This book is fantastic. I already owned The Mega Man: Complete Works but not the X Complete Works and I am still happy I purchased it.
It contains both the classic and complete works as well as additional material. If you are not familiar with the previous two they contain loads of mostly hand drawn and painted art from Mega Man 1- 8 (plus remakes), Mega Man X 1-8, Mega Man Powered Up, Maverick Hunter X and spin off titles like Battle and Chase, Soccer, the complete World series (the GB games) and others. This includes, main character art, minor enemies, weapons art and almost every boss ( i think the X series is missing one or two) The art, unlike many other books is large enough to be appreciated. Also, the book is rife with commentary from the great Keiji Inafune and all the other amazing artists who have helped him along the way. In addition there is rough sketches. manga covers, box art, group and promo shots, a section complete with full turnarounds and color details for Mega Mans 1-6 (a treasure for artists).
The new content is mostly from Mega Mans 9 and 10. Also, there is a section in the beginning of the book with a full page paintings from almost every Mega Man artist commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Blue Bomber. Other additional stuff includes extra concept art, Bandai's collector cards, some art from Project X zone and Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (one shot of Zero), storyboards, more manga covers and the amazing extended interviews with various Mega Man artists at the end of the book. If you are into art or the process behind creative, artistic and game design this section will be entertaining as well as insightful and educational.
If you are a Mega Man fan and don't own any of the Complete Works this is a must-buy.If you only one of the old Complete works and not the other this is a must-buy. If you already have the old 2, then you might want to think about it. How bad do you want the 9 and 10 stuff, and how important are those interviews to you? If you have the cash to throw around I would say go ahead but considering a lot of that stuff is available on the internet I would say save your pennies.
Regardless, this is my favorite video game art book that I own (and I own a lot of them). Long live Mega Man!
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