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News and Announcements / Re: Our prayers are finally answered: X9 is coming!!

« on: March 31, 2009, 12:51:48 AM »

I just remembered the date.

Still, those are some sexy screenshots.

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Fan Creations / Re: The Gonzo has art.

« on: March 30, 2009, 11:25:53 PM »

They don't look like girls either.

Would you believe that one of my little sisters thought Splashwoman was a boy at first?

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Fan Creations / Re: The Gonzo has art.

« on: March 30, 2009, 12:44:54 AM »

Megaman 64 Robot Mistresses. This image pretends that the Legends port wasn't arbitrarily called "Megaman 64".

One day I wondered what a Megaman game with all-female bosses would be like. Critics would attack it as "sexist" simply because it's one guy going up against eight women and winning, never mind that said women are evil, and Mega's victories have nothing to do with superiority. >.> (Well, one awesome MM9 player thought Splashwoman having the same weakness to the Mega Buster as Cutman and Metalman was sexist...I just don't think about those things)

Story's still up in the air. I can say that Wily built them all.

Going from left to right and back again:

RAINWOMAN: A playful and energetic robot who looks and acts about five, Rainwoman's powers are a rare combination of water and electricity--she can "rain" on opponents using her cloud platform, then summon forth high-voltage bolts to zap them while they're still wet. However, Wily never meant for her to go into battle--her mentality simply wasn't suited for it.

Rain doesn't seem to notice or care that Megaman intends to defeat her.

HONEYWOMAN: That pot that Honeywoman carries is filled with poison, not her namesake, and she used it to incapacitate all the robots who stood in her way before Megaman challenged her. Honeywoman is a chronic perfectionist, insisting on doing everything the "right" way even if there's no defined right way. This leaves her as the most inflexible RM Wily has ever created. She carries a switchblade in the event that her jar be destroyed.

CHAINWOMAN: She already belongs to another team of four robots (herself, Satellman, Chaosman, and Sporeman), and resents having to fight on this one. Her only weapon is the length of chain she fights with--luckily for her, she is extremely versatile with it. Chainwoman speaks with a Texan accent and hates human men, citing them as one of the main causes of such grievances as censorship (someone had to fetishize boobs before they were declared unfit for the public eye, after all).

IRONWOMAN: Knightman's distaff counterpart, if you will. Ironwoman regards herself as a silent assassin, and hasn't made any efforts to endear herself to her teammates. Her fighting style is similar to Swordman's, keeping her lance and her lack of an element in mind. Ironwoman's "mask" is her real face; any time she has to express something, she relies on her body to get it across. It doesn't always work.

ARACHWOMAN: Her lair is full of webs and robots that she drained (plasma rather than blood). Arachwoman considers herself a hard worker, and for the most part those who know her agree. She's also incredibly arrogant and hard to work with. Her greatest pride is her Web Buster; it allows her to bind enemies and spy on them with some creative use.

GUSTWOMAN: The fans visible through her left arm and torso aren't used to attack, but to power the third fan that replaces her left hand. Gustwoman is a sour individual, critical of everything and demanding a great deal of personal space (her "bubble" has a radius of 15 feet); she clashes with Honeywoman more than she does with Megaman.

MORTARWOMAN: This is what happens when Rambo gets a sex change. Mortarwoman was partially based off Napalmman, but doesn't share his enthusiasm for weapons; she just uses whatever gets the job done. She has a habit of firing indiscriminately on and off the battlefield, and considers Rainwoman a valid "drinking buddy" (you can imagine how well that goes over).

THORNWOMAN: She was built to subvert what most nature-based robots are weak too--should her vines be set on fire, they will rapidly grow back, making them impossible to simply burn away. Thornwoman is rather lethargic, preferring to attack Megaman from a throne made of the same plants that adorn her body. The flower on her chest opens to reveal a sharp thorn tipped with a paralyzing agent that works on both robots and organics.

I wrote that when I didn't feel like writing. D:

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News and Announcements / Re: Protodude's Ramblings: The Week of the iPhone

« on: March 29, 2009, 04:51:19 AM »

Ahahaha, what a piece of crap. Reminds me of MM3 as played on a classmate's MP3 player.

Rollchan 1 is cute though. >.>

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X / Re: Zero was way cooler before he became playable.

« on: March 29, 2009, 03:35:33 AM »

14/15? I always thought X looked 20, myself, but maybe that's because I first learned of the series through X4.

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Rockman Series / Re: Theory Time: Megaman on Unusual Consoles

« on: March 29, 2009, 03:13:36 AM »

I hope this doesn't count as necroposting.

I've compiled a list, with the help of the Video Game Museum, of all the consoles Megaman did not get a proper game on, complete with brief commentary. Behold:

(click to show/hide)

MEGAMAN ON OTHER CONSOLES

Thanks to the Video Game Museum for its extensive list of consoles


3DO: Most likely a port of one or all of the first three Megaman X games, with enhanced graphics if time allows. Cutscenes could replace the usual boss intros (a la X3 PlayStation). (Something worth noting: I remember that at one time, Wikipedia stated that there was a 3DO port of Megaman X3. That may not be right, but I do remember one of the first three X games being ported somewhere where I didn’t expect them to be ported. Hmm.)

Adventurevision: You control a dot (Megaman), firing red lines at more dots (enemies) in order to challenge and defeat a brick (insert Robot Master here). The Adventurevision’s graphics were…simplistic.

Amiga: An enhanced port of one of the Megaman games, or an original offering—it would all depend on whether or not Capcom made it themselves or farmed the job out.

Amiga AGA: Whatever game the Amiga received, the Amiga AGA would have the other. (I believe the AGA was simply another variant of the Amiga, like the 500.)

Amiga CD: New content would be added to an NES port (apart from the compulsory enhanced graphics) to take advantage of the Amiga CD’s capabilities.

Amiga CD32: The same as the Amiga CD entry, but further enhanced.

Amiga CDTV: The same as the Amiga CD32 entry; probably a carry-over.

Aquarius: An incredibly simple Megaman game, with a goal no more complicated than “shoot everything and destroy the Robot Master”. Enemies would litter the screen; the Robot Master (with the same sprite as Megaman but a different colour) would appear after Megaman blows them all up.

Atari 400: A low-key port of Megaman 1, assuming that the 400 could run games at all (given the lack of info about 400 games on Wikipedia, evidently “no”)

Atari 800: A low-key port of Megaman 2. (Again, assuming that the 800, or any of the other Atari 8-bit computers, could run games)

Atari 2600: Something like the homebrew Megaman 2600 (made for I Am 8-bit, but wasn’t completed in time for the showing), minus the scrolling. Whether or not all the bosses from MM1 would be present depends on the cart memory.

Atari 5200: Another port of Megaman 1, this one with better graphics (anyone sensing a trend here?), some actual background detail, and (assuming the 2600 didn’t have it) all the bosses present.

Atari 7800: Capcom would handle the MM1 port themselves, after it proved successful (or not; the NES beat the 7800 into the dirt). Apart from a graphics boost, nothing would have changed. They might throw in a new feature to generate interest.

Atari Lynx: A small number of bosses randomly selected from the NES games, with the stages tailored to suit the Lynx (like Best of Megaman).

Atari Jaguar: If Capcom had any faith in the console, a new entry. If not, a beefed-up port marred by the numeric controller.

Atari ST: Much like the Amiga games. It might only see a PAL-only release, given that the Atari ST wasn’t popular in America (or so Dr. Ashens tells me). If we got lucky, a large chunk of screen real estate wouldn’t be taken up by the game title in-game. (A few ports of Strider did this)
 
Bally Astrocade: An incredibly simple Megaman game, based off of Megaman 1.

Colecovision: A port of the Atari 2600/5200 version of MM1.

Commodore 16: Another simple Megaman game, perhaps educational.

Commodore 64: Another NES port, this one based off of MM3. The graphics would have to be redrawn if Capcom didn’t want it ending up like ten miles of bad road.

