Mega Man: Dual Override Preview: We Played as Proto Man This Time

At Tokyo Game Show 2026, journalists tried Mega Man: Dual Override as Proto Man. He has a short-range Proto Buster with overheat, a throwable boomerang shield, and two moves instead of copying boss abilities; levels are split into segments with checkpoints, and bolts unlock chips in Dr. Light's lab. The release is timed for the series' 40th anniversary in 2027.

• Proto Man: short Proto Buster with overheat and charged semicircle strike
• Shield throws like a boomerang and enables uppercut and horizontal dash
• Bolts unlock Custom Chips in the lab, like in Mega Man 11
• Infinite lives replaced by checkpoints in each level segment