History Of Mega Man Explored

Thanks to GameSpot for their large feature charting a comprehensive history of Capcom's Mega Man. The article explains: "Mega Man recently celebrated his 15th anniversary, and the Blue Bomber is showing no signs of giving up the fight for everlasting peace", and goes on to document more than 30 Mega Man-related titles, from the original NES version, which sported "totally appalling box art" in the States, through the 3D stylings of the Mega Man Legends series, and the VR-styled RPG gameplay of the Mega Man Battle Network series. The mammoth article ends on the hopeful: "Here's hoping Capcom sees fit to grace a current or future system with a good, honest 2D - or 2.5D, at the very most - Mega Man IX."

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[FortissimoWily]

"the megaman collection has really gone freakin far, but with all the holes and gaps in the storylines and the question if many of the games even take place in the same universe it's starting to seem like the final fantasys"

Aside from plot holes in some of the individual games, the series itself is fairly consistent, and all but one of it's five sub-series do take place in the same universe, albeit not in the same time.
To break it down;
The original series games (the ones starring Mega Man, Forte, Dr. W

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[I(rispee_I(reme]

It is my understanding that Mega Man and Mega Man X are in fact the same person; he was awakened from a time capsule at the start of Mega Man X for SNES.

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[FortissimoWily]

"It is my understanding that Mega Man and Mega Man X are in fact the same person; he was awakened from a time capsule at the start of Mega Man X for SNES."

I'm afraid Mega Man and Mega Man X aren't the same robot. According to the first X game's intro, X was the first of a new generation of robots, who could think, feel, and make their own decisions.

Also, when asked if Mega Man and X are one and the same, series creator Keiji Inafune stated that they aren't. The interview where he said so can be found h [planet-megaman.com]

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[I(rispee_I(reme]

According to the first NES megaman game, Rock is also the first of a new generation of robots, who could think, feel, etc.

And regarding Keiji's comments during the interview, surely Capcom would never ret-con the MegaMan franchise? That would interfere with the tight continuity established by the NES games. ;)

Maga Man for the GB

[PatrickThomson]

When I bought my original gameboy in 1996ish it came with a choice of Mega Man 3 or Mario&Yoshi games free. Dunno what that has to do with anything but I feel compelled to post.

Re:Maga Man for the GB

[Inda]

I too feel compelled to post about not knowing who Megaman is.

The game name sounds like the sort of game mum and dad would buy for birthdays. They would have heard a children's TV presenter say the word 'mega' and happily parted with cash... ...but they were poor and I bought my own games. Megaman or some other game with a space-aged title? No real choice.

Thanks for listening too.

Missing at least one game.

[AtaruMoroboshi]

I looked for it but didn't find Cannon Spike (GunSpike in Japan) for Dreamcast on the list. Megaman is playable as a secret character in this 3-d rendered but mostly 2-D gameplay shooter.

Developed by Psikyo, and published by Capcom.

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Re:Missing at least one game.

[Stormwatch]

I've had Cannon Spike... mediocre. It was quite dull, way too short and easy. It took me, what, 15 mins to beat it the first time I played. I returned it to the store the other day.

One is to expect something better from the company that developed Zero Gunner 2. -_-''

Re:Missing at least one game.

[AtaruMoroboshi]

how did you possibly beat that in 15 minutes? unless I'm mistaken it has limited credits, and it gets insanely hard too. I'm pretty sure I've never beaten it. ...unless you played it on the really easy difficulty modes.

Zero Gunner 2 is definitely a much, much better game though!

Re:Missing at least one game.

[DarkZero]

I looked for it but didn't find Cannon Spike (GunSpike in Japan) for Dreamcast on the list. Megaman is playable as a secret character in this 3-d rendered but mostly 2-D gameplay shooter.

I'm also sort of surprised that they didn't sneak in Megaman.EXE's appearance as a secret playable character in the new Onimusha fighting game Onimusha Buraiden, which could've added a touch of news to the history.

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[AtaruMoroboshi]

not to mention Zero from Megaman X being a playable character in the recent SNK vs Capcom for Neo Geo. (coming to ps2 early next year)

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And many others:

[Thedalek]

Also no mention of Megaman: The Power Battles, Megaman 2: The Power Fighters (both arcade games), Marvel Vs. Capcom 1 & 2, and the semi-Mega cameo in Pocket Fighter (Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix): Felicia can morph into a pink MegaMan (MegaCatWoman?).

Oh, and Rockman: Battle & Fighters for the Neo Geo Pocket Color.

And EXE Transmission for GameCube.

My question: So why isn't there a MegaMan puzzle game yet?

Re:And many others:

[AtaruMoroboshi]

actually, a lot of those were mentioned in the other related games section.

as for a puzzle game, sure, why not!

Re:And many others:

[Thedalek]

Well, color me stupid.

I just didn't notice that there were multiple pages of "Related Games."

Still, the Super Gem Fighters Mini Mix thing wasn't mentioned.

Now I just need to find an ISO of the UK version of Megaman: Battle & Chase.

At least one?

[Inoshiro]

It's amazing how much is wrong with the report on a once over. Where's the listing for MegaMan Soccer, MegaMan Extreme series, MegaMan Network Transmission(!)?

How could they get MM1's pause trick wrong? It worked on every single weapon because the collision detection code would rerun every pause/unpause cycle, not just on the elecman gun (it was just really easy to use on elecman due to the larger beam size).

The report seems like a rough draft, not a comprehensive guide.

Re:At least one?

[AtaruMoroboshi]

MegaMan Network Transmission is the new Gamecube game right?

that's in there, inexplicably in the related games section.

Oh, I see.

[Inoshiro]

They've laid it out with a max of 3 or 4 games per page, with the big names left out of the main index. This makes it harder to skim :-/

good games vs. nostalgia

[DS-1107]

I remember myself playing megaman 1-6. I loved them all, loved them, nothing was bad, and hearing the music from time to time only made me see clearly how great the series where!

lo' here comes gamespot, and I suddenly remember the awfull boxart, the worthless bosses and weapons in the 4+ games and I despair; my mind is at turmoil - what is this, how can I hold this series to the skies, long for 1-8 collection coming 2004, how?

This surreal feeling comes over me, that perhaps the kids [slashdot.org] where right, perha

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[I(rispee_I(reme]

Time to bust out FCEultra [sourceforge.net] and show those young whippersnappers what's what!

My God... The Pain!!!

[wingnut2600]

Wow... that article was an ordeal. 33 pages of Mega Man games.

I have decided to whittle it down for the people with dial-up modems (such as myself):

There have been several Mega Man series for multiple platforms. Each series is excellent, then, as the the series progresses, they lessen in quality and cease to be innovative.

The best part of the article is the comparison with the Japanese version of the same game.

I fondly remember sitting at my friend's house in grade school, watching him play Mega Man, wh

Re:My God... The Pain!!!

[wingnut2600]

Wow... I was wondering if the Yoplait yogurt story would elicit that response. That is too bad that a person that says spells "gay" as "ghey" was able to pervert and distort my childhood memory in such a way. If only he would have finished his story about "How to lose a guy in 10 days;" I bet it was hilarious.

I have a feeling that this person is just jealous that my friend had "New" Coke and Yoplait yogurt while he had plain, generic yogurt and was drinking Shasta while playing his Atari 7200, which he tho