Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

  Another game I missed playing is The Misdaventures of Tron Bonne . Yeah, that time when cheat codes became popular because games were super hard. Well, the PSX games weren't that hard compared to the NES and SNES days! The game was a spin-off prequel to Megaman Legends . This was a game to play as Tron Bonne. The Bonnes weren't exactly all too evil and were more of anti-villains. In fact, it's often hinted Tron Bonne has a Villainous Crush on Megaman Volnutt. The Misadventures of Tron Bonne featured two far more evil antagonists. One was Lex Loath -- an obvious reference to LEX Luthor from DC Comics . Glyde is the right-hand man. I found these two funny especially with their debt trap operation. Loath would charge interest on interest -- making him one of the best villains in the Legends series. I even felt he should've returned in Megaman Legends 2 . However, it seems that Glyde was more popular than Loath. However, I still feel Loath could've been an interesting...

I'm still inclined to believe that Megaman Legends is separate from the Classic Megaman series. It's because Barrell's diary reveals that Megaman Volnutt was found as a BABY and was called by Roll CASKETT by such -- after one of her favorite video game character. References from here and there suggest that the Classic Megaman timeline is a FICTION WITHIN A FICTION. A lot of stuff couldn't even fit into the OG timeline. One of them would be the Reaverbots. The Reaverbots are enemies found n the ruins. Call them the third wheel of the Megaman Legends franchise as they're enemies to both Megaman Volnutt and the Bonnes! Capcom has had a habit of releasing prequel games. For example, Megaman 7- 8 were released sometime after the first Megaman X series. Megaman 9-11 were released sometime after Megaman X8 . It seems Megaman ZX is an attempt to put the what could've been separate timeline into the Classic Megaman timeline. Ironically, Megaman Legends 3 never came to be...

Megaman Legends is a game ahead of the fifth-generation consoles. Sure, it was limited but it's so sad Capcom abandoned this concept entirely. There was the spin-off Megaman X: Command Mission . However, I feel that Megaman Legends should've had at least one more game before it got canceled. Now, it's time to remember the time when I went on a sidequest. The sidequests could be tricky. I had to play the game several times before I discovered all of them. Depending on how one goes -- the sidequests can affect the way people will reply before Megaman Volnutt leaves Kattlelox Island. Some sidequests were only known to me either by (1) talking with friends, or (2) getting on the Internet. It reminds me of the good old days when gaming wasn't too expensive and Adobe didn't have that sh*tty subscription.  The game's sidequests can be either fun OR plain irritating. Some of them didn't affect much (such as that annoying Bomb sidequest and the Robbery Mission) while...

I confess that Megaman Legends is one series I wish hadn't gotten canceled so soon. A third game could've at least wrapped up the franchise before its cancellation. I would like to recall one of the craziest moments in my gaming history. I had Megaman Legends back in high school -- a game that I badly wanted. The game wasn't the standard Megaman game. I didn't like the idea that you had to ask Roll Caskett to switch weapons rather than be able to change weapons. Was it because of the memory space of the PSX back in the 1990s? Yes, the PSX is NOTORIOUS for its slow loading times. There are a lot of crazy moments in the game. One could talk about the sidequests where the Bonnes have a bomb threat (which I failed at it, MANY TIMES) and the hilarious Bank Robbery Mission. I'm prone to gamer rage A LOT. However, this was one gamer rage that makes me laugh at myself. The Defend City Hall mission is probably the craziest one... There was one annoying (but the same time fun...

Capcom unfortunately canned the prospective Megaman Legends 3 series (WTF) and now is making Street Fighter V just exclusive to PS4 for consoles in the current generation (again, WTF, they shouldn't have done that)... I really want to write my case why I personally don't think Megaman Legends really belongs to the Classic Megaman universe. Like Megaman Battle Network , it is best viewed as a spin-off rather than part of the original Megaman series. Now look at the settings of Megaman X and Megaman Legends - Megaman X has all the high technology in it which the Legends series lack. The Scouter would be obsolete in Megaman Legends . The Bonnes aren't even chased by the Maverick Hunters. You can go and list everything - Megaman Volnutt really belongs to a separate continuity from Classic Megaman. The default Megaman continuity goes from Megaman, Megaman X and Megaman ZX but there is no way that Megaman ZX after 1,000 years. I think the Megaman Legends series was a ground...

The continuity of Megaman Legends can be seen as a totally different continuity. Having played Megaman Legends 2 - there's the diary of Professor Barrell Caskett. Yes, that means Roll Caskett isn't the Roll of Classic Megaman .  I once thought it was all the same continuity but the diary reveals that Megaman VOLNUTT is named after Classic Megaman . Classic Megaman is treated as Fiction Within a Fiction evidenced by the show in the bar, the video game, and a poster of Zero at the toy store. Megaman Legends was released in 1997 and the sequel Megaman Legends 2 was released in 2000. It's no secret that some Classic Megaman games come out after the Megaman X SNES Trilogy . For example, Megaman 7 came out sometime after Megaman X . Megaman Legends came with 3D Megaman spin-off that sadly never had the third installment. I think the game should've had a third installment before its cancellation. I mean, there was a lot of potential with the storyline especially the Elder Syst...

