Thread 11809871

>Today, Mega Man is a globally recognized name. I’m even surprised by how far it’s come and how long it’s remained relevant. It remains a hot topic online, with strong support spanning from the original retro game to the latest instalments and spin-offs.

>And yet, no one knows its origin. This has led to speculation and misinformation online, which I admit is sometimes disappointing to see

https://www.patreon.com/ak_blueprints

He seems aware of the online discourse around the series, yet says that no one knows the origin of the series. Which is strange since there's been multiple books by Capcom on the series. What is it that you think hasn't been revealed? Why were the dev interviews lacking?

>>11809871 (OP)
>Mega Man is a globally recognized name
no it's not

>>11809876
yes the fuck it is
you're retarded

>>11809871 (OP)
Cute Roll lol

The thing is, people confuse “origin” with “development history.” Yeah, we’ve got the Rockman Complete Works interviews and some Udon translations, but there’s always this hazy gray area around who exactly conceptualized what. Like, Akira Kitamura gets credited as the creator, but even he said it was a team effort and the robot master concept came after the base engine. There’s speculation that the "Blue Bomber" look was a limitation-turned-style from the Famicom palette, not a grand artistic vision.

So when AK_Blueprints says “no one knows the origin,” I think he’s referring more to the deeper creative spark—like who had the first true idea of Mega Man as we know him—not just “we made a platformer with robots.” And that’s the kind of stuff that DOES get lost when it’s all filtered through marketing and decades of localization.

His only contribution to Rockman Works 20.

>>11809880
it is known as rock man in japan.
japan is part of the globe.

>>11809973
Japan is on the moon

>>11809973
they're not retarded, anon.
they know rockman is called mega man elsewhere.

>>11809880
Ask the lady at the McDonald's counter if she knows what mega man is

>>11810015
I did this

Anyone over 25 knows about Mega Man
The problem is that it's becoming less and less relevant, though I've seen at least one kid ask for his dad for some Mega Man thing at gamestop a few year ago

>>11810015
if that's the standard nothing is famous because any given McDonald's counter negress is going to be ignorant of various aspects of popular culture

>>11810032
The beautiful nubian queen knows ryu thoughver

Has Kitamura done interviews? Always seemed like a ghost

>>11809887
I like sleeves-Roll better.

>>11810116
Design-wise I'm good with either. But Kitamura's drawing there is the cutest Roll I've ever seen.

>>11810116
i like all rolls.

>>11809973
the Japanese know that Rockman is called Mega Man in other places.
source: I'm friends with a lot of Japanese bros

What’re you lolicons up to in here?

>>11809871 (OP)
>Mega Man is a globally recognized name
the only think i know about this series is the sexy nympho in your pic from the lolicon porn i jerk off to

posting in a based thread

>>11809871 (OP)
I really liked Roll as a character before all the loli art was propagated.

>>11810116
I bought this years ago, it's really cute. Still mad I missed the X and Zero models

>>11810721
I honestly did not know how much they openly whored out Roll despite growing up with several versions of Mega Man, not until years later

>>11809887
It was made by her and mega man's character designer, Akira Kitamura.

>>11810061
he resurfaced from the ether a few years back, he's on twitter often answering dev questions by fans.

>>11812331
has he not gone mad from the english speaking fanbase autism yet? Knowing English is a total curse for Japanese devs.

>>11812327
Yeah, it's funny since my impression was the he wasn't considered to be an artist at the time, hence Inafune's contributions to the art style. Maybe he's just improved since then, because the art he posts on Twitter is quite cute

>>11809871 (OP)
>He seems aware of the online discourse around the series, yet says that no one knows the origin of the series. Which is strange since there's been multiple books by Capcom on the series. What is it that you think hasn't been revealed? Why were the dev interviews lacking?

It's a catchphrase to make himself and what he has to say look important and you fell for it.

>>11812345
His first development post says he was going to a "vocational school for graphic design." He submitted his original Rock Man design documents that he created when first planning out the game, and those are his sketches. It seems that it's a similar situation with Miyamoto, where he is an artist in that he designed both the sketches and in-game pixel art for the character, but is not a professional artist so others did the promotional artwork.

https://www.rockman-corner.com/2025/03/16-additional-pages-from-mega-man-1-s.html
https://www.rockman-corner.com/2025/03/16-additional-pages-from-mega-man-1-s.html

>>11812354
I mean maybe. but his interview for Maniax in 2011 is basically all new information. I have read a lot of the Mega Man interviews before, and they didn't mention much of this, aside from maybe Rainbowman. People also see the obvious Astro Boy influence, but then not see the also obvious Cashern and Ninja Captor influence. The original concept is very similar to Ninja Captor, with each power up giving Rock a different symbol on his head, but this was deemed not possible on the Famicom hardware.

We also learn a lot about Nobuyuki Matsushima, the original programmer for 1-2. He created the trick to mash two sprites together, to give more detail than most other games at the time. Also his idea to allow Rock to change colors on the fly to signal what weapon he has.

https://shmuplations.com/megaman/

>>11812356
Behold: AK's original 8 robot masters. Two were cut entirely, and 4 were redesigned. Only 3 of AK's original boss designs made it to the final game.

I thought as a kid it was quite genius, that with the 6 bosses and Rock and Roll, you had 8 "robot masters" which means Roll is just as important to the lore as anyone else, but it turns out that the number was cut from 8 to 6 for budget and time reasons.

>>11812362
Draft for stage select screen.

>>11812367
Rock Man is variously seen with a face mask or not, likely not decided. Also he doesn't have an arm "buster" and just shoots out of his hand.

>>11812179
Idgi

>>11812356
Miyamato is decently well enough artist despite that not being his job at all
I mean he's not Leonardo da Vinci, but his doodles are something I could see in an old comic or cartoon

I thought it was all just Astro Boy fanfictions

>metalman
>woodman
>flashman
>bubbleman
>airman
>crashman
>quickman
>heatman
Were they onto something or out of their mind?

>>11811127
Damn now I want one of these

I'd be curious to know about the development of pic. Both Kitamura and Inafune worked on it, and it was apparently the game that the Capcom bosses told them to make, while the team worked on Rockman 2 as a side project.
It's actually an amusing concept, mashing the Famicom's fad genres of mystery adventure and baseball into a baseball murder mystery, but it seems to have been ignored entirely outside of Japan. I'd have thought that the Mega Man obsession would've spilled over into curiosity about MM2's sister game, but seemingly not.