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Protodude

April 05, 2010, 12:27:00 AM
Maybe I'm just having a brain fart here, but where was it ever officially stated that MM1 started out as a "Astro Boy" game, and then a coin-op arcade game? I've seen these two tidbits of "trivia" pop up every so often, usually w/o a source.

Acid

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April 05, 2010, 12:27:57 AM
I actually wouldn't be surprised. But I cannot confirm or deny this. Sorry.

The Great Gonzo

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April 05, 2010, 12:34:48 AM
Perhaps if Retro Gamer ever gets around to a "The Making Of..." article for MM1, we can confirm this (those articles are always in-depth).

What I'd like to know is why everyone insists that the MM games follow real-life history up to Rock's creation (also unsourced, and usually just an excuse to shoehorn in the Three Laws).

Protoman Blues

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April 05, 2010, 01:08:18 AM
This is the first I've ever heard of this actually.

Align

#4
April 05, 2010, 02:23:45 PM
I heard that Megaman was based on/heavily influenced by Astro Boy, not that he started out as him.

Rue

#5
April 05, 2010, 05:54:54 PM
Quote from: Justify on April 05, 2010, 02:23:45 PM
I heard that Megaman was based on/heavily influenced by Astro Boy, not that he started out as him.

Yeah Astro Boy was one of the heavy influences for the series, but I doubt there's any truth to that.

169-pd

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April 05, 2010, 07:41:24 PM
The MMKB says this as well. See for yourself.

Flame

#7
April 05, 2010, 07:46:03 PM
Quote from: 169-pd on April 05, 2010, 07:41:24 PM
The MMKB says this as well. See for yourself.
exactly. Which is why we want to know whether its true.
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Zan

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April 05, 2010, 08:08:01 PM
And yet Konami released a Tetsuwan Atom Famicom game in 1988.

169-pd

#10
April 06, 2010, 03:58:23 AM
Quote from: Protodude on April 05, 2010, 11:48:19 PM
And it's unsourced, among other things.
Unless they interview Inafune, and find out.

Gauntlet101010

#11
April 06, 2010, 05:28:02 AM
A nintendo power issue said it was originally envisioned as an arcade game.  Not gonna dig it up for the exact wording, tho.

It didn't say anything about it being an Astroboy game. 

marshmallow man

#12
April 06, 2010, 06:03:54 AM
It's all basically true. Rockman was considered for release on an arcade platform as well as for the Famicom Disk System that had come out the year before. This was mentioned in the Rockman 1~6 Soundtrack booklet, as well as the Rockman 7 & Rockman X3 Cho Hyakka source book.

The Astro Boy thing was a little different, Capcom never actually had the rights to Tetsuwan Atom, but they wanted to get them because they thought a game about Atom would sell better than a game starring a brand new character. For that reason they first planned the game in a way that once they got the rights, they could easily insert Atom into the lead spot. They never got the rights, so it was Rockman's debut instead. This was mentioned in the interview portion of the Rockman 10 years History Book. Japanese Wikipedia says that Inafune also talked about this in the Capcom Consumer Chronicle vol 2 DVD. I don't own that, but the other sources I can attest to.

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September 02, 2024, 02:05:34 PM
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