Commodore 128: Most likely a text-based game; I know [tornado fang]-all about the C-128, honestly, and found absolutely no game screenshots.

Creativision: A port of Megaman 1 that replaces all the backgrounds with black.

Dragon 32: Another simple game, perhaps with a text parser.

Emerson Arcadia 2001: Much like the Dragon 32 game.

Fairchild Channel F: Megaman is a blue dot. He fights red dots.

Famicom Disk System: I heard that MM1 was meant to be an FDS game; whatever couldn’t translate to the NES would be restored here. If MM2 was released on the FDS as well, all the boss rooms would have enemies to give the game time to load the boss. 

FM7: A port of one or all of the first three Megaman games. (Its page at the VGM is confusing—Luxsor’s graphics are on par with an Amiga game’s, whilst Space Harrier’s on par with the 7800)

FM Towns: A port of MM1.

FM Towns Marty: An enhanced Megaman 4/5/6.

FM Towns Marty 1: Same as above (it’s going to be hard to come up with good descriptions…).

Game Boy Color: A re-release of Megaman V and/or Megaman Xtreme 1, now in full colour.

Game.com: A new entry based off of Megaman 8, with the stages all having a different goal (much like the Sonic Jam “port”). Minimal touch screen features. (I hope)

Gizmondo: X7. That is all.

Intellivision: Another MM1 port, much like the Colecovision version.

Laserdisc: A game based off the Ruby-Spears cartoon built with boxes of Press X to Not Die.

MSX: A port of MM1 or MM2 (that looks slightly better than my old MS-Paint drawings).

MSX2: A port of MM3 or MM4.

MSX2+: A port of Power Battles.

Neo-Geo: A port of Power Battles or Power Fighters (perhaps on the same cart).

Neo-Geo CD: Like above, only enhanced due to the CD format.

Neo-Geo Pocket: Megaman Power Battle and Fighters in black and white.

N-Gage: A port of MM8 without music (eat it, Nokia).

N-Gage QD: A port of MM8 WITH music, hopefully.

PC-8801: A three-colour port of MM1 (no, seriously. Check out Super Mario Bros. Special)

PC-9801: A strategy/relationship (a la Fire Emblem, God permitting) hybrid. The PC-9801 had a lot of those…lots of pornos, too. Surely, Capcom would oversee development of this game so that it wouldn’t contain adult content! Right?..

PC-Engine/Turbografx-16: A new entry with original bosses (yeah, I wish).

Playdia: A choose-your-own adventure “game” in the vein of Super Adventure Rockman.

Philips CD-i: Inevitable control problems aside, this entry would have to take advantage of the CD-i’s capabilities (those cutscenes were in the Zelda and Mario games for a reason). Whether or not it would become prime YouTube Poop material depends on whether or not Capcom handled it themselves.

Sega 32X: A sequel to Wily Wars covering MM4, MM5, and/or the Gameboy titles released during its time. Chances are, Capcom would have to re-release the first Wily Wars in cart form to America and Japan before they could start on this.

Sega CD: Based off the Ruby-Spears cartoon, with animation done by Asashi Studios and hopefully competent gameplay.

Sega Dreamcast: A new entry/spinoff in the Megaman/Megaman X series, or a port of Legends 1 and/or 2.

Sega Master System: A port of MM1/MM2 (lots of those floating around, you know).

Sega SG-1000/SC-3000: A port of MM1/MM2 that looks slightly worse than the originals (no backgrounds!).

Turbografx-CD: A port of MM5/MM6 with additional cutscenes and voice-acting and (take a drink every time I say) enhanced graphics. (Note that the Turbo Duo was a combination of this and the TGX-16; the Turbo Express was simply a way to play TGX-16 games without the console)

Vectrex: A truncated port of MM1, rendered in vector lines, with an overlay that can’t be aesthetically presentable given the nature of MM1.

Virtual Boy: A new entry meant to take advantage of the VB’s capabilities—that is, the capability to take away your ability to see the colour red.

