9 9 7 . ▁The ▁developer ▁Cap com ▁had ▁planned ▁to ▁release ▁the ▁game ▁in ▁North ▁America ▁the ▁following ▁month . ▁However , ▁despite ▁being ▁advert ised ▁in ▁numerous ▁g aming ▁mag az ines , ▁M ega ▁Man ▁Battle ▁& ▁Ch ase ▁did ▁not ▁pass ▁appro val ▁from ▁Sony ▁Computer ▁Entertainment ▁for ▁an ▁individual ▁release ▁in ▁North ▁America ▁due ▁to ▁an ▁already ▁large ▁presence ▁of ▁mas cot - th emed ▁racing ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁video ▁game ▁market . ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Inf og r ames ▁published ▁an ▁English ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁game . ▁It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁P AL ▁region ▁Cap com ▁titles ▁released ▁at ▁this ▁time ▁that ▁wasn ' t ▁published ▁by ▁Virgin ▁Inter active . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁M ega ▁Man ▁Battle ▁& ▁Ch ase ▁was ▁included ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁six ▁M ega ▁Man ▁X ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁North ▁American ▁M ega ▁Man ▁X ▁Collection ▁for ▁the ▁Play Station ▁ 2 ▁( PS 2 ) ▁and ▁Game C ube . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁for ▁M ega ▁Man : ▁Battle ▁& ▁Ch ase ▁has ▁been ▁mixed . ▁The ▁game play ▁has ▁been ▁almost ▁univers ally ▁compared ▁to ▁N intendo ' s ▁Mario ▁K art ▁series . ▁Game Sp ot ▁contrib utor ▁Jeff ▁Ger st mann ▁was ▁im pressed ▁by ▁the ▁Japanese ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁game . ▁Ger st mann ▁noted ▁good ▁graphics ▁and ▁interesting ▁sound ▁design , ▁and ▁concluded ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁" one ▁of ▁the