Thought his name was "Rock".

[Justiciar-]

Why do they keep calling him "Mega"?

[TuxedoCruise]

Originally posted by RiO:

Originally posted by TuxedoCruise:

He's been named Mega Man in North America and Europe before MM7, starting with Mega Man 1 on the NES. They keep calling him "Mega" because that's what Capcom changed his name into outside of Japan.

Not quite. The original Mega Man series on NES also explicitly refers to the character as Rock.
E.g. the intro sequence to Mega Man 4 explicitly mentions Rock's name, multiple times over as it explains how he was turned into "Mega Man" the fighting robot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSnrXmvu82w

So yes; in that sense Mega Man is his 'superhero' name, while Rock remains his actual name.

Originally posted by TuxedoCruise:

If you think Mega Man is his superhero name, then I don't see the issue of people calling him Mega Man. It's like getting hung up about people calling Clark Kent "Superman" when both names are appropriate.

The issue is likely with friends and 'relatives' also referring to him as Mega, rather than Rock.
Especially if they did refer to him by his appropriate given name in earlier titles like Mega Man 7.

It's a continuity screw-up.

It's a localization screw-up, not a continuity screw-up.

There's no instance of Rockman anywhere in the original Mega Man game in NA and in Europe.

If Rockman was his "normal" name and Mega Man was his "superhero" name, then they would also call him Mega Man in the Japanese version. But since there's no mention of Mega Man anywhere in the original Japanese version, then Mega Man was a name that was meant to replace the name of Rockman in territories outside of Japan. Capcom has already explicitly stated this, and it's a well-known fact.

His friends and family call him Mega Man because that's his actual name outside of Japan.

[X]

Originally posted by boys are lovely:

in one of the original megamans, I forget exactly which one, it states that Rock was human but then volunteered to be turned into a robot because of his heroic attidtude or something like that

He's originally a lab assistant robot, which is why Wily never bothered to reprogram him. He in turn volunteered to become a fighting robot to stop the mad scientist.

[Justiciar-]

Originally posted by TuxedoCruise:

If Rockman was his "normal" name and Mega Man was his "superhero" name, then they would also call him Mega Man in the Japanese version. But since there's no mention of Mega Man anywhere in the original Japanese version, then Mega Man was a name that was meant to replace the name of Rockman in territories outside of Japan. Capcom has already explicitly stated this, and it's a well-known fact.

Sounds like you're just trolling, but I'll go ahead and feed you some troll b8, u dumb troll... :P

Nobody is saying that "Rockman" is his name outside of Japan. However, it has been mentioned in previous localized versions of the games that "Rock" (without the "man" part) is his actual name, and MegaMan is his robot fighting name.

[RiO]

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

Originally posted by boys are lovely:

in one of the original megamans, I forget exactly which one, it states that Rock was human but then volunteered to be turned into a robot because of his heroic attidtude or something like that

The only Megamen that were human are Vent, Aille, and Ash. All of the others are robots.

And those are even somewhat debatable, as the line between Repliroid and human had become thoroughly blurred by ZX times.

Originally posted by TuxedoCruise:

It's a localization screw-up, not a continuity screw-up.

It's a continuity screw-up in the localized continuity, which in preceeding games did retain Rock as Mega Man's given name and had those close to him refer to him with said given name.

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by Ĵ∪s†iℭaℜ:

Why do they keep calling him "Mega"?

in Japan, all the robots were musically named.
Rock and Roll ( roll retains her name in english, however )
bass and forte, even some of the X series characters were named after American rock and roll stars.

For whatever reason, they decided against this for English - and older megaman titles ( liek 4 ) probably didnt get a proper translation, leading to him being called rock at times.

[RiO]

Originally posted by TemmieNeko:

Originally posted by Ĵ∪s†iℭaℜ:

Why do they keep calling him "Mega"?

in Japan, all the robots were musically named.
Rock and Roll ( roll retains her name in english, however )
bass and forte, even some of the X series characters were named after American rock and roll stars.

For whatever reason, they decided against this for English - and older megaman titles ( liek 4 ) probably didnt get a proper translation, leading to him being called rock at times.

You've got a few things cross-wired.


Rock & Roll are names shared in the original as well as the localized canon. Rock as a name appears up to Mega Man 7, iirc. And it's not a case of 'not being a proper translation'.
That crap died with Mega Man 3, which referred to Dr. Light as Dr. Right.

Rush retained his original name and might be a shout-out to the real-life rock-band of the same name.

For whatever reason Forte & Gospel were turned into Bass and Treble in the localized canon.
Both original and localized are references to music.

The only really odd one out is Protoman, whose original name was Blues.

