Notice their names?

LanceLite and MaxMan · Dr. Wily's Peon Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 62

so thats what serenade means.... *remembers digimon attack love-serenade*

is there a reason why these guy's are named like this?
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Unknown Neo · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 6:28 pm Post subject:

Yeah probally because the creators like music.

Zan · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 7:01 pm Post subject:

LanceLite and MaxMan · Dr. Wily's Peon Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 62

O.O;; the WHOLE series?? i dont see much to do with music cept for the names because all the time we're just busy destroying mavericks and viruses... is that supposed to be musical?
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DrkXFuZion · Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 10:36 pm Post subject:

...DuhR....GeE...wHat dO U ThiNk???

He was talking about the names. The names all revolve around music through the series...all the way up to Rockman 8 with Duo (which I believe was intented to refer to "Duet")
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Sonicsurfer · Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:12 pm Post subject:

Yeah, a duo is two of something, and a duet is sung by two people.

Ever notice that two (at least) characters lost their musical names when translated to english? Rockman and Blues become...Megaman and Protoman? How does that work out?

DrkXFuZion · Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:32 pm Post subject:

The most probable reason:

The translators thought that we might find the English names "Totally Awesome....l33t!!!"

...of course, half of the Rockman fandom thinks not.... Razz

Plus, they may have also thought we wouldn't catch on. Maybe they assumed the general population did not know the meaning of "pun"....

..of course, they also make sense to some extent. "Megaman" is supposed to be our hero while "Protoman" is what his name suggests...some sort of prototype.
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Sonicsurfer · Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:37 pm Post subject:

Evil translators... :grr:

RollEXE · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 12:44 am Post subject:

OOOK..... this is just plain scary. That's some pretty scary info.

Sonicsurfer · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 1:27 am Post subject:

Scary, but also slightly interesting.

Nazne · Shukei - Hakuteiken Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 1133

What did that last post have to do with the thread? You could have included it with your post above RollEXE's, or posted something more relevant to the topic. A mere comment does not suffice as fodder for an intelligent discussion. One that's been around for years, but nontheless one which should invoke some intelligence in opinionating. :P

I'm not much of a Rockman fanatic, but I believe it has now become a fad for fan writers/artists to name their creations after musical terms. Getting kind of hard to find one someone hasn't used, as a mtter of fact. >_>;;

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**Sketch** · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 9:02 am Post subject:

Only revive threads if you have something interesting to say about the subject, please. There's nothing scary about that anyway...

Locking.
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**Tabby** · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 10:12 am Post subject:

Sketch, the reviving topic rule applies to threads that are old. Threads that are, like, a MONTH old, not a couple days.
Just so you know.
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**Sketch** · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 10:19 am Post subject:

...I thought this was older than a month. My mistake. XD

Un-locking...but still, try to add more to your posts. ^^;
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Pitchums · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 11:12 am Post subject:

KymeraDS · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 12:16 pm Post subject:

Was Rock and Roll music very popular around 1987? If I'm not mistaken, that's the year Capcom created Megaman. Seeing as the names are based on music, I guess this preety much explains Rockman's name.

However, I think that the first time anybody noticed this naming basis was when Roll was named. I mean, she did make appearances in Rockman 1 and 4 (both in the endings) but she wasn't given a name then. Or was she?
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**PlaguedOne** · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 12:45 pm Post subject:

She was, just not in the game itself.
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Tachyon360 · Le Croissant Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 740

*grabs the metaphorical steering wheel*

I dunno if anyone picked up on it, but Nana from Command Mission is also based on a musical term. It means "lullaby" in Spanish.

It's also used as the equivalent to the English words, "boo-boo," "nanny," and "grandma," depending on the region and context. I can sorta see the nanny part, as well as the boo-boo part, but lullaby seems to be the most likely one.

Elementalman.EXE · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 3:52 pm Post subject:

Unless the manuel said before hand. Roll Wasn't named until MegaMan 3.

And Yes We shouldn't forget about the "Guns and Roses" Mavericks from X(I think it was X4 or 5)
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Pitchums · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 3:54 pm Post subject: