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That still makes me sad.
Nobody jumped on you.
Capcom US and Japan have made NO effort to preserve alternate continuities.
Then again, when I was a kid and I played X1 on the SNES, I thought Zero was a girl but that was due to the fact that at that age, I couldn't read English and even the German manual turned Zero into a female.
the thing is more that no matter what changes the US localization makes, it will NEVER actually change the way the story goes.
.....so then why can't their be two continuities?
I'm aware of that. What I said was, the same criticism you were bringing to fan translations, can be brought against ALL translations, therefore rendering the argument invalid.
The question at hand, then, is do you paste together various fragmented interpretations, or do you respect the continuity which the game developers respect?
That is a completely moot statement. The possibility of "influence by the translator" holds true of all translations both official and unofficial. Capcom employees are still human beings and as such may influence translations personally. The frequent use of "Mega Man" in X2 and X3 is one such testament; it ties to MM7's ending as trying to push X as being Rock, a notion which has since been abandoned by Capcom of America and refuted by Capcom of Japan.
Your logic therefore mandates a separate continuity for every region, dependent on the structure of the corporation distributing the game, regardless of language.
I remember Thanatos Zero once mentioning a German Megaman booklet or something which was WAY different from the US and Japanese ones. (in other words, it was a translation on par with something CoA would do, but CoG
Can't we take it to a MM discussion board? Jeebus. However, I am looking for suprises. Can't we all think about it instead of some silly continuity issues? Cheesy
It is not a continuity because it was not a specifically planned derivative version.
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Again; just because you can't read it doesn't mean it does not exist. All the Japanese exclusive information is part of your US continuity.
It cannot be considered new material.
How is it separate when any and all material produced in Japan is translated (read: made part of said US continuity) by Capcom of America's whim of financial gain?
If that doesn't satisfy you; it is a 'what if' event that only occurs in an optional path of MegaMan7, ProtoMan is not guaranteed to have revealed to Rock that he is his brother.
Just because you don't have access or aren't able to read material does not mean it does not exist. You'd only be making the case for the likes of a German continuity also existing.
And that's exactly the opposite of what I said. I'm not disregarding anything, I'm saying any and all of this material produced by official localizers is part of this single continuity that's the same for all regions.
So? It's the same for Japan and all the materials produced solely in the US.
However, at nearly all times it is Capcom of Japan's productions that hold the highest authority.
Zan beat me to it and explained it with much less words.
That's highly irrelevant. What's commonly referred to as the US continuity already has a million conflicts with itself and could hardly be called a continuity. Everybody's a cyborg in that one.
If there are inconsistancies, that is simply the nature of the beast and does not refute the matter. There are a great many continuities that are thought out poorly; it is completely irrelevant.
Furthermore, strictly speaking, the US and the rest of the world actually has the same continuity as Japan. Any and all differences are those that should never have been made and have already been rectified.
Bear in mind that every box and manual is made by Capcom, so they are all canon. However, the number of differences and their impact on Megaman products throughout English-speaking media give a testament to the power of these localizations.
'Then' is not 'Now'.
"U.S. continuity", in that context, is by definition a chapter-by-chapter derivative work. It is written piece-by-piece with frequent disregard to the whole (Wily as Light's assistant is the exception, not the rule). It already outright contradicts itself in many locations, and it is especially infamous that game manuals/boxes from X5 and beyond frequently contradict their own in-game U.S. localizations. X5, X7, XCM, Xtreme2, and Legends 2 come to mind just off the top of my head. PU also contradicts MM4.
I don't think anyone honestly believes that Xtreme2 takes place in a bathroom.
The way I see it, is that some folks just cant accept that what they've thought to be true is actually the US localization team [tornado fang]ing up.
SO they insist that its the "U.S. Continuity" so that they can justify it.
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So why do they try so hard to stick to the notion of a "US continuity", when they themselves subscribe to the japanese one? I dont get it.
and do I see loli boobies on Knute there? lolwut
Derp.
"Chess Man is a creation of Dr. Gauss's, having the ability to come up with elaborate strategies and out-think many military leaders. He also manipulates chess piece projectiles with the greatest of ease.
However, he tends to get cocky, boasting his intelligence as being the greatest among all robot masters (which is not true).
Oddly enough, he enjoys out-performing computers, but hates losing."
* Chessman's design contains elements of Kingman's. Woulda gone with Kingman's concepts if I could find any. :/
"Not a bad suit of armour at all."
Hexadecimal would think so. She's the one who made it. Roll, on the other hand, just hopes that her plan--pretend to defect to Hex in order to get Rock back--will work.
It's been a long time since I saw any episodes of ReBoot, but I do remember that Hex never failed to scare the [acid burst] out of me (I was about five then). So I dunno if Hex finding a way to materialize in RS-MM Land, taking over a small part of New York, and remodeling it as she sees fit would work.
Megaman makes it inside the main building (which looks nothing like the way it did before, inside or out) only to be captured; Hex decides to make him her pet and works on emotionally breaking him. (The purple stuff is supposed to be some force field thingy; I can't remember exactly what it was)
Bob manages to track down and travel to Hex's approximate location (materializing in the same way she did), but has no luck in getting close. In a stroke of bad luck, his attempts to go to the authorities for assistance gets him paired off with Proto.
...so how many canological gaffs does that make?
Rather than risk losing a black marker to colouring the background (real reason: laziness), I added one in Photoshop. I think it came out all right. :/
Actually, you probably can't use maid fantasies to determine things about a person, but hey.
* Megaman's suit is from a picture that I don't know is official or not. I'd say "probably not", but there's a lot that was excluded from MMOCW, so...
So, am I the first to gender-bender these fellows?
In MW, the Darkwomen still serve as Fortress Guardians; however, Darkwoman 4 was built to keep an eye on Protowoman, as Dr. Wily suspected her of disloyalty (in this universe, she didn't learn that Proto saved Kalinka until after Proto was already gone). Ultimately, Wily turned out to be right.
Of all the robots in Wily's employ, only Darkwoman 4 is strong enough to fight Protowoman.
* There's some strong Black Mage influence here, though it didn't end up extending as far as I'd like. >.>
Heh. "The core experience fans want."
Is Rush gonna attack Proto-Cat?
Oh hey there, Tamako.
"Taiko (Tamako being her civilian name) is Dr. Gauss's own (mostly botched) attempt at building a "Rockman Killer", combining design aspects from Punk and Shadow Man. However, since the latter came from outer space, Gauss could not replicate his power level. To compensate for this, Taiko's agility was increased.
Nevertheless, he keeps her around as a spare soldier.
Taiko is quite the eager newcomer, itching to challenge anyone to a fight. If anyone defeats her in battle, she will refuse to stay down for long, persistently following and sneak attacking them wherever they go!
On the other hand, she enjoys onsen baths."
* Based slightly off of the main character of Nightshade.
Well, Knute's, anyway. (And it's not a skirt)
~Laharl234 wanted to see some more OHW art, specifically of Knute here. Took me long enough. >.>
...it just happened.
Somewhere in the distance, Joachim is laughing his ass off. Oh Leon, I was able to draw your feathery hair once, and now...blagh.
If it weren't for curfew and interruptions, I might've had this finished sooner. :/
I hope Rock's grip is strong enough.