[mdesaleah]

In the Archie comic they say Mega as an abbreviation. Kind of like how X isnt called Megaman X all the time.

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by RiO:

Originally posted by TemmieNeko:

in Japan, all the robots were musically named.
Rock and Roll ( roll retains her name in english, however )
bass and forte, even some of the X series characters were named after American rock and roll stars.

For whatever reason, they decided against this for English - and older megaman titles ( liek 4 ) probably didnt get a proper translation, leading to him being called rock at times.

You've got a few things cross-wired.


Rock & Roll are names shared in the original as well as the localized canon. Rock as a name appears up to Mega Man 7, iirc. And it's not a case of 'not being a proper translation'.
That crap died with Mega Man 3, which referred to Dr. Light as Dr. Right.

Rush retained his original name and might be a shout-out to the real-life rock-band of the same name.

For whatever reason Forte & Gospel were turned into Bass and Treble in the localized canon.
Both original and localized are references to music.

The only really odd one out is Protoman, whose original name was Blues.

i meant specifically megaman x and the bosses being named after what i guess is " Guns N Roses "
im not that famialr with music, i just knew it was american rock music.
https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/27/17510950/mega-man-x-legacy-collection-guns-n-roses-mavericks

[PhilyFooFighter]

Originally posted by Ĵ∪s†iℭaℜ:

Nobody is saying that "Rockman" is his name outside of Japan. However, it has been mentioned in previous localized versions of the games that "Rock" (without the "man" part) is his actual name, and MegaMan is his robot fighting name.

THIS EXACTLY!!!

Originally posted by RiO:

Rock & Roll are names shared in the original as well as the localized canon. Rock as a name appears up to Mega Man 7, iirc. And it's not a case of 'not being a proper translation'.
That crap died with Mega Man 3, which referred to Dr. Light as Dr. Right.

Rush retained his original name and might be a shout-out to the real-life rock-band of the same name.

For whatever reason Forte & Gospel were turned into Bass and Treble in the localized canon.
Both original and localized are references to music.

The only really odd one out is Protoman, whose original name was Blues.

Originally posted by RiO:

It's a continuity screw-up in the localized continuity, which in preceeding games did retain Rock as Mega Man's given name and had those close to him refer to him with said given name.

Hear, hear!

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

In the Archie comic they say Mega as an abbreviation. Kind of like how X isnt called Megaman X all the time.

Saying 'Mega' instead of 'MegaMan' sometimes isn't in and of itself a bad thing, but translating 'Rock' (not 'Rockman') as 'Mega' is extremely weird. Remember, in the Archie comics MegaMan is called 'Rock' all the time, since that's the name of his civilian identity. Dr. Light only referring to his son as 'Mega' rather than 'Rock' is like Lois Lane calling Superman 'Super' rather than 'Clark'. They're family so it comes across as weird.

Honestly, if I were the translator in all instances in which he is called 'Rockman' in Japan I would translate it as either 'MegaMan' or 'Mega' (or just 'MegaMan') and in all instances in which he is called 'Rock' I would call him 'Rock' since that's his civilian name in both Japan and outside it. MegaMan has never been called 'Mega' before in a numbered title of the main series's continuity, which coupled with the fact that his familiar name of 'Rock' isn't used even once in the game makes things extremely jarring for long-time players and people who follow the series' storyline. Even X is mostly called "X" rather than "MegaMan X" in the X series.

[Homer Pimpson]

There is no civ and regular name.

his name is rockman because mostly everyone is music based within this game.

megaman is the name given to him in the english translation.

there is no big mystery. all these kids here must be under 35. lol

[LunarL1nk]

This whole thing is bogus. His name is Rock. And on the subject, the soundtrack suxxx and there are no recycled sound effects which would have been nice considering those two things are both iconic.

[andreasaspenberg575]

they changed it in mega man powered up. that is when he started being called mega.

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by Homer Pimpson:

There is no civ and regular name.

his name is rockman because mostly everyone is music based within this game.

megaman is the name given to him in the english translation.

there is no big mystery. all these kids here must be under 35. lol

hey im under 35!

I mean I'm 34, so that still counts as " under 35 "
:3 And yeah, i mean some of the chars kept their names, liek roll and beat

[X]

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

In the Archie comic they say Mega as an abbreviation. Kind of like how X isnt called Megaman X all the time.

Meta Encapsulated Granule Awareness.

[Naoya]

Originally posted by Maverick Hunter X:

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

In the Archie comic they say Mega as an abbreviation. Kind of like how X isnt called Megaman X all the time.

Meta Encapsulated Granule Awareness.

I'll always prefer Rebirth of Crystalized Knowledge