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It's not even debatable that Megaman has been one of the most enduring classic Video games in history, with dozens of related titles, propaganda and even a short-lived TV series. Indeed, the Blue Bomber's fan base rivals that of Nintendo's Mario or Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog.

But the question is, why has it been so popular?

Is it the simple but challenging gameplay? The timeless music? The robot masters?

Post your opinions and comments!

~V.

Lately he's popular for the wrong reasons.

Like Battle Network and Star Force.

Originally, I figure it was the vibrant colours, tight(-ish, in the case of the first two games) gameplay and brilliant musical composition.

After that, for ten years or so they just kept getting better (basically) and now the franchise is basically riding on its late-90s momentum.

Because of tried and true gameplay, solid music, and excellent characters.

I'm talking about X and Classic BTW.

And I really don't think he's that popular.

Yeah, most people I talk to had never even heard of MegaMan until they met. To the average person who never even plays videogames, Mario and Sonic are instantly recognizable names for them.

...but MegaMan? At the very least they MIGHT just remember him from the TV show.

But outside of the gaming world, not many people know or care about him. And even inside the gaming world, he's very neglected.

Back when the world was simple and clean, Megaman was god. Entertaining, somewhat challenging puzzles were creative but not to the point where you had to spend an hour either figuring it out or going to GameFaqs.

Like Alvin and the chipmunks, Megaman is held dearest by those who grew up with him, not the little brats who have the nasty corrupted, LETZ RELATE TO TEH NEW KIDS, story.

Simple clean FUN. Anybody remember what FUN is? It's when you beat up 8 robots, In their own fortress, then chase down their creator, Kick his sorry ass, Then start again and go for the high score!

That is why megaman WAS so popular.

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And the high score meant nothing!

Yeah, most people I talk to had never even heard of MegaMan until they met.

Really!?
About 75% of the kids in my town know who Megaman is, and most of them aren't even gamers.

Ugh, I'm lucky if I ever meet somebody who's played a MegaMan game, and usually they've just played Battle Network or Zero.

Though yesterday, I was playing MegaMan 5 in my room with my door open, and some guy walking down the hall peeked his head in and was like "Are you playing MegaMan? Sweet! I used to play that as a kid!"
And then we talked for a bit. And he correctly guessed that it was MegaMan 5, but aside from that he really didn't know too much about the series and hadn't played it at all since he was a kid.

Well, here in Argentina only gamers know about MegaMan. And that's a little bunch. I would say most of Argentinian gamers know the MegaMan franchise, but most of them just played Battle Network and Star Force, so they judge the whole saga upon those games (note: poor them.)

The only person I know who knows the classic/good MM games is Slugkid, who basically introduced me into the MegaMan world, so now I'm playing all MegaMan games (when I have the time) as I can.

Answering the topic question, I think it's the combination between the factors which, like WW somehow stated, constitute FUN. FUN=Gets me a bonerEntertaining gameplay, timeless songs, gets me a bonerclean (in contrast with the games that appeared after MegaMan, which ALL contain blood), FUN. Just FUN.
WW is right, games lost their FUN a lot of time ago.

FUN.

I think it primarily had to do with the fact that it was the first game in which you obtained the weapons of the major enemies you defeated. That was all quite new and inventive at the time.

Combine that with excellent platforming (which had already proven incredibly popular) and shooting and you've got yourself a winner.

I will point out one thing, though: whenever I try to introduce MegaMan (either Classic or X) to someone new, they seem to have a LOT of trouble with it.

It's usually really painful for me to try to watch them get through a level that I know I could do in miniscule fractions of the time. And I've never witnessed one of my friends beat a boss.

The only friend I know who actually owned MegaMan 2 and 3 back in the day admitted to having never been able to get to ANY of the bosses.

That's because, once upon a time, games felt free to be challenging and require skill.

Now if you can't beat a game, it's the creator's fault, and has nothing to do with your lack of skill.

Well, games nowadays aren't as tight.
They get unfair MUCH more easily, as many enemies in 3D games is just stupid, while tougher single enemies are not nearly as hard in 3D.

Or something.

That's because, once upon a time, games felt free to be challenging and require skill.

Now if you can't beat a game, it's the creator's fault, and has nothing to do with your lack of skill.

Easy mode is for chumps.

