Mega Man

**Kong** · 05-07-2009, 05:21 PM

Mega Man is a video game character created by Keiji Inafune and is the title character of the Mega Man series developed by Capcom in 1987. Since then, he has become one of the company's primary original characters and continues to be one of the video game industry's most recognizable icons. Having appeared on many gaming systems since the Nintendo Entertainment System, Mega Man has had a wide gaming audience, and his games continue to evolve with the ever-changing hardware demands of modern gaming systems.

The several spin-off series that have emerged over the past years, each one continuing the Mega Man mythos in some unique way, includes but is not limited to the Mega Man X, Mega Man Legends, Mega Man Battle Network, and Mega Man Star Force series. A resulting animated series was also produced originally in Japan as well as a number of toys, comics, and collectibles available both in and outside of Japan.

Mega Man's role in the original story is to battle the mad scientist Dr. Wily and his ever-growing army of robots, and stop them from taking over the planet by using their own special abilities against them. Utilizing his special Mega Blaster arm cannon (becomes the Mega Buster starting with Mega Man IV), and his ability to copy a defeated robot's special weapon, Mega Man must travel the world and traverse harsh environments in order to bring Wily's menace to an end. With the help of his creator Dr. Light and his assorted robotic companions, Mega Man's eventual goal is to one day achieve "everlasting peace".

Although originally the names "Mighty Kid", "Knuckle Kid" and "Rainbow Man" were proposed, Capcom eventually settled on "Rockman" as Mega Man's Japanese moniker. The word "Rock" in Rockman is a reference to the music genre rock and roll, and is meant to work in tandem with his "sister" robot, Roll. Such music-themed naming conventions are present in a number of Keiji Inafune's other character designs, such as Blues. In addition, the original Mega Man titles intentionally incorporated a "Rock, Paper, Scissors" gameplay mechanic into defeating certain enemies.

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**OmegaShadow** · 06-13-2009, 11:01 AM

Why isn't Mega Man X 1 and 2 listed on the poll? If Mega Man X 2 was there I would've voted for that, so I'm not voting.

**OldTimer** · 06-13-2009, 11:43 AM

Megaman 2 was awesome when i was a kid. Thanx for all the info Kong.

**sezthemank** · 08-17-2009, 02:51 PM

I wanted to vote Megaman X but It aint there

**the_riesen** · 10-23-2009, 03:59 PM

megaman 2 is the only nes cartritdge i still have, the rest my brother took lol

**xtremelean** · 02-07-2011, 08:21 PM

I love Mega Man X3. It had the best action. But its my 2nd favorite game in the X series. It's actually Mega Man X5 thats my favorite in the X series.

**Inkubus** · 11-27-2012, 01:28 AM

Mega Man 2
Not as hard as the first game but it is better in so many ways.

**DrunkN** · 10-08-2014, 12:43 AM

I looked up Mighty Number 9 in RU's search feature and this thread came up.

Probably because of this paragraph:

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Although originally the names "Mighty Kid", "Knuckle Kid" and "Rainbow Man" were proposed, Capcom eventually settled on "Rockman" as Mega Man's Japanese moniker. The word "Rock" in Rockman is a reference to the music genre rock and roll, and is meant to work in tandem with his "sister" robot, Roll. Such music-themed naming conventions are present in a number of Keiji Inafune's other character designs, such as Blues. In addition, the original Mega Man titles intentionally incorporated a "Rock, Paper, Scissors" gameplay mechanic into defeating certain enemies.nemies.

**ZedIsDead** · 10-08-2014, 12:57 AM

What's with the poll in this thread? It's all over the place, and there's even a Flash game in there, while omitting some of the classics.

My vote would have been for Mega Man X.

**DrunkN** · 10-08-2014, 09:05 AM

If I could do it all again I'da voted Mega Man 3.