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Kilgamayan wrote: ↑4 years ago So I noticed no actual ghost-capturing. What was the point of the name of the level, then?

"Smack the ghost in the face until it falls off the ceiling" was perhaps a bit too much of a mouthful.

This was actually the first secret exit I found, purely by accident, before I knew secret exits were a thing in this game. As such, I assumed it was the easiest to obtain, by apparently it's kind of obscure? Memory, what tricks you play.

Technology in a sky base? raocow, were you making a stealth Production reference there?

It's a pity raocow doesn't have the Roll-talky-thing at this point, as otherwise we'd learn that Astro Man's stage is weird, but funny to talk about.

Hmm, a wintry city with a mellow background tune? That's an æsthetic that speaks to me, to be certain, but haven't theme before rather recently? This isn't a terrible realization of the idea, mind, but wasn't Frost Man's treatment of the environment kind of...better? I almost wonder if this isn't an...

I swear the next episode is going to feature raocow marveling at the concept that robots could have feet and hands.

Somehow, more than most of the other stuff in the English dub of this game, it really bothers me that Zero's VA pronounces "coup (d'etat)" as "(chicken) coop". Like...it's not that obscure of a term, even in English, man. No, he indeed means "coop"; Zero was attempting...

raocow wrote:She's gonna bee-punch me up if I'm not careful!

Bee-t you up, raocow. She's going to bee-t you up.

See, now I can totally believe that clown sold his soul to the Devil. And that he did it so(u)lely to achieve maximum creepitude.

I would argue that a number of the failure states are actually more punishing (or at least tedious) than a standard life system would be, particularly because no deaths = no health = one screwup means failure (this is particularly noticeable with the bosses, where getting hit once means you lose the...

I can't believe Sigma was a lonely frog all along. Clearly all his anger and drive towards destruction stems not from his virus, but rather his despondency at not having a home. Verily, such a tragic backstory for own clownish contravenor.

!futures





It's OK to kiss them!

It was always raocow's dream in life to be a goblin pizza with elf shoes.

Mmm, this game. It sure is a game. If you think Wario's indestructibility is because physical dangers are less prominent and the game focuses more on puzzles, think again. This game only reinforces the idea that immortality is a curse. Also, I agree with raocow that there's something...off about War...

Grounder wrote: ↑4 years agoeven if the lead character's just a bit on the edgy side.

...because he has that great big scythe hahahahahaha

Clown Man is a clown, but I've got to say I rather like "See you in my dreams!" as last words. It has punch, which is what we should expect from an opponent with such comically oversized arms.

While the environments of this game look pleasing, I've always rather disliked the character sprites. Larger enemies and mini-bosses tend to look fine, but things like Mega Man, the Mets and various others the like tend to look all rubbery, with their feet flapping behind them when they walk, which ...

So, apparently, if you wear an Elbsegler cap to Canada, Canada goes completely bananas.

I just noticed for the first time that this game actually brings back the dopey bracelet turrets from Mega Man 1, only they no longer look dopey, nor like bracelets. They're sort of like the opposite of what happened with the Snipers Joe, in that respect, in that giving them some extra deco decidedl...

Generally I'm fond of the visual style of this game (aside from weird choices like Mega Man holding out his arm when charging), but I always hated the grotesque baroque Sniper Joes. However, some research reveals that they're actually called "Sniper Joe 01", suggesting they're deliberately...

Honestly, I don't think MM6 is a *bad* game... nor do I think MM5 is a *great* one... but lowered opinions of the former and raised ones of the latter might have at least something to do with the order in which raocow has played them. After the trainwrecks that were 2GB and 3DOS, 5 looked amazing b...

raocow, that boss is not remotely difficult, you just cray. Such crayity is further witnessed by the fact that the first time one of those ghosts appeared way back in Mt. Teapot, you specifically demoed the fact that they're woefully easy to destroy in such a way suggesting you were well aware of th...

All right, I'll admit, I was totally fooled by the Mr. X reveal as a child. In my defense--this was the first Mega Man game I ever managed to beat, or indeed even get to the end of the first fortress. So as far as I was concerned, Wily was the villain of Mega Man 2 (and by implication MM1, which I h...

Sturg wrote: ↑5 years agothanks dad

shut up MOM

Rice Beach was always a place that had a particularly strong impact on me as a child, since it's a beach level in a video game, yet it's overcast, grey-and-white in color (like everything on the Gameboy, admittedly, but it feels as though it would be such even in full color), and generally feels as ...