In the year 200X, a super robot named Retroforce was created. Dr. Dyson created Retroforce in order to preserve the memories of a time when Mega Man didn't suck. Tonight, this super robot springs into action once again, with a special episode to usher in the 20th anniversary of the franchise.
Back before Capcom started producing 17 Mega Man games a week, the series was one of our favorites. It was full of awesome enemy characters, clever level design, and badass music that still rivals some modern-day chiptune. It was also tough as hell, and that's always worth some points on the RFGO scoreboard.
We know you guys remember the little blue bomber from before his games had "Alpha hyper ultra drive XX super Z" bolted onto their titles, so hit the comments to tell us about your favorites and leave us your questions for the show. PEW! PEW! PEW!
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3:50 PM on 12.16.2007
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Though Mega Man X was great too for all the same reasons.
Looking forward to the show!
Question for you guys which is better, Classic Megaman or Mega Man X?
Also do you think the alleged announcement could be a 2d Megaman game?
Anyway, this is a question for the fellas (and lass); which Megaman would you say to be best, and which one would you recommend to start with (for example, in order to apprecriate the Megaman that was the best, or one that didn't get enough love (but you thought needed more attention).
Since I haven't played a Mega-Man game before, this is your chance to really make a difference in a gamer's life.
The music that plays on Crash Man's stage is hands down the best video game music I've ever heard
However, the way Capcom has been spitting out Mega Man games, why should there be a special countdown for one? I think we may be seeing a Capcom announcement of Mega Man in Smash Bros. But I'd always thought we would see a character like Ryu or Chun Li in Smash Bros. though.
As for questions, I have 3:
Q1: Do you guys think the Gameboy Mega Man Collection will ever see the light of day?
Q2: What's up with all the Man's? Why isn't there any women robot masters or at least a severe lack of? I'd be willing to bet you could make a woman robot just as tough as some of the others. (Besides the Zero or EXE series)
Q3: Besides the first three Mega Man X's, what do you make of the X series? Do you think it's going downhill, etc? (I had no problem with X4 though my roommate doesn't seem to like it much.)
Do you think we'll ever see...
1-A concrete bridge(in game form mind you) between the storyline of the Original series and the X series?
2-How about the X series and Zero Series?
3-Any series and Legends series?
4-Capcom of America ever refer to Megaman as Rockman?
(okay, that last one wath a joke one)
What boss do you guys think is the most awesome? And which one was the lamest?
To me, Bubble Man was Yaris-level lameness. I mean honestly...bubbles? I've never seen bubbles and thought "Oh shit, I better avoid those or I'll get hurt"
And I always thought Cutsman was the best, way before HORSE the band made a song about his awesomeness.
Also since I know how much the Retoforce crew loves Mario paint theres a slew of Mario paint music maker playing nearly every classic mega man song as well as older classic such as FF tunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXSZ1Mz_Fk4
Also talk about that cheap ass cyclops clay boss from MMone
And as a guy whose played every Mega Man game in the order they were released, I can say that Mega Man 2 is still my favorite. Some folks make a convincing argument that Mega Man 3 is actually the best out of the NES games, because it has the most levels, it's the longest, and it has the dog. But the series' creator, Keiji Inafune himself says he sort of thinks Mega Man 3 could have been better.
I whole heartedly agree with him. MM3 has it all on paper, but the follow through just lacks "heart".
But as for the question as to which Mega Man game is the best, that may not be something that has a universal answer. It's like asking "Which Harrison Ford movie is the best?" Though it's a fair question, it's just too subjective to answer.
But I can say that Mega Man X7 may be inarguably be the least well liked game in the series. That or the later Battle Network games, which are practically synonymous with the term "milking the franchise".
The intro music is the most amazing shit, evar.
and the Tron Bonne spin-off as well
Thank you guys for mentioning me two weeks ago in the thanksgiving-esque episode. The only real thing I have to say is that even though I haven't played most of the games (only exception is Mega Man and Bass for the GBA) the music is great. I mean I've known the "enter the stage" theme for as long as I can remember. And who can forget Dr. Wily's Stage in Mega Man 2? That's some classic stuff.
I'm debating picking up the anniversary collection and the X collection, and if I ever get a PSP, I'd probably pick up Powered Up and Maverick Hunter and NOTemulate the other games on it.
X-1,2 or 3?
I always felt sorry for the little blue-suited dude because its totally a franchise Capcom could revive (and non-of that battle-chip shite aswell!)
as good as the character is, they really do need to stop making so many fucking games
and megamman in brawl
I recently tried playing one of the ridiculously titled PSP games and I found it to be worse than the 8-bit travesty's.
