Rew Said: Dangit, why don't these things come out in English? I can't read Japanese. =(
And if it was only in Japanese, would you appreciate the art less? :P
(I suppose you'd miss out on some descriptions of what things are...but for the most part I don't think it'd be too bad.)
Also, I want to know if it's spelled "Mega Man X2" (no space) or "Mega Man X 2" (with a space).
No space. If you look at the title screens for the games, the number is always directly beside of the X. Also, in the Mega Man X Collection, the text on the game select menu says X2, X3, X4, etc.
I just read the whole news post about that and I'll admit I still think they either knew full well that X wasn't ten but played along knowing fans would fly into a rage, or just had an argument in real life and exaggerated it for the purpose of the strip since Tycho tend to be an ass when he thinks he's right. Anyway, I'm glad to report that thanks to reading Nintendo Power at the time, I knew that X came out before VII and thus calling X ten never even came into question.
I guess we've gone so far off-topic but I'd like to slap everyone who thinks "Game Boy" is two words, where, unlike the confusion that is "Mega Man", "Game Boy" has never been one word.
So, you're angry at people who think it's two words, when in reality it's two words? Me thinks you worded that wrong :P
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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Current projects: Sonic CD (Sega CD), Mega Man V (GB), Mega Man Zero (GBA), Battletoads (NES)
marioman Said: I consider Mega Man & Bass to be Mega Man 9 as much as I consider Sonic & Knuckles to be Sonic 4. They are more side-quests than an actual sequels.
Actually, many people consider Sonic and Knuckles to be the second half of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, meaning it was made up of levels that were supposed to be in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 but weren't finished in time for release. So the link-up cartridge was made to be able to preserve some of the original intent.
JonLeung Said: True, making something an RPG doesn't necessarily make things better. But it was a nice change of pace for the Mega Man X series, though, and sometimes that's what's needed.
Hopefully Sonic Chronicles can do the same thing for that series!
TerraEsperZ Said: Anyway, I'm glad to report that thanks to reading Nintendo Power at the time, I knew that X came out before VII and thus calling X ten never even came into question.
Unless you think the series is allowed to jump ahead a few numbers like Star Wars!
JonLeung Said: Anyway, back on topic...I remember Keiji Inafune (I think that's his name) mentioning on that one G4 clip I saw on Mega Man X Anniversary Collection (GameCube version) how if someone presented art of the same quality of the art that he himself had done for the first Mega Man, he would've said, "nope, sorry, try again".
"What, you just painted MegaRockMan red and white and stuck a pair of shears on his head? That's not creative! That's not a good robot design! Get out!"
Rew Said: Still, I hear that there's all sorts of valuable storyline info about MM canon in these type books that we English-speaking folk don't see unless we happen to be on a MM forum with an uber MM nerd who knows Japanese and has these kinds of sourcebooks to cite in debate threads. =P
Yeah, that reminds me of someone who used to hang out on my favorite IRC channel. She was one of those "Japanophile" types who had obviously read all that rare Japanese information about MegaMan and was always ready to correct people who misunderstood the series and offer up facts about Rock's Buster firing solar energy and GravityMan hiding from his officemates on the ceiling... and I'm like, "Huh? How do you know this?" Also, she seemed to have some beef with Mandi Paugh having such a popular site based on a snarky interpretation of the localized games which features inaccurate fanfiction that DARES to incorporate Captain N. But now I'm rambling and gossiping, so I'll stop here