Your favorite Mega Man adaptations.

[Devsman]

The Rockman X4 manga is ... daaaaaaamn.

[Sirius]

Archie Comics Mega Man. Shame it wasn't horribly popular, it has a lot of memorable moments and I liked the new characters a lot as well.

[Devsman]

Originally posted by S.R.:

Archie Comics Mega Man. Shame it wasn't horribly popular, it has a lot of memorable moments and I liked the new characters a lot as well.

I've read the first eight issues of that, and yeah, it's pretty good too.

I loved Guts Man's paradox that he posed to Wily, lol.

[Devsman]

So yeah, the X4 manga didn't end up making any sense.

Subplots dissolve into nothing, but later they've been resolved. Major plot points come and go in a single panel where it isn't even clear what happened. They never even fight Sigma. He literally just shows up in a single cutaway panel where they say "it was all this guy's fault", and they never provide any sort of explanation for Zero's actions. Then they missed the whole point of the story by not ending it with the same line as the game (in Zero's story).

I loved the way the story was going at first though. I wouldn't mind seeing a rewrite that fixes this stuff.

[Sirius]

Originally posted by Devsman:

So yeah, the X4 manga didn't end up making any sense.

Subplots dissolve into nothing, but later they've been resolved. Major plot points come and go in a single panel where it isn't even clear what happened. They never even fight Sigma. He literally just shows up in a single cutaway panel where they say "it was all this guy's fault", and they never provide any sort of explanation for Zero's actions. Then they missed the whole point of the story by not ending it with the same line as the game (in Zero's story).

I loved the way the story was going at first though. I wouldn't mind seeing a rewrite that fixes this stuff.

You should read the entire Archie Comics Mega Man series. It's not overly long and there's some really interesting themes that present throughout the whole thing. The Short Circuits were also a good way to unwind as they were rather humorous.
That aside, the Rockman X4 manga sounds like it was written by the Mega Man X5/X6 writers. Not even sure how it's possible to screw it up that bad, like I always thought Zero's story in X4 was by far the less interesting of the two campaigns but having no context at all sounds much worse. Is it the same manga that has the Ultimate Armor turn X into a blood crazed maniac? If so, then I think I've seen some of the events based on the synopsis I read on the wiki. It sounds like a fever dream.

[Devsman]

Originally posted by S.R.:

Originally posted by Devsman:

So yeah, the X4 manga didn't end up making any sense.

Subplots dissolve into nothing, but later they've been resolved. Major plot points come and go in a single panel where it isn't even clear what happened. They never even fight Sigma. He literally just shows up in a single cutaway panel where they say "it was all this guy's fault", and they never provide any sort of explanation for Zero's actions. Then they missed the whole point of the story by not ending it with the same line as the game (in Zero's story).

I loved the way the story was going at first though. I wouldn't mind seeing a rewrite that fixes this stuff.

You should read the entire Archie Comics Mega Man series. It's not overly long and there's some really interesting themes that present throughout the whole thing. The Short Circuits were also a good way to unwind as they were rather humorous.
That aside, the Rockman X4 manga sounds like it was written by the Mega Man X5/X6 writers. Not even sure how it's possible to screw it up that bad, like I always thought Zero's story in X4 was by far the less interesting of the two campaigns but having no context at all sounds much worse. Is it the same manga that has the Ultimate Armor turn X into a blood crazed maniac?

That's the one.

Then he gets better because General gave him a hug. I don't know, manga logic?

[Sirius]

Originally posted by Devsman:

Originally posted by S.R.:

You should read the entire Archie Comics Mega Man series. It's not overly long and there's some really interesting themes that present throughout the whole thing. The Short Circuits were also a good way to unwind as they were rather humorous.
That aside, the Rockman X4 manga sounds like it was written by the Mega Man X5/X6 writers. Not even sure how it's possible to screw it up that bad, like I always thought Zero's story in X4 was by far the less interesting of the two campaigns but having no context at all sounds much worse. Is it the same manga that has the Ultimate Armor turn X into a blood crazed maniac?

That's the one.