Watara SuperVision: Ports of most of or all the Game Boy titles (with the first three improved upon, one would hope).

X68000: A Megaman or Megaman X game with arcade-caliber graphics; it could be a port or a new entry entirely.

ZX Spectrum: A port of MM1 guaranteed to burn out your retinas or your money back. 

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Fan Creations / Re: The Gonzo has art.

« on: March 28, 2009, 03:01:33 AM »

Now for something completely different.

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Fan Creations / Re: Rebirth of the Rockman-Themed Stolen *Bleep* Thread!!

« on: March 26, 2009, 09:56:20 PM »

Who is this chick?

Rafflesian, from Command Mission.

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Rockman Series / Re: Rockman Betas, Trials, Promos and scrapped projects. The more rare, the bett

« on: March 25, 2009, 11:52:43 PM »

If it helps, the first Megaman game was going to be an Astro Boy game, then an arcade game, then a Famicom Disk System game. There's also sample carts for MM3 and MM5 floating around somewhere, if I remember correctly.

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Fan Creations / Re: Rebirth of the Rockman-Themed Stolen *Bleep* Thread!!

« on: March 25, 2009, 12:28:46 AM »

Hey all of you who have rockman artwork to post but forgot the original source.
http://tineye.com/
upload the pic and if it's in their database or one close enough, it will give a link.

But will it help with Akibakko/Danbooru?


The wonderful Niklas Jansson has posted this page concerning and fleshing out the Legends series (mainly 1 and 2) and I couldn't be happier.

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Fan Creations / Re: Rebirth of the Rockman-Themed Stolen *Bleep* Thread!!

« on: March 24, 2009, 12:32:53 AM »

From Retro Gamer.

I'd say something witty, but right now I'm convinced that I alternate between being useless and accidentally instilling rage. in b4 3 replies of "BAAAAAAWW"

Oh, here's something witty. I MISNAMED THE [tornado fang]ing FILES

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Fan Creations / Re: Rebirth of the Rockman-Themed Stolen *Bleep* Thread!!

« on: March 22, 2009, 05:15:13 PM »

Danbooru dump.







I'm fairly certain those last two are by Kinniku.

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Fan Creations / Re: The Gonzo has art.

« on: March 22, 2009, 04:35:00 AM »

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Fan Creations / Re: Rebirth of the Rockman-Themed Stolen *Bleep* Thread!!

« on: March 21, 2009, 03:09:25 PM »

I'm... not.  But only because I can't remember which folder my current WP came from, in case I want to put it back up.




Scanned from "Previews Feb. 2006". They misspelled Palette's name. >.> Interesting to note that that particular preview introduced me to Layer and Palette.

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Fan Creations / Re: The Gonzo has art.

« on: March 21, 2009, 03:54:34 AM »

Thanks! 


ROBOSHOTA. Sort of.

Rock and Astro discovered it. Now they can't undiscover it.


There's actually a digital doujinshi called "Roboshota Digital Image Collection"; I've seen versions released in 1997, 1999, and 2005. At first I was interested in it because it contained artwork of Megaman and Astro Boy (not necessarily on the same page). Then I found a few lo-rez samples online...and wasn't interested anymore.

BLARGH.

I mean, I still want to see the Megaman-related stuff out of curiosity, but knowing exactly what goes on in those floppies/CDs kinda takes the momentum out of my search. Just...EW. WHY OH WHY DO THE ROBOTS HAVE DICKS

This was born out of my desire to find and save as much Megaman doujinshi images as possible. I stumbled upon the above at some point. I still don't know if that was a mistake or not. Probably was.

I don't like shota. >.>

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Original / Re: Least favourite RM

« on: March 20, 2009, 02:13:50 PM »

I would like to nominate Frostman. Not did his stage bring me to tears (no more of these snowboard/ride chaser segments, Capcom!), the poor guy has the mental capacity of a six year old. Attending special ed.