Also, I have a 2-part question: What makes megaman deserving of any extra special recognition and why do I not like any of the megaman games?
Big question coming up...
Anyway, how do you guys feel about the transition of megaman gameplay? It started out with classic megaman (Simple side-scrolling: 1-6), went to an improved system (Same general idea, with minor improvements: X series, for the most part), then to the craptastic Battle Network. In the past year (?) it went back to ZX, which seemed to be more of a return to the X series, which was good.
On to my actual question...
Do you think/hope that Inafune is going to continue to develop more of the old-school style of Megaman games, or do you think that with the release of the Star Force trio, do you think that Ifanune is going to continue to go for the battle network feel?
@DrMexico-probably because you are a Jew.
Personally, my favorite Megaman game would probably be Megaman 3. Megaman 3 had some of the most amazing level design in any classic MM game, and including the robots in the Wily stages that were supposedly built from the scraps of the bosses from Megaman 2 was great, and I actually hoped to see it in the next few games. I think that Inafune used MM3 to grow and see how he could expand the series more than any other game, but he seemed to stick to the winning formula of MM2 and continued to expnd from there, similar to what he's doing with the Battle Network series.
Who is your favorite Mega Man boss robot and why?
If you could make any boss robot would you, and describe it?
I'm just kidding. I don't know why you don't like Mega Man. To each his own.
I LOVED Mega Man back in the day. Mega Man 3 is actually my favorite followed by 2 being a close second. 3 edges out for me because of the story elements, which I really liked. I also found 3 to be much more challenging than 2. Of course like everyone else, I got bored with the series when Capcom whored it out. I liked the first few X games, I liked the first Battle Network game. Then when I realized every sequel was the same, I got bored.
When they released Mega Man Powered Up for the PSP I was really happy. I wished they would do Powered Up 2 and 3. Don't you? I don't even care what system: Wii, 360, PSP, DS, Capcom, just fuckin make them! If they came out exclusive on the PS3, that would be a system seller for me. For serials.
Seriously though, what went wrong with Mega Man? It couldn't be JUST the millions of games could it? Did Mega Man sometime lose his way?
This is hard for me, because my fiancee is a SUPER DUPER Mega Man Fanboy (except he hated the Battle Network series and their descendants) and he even realizes Mega Man is only a shell of what he was.
I have a question that I bet he'll like me to ask you though: Do you think we'll ever see a Mega Man game that completely connects the original Mega Man Series to the X Series (since Dr. Light made X)? My fiancee always felt that should be Mega Man 9 (then X could essentially be Mega Man 10! Perfect!). However would people actually want that? Has that ship sailed?
Mega Man and Sonic are the two characters that I loved back in the day and are shells of their formal selves now. They both make me sad.
can anything be as full as win as the bubble man theme.
I remember hearing YT Cracker do a song to this theme once
Do any of you like the Battle Network, etc. series?
What's your favorite obscure Megaman spinoff game?
Favorite Megaman Cameo?
Chad - Mega Man or Dolphins?
Collette - Mega Man or Chocobos?
Dyson - Mega Man or Good Will?
@Naia
There's hope in the Megaman ZX and Sonic Rush series.
magnetman from MM3 FTMFW!!!!!!!!!!!!
no song has ever beat that shit.
@DynamicSheep
You can't charge the blaster in III, that didn't start till IV if I recall.
I HATE THEM.
Maybe is because I suck too much or something, but it's just not fair that after all that gretaness of music, and stages and jumps, it comes a bad ass boss just to destroy your life.
But maybe I'm losing the whole point of Megaman here.
WHAT DO YOU THINK GUYS OF MEGAMAN BOSSES? Are they just part of the experience? Have they made any difference?
1. If you played X8, what did you think?
2. Do you consider the different classic, X (and so on) Mega Man series' hero as different and really care or do you just consider them all "Mega Man, end story"?
For me;
1. I was surprised over how good it was, really handled going 3D well by not doing (almost) anything but the actual graphics 3D. Still the good old sidescrolling and everything felt familiar. Some okay music too if I remember correctly.
2. I consider them all the same. As far as I'm concerned, all the "classic" Mega Man games and all the Mega Man X games have exactly the same hero, and the same goes for all others (granted I haven't played all the battle network etc). I know they really aren't technically, but it feels way better to believe that "Mega Man" is just the one and same hero.
I was just wondering, how did you manage your passwords? Did you Or maybe you never used passwords and always played it from the beginning?
Oh, and disappearing platforms... am I the only one that after years and years of them hasn't gotten any better?
MM3 is the game I always come back to.
One question, is there anyone else here that starts MM3 by beating Needle man ?
FLASHMAN FOR TEH FAIL!