Rockman: Good Or Whack?

Harish Rallapali · Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 5

Seriously? Is this rockman thing good or whack? It looks a lot like a spin-off of that Megaman game they made in the 80s. Might check it out if it's not a total rip. Thoughts?

Pitchums · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:39 pm Post subject:

...I have no idea what you're talking about... You totally lost me. Which Rockman thing? and which MegaMan game...?
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**PlaguedOne** · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:06 pm Post subject: Re: Rockman: Good Or Whack?

I'm going to assume you're asking if the EXE Series (Battle Network Series) is good and how much like the original Rockman games they are. I assure you that, though the EXE series is very much a spinoff from the original games, they play completely differently.

While the classic games are 2D sidescrolling adventure games, the EXE games are more of an RPG experience crossed with CCG (collectable card game) elements. I was sceptical of this new series at first, but when I tried the first game, I was hooked right away. Definately give them a try.

Harish Rallapali · Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 5

Wait... five rockman games? Five?

Is Konami OK with this kind of blatant copyright infringement?

I mean, I can understand if it's really, really good. But if I were a game producer that made a successful title for the NES like Megaman, only to find that twenty years later five different people had turned my game in to some crazy Japanese ripoff that has nothing to do with the original.... well, I'd want my money Laughing

Well just for the sake of knowledge, what's a good summary of Rockman? X sounds like something entirely inappropriate, Zero sounds like one of those weird Japanese inside-joke sorta things, DASH is pretty obviously a spin-off from the movie "The Incredibles," and Rockman.EXE sounds like the next lame virus that makes Windoze XP reset after, let's say, five seconds.

Pitchums · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:19 pm Post subject:

.............

I'm at a loss for words.

IT'S THE SAME THING.

ROCKMAN = MEGAMAN.

MEGAMAN IS FROM JAPAN. HIS ORIGINAL NAME IS ROCKMAN.

maybe I'm not at a loss for words
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**Tabby** · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:29 pm Post subject:

...What does Konami have to do with this?

Rockman/Megaman (which is the same thing) is created only by CAPCOM.
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**PlaguedOne** · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:31 pm Post subject:

Okay... nobody ripped anything off. Let's start with the begining.

Rockman is created by a Japanese vide game company called Capcom. The series starts out on the Famicon (Nintendo Entertainment System in the States). The series continues on and does well.

Eventually, Capcom creates a spinoff series which takes place 100 years after the original games, and this new game is named Rockman X. The series focuses on a wartorn era and developement of the main character named X.

Time goes by, and these series are still doing well. Capcom creates another spinoff series called Rockman DASH. We later learn that this series fits into the storyline several thousands of years in the future.

Keep things rolling and Capcom creates another spinoff series which takes place approximately 100 years after the X Series. It foruses around a character from the X Series named Zero. This new game is titled Rockman Zero.

Capcom makes another spinoff, one which does not fit into the storyline the other enhabit. Rockman.EXE is born into it's own alternate timeline with the internet as the main theme replacing robotics.

There are not 5 games. There are 5 series. There are well over 50 Rockman games if you combine all of these series together. @_@
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**Plantman** · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:34 pm Post subject:

Ok let's go with some facts:

The original name of Megaman is Rockman. The more purist fans go with the name Rockman wather then Megaman.

Megaman was created by Capcom, not Konami.

Megaman has 5 different series, each series with a different amoutn of games, the names to the left are the american names, while the names at the right are the original Japanese games:

Classic Megaman/Rockman (Rockman 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 come out for the NES/Famicon system, Rockman 7 and Rockman & Forte/Megaman & Bass come for the SNES, Rockman 8 comes for the Playstation)
Megaman/Rockman X (X1 X2 and X3 came out for the SNES X4 X5 X6 come for the PSX, X7 X8 and command missions came for the PS2)
Megaman Legends/Rockman Dash (Dash 1 and Dash 2 came for the PSX)
Megaman Battle Network/Rockman EXE (EXE 1 2 3 4 4.5 5 and Battle Chip Challenge come for the GBA and Transmission came in the GameCube)
Megaman Zero/ Rockman Zero (Zero 1 2 3 and soon 4 came for the GBA)

All 5 series were created by Keiji Inafune a high directive and lead creative of CAPCOM of Japan.
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Pitchums · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:35 pm Post subject:

The total number of Rockman games I think is actually somewhere in the ninties now. Ninty Five?

http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/salesdata.html
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Harish Rallapali · Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 5

So in answer to my original question... "whack."

Jazz · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:04 am Post subject:

...is it too early to hate this guy? ;P

Seriously, it's starting to look like he's doing this to be a twit.
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**PlaguedOne** · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:21 am Post subject:

Pitchums · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:52 am Post subject:

**Core** · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:03 pm Post subject:

To answer your question, no it is not "whack". It has already been said by many what Rockman and Megaman is, but here is my go at it.

The games are the same, Rockman is the Japanese title and MegaMan is the title used in the US and other places. The series is made by Capcom, and is distributed by the different company bases of Capcom located around the world. Following is a list of systems and games that I know of, to the left is the japanese name and the right is the english name.

