Mega Man Megathread

[RageBurner]

X4 really set a new standard; that standard arguably quickly faltered with X5 and X6, and the less said about X7 the better (but Alcediez' patches/tweaker do a lot to salvage X5 and X6 in particular.

 

[Turbo Kid]

X4 was the last entry where they didn't mess with the formula in stupid ways. They just gave us something that we all wanted, a playable Zero. That's it.

After that we got X5's random generator bullshit, X6 with its nightmare virus/reploid saving crap, and X7 which I actually don't hate as much as some people do but it's mix of 2d/3d gameplay obviously rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Even the Mega Man X Legacy Collections had to add another dumb gimmick with the 1 vs 2 boss fight mode.

Like just give us classic Mega Man X gameplay with classic 2d sprite work. We don't need all of the gimmickry.

 

[χKai]

HU HA HO

 

[Mal]

X4 is easily my favourite game in the franchise.
the sprites? impecable (the cutscenes with the hilarious VA are chef kiss)

the music? ALL tracks are banger what can i say.

the gameplay? feels great to control and it has the right amount of challenge IMO. (also wait until you play zero, he is so fun to control).

My only caviat if i where to really look for it, would be that megaman's power ups while cool on paper arent really that usefull (which i honestly think about for a lot of the games)

regardless i hope you have a lot of fun!

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Megarockman _1987]

I love this picture

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Who's your favorite Fire Master Rotbot? Mine is Torchman. He has a really cool design and a great weapon.

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

My favourite

 

[PhantomTohsaka]

Speaking of MegaMan, I had quite few fun memories playing X Dive. The thing I've taken a liking the most were the collab banners the game had, specifically the monster hunter ones with the many different Armor designs that had. DMC also had Armor designs which I like those too. Such a shame that these weren't in the Offline version of X Dive.

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Oh before I forget to mention this, I remember when X dive was still doing live streams one of the stream hosts was rolling for Gore iCO but ended up getting Sigma instead and gave out a live stream code in frustration. This was pretty funny that happened.

 

[Megarockman _1987]

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Speaking of MegaMan, I had quite few fun memories playing X Dive. The thing I've taken a liking the most were the collab banners the game had, specifically the monster hunter ones with the many different Armor designs that had. DMC also had Armor designs which I like those too. Such a shame that these weren't in the Offline version of X Dive.

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Oh before I forget to mention this, I remember when X dive was still doing live streams one of the stream hosts was rolling for Gore iCO but ended up getting Sigma instead and gave out a live stream code in frustration. This was pretty funny that happened.

I also have good memories of X dive, I remember that I had to wait for the global version to come out to play it xdddddd. also the excitement when I got an S rank character.
And yes, the collaboration banners were great, my favorite was with Street Fighter.

 

[Turbo Kid]

Anybody have any cool Mega Man stuff aside from games?

 

[solnK!]

Anybody have any cool Mega Man stuff aside from games?

Sadly no, I´d die for one model kit even if it is an american bad box art megaman one

 

[Turbo Kid]

Sadly no, I´d die for one model kit even if it is an american bad box art megaman one

Zero is really the only model kit I have and it was a pain to put together. You can find flaws in mine if you were to inspect it closely. So I probably won't do the model kit thing again. Next time I'll have someone else do it for me LOL.

X is actually a TruForce Collectibles action figure with a light up arm canon. I wanted Zero too but they never made one. I think the company shutdown. Shame, I read that it would have had this design from Mavel vs Capcom Infinite

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

If it had 7 and 8 I'd have considered getting it

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Anybody have any cool Mega Man stuff aside from games?

I've got a few. I posted a few of my Zero figure. I've got others too but would need to dish them out if you're interested!

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Anybody have any cool Mega Man stuff aside from games?

I found where I posted them!

Mega Man Megathread

Personally while the shot changes the paradigm sometimes I think that less is more and that MM2 is still great even without the slide nor the charge. > mega man 2 > great No.

retrogametalk.com

 

[KaiserMk7]

I liked the progression structure of the first legends game better...

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

I liked the progression structure of the first legends game better...

It is a better game in nearly every way, except the slight improvements to the controls in 2.

 

[fake-chan]

It is a better game in nearly every way, except the slight improvements to the controls in 2.

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

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Trollololol

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I often forget that Megaman is actually wearing a helmet and has hair...

Wait, why would a robot need hair when the helmet can already be part of his "skeleton"?

 

[Megarockman _1987]

I often forget that Megaman is actually wearing a helmet and has hair...

Wait, why would a robot need hair when the helmet can already be part of his "skeleton"?

Style

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

I often forget that Megaman is actually wearing a helmet and has hair...

Wait, why would a robot need hair when the helmet can already be part of his "skeleton"?

Interesting question. Got me thinking, original Megaman is sometimes depicted with hair, but X is never depicted with helmet off, and I don't think i've ever seen any official work/art showing X with hair..... Volnutt's default is helmet off. I dunno about the NetNavi ever taking off his helmet - never played those games (yet) - but he has spikes at the back. The differences are possibly just for artistic / style purposes I guess?

Back to your question though, I think he doesn't need it but he's just designed to look human. And it looks pretty cool. The Captain Tsubasa-esque hair style suits og Megaman.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Style

Either way he may have "casual" outfits outside of adventures.

Interesting question. Got me thinking, original Megaman is sometimes depicted with hair, but X is never depicted with helmet off, and I don't think i've ever seen any official work/art showing X with hair..... Volnutt's default is helmet off. I dunno about the NetNavi ever taking off his helmet - never played those games (yet) - but he has spikes at the back. The differences are possibly just for artistic / style purposes I guess?

Back to your question though, I think he doesn't need it but he's just designed to look human. And it looks pretty cool. The Captain Tsubasa-esque hair style suits og Megaman.

Perhaps X is meant to be a combat reploid so he doesn't need hair. NetNavi aren't fully digital beings? Maybe they don't care that much about it.

I'm thinking if Phoenix Wright's hair was meant to be a slight nod to Megaman (since he's also wearing blue) but then again, anime hairstyle.



PS: Best Megaman

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

Either way he may have "casual" outfits outside of adventures.


Perhaps X is meant to be a combat reploid so he doesn't need hair. NetNavi aren't fully digital beings? Maybe they don't care that much about it.

I'm thinking if Phoenix Wright's hair was meant to be a slight nod to Megaman (since he's also wearing blue) but then again, anime hairstyle.



PS: Best Megaman
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He definitely puts the man in Megaman....

"Perhaps X is meant to be a combat reploid so he doesn't need hair." - I had the same thought. X doesn't seem to do anything outside of hunting Mavericks.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

He definitely puts the man in Megaman....

"Perhaps X is meant to be a combat reploid so he doesn't need hair." - I had the same thought. X doesn't seem to do anything outside of hunting Mavericks.

Isn't it a bit sad in a way? The original Megaman probably is still treated like he's Dr. Light's kid and has a sister. X only lives to fight.

 

[Turbo Kid]

X wasn't meant to be a combat reploid, but Dr Light left capsules around the world with combat upgrades for X should he unfortunately have to become a war machine.

By contrast, Zero was designed for war and is just powerful straight out of the gate. This is why the series begins with X trying to catch up to Zero in terms of power. There's a fantastic moment in Mega Man X5 if you find a Light capsule with Zero. Light offers him an upgrade based on Light's limited knowledge of Zero's design. Zero responds with, "I don't need any upgrades" to which Light leaves the choice of using the capsule or not to Zero.