I was thinking about watching the Reploid Revo series on Youtube. The video above does tell the lore that I never played. Granted, I NEVER played Megaman Zero series or the Megaman ZX series so all I could do is to think. So, what could've happened during the time from the post-X series? Megaman X did become a Cyber Elf. It's not even stated what or how the Classic Megaman cast actually passed away. Though, statistics may confirm that Megaman X isn't Classic Megaman unless Capcom finally decided to retcon it in Megaman X5 . I think the Megaman X series really is pretty blur over what happened between the hundred years. Zero is confirmed as Dr. Wily's final creation. It's interesting to see how Reploids and humans have begun to merge in Megaman Zero and later Megaman ZX . In Megaman Legends , there is the term called Carbons. The Carbons are artificially created organic humans who can modify themselves to bizarre lengths - something that regular humans are incapable ...

Megaman is one series that I was obsessed with in my late tens and early teens. Then I thought that I do still have an obsession with Megaman (to a certain extent) but not as far as to "must have every Megaman item and game" -- I just want to gather all the favorites that I played in the NES, PSX and PS2 games. Note that I won't be ranking them according to collections such as Anniversary Collection and Legacy Collection and neither will handhelds be mentioned here since I have NO handheld systems. Games like Megaman NAVI and Megaman Star Force won't be included. Spin-off games like Megaman Legends 2, Megaman Legends and Misadventures of Tron Bonne will be included. But I'd actually rank them by series as to avoid confusion but I'd actually also rank the series ACCORDING to my preferences. This won't cover up an entire list either and I still am getting hesitant to get Megaman 11 and play Megaman 9 and 10 too... I. Megaman X series -- my favorite X s...

As I look back to last decade, as I look back to the late 90s and the time the PS1 and the PS2 introduced a lot of cool stuff -- I still think about the fun I had with Megaman Legends. As of the present, there's Megaman 11 coming out, no news of a new Megaman X game (except for X and Zero in Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite) and then I decided to think about the opportunity cost called Megaman Legends 3. Yes, I understand that it came out when the PS1 was coming to an end. I thought about the PS2 and I was hoping for a Megaman Legends game. Instead, we got some games with Megaman Legends references such as Megaman X7 (the 3D gameplay and unfortunately bad target system), Megaman X8 (Lumine is a darker, more evil Megaman Juno) and Command Mission is an RPG though it's turn-based. So really, why wasn't there Megaman Legends 3? TBH, I think they could have invested time and money on making Megaman Legends 3 instead of Command Mission -- take note that I'm still a fan of t...

Just the news that Megaman X will appear in Marvel VS. Capcom Infinite makes me think, "Well I hope Crapcom doesn't screw it this time!" I remembered how I got so upset with Marvel vs. Capcom 3, how I didn't like the whole idea that Megaman X wasn't put and we only had Zero. There's always that feeling, "Screw you Capcom!" Then there's Keiji Inafune leaving and unfortunately Mighty No. 9 didn't do so well on its launch. But I'd like to talk about my history with Megaman games. As a child, I remembered owning a Family Computer before we had a Playstation. I enjoyed playing the Super Mario Bros. series especially my personal favorite Super Mario Bros. 3. But one game particularly caught my attention and it was Megaman. My first Megaman game was Megaman 3 followed by Megaman 6 and Megaman 5 so I had a hard time adjusting to the first Megaman and I only played Megaman 2 during the Megaman: Anniversary Collection Game when we finally had...

While I would want to believe that Megaman Legends is just a spin-off and not related to the Classic Megaman/Megaman Legends timeline since their setting is hardly as hi-tech as that of the settings in Megaman X... I mean think most of the vehicles here are more typical to ours than to that of Megaman X.  But what if the world underwent drastic changes or two... like Megaman ZX there is hardly a distinction between Reploids and Humans.  Megaman ZX happens in the year 25XX as opposed to Megaman X which takes place in 21XX.  So we think of Megaman Legends 2 where there is the 3,000 year gap so when did things happen? In the Megaman Zero series, Megaman X had already become a Cyber Elf.  Maybe the Cyber-Elves have later become the Ancients.  So after Megaman Zero's events, maybe Zero became "The Master" or one of the Ancients.  Maybe after the disasters in Megaman Zero and Megaman ZX, where the Carbons had existed.  Along the line, Megaman X may have ...

