One (well, 46, technically) for the books: Mega Man in the Guiness Book
April 28th, 2008 Chris "Kramez" Kramer
How the heck did this get past us? Back in March, the Guinness people published the Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition 2008, which contains an amazing amount of gamer ephemera and questionable records. Amongst the records recorded is “Most Number of Games In a Single Series,” handed to our very own Blue Bomber.
That’s right, the Mega Man franchise has been recognized as being milked like no other milking in the history of video game milkings! The Guinness Book recognizes 46 games, but I’m pretty sure that the actual total is far more than twice that number (even Wikipedia lists more than 100 titles). According to IGN, Guinness sez that:
There are 17 games in the “classic” series starring the original character. There are also 11 Mega Man X games, four Mega Man Zero games, two Mega Man ZX games, three Mega Man Legends games, six Mega Man Battle Network games, plus three Mega Man Star Force games
Let’s fix this number! Fer instance, off the top of my head, they are forgetting:
Mega Man Soccer (fun fact: Mega Man’s first appearance on the SNES!)
Mega Man Battle & Chase (only hit the US in the Mega Man Collection)
Mega Man Powered Up! (PSP remake of MM1)
Mega Man Rock Board (Japanese-only, Mega Man-themed board game)
Mega Man Power Battle (arcade game designed for kids)
Super Adventure Mega Man (Dragon’s Lair-stylee anime adventure, released in Japan around Mega Man’s tenth birthday)
Somebody get on this project and figure out how many friggin’ Mega Man games there have been, please. We’re counting Mega Man games only, not appearances in other games (Marvel Vs. Capcom, Dead Rising, Cannon Spike, etc. do not count) Semi-Official Capcom Gold Star of Complementarianism and some kinda random prize to whoever completes this assignment successfully!
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Well, there’s Megaman 1-8. So that’s 8.
Rockman & Forte makes 9.
Dr. Wily’s Revenge 1-5 makes 14.
Megaman and Megaman 3 on the PC make 16.
Power Battles and Power Fighters make 18.
The weird ones, Rockboard, Soccer, Battle & Chase, Super Adventure and Rockman Strategy make 23.
The Powered Up! remake makes 24.
If you want to count the collections, the Gamecube and PS2 releases of those make 26.
The Wily Wars make 27.
Complete Works make 28.
Power Battle Fighters makes 29, and Battle and Fighters makes 30.
There was also a Mega Man on the Game Gear which makes 31, and a release of Rockman & Forte as Megaman & Bass on the GBA which makes 32.
The latter there also came out on the Wonderswan which is 33.
For mobile phones, Megaman appears 24 times, though sometimes as EXE or as X. This makes 57.
Speaking of X, and EXE. If you are counting THEM…
X through X8 make 65 games. XTreme, XTreme 2 and Command mission make 68.
Then you have the two X collections for 70, a re-release of X3 on three platforms for 73, Collection Special Box for 74, and the Maverick Hunter remake for 75.
Adding in the EXE games, there are 20 of them on various platforms putting us at 95.
There are four Megaman Zero games for 99, and two ZX games for 101.
Megaman Starforce adds six games for a total of 107.
Legends adds 9 games across sequels and platforms for a total of 118.
Going back to double check, I didn’t add in the extra releases of games on other platforms. So to round this out, there were extra releases of some of the X games, 10 to be exact, to put us at 128.
And finally: Super Adventure Rockman had two releases, so that corrects to 129.
That ought to cover it. 129 Mega Man games over the years. Crazy! Of course that doesn’t count cameos, or things like actual board games, but man, who wants to get into THAT?
Let’s see what i can do here…
MegaMan 1-6 on the NES/Famicom
Megaman 7 on the SNES/SFamicom
Megaman 8 on Saturn/PS1
Megaman In Dr. Wily’s Revenge on Game Boy
Megaman II, III, IV, V on Game Boy
Megaman on Game Gear
There was the Megaman- The Wily Wars (which was a remake of megaman 1-3 released on the genesis/megadrive)
Megaman & Bass on Super Famicom and GBA
Rockman & Forte Mirai kara no Chosensha on the WonderSwan (which, personally, i’d love to have here in the US on the GBA or DS)
Rockman Power Fighters on the NeoGeo Pocket
Mega Man 2 (Tiger handheld)
Mega Man 3 (Tiger handheld)
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whew, taking a small break
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There was Megaman Rockboard, like you said, along with
Soccer, Battle & Chase, and the two Power Fighters arcade games
Megaman Powered Up for PSP
Super Adventure Megaman
(and now i’m done with the ones you listed :D)
RockMan Complete Works (from Japan only)
Rockman Power Battle Fighters (again, japan only)
Megaman Anniversary Collection
Megaman X Collection
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Can i include the oddball PC titles, even if they’re not canon?