MegaMan is cool because he's like any other original classic video game character, hes blue, jumps and shoots. Like Mario or Sonic, he keeps that simplicity, well, until a new series comes 'round.. Nowadays VG characters are some alien/samurai/ninja/king who has some stupid ass special ability that is STUPID, no originality I tells ya, none at all. What happened to the good ol' days when all you needed to be was a robot with a gun or a fat jumping guy?

MegaMan 9 is new hope..

MegaMan 9 will bring a lot of jockers on board for 5 minutes...

MM has never been and will never be as big as Mario and Sonic, but it's shameful that he's less known than trash like Spyro and Crash Bandicoot and so on.

MM has never been and will never be as big as Mario and Sonic, but it's shameful that he's less known than trash like Spyro and Crash Bandicoot and so on.

'Course not, but he still has that simplicity and classic feel. If MM were given his own console then he'd most likely be a lot more famous. I'm sure none of us can see that happening, heh.

The Capcom Spherebox!

: Abominator  12 September 2008, 14:55:00

MM has never been and will never be as big as Mario and Sonic, but it's shameful that he's less known than trash like Spyro and Crash Bandicoot and so on.

'Course not, but he still has that simplicity and classic feel. If MM were given his own console then he'd most likely be a lot more famous. I'm sure none of us can see that happening, heh.

I don't WANT that to happen.

it's shameful that he's less known than trash like Spyro and Crash Bandicoot and so on.

Spyro and Crash were great on their Playstation debuts. I played those games like mad.

I haven't picked up one in a while because I've heard they've gone wrong, especially Crash.

They were not great, they were utterly mediocre and remain so.

They were pretty damn fun, especially Spyro. Loved the first 2 games.

Oh Abe.

I only played the first Spyro and the first 3 Crash games. I enjoyed them.

But now I see all their new games, and I hear nothing about them. Nobody plays them anymore. Especially Crash, since I heard the creator or whatever sold the rights to the game or something.

I hated Spyro, and I used to play Crash at a friend's house regularly, but I really didn't have much fun. It was very... "meh."

I met one of the guys who created Crash Bandicoot, by the way. One of the guys on the original Naughty Dog team.

My Psychology Teacher was the project manager for Crash of the Titans and other games by Radical.

That teacher is also a woman.

No lies.

I just checked IGN. The game I played the most was Crash 3: Warped. IGN gives it a 9.1.

Crash of the Titans was a 6.5

I also see several other Crash games with bogus scores.

Spyro also got a 9, but his other games have horrible scores. One of them even scored a 4. Most of them are in between the 6 and 7 range.

EDIT: Spyro 2 has an 8.8 and Spyro: Year of the Dragon got a 9.1. Both of those and the first one are available in a Spyro Collection.

I never have and never will listen to game reviews.

The only game series from Naughty Dog I've played is Jak & Daxter and it was damn good. I heard Crash was fun but I couldn't get into it.

WW is right, games lost their FUN a lot of time ago.

On topic of playstation games, I miss the FUN playstation games.

(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/hojaoscura/IMAGENES%20juegos/Oddworld-AbesOddysee.jpg)

I never cared enough about Spyro or Crash to bother playing them beyond seven minutes COMBINED. They were both very blaghdd.

That teacher is also a woman.

Irrelevant!

I can't tell you I'd play those games here and now, but I did have fun with them back in the day.

Never played Oddworld.

But Mega Man thankfully has still some kick in him, unlike dead shells like Spyro and Crash.

If you ignore Zero, Star Force and such.

If you ignore Zero, Star Force and such.

Everyone but Capcom does.

: ChaosVortex  18 September 2008, 04:43:51

If you ignore Zero, Star Force and such.

Everyone but Capcom does.

 8) I wonder if megaman ZX counts?

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: TheRedPriest  18 September 2008, 17:27:32

: ChaosVortex  18 September 2008, 04:43:51

If you ignore Zero, Star Force and such.

Everyone but Capcom does.

 8) I wonder if megaman ZX counts?

 :) Vote for me to be blue preist

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: TheRedPriest  18 September 2008, 17:27:32

: ChaosVortex  18 September 2008, 04:43:51

If you ignore Zero, Star Force and such.

Everyone but Capcom does.

 8) I wonder if megaman ZX counts?

