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Post by Hypershell on Sept 7, 2014 21:12:54 GMT
As overwhelmingly powerful as Sigma is, I always thought that it made very little sense for him to be the first Reploid ever created. One would expect the first Reploid to have a fairly generalized design, while Sigma is obviously designed to be an extraordinary combat leader without peer. Even by X8's standards Sigma's original body is STILL considered well above average, how much sense does it make for virtually the ENTIRE Reploid line that followed him to be inferior if his construction was merely an AI experiment?
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Post by Otaku on Sept 8, 2014 15:36:20 GMT
As overwhelmingly powerful as Sigma is, I always thought that it made very little sense for him to be the first Reploid ever created. One would expect the first Reploid to have a fairly generalized design, while Sigma is obviously designed to be an extraordinary combat leader without peer. Even by X8's standards Sigma's original body is STILL considered well above average, how much sense does it make for virtually the ENTIRE Reploid line that followed him to be inferior if his construction was merely an AI experiment? I doubt they would use this, as this is just me taking up your challenge, but there are indeed numerous factors that could result in the prototype being superior to the production model. Besides "happy accidents" where for some reason Sigma had features/qualities that they couldn't reproduce again, it is possible they could produce units like Sigma, but it wasn't deemed cost effective. This is especially true if reploid production is largely reproduction (...not that kind of reproduction!); factories basically copy/pasted Sigma. That could even mean variations weren't even intentional, but were the result of "flawed copies" or intentionally cost-cutting or after-market alterations. Otherwise I agree; this seems like an attempt at making Sigma "more important" to Reploid history. He can't just be one of their best that went Maverick, he's got to be the first?  |
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Post by GIleum on Jan 24, 2017 4:40:45 GMT
Sigma wasnt the first Reploid. www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_SNES//Manual/formated/Mega_Man_X_-_1993_-_Capcom_Co.,_Ltd..pdf Straight from the game manual itself. Cain remarks Sigma is "the most intelligent reploid he's created", and "contains his latest circuit designs." Then Cain says that Sigma has been leading the Maverick Hunters for two months. How can Sigma be the first, and also leader of the Maverick Hunters? The Maverick Hunters wouldnt exist without maverick attacks. If Sigma was the first Reploid, and the first maverick attack happens, He would have to also then be Maverick. I have no idea where this notion that "Sigma was the first reploid" came from. Your source of MegaMan Xtreme doesnt even say that he was first. Just that he was created by Dr. Cain and what a Reploid is. Personally, I would believe MegaMan X1, the game that started it all, more so than a random Gameboy Color entry. |
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Post by Quallevra on Jan 25, 2017 3:52:25 GMT
The rationale was that those "latest circuit designs" were an upgrade, and that Sigma was repurposed to lead the Hunters when they were actually formed. That said, I think we figured out a long time ago that this wasn't true. It came from a comment, in an artbook or something I think, referring to him as the "number one Reploid", or "formost Reploid", or something like that-- something meant to mean that he was the best. It was mistranlated for a while to mean "first Reploid".
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Post by Drago on Feb 16, 2017 18:39:50 GMT
Well, if Sigma wasn't the first reploid, then who was? I'm not asking for an answer from anybody here, but the first reploid should probably be significant enough to at least be named. They don't have to be powerful or even the best at whatever job they do, but someone that important to the lore should be known. Considering the only named reploid we have that even comes close to being that first reploid is Sigma, it comes to reason that it must be him. Once again, it doesn't guarantee anything, but it's currently the best option we have. Hypershell Considering X's design was the one used for every reploid after him, I'd be fully willing to say that the prototype is superior to the models based off it. Even if that prototype is Sigma. |
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Post by Quallevra on Feb 17, 2017 2:33:48 GMT
Alas, we'll never know who this mysterious first was, because important or not, it doesn't tell us. Maybe if he'd actually done something significant after being built, other than argue with Dr. Cain.
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Post by Drago on Mar 17, 2017 6:47:38 GMT
That's fair. Unfortunately, it does seem to be the case that being the first of an entire new group of sentient beings was not enough to earn name rights.
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Post by DandyLilNerd on Aug 6, 2017 2:08:17 GMT
 Never in my lifetime will I believe that's Sigma
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Post by Bimmy the Purple on Jul 28, 2018 16:47:02 GMT
Actually it is a common misconception that Sigma is the original reploid, it comes from a mistranslated line from the Japanese version that should say he is reploid #1 as in the best reploid not the original
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