Megaman
Megaman 3
Megaman Strategy
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Okay, X series time.
Megaman X (snes & pc)
Megaman X2 (snes)
Megaman X3 (snes)
Megaman X4 (PS1, PC, Saturn)
Megaman X5 (PS1, PC)
Megaman X6 (PS1, PC)
Megaman X7 (PS2, PC in Korea)
Megaman X8 (PS2, PC)
Megaman X Command Mission (Gamecube, PS2)
Megaman Xtreme (Game Boy Color)
Megaman Xtreme2 (Game Boy Color)
Maverick Hunter X (Psp)
Megaman X3 remake for PS1, Saturn, and PC
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Legends series much?
Mega Man Legends PS1, PC, PSP Japan Only
Mega Man 64 (n64)
Mega Man Legends 2 (PS1, PC, PSP japan)
Legends 2 demo (ps1)
RockMan Dash (Mobile japan only)
Does the Tron bonne series count? If so…
A Kobun Flies? (mobile)
A Kobun Flies? Xmas (mobile)
Kobun Punishment (mobile)
Kobun Assembly (mobile)
15 Panel Roll-chan (mobile)
Rockman DASH Golf (mobile)
Rockman DASH Great 5 Islands Adventure! (mobile)
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Rockman EXE series
Mega Man Battle Network (GBA)
Mega Man Battle Network 2 (GBA)
Mega Man Battle Network 3 White/Blue (GBA)
Mega Man Battle Network 4 Red Sune/Blue Moon (GBA)
Mega Man Battle Network 5 Team Proto Man/Team Colonel (GBA)
Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Gregar/Cybeast Falzer (GBA)
Mega Man Network Transmission (GC)
Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge (GBA)
Rockman EXE 4.5 Real Operation (GBA)
Rockman EXE N1 Battle (WSC)
Rockman EXE WS (WSC)
Rockman EXE The Medal Operation (Arc)
Rockman EXE Battle Chip Stadium (Arc)
Rockman EXE Phantom of Network (mobile)
Rockman EXE Legend of Network (mobile)
A ton of P.E.T LCD games that i know of
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Zero/ZX series
Mega Man Zero (GBA)
Mega Man Zero 2 (GBA)
Mega Man Zero 3 (GBA)
Mega Man Zero 4 (GBA)
Mega Man ZX (DS)
Mega Man ZX Advent (DS)
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Star Force series
Mega Man Star Force Leo/Pegasus/Dragon (DS)
Mega Man Star Force 2 Zerker x Saurian/Zerker x Ninja (DS)
Star Carrier LCD games
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Misc. Games
Jump! Rockman (mobile)
Intuition! Rockman (mobile)
Rockman Panic Fire (mobile)
Rockman Bug Sweeper (mobile)
Rockman Slot (mobile)
Rockman Pinball (mobile)
Rockman Tennis (mobile)
Rockman GP (mobile)
Rockman Space Rescue (mobile)
Rockman Rocket Christmas (mobile)
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I think that’s about all i can aggregate from the internet. Though, i have to give myself credit for knowing about both of the Tiger handheld games on my own, since i owned (and played) both of them.
Original series
* Mega Man
* Mega Man 2
* Mega Man 3
* Mega Man 4
* Mega Man 5
* Mega Man 6
* Mega Man 7
* Mega Man: The Power Battle
* Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
* Mega Man 8
* Rockman & Forte
Portable games
* Mega Man in Dr. Wily’s Revenge – Game Boy
* Mega Man II – Game Boy
* Mega Man III – Game Boy
* Mega Man IV – Game Boy
* Mega Man V – Game Boy
* Mega Man (US only) – Game Gear
* Rockman & Forte Mirai kara no Chōsensha
Spinoff titles
* Wily & Right no RockBoard: That’s Paradise
* Mega Man’s Soccer
* Mega Man Battle & Chase
* Super Adventure Rockman
Mobile phone games
(BTW some of these i would totally buy like DASH golf!)