While playing Megaman X8 , I have noticed some things weird about the game. While Megaman Legends 3 got canned by Capcom, Megaman X 8 was really full of Megaman Legends references. Let's start, shall we? Although Megaman Legends is non-canonical to this game (or is it), there are still references to Megaman Legends . The story of Megaman X8 focuses on the Jakob's Ladder. The whole point was building the new ideal paradise. In Megaman Legends 2, we have the space colony called Elysium which is synonymous to Paradise. The idea of Paradise was being made one way or another.  The bosses sort of have some references to Megaman Legends 2.  My examples are: Gigavolt Man O War as a reference to the electric jellyfishes Bamboo Pandamonium would be a reference to Klaymoor Dark Mantis would be a reference to Bola Earthrock Trilobyte's operations would be like digging for Refractors Burn Rooster might be a reference to Glyde's cockiness. The navigators are your spotters. Roll C...

Megaman 6 was the final Megaman game for the NES.  Megaman 3 supposedly had Dr. Wily "dead" but he was found to have escaped after his robot Gamma was defeated.  However the game credits write, "To be continued..." at the end of the credits, suggesting another Megaman game.  So why did Megaman 6 not become the end of the series before the X series for new generation systems began? Megama 7 itself was Classic Megaman on the NES, at the same time Capcom had the Megaman X series.  Megaman 7 for me was a good game but the NES ones were more fun.  But Megaman 7 still had Keiji Inafune involved why did Inafune decide to keep the series going back then?  Megaman X was already released but why was Megaman 7 released anyway?  I guess it was an attempt to bridge the two Megaman robots together. For a bit of details.  Megaman 7 was released as Rockman 7 in March 24, 1995.  Megaman X2 was released as Rockman X2 in December 16, 1994.  So Megama...

Megaman Legends had references to the original Megaman timeline, even if it wasn't part of it.  What are these?  One might consider these... aside from the obvious Roll Caskett who is NOT his sister here but his potential love interest. Megaman Legends: In the first game items you can get are the following.  The Z-Saber can be won from the TV Station games and the X-Buster (NOT a buster part) can be used to create the Shining Laser, the BEST weapon in the game! Megaman Volnutt is referred as the "Blue Boy". In the later part of the game, one character is named Wily but is NOT Dr. Wily! For the game's main antagonist, Megaman Juno has a reference to Sigma.  Both he and Sigma seek to destroy the humans. Megaman Legends 2: Megaman Legends 2 had more of them.  In the earlier part of the game, reading the diary of Professor Barrel will reveal more about Megaman.  Megaman Trigger was found as a baby and was named as Megaman, after Roll's favorite v...

While playing Megaman Legends, the recurring antagonists called the Bonnes are back to the lighter and softer in the alternate Megaman Universe called the Legends continuity.  So they are apparently a family of cyborgs or "carbons".  If they were in the regular Megaman continuity, they would be the lamest groups of Mavericks considering they were only making half-brained schemes plus Sigma won't like them a bit.  They usually made goofy looking robots that end up in the scrap heat. The Servbots are the Bonnes' family robots.  They have their cute appearance to avoid suspicion that they are Mavericks.  They are pretty useful like piloting mechs, throwing bombs and the like.  I personally thought in Megaman Legends 2 that their use was even utilized. For their plots, the Bonnes unlike most Megaman antagonists regardless of continuity, were pirates.  They were more after money and had some sense of honor.  In Megaman Legends, one can see they w...

Sure Megaman Legends is a completely different Megaman from that of the regular Megaman to Megaman X storyline.  For one, people were awaiting for the whole "Elder System" thing that was activated and two, Megaman Volnutt's to be rescued from the moon.  It ticked me off to hear it was cancelled three years ago.  WTF Capcom?  Why cancel the game when the first two games were doing good?  Really, was this some conspiracy against Keiji Inafune?  I was thinking that Capcom used to be one of my favorite companies because the whole Megaman series was my favorite video game since I was little up to present.  I mean the Legends series was pretty solid and had good reviews, why on Earth should they even be so bad to get rid of the series? Like it or not for Capcom, 100,000 people and more are strong for bringing back the project but so sad to say, Capcom has come to Crapcom with all its decisions.  That is a huge number.  If Capcom wants to make m...

There's one thing that needs to be clarified- while Megaman X is part of the mainline Megaman continuity, Megaman Legends and Megaman.EXE are not.  These are like Transformers G1 is NOT part of Transformers Unicron Trilogy or the Batman your mom watched isn't canon to the Batman you watched!  Now for some insights on the canceled Megaman Legends series. First, notice that Roll here is Roll CASKET so she CANNOT be the same Roll from the mainline Megaman series as I used to think.  In the first game, Megaman Volnutt was found as a baby and not created as a robot. He is more or less human or as Carbons are, organic reploids.  You might also want to notice that there are no connections between the Maverick Hunters in the X series to putting the Bonnes in the wanted list of Mavericks.  What we see in the first game is that even with some references to the X series, it's not connected to the X series seeing how "primitive" this world is and neither to the first Meg...