Rockman 7 - Shukumei no Taiketsu! [Model SHVC-A7RJ-JPN]

Rockman 7 was released on March 24, 1995 in Japan.

Mega Man 7 is the first and only numbered title in the main series released on the Super Famicom. Capcom had begun its Mega Man X sub-series on the console more than a year before. Due to bad timing, the development team had to work under a very tight, three month schedule to complete Rockman 7.

The franchise's primary artist Keiji Inafune felt that due to the team's high motivation during that time, it was a very fun experience for him personally. The new head illustrator Hayato Kaji concurred, stated that the team was very devoted to the project's completion despite having to rush its development. Designer Yoshihisa Tsuda recounted, "I remember it being quite fun, like a sports team camp or something. Still, there are so many things about this title that I have regrets about, and even at the time we all found ourselves wishing for another month or so to work on it."

Inafune took credit for designing the character Auto, who is based on stereotypical Tin Man robots he remembered seeing as a child. Inafune also did the initial rough sketches of Bass and Treble, which bear the names Baroque and Crush in his sketchbook. The ideas for these two characters were ultimately handed off to Kaji for design. As with many other games in the series, the eight Robot Masters featured in Rockman 7 are the product of design contests held for fans by Capcom in Japan. Capcom received around 220,000 character submissions.

One of the development team's goals was to add locations where the Master Weapons can be used to interact with the environment. In addition, Inafune wanted to include a hidden boss battle mode and recommended the idea to Tsuda, who discussed the matter privately with the game's playtester. Just one week before the game went into its beta stage, the team decided to include this mode on the conditions that Rock and Bass be the only playable characters and that it would have no bugs. It was completed and included within two days. However, Capcom only made this mode accessible via a secret password. The team also intentionally made the game's final boss insanely hard and "something that cannot be defeated without the use of an Energy Tank".

Beta testing for the original Japanese and overseas versions occurred simultaneously.

A CD soundtrack for Rockman 7 containing 37 pieces of music was published for the first time in Japan by Team Entertainment on November 21, 2007 for the franchise's 20th anniversary.

Export releases:
"Mega Man 7 [Model SNS-A7RE-USA]"
"Mega Man 7 [Model SNSP-A7RP-EUR]"