Ugh. When did that happen? I played through all the NES Mega Man games many times. His blaster arm was way cooler than any pistol.
You know what Mega Man needs? A gun and the face of a middle-aged smoker.
Submitted 1 month ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 month ago
TheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Odd. I think that’s the label I remember on the cartridge too, but I just never noticed the pistol. I played 4 the most because I loved the weapons the most.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I think the first 3 were like this, i had 3 and it was similar. 4 was the first one I saw where Megaman actually looked right
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
1987
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
and a pose that says “I just megashit my megaself”
zod000@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Thanks for reminding me that Megaman actually talked like that in the awful Saturday morning cartoon I watched as a kid (Captain N: The Game Master)
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 month ago
Captain N? The gamer? Uh oh
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
oh yeah he was a squeaky lil fucker
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 1 month ago
“megashat” is the word you’re looking for.
troybot@midwest.social 1 month ago
Capcom used the box art Mega Man in Street Fighter x Tekken and I wish they would do more with the character.
CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I mean, it’s likely that it wasn’t capcom us rejecting the japanese design. Far more likely that Capcom JP didn’t share marketing materials with US branch and left them on their own to figure out how to market it. Japanese companies not taking any interest in how things were localized for other markets was completely the norm during that time period.
samus12345@lemm.ee 1 month ago
quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Pardon me, but the character is correctly known as Rockman, and is correctly depicted only as a prepubescent human cannonball with one apocalyptic death-ray arm. 😂
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Chud gamers be like “this was because of woke DEI initiatives!”.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 month ago
“Call the best Sudanese movie poster artist, we have a job for him”
diemartin@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Binette@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Meguhman my beloved
nthavoc@lemmy.today 1 month ago
For those of you who remember Captain N … Even had a smoker’s voice for whatever reason. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULslwGCpOdc
Retrograde@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I need context for this lol
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I don’t know the story, but that’s the genuine cartridge art they used for the first Mega Man in the US. It’s just terrible and looks nothing like the game.
yarr@feddit.nl 1 month ago
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Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
You might appreciate this: Leaked Memos Explain Why Every Mega Man Cover is Terrible. (satire)
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 1 month ago
That’s a delight!
Here’s a helpful companion - MegaMan Box Art Image Collection
Hawke@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not really needed, you can click on the “memos” to see the corresponding artwork.
samus12345@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I loved that 9 and 10 made intentionally terrible 80s “box arts.”
Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
The link isn’t loading for me, unfortunately. Not sure if it’s a browser thing (I use Firefox) but I suspect that it’s the “*removed*” in the URL causing trouble.
However, if you tap / click on those memos in the article I linked, it reveals the box art.