Mega Man 10

[Krusty]

Can't wait. Shame 10 along with 9 weren't released in physical format to go along with my older cartridges...hopefully we get a press kit like 9 did.

[AlexX Unlimited]

Honestly, I didn't care for Megaman 9. Not so much as gameplay goes, but because it pretty much threw all the character development out the window. I mean come on, at MM7 Megaman finally had a pretty much total mental breakdown and was about to kill Wily, and in MM8 Wily wasn't cornered, but he pointed out that its the same ol' crap from before and he can't stand it anymore, all of which was further built up by Megaman & Bass. MM9 pretty much threw all that development out the window... not to mention Bass was written out of the story with a pretty half-arsed explination that he was with Wily for repairs (when its already been established Bass no longer trusts Wily... and for good reason as well, since Wily made it clear the hatred is mutual).

The robovirus makes all the robots infected with it turn evil.

Gee, this sounds familiar somehow... *COUGHXSERIESCOUGH*

[Edible]

Megaman

character development

[GMOFucker: Makin' GMOs To Fuck 'Em]

Honestly, I didn't care for Megaman 9. Not so much as gameplay goes, but because it pretty much threw all the character development out the window. I mean come on, at MM7 Megaman finally had a pretty much total mental breakdown and was about to kill Wily, and in MM8 Wily wasn't cornered, but he pointed out that its the same ol' crap from before and he can't stand it anymore, all of which was further built up by Megaman & Bass. MM9 pretty much threw all that development out the window... not to mention Bass was written out of the story with a pretty half-arsed explination that he was with Wily for repairs (when its already been established Bass no longer trusts Wily... and for good reason as well, since Wily made it clear the hatred is mutual).

Wait, people actually play the Megaman series for the story? Seriously?

[AlexX Unlimited]

Thats the thing: There wasn't any development for 6 games.

Then 7 comes along and actually goes somewhere with the story.

[lumber_of_the_beast]

Thats the thing: There wasn't any development for 6 games.

Then 7 comes along and actually goes somewhere with the story.

Well, there's your problem.

7 was the first Mega Man to be released on the SNES; 1-6 were all NES games.

And 9 specifically emulates the NES games in all respects, including lack of a meaningful story.

[AlexX Unlimited]

9 specifically emulates the NES games in all respects, including lack of a meaningful story.

Doesn't change that I liked the direction the series was taking and they threw it out the window for what was clearly to create a cash cow.

[lumber_of_the_beast]

Doesn't change that I liked the direction the series was taking and they threw it out the window for what was clearly to create a cash cow.

So don't buy 10.

[AlexX Unlimited]

So don't buy 10.

Not planning to.

And since someone will inevitably say "then why bother bringing it up?" Its because this topic is supposed to be about discussion and I'm throwing my opinion out there.

[An Odd Sea Slug]

Dude, if anytime anyone pointing a gun at someone's head in sheer frustration could be considered character development or trying to go somewhere in a story, 50 Cent's bullet proof would be a multi emmy award winner and be considered an historical achievement.

:V

[AlexX Unlimited]

Dude, if anytime anyone pointing a gun at someone's head in sheer frustration could be considered character development or trying to go somewhere in a story, 50 Cent's bullet proof would be a multi emmy award winner and be considered an historical achievement.

Thats a gross exaggeration and you know it.

It was a major event in that it showed that Megaman was becoming more than just a robot. Its not that Mega tried to kill Wily, its the fact he had 'evolved' beyond his basic robotic programming enough to do it (thus, his hesitation to pull the trigger was out of his own personal distaste for harming others, not because he was programmed to do so).

[Helion]

Where did you find that there's multiplayer planned, House? I have looked up your sources and haven't found anything to suggest that.

[Xijiy]

I am kind of disappointed that megaman 10 will also be done in 8-bit form. It saddens me to see that they aren't willing to go anywhere new with megaman and just relay on the same method as before to make money.

[Kilgamayan]

I don't see the problem with that, MM8 "went somewhere new" and ended up being a pretty bad game.

And let's not forget X7.

[Ghaleon]

I was just arguing the other day with some guy about how many sequels this series had (spinoffs count). I was trying to explain to him touhou has an ungodly amount of sequels and fangames, I said "even more than megaman". He was trying to tell me neither Touhou or Megaman had nearly as much as Final fantasy or Zelda.

Does this *boggle* anybody else? Just wondering if there are THAT many zelda and FF games I'm not aware of, somehow I doubt it.

"I am kind of disappointed that megaman 10 will also be done in 8-bit form. It saddens me to see that they aren't willing to go anywhere new with megaman and just relay on the same method as before to make money. "

please... Megaman has more spinoffs than you can shake a stick at. If they are going to name it after the originals, it had better be the "same" formula. There's more to making money, it's satisfying EXISTING FANS. wtf is wrong with that?

[Kilgamayan]

Prrrrrretty sure there are a lot more Megaman games than Final Fantasy games.

9 original series
5 original series GB
8 X series
2 Legends series
4 Zero series
2 ZX series
6 BN series (not counting different colors)
? Star Force series

Then there's RnF, Soccer, Command Mission, MoTB, Network Communication and an assload of others.

[Xijiy]

I was just arguing the other day with some guy about how many sequels this series had (spinoffs count). I was trying to explain to him touhou has an ungodly amount of sequels and fangames, I said "even more than megaman". He was trying to tell me neither Touhou or Megaman had nearly as much as Final fantasy or Zelda.