* Jump! Rockman
* Rockman Bug Sweeper
* Rockman Panic Fire
* Rockman Space Rescue
* Megaman Rocket Christmas
* Rockman Slot
* Rockman GP
* Rockman Pinball
* Rockman DASH Golf
* Rockman DASH 15 Panel
* Kobun Flies?
* Tide Coming Kobun
* Kobun Assembly
* Watch Kobun
* Rockman.EXE: Phantom of Network
* Rockman.EXE: Legend of Network
* Rockman DASH - Grand 5 Island Adventure(not sure if this is a remake)
PC games
* Mega Man (US only)(non-canon)
* Mega Man III (US only)(non-canon)
* Rockman Gold Empire (China only)
* Rockman Strategy (China only)
X Series
* Mega Man X
* Mega Man X2
* Mega Man X3
* Mega Man X4
* Mega Man Xtreme
* Mega Man X5
* Mega Man Xtreme 2
* Mega Man X6
* Mega Man X7
* Mega Man X8
* Mega Man X: Command Mission
Legends series
(BTW when are you gonna release legends 1&2 in america on the psp?)
* Mega Man Legends/Mega Man 64
* The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
* Mega Man Legends 2
Battle Network series
* Mega Man Battle Network
* Mega Man Network Transmission
* Mega Man Battle Network 2
* Mega Man Battle Network 3 White Version
* Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue Version
* Rockman EXE WS
* Rockman EXE N1 Battle
* Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge
* Mega Man Battle Network 4 Red Sun
* Mega Man Battle Network 4 Blue Moon
* Rockman EXE 4.5 Real Operation
* Rockman EXE The Medal Operation
* Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team ProtoMan
* Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel
* Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team DS
* Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar
* Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar
* Rockman EXE Battle Chip Stadium
Zero series
* Mega Man Zero
* Mega Man Zero 2
* Mega Man Zero 3
* Mega Man Zero 4
ZX series
* Mega Man ZX
* Mega Man ZX Advent
Star Force series
* Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus
* Mega Man Star Force: Leo
* Mega Man Star Force: Dragon
* Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker × Saurian
* Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker × Ninja
* Shooting Star Rockman 3 (in the works)
REMAKE/COLLECTIONS
* Mega Man Maverick Hunter X
* Mega Man X Collection
* Mega Man: Anniversary Collection
* Mega Man: Powered Up
* Mega Man: The Wily Wars
* Rockman Battle and Fighters
* Rockman Collection Special Box
* Rockman Complete Works 1-6
* Rockman (mobile) 1-6
* Mega Man (Game Gear)
CAMEOS
Playable cameos
* Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes
* Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
* SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash
* SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters 2 Expand Edition
* SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS
* SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos
* Cannon Spike
* Onimusha Blade Warriors
* Namco × Capcom
Cameos only
* Capcom World 2
* Mighty Final Fight
* Street Fighter Alpha 3(can sombody verify this
* Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix
* Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
* Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django
* Dead Rising
hope i got everything.
I count 73 unique console/handheld titles + 2 PC incarnations:
Mega Man
Mega Man - PC
Mega Man & Bass
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6
Mega Man 64
Mega Man 7
Mega Man 8
Mega Man Anniversary Collection
Mega Man Battle & Chase
Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge
Mega Man Battle Network
Mega Man Battle Network 2
Mega Man Battle Network 3: Blue Version
Mega Man Battle Network 3: White Version
Mega Man Battle Network 4: Blue Moon
Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun
Mega Man Battle Network 5: DS
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team ProtoMan
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar
Mega Man Board (Rock Board)
Mega Man Game Gear
Mega Man II -Game Boy
Mega Man III -Game Boy
Mega Man III - PC
Mega Man IV -Game Boy
Mega Man Legends
Mega Man Legends 2
Mega Man Maverick Hunter
Mega Man Network Transmission
mega Man Power Battles
Mega Man Power Battles 2
Mega Man Powered Up
Mega Man Soccer
Mega Man Star Force: Dragon
Mega Man Star Force: Leo
Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus
Mega Man V -Game Boy
Mega Man Wiley Wars
Mega Man X
Mega Man X Collection
Mega Man X: Command Mission
Mega Man X2
Mega Man X3
Mega Man X4
Mega Man X5
Mega Man X6
Mega Man X7
Mega Man X8
Mega Man Xtreme
Mega Man Xtreme 2
Mega Man Zero
Mega Man Zero 2
Mega Man Zero 3
Mega Man Zero 4
Mega Man ZX
Mega Man ZX Advent
Mega Man: Dr. Wiley’s Revenge
Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X
Rockman Complete Works
Rockman Complete Works 2
Rockman Complete Works 3
Rockman Complete Works 4
Rockman Complete Works 5
Rockman Complete Works 6
Rockman & Forte - Wonderswan
Rockman EXE N1 Battle - Wonderswan
Rockman EXE WS
Rockman Strategy
Super Adventure Rockman
134 across countries/platforms….
not sure how this compares to list above, too many to sort out.
