Is Barrel from EXE the equivalent of Dash's Barrel?

Lord of all kobuns · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 43 Location: Beavercreek, Ohio

There's a Barrel in EXE, and a Barrel in Dash. Are they equivalent/alternate universe/different time period forms? I know Colonel is from X, which is yet another alternate universe/different time period. This makes things confusing (for me). So...is old man Professor Barrel an older version of EXE's Barrel in an alternate universe? Or did the guy's re-use the name because they liked it?
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Elementalman.EXE · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:01 am Post subject:

No...they are two completely different people. Barrel Casket is an old digger, in the Dash Universe, which supposedly takes place hundreds of years after the X Series. EXE Barrel is a military-type man, who has nothing to do with archeology. We do see him older in Stream, but he's nothing like Barrel Caskett.

I think they just reused his name, to create a character for EXE. The two aren't related in a cosmic way
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DrkXFuZion · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:36 am Post subject:

That doesn't neccessarily mean the EXE Barrel isn't a reference to the original Barrel. >.<

For example, Glyde and Glyde.exe are rather different in key ways, but it is widely accepted that Glyde.exe is a reference to Glyde from DASH.

Roll was like a housekeeping robot with a screwdriver for a main weapon while Roll.exe is a Rockman-phile with an overdose of pink.

Slashman was a hideous beast that became a steamlined ninja like being in the EXE series.

Yaito in DASH was a quiz girl. Yaito in EXE is a spoiled rich brat.

Need I go on? The only character I can say is a direct cross over is Dr. Wily.
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HeatShadow · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject:

And Tadashi Hikari, don't forget about him.

It's certainly possible the character designers at Capcom thought making the EXE Barrel a sortof younger, more action-heroy version of the Legends Barrel.
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