FamCom / NES
Rockman / Megaman
Rockman II / Megaman II
Rockman III / Megaman III
Rockman IV / Megaman IV
Rockman V / Megaman V
Rockman VI / Megaman VI
Rockboard

SuperFamCom / SuperNES
Rockman VII / Megaman VII
Rockman X / Megaman X
Rockman X 2 / Megaman X 2
Rockman X 3 / Megaman X 3
Rockman & Forte
Rockman Soccer

PlayStation
Rockman 8 / Megaman 8
Rockman X 4 / Megaman X 4
Rockman X 5 / Megaman X 5
Rockman X 6 / Megaman X 6
Rockman Dash / Megaman Legends
Rockman Dash 2 / Megaman Legends 2
Missadventures of Tron Bonne
Rockman Battle & Chase
Rockman Complete Works

PlayStation 2
Rockman X 7 / Megaman X 7
Rockman X 8 / Megaman X 8
Rockman X Command Missions / Megaman X Command Missions
Super Adventure Rockman

Gameboy
Rockman World / Megaman
Rockman World II / Megaman II
Rockman World III / Megaman III
Rockman World IV / Megaman IV
Rockman World V / Megaman V
Rockman X Cyber Missions / Megaman Xtreme
Rockman X Cyber Missions 2 / Megaman Xtreme 2

Gameboy Advanced
Rockman Zero / Megaman Zero
Rockman Zero 2 / Megaman Zero 2
Rockman Zero 3 / Megaman Zero 3
Rockman.EXE / Megaman Battle Network
Rockman.EXE 2 / Megaman Battle Network 2
Rockman.EXE 3 Black / Megaman Battle Network 3 Blue
Rockman.EXE 3 White / Megaman Battle Network 3 White
Rockman.EXE 4 Blue Moon / Megaman Battle Network 4 Blue Moon
Rockman.EXE 4 Red Sun / Megaman Battle Network 4 Red Sun
Rockman.EXE 4.5 Real Operation / Megaman Battle Network 4.5 Real Operation
Rockman.EXE 5 / Megaman Battle Network 5
Rockman.EXE 5 / Megaman Battle Network 5
Rockman.EXE Gran Prix / Megaman Battle Chip Challenge

WonderSwan
Rockman & Forte

WonderSwanColor
Rockman.EXE

Arcade
Rockman Battle and Fighters
Rockman 2 The Power Fighers

Neo Geo Pocket
Rockman The Power Battles

Saturn
Rockman 8 / Megaman 8

Genesis
Rockman: The Wily Wars

Game Gear
The Best of Rockman / The Best of Megaman

Game Cube
Rockman.EXE Transmissions / Megaman Battle Network Transmissions
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RikkusRukkus · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:22 pm Post subject:

Pretty accurate, but you've got a few mistakes, Core.

Rockman/Megaman X Command Missions - No -s, just Command Mission
Megaman Battle Network 4.5 Real Operation - Doesn't exist
Rockman.EXE 5 / Megaman Battle Network 5
Rockman.EXE 5 / Megaman Battle Network 5 - Forgot the subtitles, but that doesn't matter
Rock/Megaman Battle Network Transmissions = no -s, just Transmission
Super Adventure Rockman isn't PS2, it's for the original PlayStation.

You forgot the classic collection on PS2, GC and soon X-box, WSC release (JP-only) of Battle Chip Challenge (Rockman.Exe GP? I think so), Phantom of the Network (cell phone, JP-only) and Megaman & Bass for GBA.
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Jazz · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:28 pm Post subject:

Also Megaman X4 also came out for the Saturn...so I'm assuming Rockman X4 did too. ;P
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Malinhion · Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 29

Let's think this through.

You come to a board dedicated to a particular series to ask if the series is a rip and/or worth trying. Obviously anyone who posts here is doing so because they absolutely abhor everything and anything that has even the smallest thing to do with the series, and they've all been lurking aorund for the past half-decade waiting for you to stroll by so that they can confirm your suspicions about how bad said series really is. Thank God, the waiting is over! Now we can all go back to our everyday lives.

EDIT: Oh, wait. I just realized you're a complete moron.
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Pitchums · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:25 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I'm guessing Harish Rallapali is just here to be a -insert whatever I can't say on this forum here-. He, she, or it as it may be, has clearly ignored practically everything said by anyone in here. I doubt any one could naturally be as stupid as that. Most likely intentional. Probably just trying to make a point about how nerdy Rockman/MegaMan fans are...

Someone please destroy this topic...
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Roy Tanaka · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject:

I'm going to try and answer some of this guys questions with pretty much just the stlye and possibly story, if he even cares and/or will listen...

TragnumEXE · Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 8

I can explain. I actually know this "Harish Rallapalli" personally. The story is, there's this guy I know who thinks it is "funny" to register on as many forums on the internet as possible and try to offend as many people as possible. For instance, he went onto a woman's rights message board, and made very sexist comments about the opposite gender. He went onto a music artist's fan-forum and totally bashed the musical artist. I thought it was stupid, and now I find he's actually hit one of the forums I'm a part of.

This guy is intentionally trying to mess with all of you, and gets his jollies off of your offended replies. I suggest the topic be locked, and the user be banned as well. And I assure you I will talk to this guy and hopefully put an end to his tomfoolery.