Mega Man 1987 NES
Mega Man 1990 PC - DOS
Mega Man 1995 Sega Game Gear
Mega Man 2006 Mobile
Mega Man 2 1989 NES
Mega Man 3 1990 NES
Mega Man 3 1992 PC - DOS
Mega Man 4 1992 NES
Mega Man 5 1992 NES
Mega Man 6 1994 NES
Mega Man 64 2001 Nintendo 64
Mega Man 7 1995 SNES
Mega Man 7 European 1995 SNES
Mega Man 8: Anniversary Collector’s Edition 1997 Sega Saturn
Mega Man 8: Anniversary Collector’s Edition 1997 PlayStation
Mega Man II 1992 Game Boy
Mega Man II 2007 Mobile
Mega Man III 1992 Game Boy
Mega Man IV 1993 Game Boy
Mega Man V 1994 Game Boy
Mega Man V European 1994 Game Boy
Mega Man VII 199X PC - DOS
Mega Man X 1993 SNES
Mega Man X 1995 PC
Mega Man X2 1996 SNES
Mega Man X2 European 1995 SNES
Mega Man X3 1997 SNES
Mega Man X3 1998 PC - Win 95
Mega Man X3 European 1996 PlayStation
Mega Man X4 1997 PlayStation
Mega Man X4 1997 Sega Saturn
Mega Man X4 1998 PC
Mega Man X4 European 1998 PlayStation
Mega Man X5 2001 PlayStation
Mega Man X5 2002 PC
Mega Man X6 2001 PlayStation
Mega Man X6 European 2003 PC
Mega Man X7 2003 PlayStation 2
Mega Man X7 European 2004 PlayStation 2
Mega Man X8 2004 PlayStation 2
Mega Man X8 European 2005 PlayStation 2
Mega Man X European 1994 SNES
Mega Man ZX 2006 Nintendo DS
Mega Man ZX European 2007 Nintendo DS
Mega Man & Bass 2003 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Zero 2002 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Zero European 2002 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Zero 3 2004 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Zero 3 European 2004 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Zero 4 2005 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Zero 4 European 2005 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Soccer 1994 SNES
Mega Man Xtreme 2001 Game Boy Color
Mega Man Zero 2 2003 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Zero 2 European 2003 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Legends 1998 PlayStation
Mega Man Legends 2001 PC
Mega Man Legends European 1998 PlayStation
Mega man Legends European 2001 PC
Mega Man Xtreme 2 2001 Game Boy Color
Mega Man Legends 2 2000 PlayStation
Mega Man: The Wily Wars European 1993 Sega Genesis
Mega Man ZX Advent 2007 Nintendo DS
Mega Man ZX Advent European 2008 Nintendo DS
Mega Man Powered Up 2006 PlayStation Portable
Mega Man Powered Up European 2006 PlayStation Portable
Mega Man: The Power Battle 1995 Arcade
Mega Man X Collection 2006 Nintendo GameCube
Mega Man X Collection 2006 PlayStation 2
Mega Man Battle Network 2001 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network European 2001 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man III [PlayChoice] 1990 Arcade
Mega Man Star Force: Leo 2007 Nintendo DS
Mega Man Star Force: Leo European 2007 Nintendo DS
Mega Man Battle Network 3: Blue European 2003 ame Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 3: Blue Version 2003 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 3: White European 2003 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 3: White Version 2003 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 4: Blue Moon 2004 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 4: Blue Moon European 2004 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 4: Blue Moon European 2004 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun 2004 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun European 2004 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun European 2004 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team 2005 Nintendo DS
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel 2005 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team:Colonel European 2005 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Protoman 2005 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team:Protoman European 2005 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar 2006 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar European 2006 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar 2006 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar European 2006 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Anniversary Collection 2004 Nintendo GameCube