Then he gets better because General gave him a hug. I don't know, manga logic?

Mhm. A fitting ending to the greatest Mega Man X story since Mega Man X7. The absurdness does make it stand out, at least.

[4austindotcom]

Originally posted by Devsman:

So yeah, the X4 manga didn't end up making any sense.

Subplots dissolve into nothing, but later they've been resolved. Major plot points come and go in a single panel where it isn't even clear what happened. They never even fight Sigma. He literally just shows up in a single cutaway panel where they say "it was all this guy's fault", and they never provide any sort of explanation for Zero's actions. Then they missed the whole point of the story by not ending it with the same line as the game (in Zero's story).

I loved the way the story was going at first though. I wouldn't mind seeing a rewrite that fixes this stuff.

The author did plan a proper ending, and later even teased an image of it on twitter.

[Devsman]

And of course the Mega Man cartoon from the 90's is a classic. Every episode was pure gold. I loved it when he would do those outrageous bounce shots, or when Dr. Wily's scheme made no sense (which was usually the case) but worked anyway... Until Mega Man did something equally nonsensical that put a stop to him.

[funewchie]

Originally posted by Devsman:

And of course the Mega Man cartoon from the 90's is a classic. Every episode was pure gold. I loved it when he would do those outrageous bounce shots, or when Dr. Wily's scheme made no sense (which was usually the case) but worked anyway... Until Mega Man did something equally nonsensical that put a stop to him.

Apparently, Capcom was very involved with that show.

I remember reading the producers had said that things like Protoman being evil was actually done at Capcom's request, as they wanted Mega Man to be given a foil/rival and picked Protoman for the show.
(A couple years later Capcom created a foil in the games, with Bass)

[Devsman]

Originally posted by funewchie:

Originally posted by Devsman:

And of course the Mega Man cartoon from the 90's is a classic. Every episode was pure gold. I loved it when he would do those outrageous bounce shots, or when Dr. Wily's scheme made no sense (which was usually the case) but worked anyway... Until Mega Man did something equally nonsensical that put a stop to him.

Apparently, Capcom was very involved with that show.

I remember reading the producers had said that things like Protoman being evil was actually done at Capcom's request, as they wanted Mega Man to be given a foil/rival and picked Protoman for the show.
(A couple years later Capcom created a foil in the games, with Bass)

I read somewhere that they also first started conceptualizing the show shortly after the release of Mega Man 5, so the idea of Proto Man being (apparently) a bad guy was current.

[Sikaran]

The short anime that was created for Maverick Hunter X (which shows X's beginnings) tied in really well to the Megaman X lore.

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Sikaran:

The short anime that was created for Maverick Hunter X (which shows X's beginnings) tied in really well to the Megaman X lore.

Day of Sigma. How could I forget that one? Definitely one of the best!

[Devsman]

Oh hey, here's one I can't believe I forgot:

The 2009 Eddie Lebron Mega Man movie.

With the understanding, of course, that it's a zero-budget film with 90's shonen influences, it was actually a lot of fun. And some of the actors were really good for an indie film. Dave Maulbeck, who played Dr. Wily, kind of stole the show, but many of the other actors had solid performances as well, just as more subdued characters so they didn't stand out as much.

[funewchie]

Originally posted by Devsman:

Oh hey, here's one I can't believe I forgot:

The 2009 Eddie Lebron Mega Man movie.

With the understanding, of course, that it's a zero-budget film with 90's shonen influences, it was actually a lot of fun. And some of the actors were really good for an indie film. Dave Maulbeck, who played Dr. Wily, kind of stole the show, but many of the other actors had solid performances as well, just as .ore subdued characters so they didn't stand out as much.

Oh yeah, that movie was awesome!
Even more so that it was a zero-budget movie. (Wasn't that like a college project for him?)

I even love they kept Iceman's split personality issue from Powered Up.

[Hotel Security]

As bad as it is, the cutscenes in MMX7 are pretty sweet. Always likes the one where Axl blasts Sigma at the end. The X8 ones aren't bad either.

The MMX4 ones get some mention but they're pretty much typical anime cheese.