Things in Megaman that you never noticed before until recent

[Mr. X]

Might as well post this since apparently nobody knew about this.

For MM7's Wily Capsule, if you use Freeze Cracker to hit Wily then hit him with Thunder Bolt a split second later, you cause him to skip his 4 elemental balls of doom attack and go straight to the electric floor attack.  Obviously, you can't hit him with Thunder Bolt all of the time, but it's just enough to help you win.

I believe this is caused by the fact that lightning hits Wily's Capsule just before he uses his floor attack, and by electrocuting him with Thunder Bolt, you trigger the floor attack prematurely.  Pretty awesome!

[Blaze Yeager]

Skull Man replaced a robot master in MM4...i never knew that until recently...

[brotoad]

shame because skullman sucks!
he looks badass, but he is a total coward and he stinks. another shield weapon, why???

[CutmanMike]

Might as well post this since apparently nobody knew about this.

For MM7's Wily Capsule, if you use Freeze Cracker to hit Wily then hit him with Thunder Bolt a split second later, you cause him to skip his 4 elemental balls of doom attack and go straight to the electric floor attack.  Obviously, you can't hit him with Thunder Bolt all of the time, but it's just enough to help you win.

I believe this is caused by the fact that lightning hits Wily's Capsule just before he uses his floor attack, and by electrocuting him with Thunder Bolt, you trigger the floor attack prematurely.  Pretty awesome!

You can also hit him with other weapons before the thunder bolt, such as a charged wild coil (which contrary to popular belief IS his weakness!)

[Mr. X]

Yeah, I think people use Freeze Cracker just because you can actually hit him when he's at the top of the screen.  Either way, he takes freaking forever.

[Snake33AU]

This is probably a given, but has anyone thought that Mega Man was heavily inspired by Astro boy?


And my question is: Is it explained why Mega Man has exhausts in his feet, despite he doesn't fly with rocket fuel? More a suction cup? Or a homage to Astro Boy?

Also, Marine boy (could also be inspired by Astro boy) seems to have a helmet that may or may not have inspired Mega Man as well?


He also has long, wavy hair, but I suppose many characters do.
Definite inspirations? Or are we simply going to say "all anime look alike?" lol.

[brotoad]

the first megaman game was originally going to be an astroboy game until the creators of astro boy decided against it, so it was made into a game with new game mechanics and original chraracters instead.

[Snake33AU]

Oh wow, Brotoad, this I did not know. I thought Capcom could have been paying homage and been inspired by Astro boy, but I never thought that they were originally going to make an Astro boy game.

I think the creators of Astro boy giving Capcom the thumbs down for the project was one of the best things that ever happened to Capcom (I mean, look at this forum for example, lol). There was a game called Capitan Commando (?) or at least a character named Captain Commando, which was meant to be Capcom's mascot (CAPtain COMmando). Although when more Mega Man games were being made (how many exist now?) it was clear who the biggest mascot for Capcom would be.

[brawlman9876]

imagine if the creators didnt back down? we wouldnt have anything Mega Man!

[TrueTenguMan]

And my question is: Is it explained why Mega Man has exhausts in his feet, despite he doesn't fly with rocket fuel? More a suction cup? Or a homage to Astro Boy?

My speculation is that they're boosters for swift agile movement or as suppressors when falling from great heights. If I recall in a Dreamwave comic page I saw, Proto Man was boosting with them much similar to Bass and Zero, Though obviously on terrain and not for flying, though the trailer for Rockman online could reveal a flight function but who knows... that could just be some random DBZ moment being suspended in the air LOL!

[Mr. X]

Questioning why he has those things are on his feet is like questioning why Mario, Sonic, and Mickey Mouse wear gloves all of the time:  there isn't a reason.

[Max]

Because Miyamoto couldn't draw detailed hands

I don't know reasons for the other 2 though.

[PressStart]

I'm pretty sure the things on the bottom of his feet have the 2-fold use of:
-making the bottom of his feet look interesting/robotic
-giving him super jumping abilities (I'm pretty sure there's a fake robotic diagram they released pointing this out)

They added vents to the back of MegaMan's helmet later on, once again I assume just to give him a more robotic look/make his back look more interesting.

[TheBladeRoden]

I heard Mega Man was supposed to be an Astro Boy game but they couldn't get the licensing, so how many great franchises are born.

Edit: Damn, ninja'd by 45 minutes!

[TrueTenguMan]

Questioning why he has those things are on his feet is like questioning why Mario, Sonic, and Mickey Mouse wear gloves all of the time:  there isn't a reason.

But that's in regards to something simplistic as gloves which could of been a popular or easy design choice in those times, so a question like that doesn't require a large amount ((or no)) speculation whatsoever.
Though when it involves something like Rock's boosters, there's an actual point to speculation because there could be two or more reason other than a robotic-like design ((Of course there are exceptions like: "Why do robot's like Zero, Tomahawk Man, and Tengu Man have those orb-like things on their chest" which no one can really answer without mentioning brests ))

Really just saying "there isn't a reason" is an act of imaginative laziness in my opinion, but then again I prefer not to look at most things one sided.

Uh! Not that i'm implying you are of course