Posted on: 20 September 2008, 00:11:09

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: cut n shred  20 September 2008, 00:11:09

: TheRedPriest  18 September 2008, 17:27:32

: ChaosVortex  18 September 2008, 04:43:51

If you ignore Zero, Star Force and such.

Everyone but Capcom does.

 8) I wonder if megaman ZX counts?

 :) Vote for me to be blue preist

  ;D i know promthesus

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Hahaha, this ones dumber than usual.

That might be one of my favorite noob-posts.

Hahaha, this ones dumber than usual.

No, he's not, he's just less creative.

Or something. I'm not entirely sure what it's trying to do.

Clutter the board maybe?

Uh... sorry to break it to you, but Megaman really isn't popular.

Shhh.
Let them dream, OD.

Childlike egocentrism at it's best.

You're such a psychology student.

What can I say? I freaking love psychology.

Lately he's popular for the wrong reasons.

Like Battle Network and Star Force.

Amen, I can never get into playing those games. For me, its classic, X and Legends. All the rest is crap, in my opinion.

I love how redundant younger internet users are in making sure we all know they are just stating their opinion, so that no one jumps at them or some stupid thing they think will happen.

I think that Megaman Battle Network is crap, objectively.

I love how redundant younger internet users are in making sure we all know they are just stating their opinion, so that no one jumps at them or some stupid thing they think will happen.

Well, running into assholes on the internet tends to teach some to stay on a defensive.

I only stopped the "in my opinion" thing when I came here, I'm pretty sure, and I was 17 when I started posting here.

Come to think of it I think I still do the "in my opinion" thing, I just say it in different words.

Oh I get WHY it happens, it's just funny.





In my opinion.

I see what you did there.

my opinion on why megaman is so popular is that because he is probably on the football team also the basketball team and did you hear about how he got with megan omg she is so hot but anyway he is also tall and pretty buff plus he has a gun

basically he just doesnt hang out with the nerds who play videogames and stuff ew

Megan is easy though.

u have a crushon megan!

lol mike and megan sitting in a tree

k i s s i n g

good luck man she is outta ur league

Everyone's out of your league when you don't play the game, son. But I'm always outnumbered, never outgunned.

And no I hate Megan she's a jerk that's why I pull her hair!

... she's priddy...

Gross! Cooties!

Fun fact: My brother's girlfriend's name is Megan, and I periodically call her Megaman as a Freudian slip.

Funner fact: My friend had a crush on a girl named Megan, but he didn't want me to tell anyone so we used the codename "MegaMan" to talk about her until it got weird because he was saying things like "I don't know if MegaMan likes me" and "I want to ask out MegaMan but I'm too nervous."

PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WERE WEIRD MAYBE

AND HE DOESN'T EVEN LIKE MEGAMAN

THE GAME

I had a crush on a Maegan in grade one.

Pssh. Bitch was a slut.

Not really.
But I heard she has a daughter now.
But I heard it from a total wretch, who smells really #####ing bad and always has and is very greasy and likes Batman too much and whole bunch of other reasons I'm not in contact with him and haven't been since grade seven.

I heard that, too. Also from Steve.

Did Steve tell you that, perchance?
Steve...

But I was actually being serious.

You?

Serious?

Why so?

Why? Why? Why?
What?
Why exactly?
What? Why?
Be more constructive with your feedback, please. Why?
Why?

But really, that's a real story. I doubt she has a kid and I hate that guy for those reasons and more anyway.

There ain't no party like my nana's tea party! Heeey! Hoooo!

But really. I don't care about Greasy McTotalWrench. Or his illegit son or whatever you were talking about.

I never said #####. Quit fibbin'.

(Note:}this only  applies to the original   Rockman, not the others.) My opinion is the reason  he  is still so popular is because he stood out from  the others at a time when  everyone aped the next ＢÎｇ thing,like with castlevania. He was also more unique in design and abilities, in comparison to other capcom characters like Arthur. And he , along with mario, is one of  the few game characters  ₩サ can Ｇモ〒 away with doing the same thing, and make  it  cool.

What the hell did I just read?

The arbitrary "artistic take" on those three three-letter words made me laugh.

It made me nauseous.

Mostly squares to me, but I figured it out, as I'm sure everyone else did. Whatever.

I'm going to follow that by saying "I don't think he's popular anymore," as I'm sure was already said. I mean, I don't even like new Mega Man games and I've just been getting into the classics a bit at a time.