Mega Man Among IGN’s “Ten Characters We Want in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale”
This one slipped under our radar, but not by too much. Last month saw more reveals in the upcoming PlayStation answer to Super Smash Bros., PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, and Sony has made it abundantly clear that third parties are indeed invited. Naturally, the Blue Bomber made the list– why wouldn’t he, especially since he didn’t make it into Brawl.
Incidentally, for those who didn’t know, Sony’s Santa Monica studio– where this game is being developed– is where now-former Capcom fighting game guru Seth Killian went following his tenure at the house of Street Fighter. With him being a well-known fan of Mega Man, perhaps there is a chance he might be able to make a slight push and open up communications for such a thing to happen? Mind, that’s purely speculation on our part, but wouldn’t that be nice?
On the other hand, there is the question of which Mega Man should be included, if any. IGN argues for the Classic version, who is the original, of course. He has two games (Mega Man 8 and Mega Man Battle & Chase) under his belt, plus the Mega Man Anniversary Collection, Complete Works, and Power Battle Fighters collections in Japan. He has also been featured in the first two Marvel vs. Capcom games, which have shown up on various Sony platforms.
And though Capcom often depicts the series as its own separate thing, there is Mega Man Powered Up to consider as well.
Mega Man X, on the other hand, was the first one to set foot on the PlayStation (Rockman X3 in Japan on 4/26/96). Plus, he has more original games (i.e. not remakes/collections) to appear on Sony’s platforms, including Mega Man X4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and Command Mission. Mega Man X Collection on the PlayStation 2 brings many of these together, and Maverick Hunter X is like a sweet, sweet cherry on top.
Oh, and we can’t forget Zero’s appearance (and his X costume) in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
Then we have MegaMan Volnutt from Mega Man Legends. While not the most popular member of the family, this is a series literally built for the PlayStation, with all of its key entries appearing on Sony’s platforms (no, we’re not counting Legends 3). Mega Man Legends and its sequel appeared on both the original PlayStation and were re-released in Japan on the PlayStation Portable, while The Misadventures of Tron Bonne was exclusive to the first PlayStation.
Not to mention the cast’s role in Namco X Capcom, though like so many other titles, it never made it to our shores. On the other hand, Tron Bonne and her Servbots’ appearances in Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and 3 did.
And just for completion’s sake, MegaMan.EXE from Mega Man Battle Network and Zero from Mega Man Zero both left the comfort of Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance and GameCube platforms to appear in Onimusha: Blade Warriors, itself a Smash Bros.-ish installment in that series. And who can forget Mega Man from Street Fighter X Tekken– a Sony-exclusive character, at that?
Discussions about which Mega Man should appear in a Super Smash Bros. title tend to be interesting, particularly as Nintendo’s platforms are where so many of these Blue Bombers were born. But as you can see above, with PlayStation, the rules change a bit– while many believe that Mega Man Classic is one of the more obvious choices for Nintendo’s series, that doesn’t seem so much the case when we look at Sony.
With that said, which Mega Man do you think belongs in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale?
Tags: Crossover, Mega Man, Mega Man Battle Network, Mega Man Classic, Mega Man Legends, Mega Man X, Mega Man Zero, Mega Man: Powered Up, Playstation, Seth Killian
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Either Classic, for being the most well known. Or Shooting Star, for being the most “recent” of the bunch, and likely the most unique and flashy moveset of all of them.
If they can pull off Dante, then I’m sure Shooting Star’s vast arsenal of weaponry and Big Bang Forces would work in this kind of game.
I’d say X or Legends would be the most logical choices. I know, Legends was in TvC and X is the eternally whined for character, but hear me out. The most beloved Megaman X game came out on the Playstation 1, and ignoring ports and Cellphone games,Legends has ALWAYS been Ps1′s boy. Ideally I’d want to see X in with a X4-6 themed moveset, but frankly, Dante’s probably the extent of what we’ll get out of Capcom.
Man, the left guy had like all good choices, and the right guy had like none. Maybe the Patapons.
I’d agree with Chaos Wolf. X or Volnutt are the more obvious Mega Man choices for a PlayStation game.
“Onimusha: Blade Warriors, itself a Smash Bros.-ish installment”
Uh, more like Power Stone due to free roaming aspects. I can understand you used Smash for its relevance and popularity, but never skip an opportunity to advertise Power Stone haha…
I like the idea of 3rd party popular characters joining a brawler, a little bit better than an in-house group with a couple of guests. That said if this game is good, has X in there, and he is represented right, along with some other PlayStation hit characters, I will prefer it over Smash series so far in terms of cast (wished they used classic Dante though)…
since the title is “PLAYSTATION-all stars” I guess that automatically discards Megaman Zero, Battle Network, Star Force and ZX as possible choices. Im pretty sure that EXE’s and Zero’s irrelevant appearance in Onimusha doesnt give them any possibility to make it in.
RedrazerZero: Never got to play Power Stone, so I can’t say. The comparisons I remembered likened it to Smash Bros., so that’s what I went with.
If he can’t appear in both (I imagine the first parties would ensure such a thing), I’d much rather have Megaman appear in Smash than in Royale. He would be a much better fit amongst other decades-old classic characters (many of which are colorful and cartoonish) than with mostly-recent, mostly realistic action men.
Unless I’m remembering wrong, Blade Warriors confines you to a 2D plane. In that sense, it’s much more comparable to Smash Bros (although still different, of course). Power Stone is a fun game, though!
X and Volnutt would make sense showing up, for sure.
@pstart
Blade Warriors doesn’t confine you to 2D. It allows players to move back and forth through front and background platforms, and allows you to direct your character in any direction the opponent may be…
X would be more fit for this title.
Basing on just the game’s vibes alone
-Classic Megaman Fits Nintendo Smash Bro
-X fits Playstation ASBR
Megaman X makes the most sense since his series has the most entries on Sony systems, plus he has no fighting game love, where Megaman was in 2, and Volnutt in 1.
And not to mention Tron being in more crossovers then there are legends games.
I think X should be in for these reasons:
1. He has had the most installments on the Playstations out of any Mega Man.
2. He was denied his spot in UMvC3.
@Lumine1412 Agree with you completely.
I just feel as though mega Man belongs more with characters like Mario, Sonic, and the like….
I’m hoping that they save him for the new Super Smash Bros.
Clearly Solid Snake will return (most of the work on the character has been done)… and there’s more likely then not a reason why Konami gave Sony Raiden and not Solid Snake.
Also Namco has done plenty of work with Capcom, and if anyone is going to make sure to get some Mega Man in Smash Bros, it would be them.
Who knows though, he could be in All-Stars. Stranger characters have been brought in.
As it’s PASBR we’re talking about I’d like to see Trigger the most.
He just fits into the scheme of PS characters fighting each other, even more than X.
I think Legends would work best for the art style, and the fact that they’re bringing up these classic “dead” franchises like Parappa the Rapper.
I’m just disappointed I haven’t seen anybody from Cool Boarders 2, yet… =(
Well this is good news, whatever incarnation Megs could possibly appear in. Let’s hope that Sony listens up.
~Extremely hypothetical situation aside, X and Legends are the only two with a snowball’s chance in making it in.
Legends has exclusivity
X has relevancy
X wins. That’s the end of it.
@Amir
due to SSR being the most hated and unpopular MegaMan character, I wouldn’t get my hopes up for him to be in this game.