Runner-ups include Burnerman, whose stage is impossible for me to clear as Megaman; Astroman, because his stage was so difficult (I only have so many lives to clear the sinking tower of despair and LSD); Gutsman, with those goddamn faulty platforms (never made it to the actual boss in the original game); Windman, for being a total bastard (I forgot his weakness when it came time to re-fight him; it was a long time since I'd beaten him); Dynamoman, for basically forcing you to ignore him for a good portion of the fight to destroy his recharging station; and finally, every last one of the DOS 3 RMs, for having mazelike, nigh-impossible stages. Though their being total pussies kinda helps.

Oddly, I don't hate any of these bosses outside of battle. Must be Story and Gameplay Segregation at work...

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Fan Creations / Re: Rebirth of the Rockman-Themed Stolen *Bleep* Thread!!

« on: March 19, 2009, 10:59:35 PM »

I'm pretty sure that IS Misora.


Anyone remember Fanewgie's/Kevin X. Nelms's gender-bendered RMs series? Because he hasn't reposted them on TMN after Atomic Fire died, and neither has anyone else, anywhere. Sad, since the redesigns were a breath of fresh air from the usual "[Character] with boobs" tat. Boomerang-wielding Aussie Quickwoman FTW.

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Fan Creations / Re: The Gonzo has art.

« on: March 19, 2009, 08:33:01 PM »

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Fan Creations / Re: The Gonzo has art.

« on: March 19, 2009, 12:23:03 AM »

SUPER CAPTAIN N

Oh yes.

Now, I don't remember exactly how this came to be. It had to do with "What if the show survived into the SNES era", that much is certain. And reading Gauntlet's article on it again. It took most of the afternoon to complete (it's 5:49 P.M. as I type this) and I can safely say that I'm proud of it.

The original N-Team is still around, no worries; either they're patrolling another sector of Videoland or Mother Brain captured them. (Duke's part of this team, but kinda...forgot him. Yeah.) In the latter case, rescuing the original team would be the driving force behind SCN.

Kevin and Lana are more or less unchanged. Kevin has a new Power Pad (read: modded controller) based off of the SNES one; whether or not it functions similarly to the original remains to be seen. Lana got the original Zapper so she could properly defend herself (according to Gauntlet, she's kind of useless without it).

Kirby is a quiet big eater. He can inhale whatever isn't nailed down like a vacuum cleaner, spitting them out in a destructive concentration of energy. This, combined with his virtually nonexistent body weight, allows him to "fly" for a limited amount of time. That's really all I can say about Kirby. (He's white to match the original game's boxart; the orange shoes are a nod to his actual colour and so his palette wouldn't be blank)

Fox McCloud. The ace. He already belongs to another team and it's implied that he's only with Captain N to make some more money. For this reason, everyone keeps a close eye on him. Fox is an expert pilot but, strangely, a terrible driver. (Based on the boxart; could care less about the colours)

Samus Aran thought Mother Brain to be dead, inadvertently leaving her for the N-Team to deal with. Now Samus's back, and this time she'll finish the job. She's something of a deadpan snarker (helped by the fact that she leaves her helmet on at all times) and, like Fox, focuses more on her mission than on the team, though for entirely different reasons. (Kept more or less the same; that hand crystal serves as a tracker and "mirror" a la Mother Brain's, but with less range)

Megaman X, known simply as X to his creator and fellow Hunters (read: cops). He is strongly opposed to violence as a first solution, opting to try to negotiate instead. You can imagine how well this works against Mother Brain and her minions. (Removed his chest plates, since the sprite lacks them, and gave him the bottom and recolored half of the Light Armour. That's a joke; knowing CN's track record with accuracy, the writers/artists probably wouldn't make it past Chill Penguin's stage)


Everyone looks more accurate because by this time, players had MUCH better ideas of what the characters looked like and thus boxart/manual art was closer (when they didn't just cheat and use the Japanese art). So the CN staff would have to be blind or totally apathetic to be as far off with Super Captain N as they were with the original.


