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Post by Tornado Man on Sept 15, 2013 3:14:22 GMT
I thought I would start us off on a positive note here! I love the Mega Man comic, I actually think Archie is doing a really good job staying faithful and telling a new fresh story at the same time. And with the exception of the Sonic crossover, the art has been to my liking. The crossover never got any of the details wrong, I just didn't care for the style. The story in the current issue is great. I like the take they are doing on RA Moon in between Mega Man 2 and 3. I do have to wonder though, with the current evens happening, with Protoman shooting Roll and Wily showing his crazy side building the ultimate robot to destroy Ra Moon, what does is mean for the series and following the games events? Is Protoman still going to be on Wily's side once 3's plot comes around? Doesn’t Protoman being Break Man hinge on Wily deceiving and continuing to deceive him? Does it really matter if they don’t go the Gamma route? I for one would like to see something fresh, while still using the Mega Man 3 Robot Masters. I know they have been built by Ra Moon, but they haven’t really been featured yet, so I do look forward to seeing the fight between them and Mega Man. It would be cool if Protoman defected and had to fight them all at once to escape. |
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Post by Aaron on Sept 15, 2013 6:02:14 GMT
Well, quite a lot has happened since the fourms went offline. At that point, I think we were around... issue 20. Now, the much-hyped Sonic/Mega Man crossover is done, and the comic is continuing with the Ra Moon storyline. The crossover was fun, but the art was uneven.
Anyway, issue 29. I got this just a few days ago (unlike normal, which is around the begining of the month). Loved it. The story, thus far, is faithful to the game, while adding its own touches.
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Post by A-Guest on Sept 15, 2013 7:40:17 GMT
I must say, I'm a huge fan of crossovers of any sort.
Therefore and since MegaMan and Sonic are two of my favorite game series, I loved this crossover to death.
Sure, there were parts where you might think of why there's no other way to resolve the situation, like Sonic's opinion about Rock which turned from "dumb robot" to "most awesome dude ever", or when Tails upgraded the Mega Buster to fire Spindashs, a point at which the fights went to fast anyway.
But in the end, it was fun to read and stuff.
For the regular story, I love it so far.
The beginning was nice although sort of weird when knowing the games or reading MegaMix before, but then all the character development and the show of "Rock's human side" with original Archie mates like Tempo (one of my favorite characters) was great.
However, I think they're doing strange with SAR putting in before R3 where Rock and Blues actually meet for the first time.
Not just because of that but unlike in the games, Rock was affected by the EMP RaMoon did.
Wasn't he and the other Light bots supposed to be immune against it?
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Post by Tornado Man on Sept 16, 2013 22:58:17 GMT
I think its more interesting this way. Also, in the SAR game, Blues didn't shoot Roll.
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Post by Otaku on Sept 19, 2013 14:04:23 GMT
Sadly still unable to afford the book (tough times) but because there were some questions relating directly to games, I believe I can help but if you are completely clueless about Mega Man 3
SPOILER ALERT!
The basic plot of Mega Man 3 is that Dr. Wily comes to Dr. Light pleading to be forgiven and to work together for some important peace-related project. Blues may either sincerely believe Wily has reformed or be suspicious of him, but either explains him "helping" Wily. There is also the "testing my brother" angle that is regularly seen with his character. He may be trying to stop the Robot Masters on his own and thus forces the battle so that only the stronger brother may continue, fearing for Mega Man's safety or out of stubbornness, even if he knows Wily is behind it. If he doesn't know Wily has sabotaged things, he may mistakenly believe Mega Man has been sabotaged. Who knows, given that this series is being written now perhaps there will be a fake Roboenza/Maverick Virus/similar reprogramming virus postulated by Wily as a part of his smokescreen... which again could justify Blues thinking Rock is the one who has gone rogue (might explain why Blues dons the Break Man get-up as well).
Oh, and they could just have the events caused by Ra Moon somehow compromise Rock's memory; unless Dr. Light has already been up front with Rock and Roll about this, if they had their memories wiped over Blues, Light might be tempted to just let it go.
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Post by Quallevra on Sept 20, 2013 2:24:18 GMT
Regardless of the long-standing theories about "testing" and the like, I believe the official explanation in MM3 is that Proto Man was genuinely serving Dr. Wily at the time, to repay him for temporarily fixing him. When he fights Mega Man in that game, it's to get in his way. I don't know if those were his orders, or if he chose to downgrade them from "try to kill him". It might depend on whether Proto Man knew who Mega Man was at the time (since he left before he was built). If he didn't know, though, he at least must have had doubts about Wily, since he's also helping Mega Man on the sly half the time. Either way, though, Proto Man was technically aligned with Wily until he grabbed Kalinka and ditched toward the end of MM4.
