Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where The Police Are After Us
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MMX1 is the only MMX game I've played, but I immediately set dash to L because the default was so awkward.
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watching this playthrough so far has encouraged me to hook up my old GameCube, pop in Mega Man X Collection, and finally finish X3 and X5
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Boomer Kuwanger did go untranslated, but kuwanger isn't stag beetle, kuwagata is. The translators probably had no clue that it was derived from kuwagata since every other maverick uses an English-derived animal name, like Sting Chameleao or Spark Mandriller, so they were confused and just left it alone.
The mistake wasn't repeated for the OTHER beetle maverick, Gravity Beetbood, because that's clearly beetle.
Someday I want to make a Megaman fangame where you have a Cutman/Quickman chimerabot that's literally just Boomer Kuwanger.
The mistake wasn't repeated for the OTHER beetle maverick, Gravity Beetbood, because that's clearly beetle.
Someday I want to make a Megaman fangame where you have a Cutman/Quickman chimerabot that's literally just Boomer Kuwanger.
Re: Obscure SNES Videogame, "Mega Man X"
Boomer Kuwanger also sounds more like "boomerang" so that could be a contributing factor to its translation.
Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where raocow Gets No Upgrades
Also Boomer Beetle would have been a really lame name.
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Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where raocow Gets No Upgrades
It's kinda too bad JoJoLion didn't exist when MMX was released. Otherwise, I'd be amused if they snuck Speed King's power into Boomer's skillset. Given how much terror he can cause through his teleportation, though, I'm sure he'd just as well do without it.
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Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where raocow Gets No Upgrades
I'm also of the "hardest buster duel = Launch Octopus" camp.
On the subject of boss weaknesses making less or more sense: I think at least some of the weaknesses are based around "use a weapon that works well against the boss's movement/attack pattern," rather than any sort of elemental or animal theme. For example:
- Storm Eagle spends most of his fight above you at an angle. The Chameleon Sting fires upward at exactly that angle.
- Sting Chameleon also fights either above at an angle or directly in front of you. The Boomerang Cutter shoots in front of you and then curves up to hit the necessary angle.
- Boomer Kuwanger teleports around. The Horming [sic] Torpedo seeks out his constantly-changing location.
- Flame Mammoth is a big target. The tornado weapon (which precise name escapes me) has a wide area of effect that, if fired during a jump, can pretty much hit the big guy no matter where he is on the screen.
On the subject of boss weaknesses making less or more sense: I think at least some of the weaknesses are based around "use a weapon that works well against the boss's movement/attack pattern," rather than any sort of elemental or animal theme. For example:
- Storm Eagle spends most of his fight above you at an angle. The Chameleon Sting fires upward at exactly that angle.
- Sting Chameleon also fights either above at an angle or directly in front of you. The Boomerang Cutter shoots in front of you and then curves up to hit the necessary angle.
- Boomer Kuwanger teleports around. The Horming [sic] Torpedo seeks out his constantly-changing location.
- Flame Mammoth is a big target. The tornado weapon (which precise name escapes me) has a wide area of effect that, if fired during a jump, can pretty much hit the big guy no matter where he is on the screen.
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Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where raocow Gets No Upgrades
If I'm remembering correctly, Maverick Hunter X changed Boomer Kuwanger's English name to Boomerang Kuwanger.
It also definitely changed Horming Torpedo to Homing Torpedo.
Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where raocow Uses Invalid Symbols In Video Titles
Man, raocow didn't have to learn a thing about dealing with suction on spikes. What you do is go with the suction to get pulled to the other wall and recover from there.
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X making sashimi out of Launch's tentacles is probably one of the most unique things they did in the X series. Normally, you just have the one weakness that deals more damage (and sometimes stuns the enemy) more than the others. In this case, though? The Cutter Boomerang "quasi-weakness" outright kills some of the boss's attack patterns, making him much easier. It makes for a unique way of ruining a boss that doesn't get used much elsewhere in the Mega Man franchise, if at all.
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Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where raocow Uses Invalid Symbols In Video Titles
The Boomerang Cutter also cuts off Flame Mammoth's trunk. He loses the oil shot and the ability to change the direction of the conveyer belt, IIRC.
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I believe you're right on this. Maverick Hunter X was my introduction to the X series and I remember him being Boomerang Kuwanger.AlchemistHohenheim wrote: ↑6 years agoIf I'm remembering correctly, Maverick Hunter X changed Boomer Kuwanger's English name to Boomerang Kuwanger.
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Do a Buster-only, no powerups run of the Fortress.
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Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where raocow Uses Invalid Symbols In Video Titles
raocow please go and get the other upgrades because otherwise for the uninitiated there is no reason to believe that these so-called "up grades" actually exist and you are not just making them up
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Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where raocow Uses Invalid Symbols In Video Titles
Yeah, I'll put in a vote for "do a video of you actually getting all the upgrades".
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Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where raocow Uses Invalid Symbols In Video Titles
I'd rather see you go around and GET EQUIPPED WITH because the Sigma levels are going to be insufferable as it is
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Yeah, I have to agree. Sigma's gonna get you hard if you don't get equipped.
In other news, I'm up to X5 in the LP Archive's MMX megathread and I just have to say this:
In other news, I'm up to X5 in the LP Archive's MMX megathread and I just have to say this:
Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where - wait there are upgrades in this game?
Yeah, I've got to agree that you should get the upgrades. While doing everything up to Sigma without upgrades isn't so bad, Sigma himself is just a major troll. To put it in perspective, you have 20 HP and Sigma's two strongest attacks are both two-hit KOs against you as you currently stand. If you were to get all the upgrades, those two-hit KOs would become five-hit and seven-hit KOs, respectively. Major difference.
Of course, if you WANT to torture yourself for our amusement, then by all means go for it~
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Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where - wait there are upgrades in this game?
Go for every upgrade except the buster upgrade. Feel free to show off where it is, but don't get it because the game has a stronger narrative structure if you don't get it.
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Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where - wait there are upgrades in this game?
do an upgrades video where you also indirectly show off some alternate versions of levels like flame mammoth's level
that'd be rad
that'd be rad
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too bad he can't show off the unaltered version of Spark Mandrill's stage in his current playthrough because he already beat Storm EagleACesspoolofHatred wrote: ↑6 years ago do an upgrades video where you also indirectly show off some alternate versions of levels like flame mammoth's level
that'd be rad
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Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where - wait there are upgrades in this game?
I never knew this until I saw it in another video, but apparently that MM2 Bubble Bat near the start of Armored Armadillo's stage has a really high chance of dropping 1-ups when destroyed.
Perhaps that information will prove useful for raocow if he decides to tackle Sigma with limited upgrades (and wants to farm 1-ups before doing so).
Perhaps that information will prove useful for raocow if he decides to tackle Sigma with limited upgrades (and wants to farm 1-ups before doing so).
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Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where The Power Is Out
... says the one who started their career with Super DK 99.
PLEASE.
PLEASE.
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Re: Obscure "Mega Man X" Game Where The Power Is Out
I vote for Sigma w/o backtracking. raocow will have more or less the same stuff as I had during my blind run of the game (and he knows how subtanks work, which is also helpful).
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That's all I have to say.
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