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 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 months ago
TheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago
1987
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
and a pose that says “I just megashit my megaself”
zod000@lemmy.ml 2 months 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 2 months ago
Captain N? The gamer? Uh oh
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
oh yeah he was a squeaky lil fucker
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 2 months ago
“megashat” is the word you’re looking for.
troybot@midwest.social 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago
quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months 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 2 months ago
Chud gamers be like “this was because of woke DEI initiatives!”.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 2 months ago
“Call the best Sudanese movie poster artist, we have a job for him”
diemartin@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Binette@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Meguhman my beloved
nthavoc@lemmy.today 2 months 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 2 months ago
I need context for this lol
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months ago
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Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
You might appreciate this: Leaked Memos Explain Why Every Mega Man Cover is Terrible. (satire)
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 months ago
That’s a delight!
Here’s a helpful companion - MegaMan Box Art Image Collection
Hawke@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not really needed, you can click on the “memos” to see the corresponding artwork.
samus12345@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I loved that 9 and 10 made intentionally terrible 80s “box arts.”
Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months 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.