Super Mega Man?
Ah, memories.
Once upon a time, as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was in its infancy, there was no Mega Man X, only Mega Man, and with heroes like Mario and Simon Belmont making the leap to Nintendo’s 16-bit platform, I don’t think any of us at the time imagined that eventually, a new hero would emerge.
I think it was around the time following Mega Man or 4‘s release that the first whispers of a “Super” Mega Man (“Super” being a common prefix for many a Super NES game, for those too young to remember) began to be heard, but for what seemed like forever, there were no visuals to get us hyped, only the far-off promise of a 16-bit Mega Man title to eventually make its way into our homes and our lives. Thinking back, I think what was largely expected was something like Mega Man 7, but what we got was clearly a beast all its own.
During that time of promise and uncertainty, video game magazine Game Players (R.I.P.) conducted an interview for their March 1993 issue with Capcom’s Senior Vice-President, Joseph Morici. He revealed a few things about the franchise, including an early cue that Mega Man Soccer was soon to be on its way, as well as plans for the “Super” Mega Man to contain a battery back-up save system, which clearly did not come to fruition.
In addition, he also explains that it was he who chose the new name for the Blue Bomber when the time came to bring Rockman to the rest of the world.
You can read the article, brief though it may be, by clicking the image below. And for those old enough, you can think back to a different age of gaming.
Thanks to Protodude’s Rockman Corner for the scan, and for bringing back the memories.
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Joseph Morici, the one and only who signed himself the booklets of Capcom games at the time. too bad that the companies doesn’t do this more often.
Funny, no battery, and there was a Mega Man game for the Sega Genesis… Wily Wars.
I’m so accustomed to passwords in Mega Man until the advent of Playstation that I never found it odd that Mega Man X-X3 and Mega Man 7 kept a password system. I played every SNES RPG I could find and ravaged it, and yet never once did I think “Why doesn’t Mega Man X allow saving?!”
Ah, now I finally have a name to blame for all the broken Rock and Roll (and also R.O.C.K. on) jokes!
I like the password screens simply for the nostalgia factor and the fact it makes you want to just get it all finished at once. MegaMan games seem too easy when theres an automatic save system, especially when Classic and X series games (before X4 of coarse)take you around 40-45 minutes if you’ve been playing for years.
I never questioned the passwords either. Very strange looking back. Oh well. The snes games clearly didn’t need them to be awesome, huh?
Before the release of Mega Man X, I only had the Gameboy games. (The NES games were out of the question because I still had my old Famicom from Kuwait.) Because of the Roman numerals, I thought the title was actually Mega Man 10, so I was like, “What happened to the other six games?” After renting it from the video store, I remember convincing my mum that the boss on the box was “Octopus Man”. Good times. :p
Super Mega Man how lame LMAO.
I remember how shocked my brother, my cousins, and I were when we saw blood coming out of someone’s mouth in a video game. I also remember there being an earthquake when I was watching my brother play the game – I tried to get onto the bunk-bed in our room, but he pushed me off onto the floor while the earthquake was still going on… Err, I’m just remember the good old days. I miss them.
Also, now that passwords are gone, I’m glad they’re gone, but that’s one of the biggest things I can remember during at least the NES era – and that includes Game Genie. Oddly, nowadays I just play the games that use passwords from beginning to end, so maybe they don’t bother me today, either.
Wow, I missed all that! I didn’t get into Mega Man until later, though, I still started with the NES (since I borrowed all my systems from friends, and I’m not gona be able to borrow the newest one). Mega Man 3 was my first, then I worked on through the rest, while renting Mega Man 7 from blockbuster with a friend. MAN that game was tough! We could’t get very far, even when we both took turns. Good times.
Ahh, the good ‘ol 90′s…
“Those who sacrificed themselves for victory will never return.”
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA “Super Megaman”? More like Super Megaman World. xD There are a bunch of “Super” of the title of the games in Super Nintendo stage. Oh well, there’s Megaman 7 and Megaman X1-3 series! =D
“(”Super” being a common prefix for many a Super NES game, for those too young to remember)”
“And for those old enough, you can think back to a different age of gaming.”
I’ll never understand why people in my age group think being of that age group is some sort of achievement to pride themselves on (and/or separate or even belittle gamers younger than they are).