Mega Man Megathread

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

Megaman 7 is criminally underappreciated.
Also that new Axl game looks

Great game. Loved the intro, the red armour, and of course Bass&Treble.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Megaman 7 looks nice but I prefer the 8-bits style for him.

I'm surprised that MM hasn't gone the Castlevania way of doing metroidvanias for most of the games, only a few.

Same with not doing a crossover with another action platformer such as Ghouls 'n Ghosts.

 

[fake-kun]

Megaman 7 looks nice but I prefer the 8-bits style for him.

I'm surprised that MM hasn't gone the Castlevania way of doing metroidvanias for most of the games, only a few.

Same with not doing a crossover with another action platformer such as Ghouls 'n Ghosts.

I don't think Mega Man platformers and Metroidvanias are compatible with each other.

 

[χKai]

I don't think Mega Man platformers and Metroidvanias are compatible with each other.

Have you heard of our lord and savior, Megaman X Corrupted?

 

[fake-kun]

Have you heard of our lord and savior, Megaman X Corrupted?

I did. I think it looks boring and bloated and it will never come out.

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

Have you heard of our lord and savior, Megaman X Corrupted?

Was gonna say the same!

 

[χKai]

It would be cool to see the original Megaman X remade in a Metroidvania style. If I had programming knowledge and didn't have a bunch of real-life problems to worry about, I'd make it myself!

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

Same with not doing a crossover with another action platformer such as Ghouls 'n Ghosts.

Demon's Crest springs to mind. It's a G'nG spinoff but it played more like Megaman due to new abilities gained as you progress. Some of which enable access to new areas/ secrets. I always thought of it as a move towards more open world action platformer games coz of the overworld map and town.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

I don't think Mega Man platformers and Metroidvanias are compatible with each other.

I actually agree to a degree. At least how classic and X are laid out, with how you learn the obstacles from carefully constructed courses in levels.

I love ZX and Advent, but they are a very different kind of Mega Man. And better off for it! They feel more grand a lived in than earlier titles, which is actually a major flex because the X series is HELLA lived in feeling.


Classic will always be my baby though, since I rock with its pace and aesthetic the most. That particular world has a grip on me and hasn’t let go for the past decade of my life.

 

[MrBird]

It would be cool to see the original Megaman X remade in a Metroidvania style. If I had programming knowledge and didn't have a bunch of real-life problems to worry about, I'd make it myself!

I mean, someone managed to make Castlevania 1 into a SotN-style Castlevania game, so I wouldn't say it's impossible.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I don't think Mega Man platformers and Metroidvanias are compatible with each other.

Why?

 

[Cantarella]

Because no would would be able to withstand that many double door transitions.

 

[fake-kun]

Why?

Not telling you. :)

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Not telling you. :)

Fine.

But I'll still argue that MM being non-linear in the way you can progress levels and abilities you get are still soft MV elements (especially going to previous levels with some of the powers).

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

Fine.

But I'll still argue that MM being non-linear in the way you can progress levels and abilities you get are still soft MV elements (especially going to previous levels with some of the powers).

100%
Also another genre which I feel Megaman also had soft elements of is souls-like games. The bosses are all about learning patterns and go from being impossible to making them look like a joke once you learn them. The sense of tension and reward once you beat them. The limited tries and having to go back and start the level again. Megaman did it first!

 

[WesternYokai]

What if Mega Man really had a reboot in early 2010 as a FPS like Doom 2016 and enjoyed success? I bet we would be in another timeline

 

[fake-kun]

What if Mega Man really had a reboot in early 2010 as a FPS like Doom 2016 and enjoyed success? I bet we would be in another timeline

No.

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

No.

Metroid did it and it worked. Why not?

 

[fake-kun]

Metroid did it and it worked. Why not?

Mega Man is not Metroid. There's no reason to make a Mega Man FPS beyond pandering to Westerners.

 

[WesternYokai]

No.

Plz

With an approach like DmC: Devil May Cry (Inafune as director)

 

[fake-kun]

Plz

With an approach like DmC: Devil May Cry (Inafune as director)

Absolutely not.

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

Mega Man is not Metroid. There's no reason to make a Mega Man FPS beyond pandering to Westerners.

Well said. The day Megaman goes fps is the day I give up on the series.
Was just playing devil's advocate

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Mega Man is not Metroid. There's no reason to make a Mega Man FPS beyond pandering to Westerners.

Megaman was popular among westerners right?

Well said. The day Megaman goes fps is the day I give up on the series.
Was just playing devil's advocate

What about Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch? It was a good fangame under GZDoom.

 

[χKai]

Well said. The day Megaman goes fps is the day I give up on the series.
Was just playing devil's advocate

Play Megaman 8-Bit Deathmatch, they pulled it off and made it great.
I don't even like a lot of FPSes but I'll play TF out of MM8BDM.

 

[fake-kun]

Megaman was popular among westerners right?

Even so, Mega Man is much more inspired by Japanese pop culture than Metroid. Making Mega Man a FPS simply doesn't make sense.