Mega Man Anniversary Collection 2004 PlayStation 2
Mega Man Anniversary Collection 2005 Xbox
Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge 1991 Game Boy
Mega Man Battle Network 2 2002 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Network 2 European 2002 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Network Transmission 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mega Man Network Transmission European 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge 2004 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge European 2004 Game Boy Advance
Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X 2006 PlayStation Portable
Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X European 2006 PlayStation Portable
Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker X Ninja 2008 Nintendo DS
Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker X Saurian 2008 Nintendo DS
Mega Man Anniversary Collection [Canceled] Game Boy Advance
Rockman Japanese 1987 NES
Rockman 2 Japanese 1988 NES
Rockman 3 Japanese 1990 NES
Rockman 4 Japanese 1991 NES
Rockman 5 Japanese 1992 NES
Rockman 6 Japanese 1993 NES
Rockman EXE Japanese 2001 Game Boy Advance
Rockman X2 Japanese 1994 SNES
Rockman X3 Japanese 1995 SNES
Rockman X4 Japanese 1997 PlayStation
Rockman X4 Japanese 199X Sega Saturn
Rockman X Japanese 1993 SNES
Rockman ZX Japanese 2006 Nintendo DS
Rockman Dash Japanese 1997 PlayStation
Rockman & Forte Japanese 1998 SNES
Rockman World Japanese 1991 Game Boy
Rockman Dash 2 Japanese 2000 PlayStation
RockMan Dash 2 Japanese 2005 PlayStation Portable
Rockman World 3 Japanese 1992 Game Boy
Rockman World 4 Japanese 1993 Game Boy
Rockman World 5 Japanese 1994 Game Boy
Rockman World 2 Japanese 1991 Game Boy
Rockman’s Soccer Japanese 1994 SNES
Rockman: The Power Battle Japanese 1995 Arcade
Rockman 7: Syukumei no Taiketsu Japanese 1995 SNES
Rockman EXE Transmission Japanese 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Don’t worry guys, you’re not having trouble posting comments. The comments just won’t show up until approved by a mod (ME) to cut down on the spamming.
Guiness says 46, I say 45 and I have them all in order of release:
1. Megaman NES 1987
2. Megaman 2 NES 1988
3. Megaman 3 NES 1990
4. Mega Man in Dr. Wily’s Revenge GB July 1991
5. Megaman 4 NES Dec 6th 1991
6. Megaman II GB Dec 20th 1991
7. Megaman 5 NES Dec 4th 1992
8. Megaman III GB Dec 11th 1992
9. Megaman 6 NES October 5th 1993
10. Megaman IV GB October 29th 1993
11. Megaman X SNES Dec 1993
12. Megaman V GB July 1994
13. Megaman X2 SNES Dec 1994
14. Megaman 7 SNES March 1995
15. Megman X3 SNES Nov 1995
16. Megaman: The Power Battle Arcade 1995
17. Megaman 2: The Power Fighters Arcade 1996
18. Megaman 8 PS1 Feb 17th 1997
19. Megaman X4 PS1 July 1997
20. Megaman Legends PS1 Dec 18th 1997
21. Rockman & Forte SNES 1998
22. Megaman Legends 2 PS1 April 2000
23. Megaman Xtreme GBC Oct 2000
24. Megaman X5 PS1 2000
25. Megaman Battle Network GBA March 2001
26. Megaman Xtreme 2 GBC July 2001
27. Megaman X6 PS1 2001
28. Megaman Zero GBA April 2002
29. Megaman Battle Network 2 GBA June 2002
30. Megaman Zero 2 GBA May 2003
31. Megaman Network Transmission GC June 17th 2003
32. Megaman Battle Network 3 GBA June 24th 2003
33. Megaman X7 PS2 July 2003
34. Megaman Battle Chip Challenge GBA Aug 2003
35. Megaman Zero 3 GBA April 2004
36. Megaman Battle Network 4 GBA June 2004
37. Megaman X: Command Mission PS2 July 2004
38. Megaman X8 PS2 Dec 7th 2004
39. Megaman Battle Network 5 GBA Dec 9th 2004
40. Megaman Zero 4 GBA April 2005
41. Megaman Battle Network 6 GBA Nov 2005
42. Megaman ZX DS July 2006
43. Megaman Star Force DS Dec 2006
44. Megaman ZX Advent DS July 2007
45. Megaman Star Force 2 DS Nov 2007
sorry for the double post
According to the comprehensive list here, if you count absolutely everything, it’s 204.
http://mmhp.net/GameHints/GameCounter.html
You can fiddle around with it, but even the bare bones is 78. Definitely more than 46.