Shadowman wrote:Autobobby1 wrote:Quick question:
In the PSP retcons, Capcom changes and adds facts/history. Do you think this is because they were lazy in the S/NES days, or are they trying to answer questions and fix plot holes?
Anyway, who says that the original Megaman bots aren't alive in the X series? Zero could've been saved just so that the Wily legacy would live on. Rock, Roll, Forte, and Blues (I'm using Japanese names as civilian names for them) cold just be civilian bots, since they're outdated. Or, Dr. Light could've put them in stasis pods like X. Or maybe their cores ran out of power after a while. Why'd they have to die?
Remember what Zero was like when Sigma first fought him?
Like that. Zero was, technically, the first reploid. (A reploid being any free-thinking robot based on MegaMan X's design) Thus making him unstoppable, at least by MegaMan, Duo, ProtoMan, or Bass.
Not to mention, the only think Wily ever told his machines to do was to kill MegaMan. Zero, essentially being a God amongst Machines, would've wiped the floor with the Blue Bomber.
Then there's the other possibility: X is the original MegaMan, upgraded. That woud NOT make Zero ProtoMan, though, because ProtoMan wasn't "The Last of the Doctor's Creations."
Did they ever say Zero was a Reploid? He can't be anyway cause unless it was revealed in X7, X8, or Maverick Hunter that Zero is based on X, he's just a really powerful humanoid robot. But in a sense I guess he could have been modified into a Reploid, cause Sigma told his guys to take Zero back to Dr. Cain. And is there a technical explanation for what a "Maverick" is?
Also, I beat X5 with Zero a little while ago, and something interests me: Sigma says he met an "old man" who could be considered Zero's father(Wily obviously). Also, it's noted that this old man "told him what to do". Please tell me this is a translation error, cause there is no way Wily could still be alive. Sigma obviously finding an old Wily base and maybe finding notes or a video of the ultimate plan to take over/destroy/desolate the Earth is the only plausible explanation I can think of.
Ah yes, this is the kind of discussion I was hoping for, and that's what puts the X series just slightly ahead of the original series, cause it has an actual storyline and plot with a lot of fun speculation and questions. The original series lacked almost all of this, unfortuneately.
And onto the games, why oh why do they even bother putting in the Gaia/Shadow armor if its impracticle to use??? Yes you can stand on spikes, a big plus, but you can't use special weapons and there are certain jumps that cannot be made with the armor equipped. X6 for example, the final Gate level, which could have been so easy to fix!!!! If it had been split into two leveles instead of just one long one. The Shadow Armor is great for the first part of the level, and decent for fighting High-Max too. But the next part though has that impossible jump.....
Guess that's why I'm so mad at X6, cause it had the potential to be great, but so many little frustrating factors made it terrible.