The Great Cateclysm: Silenced Forever?

[Sky Child]

They expired.

You guys are thinking too hard.

[Zan]

They expired.

You guys are thinking too hard.

Rightot in RockmanX3.

[Bag of Magic Food]

He didn't expire.

[Gauntlet101010]

I like to think that Dr. Light sealed all of the classic series characters away in capsuls, and they'll all just waiting for the day when they're found again.

[Acid]

They just separated to walk the path of evereyone's own destiny. The entire cast is still alive and well. Even in the Legends Saga.

Except for Protoman. He really expired.

[Flame]

oh theyre all just fne and dandy. remember that little bin where I mentioned Douglas, lifesavor, and Cain are? thats where they are too. they were the FIRST residents.

[Kieran]

Light's dead of old age, Megaman and his ilk are in a museum somewhere, etc.

[Zan]

Megaman and his ilk are in a museum somewhere, etc.

Rock doesn't do museums, he's a hero.

They expired.

Come to think of it, he doesn't have an experiation date either, so no.

[Align]

Rock doesn't do museums, he's a hero.

[Ramzal]

Rock doesn't do museums, he's a hero.

Staple rule in heroes: They all die. Either from old age/expiring, exploding areas, going down swinging, or being eaten alive by The Blob apparently.

Rock and co(.) eventually kick the bucket one way or another. If not by some retarded "Zero killed them all plot", than by maybe the Eurassa incident, or the Elf Wars, or probably shot by Ragnarok. It's more likely for Rock to have went down swinging and clean at one point and end up in a Museum to "honor" him or whatever they do in that little world--than for him to skip around, having fun with Rush and taking plasma shots for a tree. (First one to get that reference gets a cookie.  )

*puts on a Priest robe* And I quote, from the holy book of Amazing Spiderman, Volume 2 issue 34: "I always knew that sooner or later, I'd lose. It's math, you see. Statistics. No one wins forever." Sooooo... he's dead. If not by one thing, than by another. Hero or not, Museum or not.

[Zan]

Staple rule in heroes: They all die.

Firstly, it's a staple of mortals in general to die.
Secondly, Rock being a robot would get repaired, like anybody else in the series.
Third, time travel and space are all possibilities for Rock to get out of the setting without having to die for the X-series to occur.

[Ramzal]

Firstly, it's a staple of mortals in general to die.

I should correct myself then. "All heroes die in brutal ways, defending what they believe in. The term "Hero" tends to not be truly decided on until said person is deceased and the look back on how their life was carried out was done. Not by wide opinion anyway.

Let us have a game of logic shall we? Logic would--after all--indicate that a good amount of people would think Rock was just as bad as Wily's bots simply for being in the fray after all. People caught in the crossfires of Wily's robots would see Rock and a good enough number would think "Damn robot! Always the robots!" like little bigoted people they could be. For that sake, at the present time of his actions, he could not be deemed a hero.

Only until after him dying and they would look back on what he's done for them, and now, their left open for any attack without anyone there to defend them would he truly be deemed a hero for what he's done. Under that logic, only after his death can he be considered a hero. Until then, he's a robotic crime fighter.

But that would never be shown in the -Classic- game series. So that kinda makes my point a moot point, now doesn't it? >_>

Secondly, Rock being a robot would get repaired, like anybody else in the series.

The X Hunters and King would like to have a word with you.

Third, time travel and space are all possibilities for Rock to get out of the setting without having to die for the X-series to occur.

I highly doubt Rock went to the future or past to live a new life away from everything he's defended. Maybe ---MAYBE he could have left the planet with Duo but at best, that's fanon guess's. And it's not so much that his death would be vital to the X-series occurring but rather, would give X more meaning. To have a name to live up to, one to honor and one to deserve and carry after the original Rockman would be deceased.

Rock's death would carry more significance to X and that series than "Rock went to become a robot with Justice Energy like Duo", or just becoming Quint and that's it.

While I don't believe that Zero killed him and everyone else, I do think he went down swinging.

[KyoKusanagi]

After reading the section about Super Adventure Rockman in R20, I began to doubt the Cataclysm Theory. Although as much as fans would have wanted to see Zero brutally murder all but Dr. Right and Wily, the creator's word stands: Mixing a game for children (Classic Rockman) with a mature story [spoiler](In this case, UN helicopters getting shot down, Dr. Right, Roll and Quickman dying.)[/spoiler] is not a good idea.

Like X, Zero most likely got buried at the end of Dr. Wily's lifetime.

I mean, think like a child. Would you want to see your favorite cartoon characters murdered? I don't think so.

Rock and the gang probably just kept on functioning until their systems ran down. (Except for Blues. He probably went up in a nukuler (sic) explosion.)

[Sky Child]

Rightot in RockmanX3.

Oh fine.

They all went on to live fulfilling lives as porn stars in an alternate dimension.

[Ramzal]

And many Catholic priests were arrested for filming those in the basement.

[Nekomata]

Rock doesn't do museums, he's a hero.

Go Nagai example:
Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, and the first Getter Robo are all in museums after their initial series' ends.
though Getter Robo is an odd one seeing as Musashi practically vaporizes it along with almost all of the reptilinoid empire.. >>;

[Gauntlet101010]

Capcom would never kill Megaman in any sort of permenant way.  They see him as a hero to children everywhere.  It's the same sort of reason why Megaman is never a bad guy (it's always some sort of clone).  I don't think we'll ever see the origional meeting X in any canon way, but I don't think we'll ever hear that MM died.  

[Acid]

Capcom would never kill Megaman in any sort of permenant way.  They see him as a hero to children everywhere.  It's the same sort of reason why Megaman is never a bad guy (it's always some sort of clone).

I whole heartedly welcome that. MM is fine as it is. It doesn't need blood and gore and other crap to make it GRRRRRRRRRIMDARK.

[Zan]

The X Hunters and King would like to have a word with you. Tongue

The Counter-Hunters are irregular repliroids that have served their purpose to Sigma and are illegal to revive by law.

King isn't dead. And if he was, it wholly depends on Wily's interest to revive him or not. Besides, Rockman has given burials to robots before, thinking they're dead, only for them to reappear moments later revived and all.

To have a name to live up to, one to honor and one to deserve and carry after the original Rockman would be deceased.

That name exists regardless of Rock's fate. Just look at how Zero is famed even though he sealed himself away.

[Tickle Buffalo]

I whole heartedly welcome that. MM is fine as it is. It doesn't need blood and gore and other crap to make it GRRRRRRRRRIMDARK.

PURGE THE UNCLEAN

[Dr. Wily II]

Next thing you know, he says "Purge the Carbons!"...
...
IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW

[Tickle Buffalo]

Well, yeah, they are inhuman monsters. Can't just let abominations go around corrupting planets, they'll have to be cleansed.

S'the only option, really.

[HyperSonicEXE]

X didn't have an animal sidekick, but Sigma sure did.

Well, hey, just have Axl transform into Rush, and now he's actually useful.

[Bag of Magic Food]

DARTH MAN

[Zan]

It's a space marine, you fool.