Does this *boggle* anybody else? Just wondering if there are THAT many zelda and FF games I'm not aware of, somehow I doubt it.

please... Megaman has more spinoffs than you can shake a stick at. If they are going to name it after the originals, it had better be the "same" formula. There's more to making money, it's satisfying EXISTING FANS. wtf is wrong with that?

Well there is nothing wrong with that but that is what megaman 9 seemed to have been made for. I didn't have many problems with it because it was a return to form after many years of strange spin-offs.

Now it just seems like megman 10 is just capcom "milking the cash cow" if you get what I mean by that.

Also, there are dozens of final fantasy games but I don't believe that they out numbered the megman series.

[AlexX Unlimited]

I don't see the problem with that, MM8 "went somewhere new" and ended up being a pretty bad game.

I disagree.

And let's not forget X7.

This I will give you.

EDIT: To give this post some more stubstance, I find it kinda funny everyone hails the release of MM9 and 10, when back during the days of yore (i.e. the actual NES era) everyone said Megaman didn't need any more games. Yeah, there's been a number of spinoffs, but that doesn't change that there were already 6 other 8-bit games running on the same formula.

[Suikama]

I disagree.
This I will give you.

EDIT: To give this post some more stubstance, I find it kinda funny everyone hails the release of MM9 and 10, when back during the days of yore (i.e. the actual NES era) everyone said Megaman didn't need any more games. Yeah, there's been a number of spinoffs, but that doesn't change that there were already 6 other 8-bit games running on the same formula.

I'm pretty sure those are two different "everyone"s

[AlexX Unlimited]

I'm pretty sure those are two different "everyone"s

Pretty sure they're not, though its admittantly hard to tell due to internet and all.

Regardless, ask most people back when MM6 was new and they'll say Megaman doesn't need anymore 8-bit games. Ask most people nowadays and... well, the success of MM9 and 10 is proof enough of that.

[An Odd Sea Slug]

I don't see the problem with that, MM8 "went somewhere new" and ended up being a pretty bad game.

Does not compute.

And let's not forget X7.

Very good sire.

[Kilgamayan]

MM8 was decent if you played with the TV muted. The music was uninteresting (outside of Fortress 1), the voice acting was hideous and some of the sound effects were lol (most notably Megaman sounding like a squishy dog toy whenever he landed).

Then there were the problems not even mute would solve, like the jetboard sections and Megaman looking like he was half-asleep the entire game.

[dustyjo]

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Goddamn Rock's voice in MM8 is annoying as fuck

[GMOFucker: Makin' GMOs To Fuck 'Em]

I found MM8 to be pretty fun, but those JUMP SLIDE sections were terrible. Ughhh. I don't think I ever actually got past the first fortress stage.

[AlexX Unlimited]

MM8 was decent if you played with the TV muted. The music was uninteresting (outside of Fortress 1), the voice acting was hideous and some of the sound effects were lol (most notably Megaman sounding like a squishy dog toy whenever he landed).

Music was fine, not great but acceptable. However, the voice acting was hilarious.

Then there were the problems not even mute would solve, like the jetboard sections and Megaman looking like he was half-asleep the entire game.

His sprites were fine, but I admit the jetboard sections were annoying. The one in the actual ice area had a reasonable margin for error, but the timing needed for the fortress one was insane.

[dustyjo]

Music was fine, not great but acceptable. However, the voice acting was hilarious.

We may-ay be able to wocate anotha ammision in da wadah woom, wen we find dat meteuh, we find Doctah Wowie.

[AlexX Unlimited]

We may-ay be able to wocate anotha ammision in da wadah woom, wen we find dat meteuh, we find Doctah Wowie.

Oh yeah, Dr. Light's Elmer Fudd voice had me in stitches.

[Chainsaw Guitar]

MM8 was decent if you played with the TV muted. The music was uninteresting (outside of Fortress 1), the voice acting was hideous and some of the sound effects were lol (most notably Megaman sounding like a squishy dog toy whenever he landed).

Then there were the problems not even mute would solve, like the jetboard sections and Megaman looking like he was half-asleep the entire game.

These have got to be the most inane criticisms ever. And why the hell are there so many complaints about the jet board sections? just be grateful there aren't any vanishing blocks.

[Helion]

Can anyone tell me what the MM10 multiplayer is supposed to be about, and a reliable source where they found out about it? I can't find anything about it.

[Kilgamayan]

These have got to be the most inane criticisms ever.

Wait, what? How is a criticism of the music "inane"? Music is a damn important aspect of any MegaMan game, and if it sucks there's a very good chance the game is going to suck as well.

What else about the game can I criticize to meet your seemingly arbitrary standards about what isn't inane? The level designs? Mediocre at best and entirely lacking in difficulty outside of the jetboards. Bosses? Nothing special, and some of them (AquaMan) help further the voice acting criticism. Plot? It's a MegaMan game, who gives a shit about plot aside from AlexX? No one, that's who. HideofBeast already spoke a dissertation on how goofy the plot is anyway (relevant stuff starts at the beginning of the second video, but the first video is required as a lead-in).

And why the hell are there so many complaints about the jet board sections? just be grateful there aren't any vanishing blocks.

Ahahahahahahahaha

No. Vanishing block puzzles are easy shit. Always have been, always will be.

EDIT: In fairness, I guess they haven't ALWAYS been easy shit, since MegaMan 2's were pretty nasty. That's about it, though.