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Post by Otaku on Sept 20, 2013 13:20:11 GMT
Regardless of the long-standing theories about "testing" and the like, I believe the official explanation in MM3 is that Proto Man was genuinely serving Dr. Wily at the time, to repay him for temporarily fixing him. When he fights Mega Man in that game, it's to get in his way. I don't know if those were his orders, or if he chose to downgrade them from "try to kill him". It might depend on whether Proto Man knew who Mega Man was at the time (since he left before he was built). If he didn't know, though, he at least must have had doubts about Wily, since he's also helping Mega Man on the sly half the time. Either way, though, Proto Man was technically aligned with Wily until he grabbed Kalinka and ditched toward the end of MM4. I was unaware the "testing" angle wasn't canon, especially as it shows up again in a later game (Mega Man 7)... or is it another East versus West thing? Still, the important thing to remember is that this is the Archie comic book's "retelling" of the events, which means it will have access not only to what was actually intended, but also assorted fan theories. The original question was how could the events of Mega Man 3 fit in after Super Adventure Rockman, yes? |
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Post by Quallevra on Sept 21, 2013 1:27:42 GMT
As far as MM3 goes, I believe the testing theory is pure fanon, but yes, up to Archie if they want to run with it.
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Post by A-Guest on Sept 21, 2013 22:39:10 GMT
I always believed Blues to test Rock in M3 but less to make sure he's capable of fighting Wily than for preparing reasons.
Also, wasn't SAR taking place between M4 and M5 anyway?
This said, there's enough room actually for Blues to make up his mind about his little brother and still to be one of the bad guys.
As a side note: The latest Sonic the Hedgehog issue came out as well and got reviewed already.
Many things changed, the more original story became more canon with the games and since Sonic and Robotnik were in the middle of the messed up Chaos Control, both of them remember MegaMan and the whole crossover thing.
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Post by Aaron on Oct 23, 2013 19:10:17 GMT
Issue 30 is out now.
Shadow Man finally gets his time in the spotlight.
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Post by jad4321 on Dec 4, 2013 17:35:41 GMT
Wow 30 issues? I've got a lot to catch up on. Guess I'll hit that order line soon. It's good to see though the comics are still running pretty strong. About anything good mega man related beside fan games we're getting now. So they said there would be a sneak peak of the X series comic running on the side of Mega Man? Or is that an issue a little after what's currently happening? I forget what was said there about it.
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Post by VileMKII on Dec 24, 2013 16:51:06 GMT
Man I dig this comic so much. They do sooooo many things right in comparison to like, Dreamwaves attempt at making a comic. With the latest issue, I really enjoy how undeniable they have turned Protoman into such a bad***. I've never quite seen Protoman be so hardcore. Just that line "Can. You. Fight." Just loved it.
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Post by Otaku on Dec 25, 2013 16:43:47 GMT
Man I dig this comic so much. They do sooooo many things right in comparison to like, Dreamwaves attempt at making a comic. With the latest issue, I really enjoy how undeniable they have turned Protoman into such a bad***. I've never quite seen Protoman be so hardcore. Just that line "Can. You. Fight." Just loved it. Huh, that's weird; Protoman pretty much always came across that way to me. While not correct, due to things in Nintendo Power and Mega Man 3 I began with the idea that Protoman, the long lost "brother" of Mega Man, was working for Wily to take him down from within while testing his brother to see if Rock is really ready for the coming battles. What we've actually seen of Protoman since continues to reinforce the image. Plus the Battle Network/Megaman.EXE games made his counterpart into Not Zero (...while even including a Zero analog in a side game!). Still, glad you're enjoying this take on the character. Makes me wish I could actually read the comics, or at least get the main site to load so I could continue reading the reviews. =P |
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Post by silentbobx on Jan 21, 2014 1:02:24 GMT
Issue #33 has been released. -Wily's claiming that Ra Moon controlled his actions. Psht!
-Roll and Auto run tests on Megaman in the night. D'aaaw moments with Roll.
-Wily gets arrested by Stern and Krantz, but not before Megaman gets up and vows to prove Wily innocent.
-Back in Lanfront Ruins, Shadowman escapes Breakman and company. So yeah, sometimes downtime is good for those character developing moments. Good issue. Can't wait for the next. |
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Post by Zan on Feb 1, 2014 1:06:17 GMT
Issue 33 was very good. I've had my doubts about SAR before MM3, but they managed to pull off a real nice lead-in from one to the other.
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