Oh, and they'd have to include Final Fantasy VI/III somehow. Mother Brain's "team" would still be around, but new big bads (like Kefka) would start vying for power, drawing her attention away from the N-team when said vying gets really bad.

Hurf. Cramps = bad.

I must make a mental note never to undertake pictures like this while on my period. Something I neglected to mention on dA: The "Super" part of the logo is a throwback to cheesy 90s neon.

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Fan Creations / Re: The Gonzo has art.

« on: March 17, 2009, 11:13:25 PM »

Jazz...man.

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Fan Creations / Re: The Gonzo has art.

« on: March 17, 2009, 07:12:21 PM »

Fair enough. It's a fairly irrational fear, though; I mean, it's unrealistic to assume that a third-party product will ALWAYS be exactly like the original (and were that the case, everything would be boring).


I don't feel like making witty captions today. Upload one, two, three, and four.

dA text for that last one (put in quotes this time):

Of the three school doodles I've uploaded, this one is probably the most ambiguous. See, I showed it to ~LordAizen and mentioned that I just KNEW how one of my male friends would interpret it as. She said it looked like post-buttsecks.

I asked her why, because it wasn't what I had in mind. Apparently, because "[Protoman's] in a good mood, [Megaman's] all 'what the [tornado fang]'," and that line of Proto's, it's post-buttsecks. She also thought Mega wasn't wearing anything, forcing me to point out his jumpsuit's neckline.

Me, I just thought Mega got clonked on the head or something and Proto brought him home, only removing his armour so Mega wouldn't wake up all stiff. >.>

Later, I asked her WHY they had buttsecks (being robots and all). Only answer I got was that "they [made] a good couple".

Sooo...

Yeah.

Photoshop sucks at inking.

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Fan Creations / Re: The Gonzo has art.

« on: March 17, 2009, 04:08:14 AM »

Still begs the question...
Does Zero know?

Yeah, but he doesn't try to give her grief over it. He understands why she wouldn't think Sigma was that dangerous, not being with the Hunters (a.k.a the chew toys of the rebellion) at the time.


I'm hesitant to start a new thread over this, so here's a question: Why is it that every time a third party redesigns the Megaman characters, the fans go completely [tornado fang]ing apeshit? Few people like RS-Megaman because he no longer looks like jailbait he has muscles and a diamond solar helmet gem thing instead of a square. Almost no one likes Captain N Mega. I'm one of the two or so people who like the boxart Megas.

Is it because the fans care too damn much about canonocity? Do they find even the tiniest alteration insulting? (Though I haven't seen any along the lines of Castlevania Judgement's bombastic redesigns) The way I see it, it's overreacting; plus, a lot of the RS-MM/Captain N bashers discovered the show long after they originally aired (that was when being able to tell what the main character in a game really looked like was a big deal).

I dunno, maybe I'm just tired of people whining "I don't like RS-MM because he looks older". Come on, people, if Dr. Light didn't make him look 21, his neighbors would start wondering...

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Rockman Series / Re: Mega Man 2.5D

« on: March 17, 2009, 03:58:51 AM »

Something about it reminds me of Mondo Agency. Meep.

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Fan Creations / Re: Rebirth of the Rockman-Themed Stolen *Bleep* Thread!!

« on: March 16, 2009, 04:31:27 AM »

I´m sorry if I have given you trouble. It is not easy with me, huh?
I could just slap into my face that I´m still making such foolish mistakes. 

Just make sure the image appears before you post, or that the site you're pulling from allows hotlinking.


By the way, Akibakko was serious about the shutting down thing. It's been reduced to this.

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X / Re: X9: Will it ever be?

« on: March 16, 2009, 01:54:48 AM »

That create-a-character thing? If they went retro, they'd spend around half a year implementing it while keeping it up to standard with every other CaC feature out there.

Just give us playable Navigators along with the other three and I'm fine.

Also, considering the "New Character" thing, I'd think of having that as an unlock thing to get people to beat the game.

Here's another way to get people to beat the game: A WORTHWHILE ENDING. Unless you mean like 100% Completion, but there are people who'd strive for that anyway.