Mega Man (classic series)

[derboo]

www.hardcoregaming101.net/megaman/megaman.htm

This article will cover the classic NES series, its SNES sequels, the WiiWare revivals, and all those little spin-offs and licensed ports in between. Not included are the greater sub-series like Mega Man X, Mega Man Legends, etc.

Regardless of this limitation, it may well be the largest series article we ever had, so we're posting it in bite-sized increments. The first part includes the general introduction and character portraits, as well as reviews of the first two games.

[Malev]

The sub-series are large enough on their own, even if you merge some of them together like X/Zero/ZX and Battle Network/Star Force and their respective cameos. That said, the spinoff series I'm most fond of and would follow with would be Legends with its Miyazaki/Tatsunoko influences and sordid lifespan.

[nickz]

Oh wow! This looks like it's going to shape up to be a very interesting article. Does this cover spin-offs/appearances such as Power Fighters and Marvel vs. Capcom?

Also, Mega Man always had awesome box arts. I mean, they look bad, but they look bad in a glorious way. Especially mega Man 2.

[derboo]

Jun 8, 2014 15:38:39 GMT -5 nickz said:

Oh wow! This looks like it's going to shape up to be a very interesting article. Does this cover spin-offs/appearances such as Power Fighters and Marvel vs. Capcom?

Yes!

[Garamoth]

Wasn't there supposed to be a Mega Man "2" Powered Up? Did they ever start working on it?

[Discoalucard]

The first one flopped, because no one really likes the first Mega Man all that much, so that line was canned. Then again, everyone loves Mega Man X and that Maverick Hunter remake never got any sequels either...

[wxbryant]

I have one little nitpick to note.

...allowing to grow hype and spurn awareness through public involvement.

"Spurn" is not the right word here, since that actually means to reject something. Maybe just "spur"?

[Terrifying]

Enemies: appearing and disappearing blocks! Haha, good one.

Great article!

[Sac (a.k.a Icaras)]

I tend to consider the spin offs like Battle Network and X to be their own series, so I could see them getting their own acrticle at some point.

This should be an interesting read, as I've barely ever played any of the classic Megaman's games. I never had a NES or SNES, so my 1st Megaman game was Megaman X4 on the PSX.

I did try that fan game Megaman vs Street Fighter, but I didn't like it very much. (Mind you, it WAS a fan game, even if Capcom embraced it a bit)

[vnisanian2001]

I believe the original game was jointly-created by Kenji Inafune and Tokuro Fujiwara.

[derboo]

Keiji Inafune is only credited as a character designer on the first two games. He appears as one of many sub-planners on MM3 and one of several planners on MM4.

Tokuro Fujiwara is one of those Capcom producers people attribute all kinds of games to, but somehow didn't appear in the credits for most of them. He himself said he only got involved with the series starting with Mega Man 2: www.glitterberri.com/developer-interviews/tokuro-fujiwara/ Anyway, we rarely list producers in the quick info box, unless we're fairly convinced that they got heavily involved in the actual design process.

[drpepperfan]

Is there gonna be mention of the absolutely GORGEOUS Mega Man games for DOS? Please say yes.

[moran]

Is that an official release?

[drpepperfan]

It was indeed an official game. Made by Hi Tech Expressions, but it was actually licensed from Capcom. There was even a sequel, called Mega Man III (yes. III.)

[moran]

Wow. I just watched a video of one of the stages. I'm surprised Capcom even put their name on it.