force series, released for the Nintendo DS in three versions: Pegasus, Leo and Dragon. The series takes place 200 years after the MegaMan Battle Network series and the gameplay is similar. The battle area is now in 3D and viewed in a different angle.

Story
Geo Stelar's father disappeared in space, and a friend of his father, Aaron Boreal, gave him a Visualizer that belonged to his father, a device that allows see electro-magnetic waves. With this, Geo was able to see Omega-Xis, a EM alien that escaped from Planet FM with the Andromeda Key. As Omega-Xis is weak on Earth, he needs to EM Wave Change with a human to use his full strength, and he says that if Geo helps him, he will help find his father. They fuse into MegaMan, allowing Geo to enter the "Wave World".

Changes from the Battle Network series

 * The fights are in 3D rather than 2D, aswell as they are viewed from the back of Mega Man, instead from the side. Instead of using of Battle Chips, Mega Man uses Battle Cards, and has the ability to dash enemies (called Mega Dash), due to the fact the player may only move in 3 panels (front row), while the enemies take the rest of the battle field.
 * Internet technology has been replaced with EM Wave technology.
 * NetNavis aren't used as much as in the Battle Network series, but are not completly gone. Also, the PET is replaced by the Transer.

Main characters

 * Geo Stelar and Omega-Xis: The protagonists. They can EM Wave Change to become Mega Man.
 * Hope Stelar: Geo's mother.
 * Kelvin Stelar: Geo's father. Attend the spacecraft "Peace". With the other crew members, dissapeared.
 * Luna Platz: Class president of Geo's class.
 * Bud Bison: A strong guy, and not smart at times. He's in Geo's class.
 * Zack Temple: A smart small boy from Geo's class.
 * Sonia Strumm A pop singer that Geo befriends.
 * Aaron Boreal: A worker at AMAKEN labs.
 * Tom Dubius: A worker at AMAKEN labs.
 * Bob Copper: A member of the Satella Police.
 * Cepheus: King of the FM-ians.

Bosses

 * Taurus Fire: EM Wave Change of Taurus and Bud Bison. Fought once in TruckComp, and again inside of Peace.
 * Cygnus Wing: EM Wave Change of Cygnus and Tom Dubius. Fought once inside of the SpaceSim, and again inside of Peace.
 * Harp Note: EM Wave Change of Lyra and Sonia Strumm. Fought at AMAKEN.
 * Pegasus Magic, Leo Kingdom and Dragon Sky: The three Satellite Admins. They first appear in "shadow" form, less than full power. The one you fight depends on your version. Fought in "Shadow Mode" at AMAKEN, and again after the game is beaten in their true form, in a place called Deep Space.
 * Libra Scales: EM Wave Change of Libra and Mitch Shepar. Fought once in the Study WaveComp, and again inside of Peace
 * Queen Ophiuca: EM Wave Change of Ophiuca and Luna. Fought once in the SnakeComp, and again inside of Peace.
 * Gemini Spark: EM Wave Change of Gemini and Pat/Rey. During the EM Wave change, Pat's two personalities split, and join the separate halves of Gemini. Fought once in Scrapyard, and again in Island Underground.
 * Cancer Bubble: An optional boss. The EM Wave Change of Cancer and Claud Pincer. Fought in Amaken Foyer.
 * Wolf Woods: An optional boss. The EM Wave Change of Wolf and Damian Wolfe. Fought in Event Stage.
 * Crown Thunder: An optional boss located after the game is beaten. The EM Wave Change of Crown and Jean Corroune the IX. Fought in City Dump.
 * Andromeda: Final boss. An EM Wave monster that serves Cepheus. Fought in Lab Module3.

Trivia

 * Like MegaMan Battle Network 6, MegaMan Star Force has a crossover with the Boktai series that was removed outside of Japan. Geo can perform BrotherBand with Lunar Knights characters, and in a sidequest MegaMan can help Aaron and Lucian defeat Margrave Rymer.
 * In the beginning of the game, after Luna eplained the BrotherBand and Personal page, you can have a wireless battle as MegaMan without even meeting Omega-Xis.
 * Similar to the Classic-X concept, the "Man" suffix at the end of a boss's name has been dropped in favor of another word. For example, a typical NetNavi name would be something like CutMan.EXE, while, a typical EM being would be called something like Cancer Bubble.
 * In the City Dump on Dream Island, one can find a large pile of old PETs with the same model as those seen in MegaMan Battle Network 6.
 * Out of the remaining Zodiac characters, Aries, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces have yet to be made into EM Beings.
 * This game has a cross-over with the game Lunar Knights from the Boktai series, like MegaMan Battle Network had.