any megaman fans?

[lotus_start]

ever since the the dual override announcement at the game awards (which were. something. megaman is the only thing i remember) my interest in the megaman series has sparked again! ive been searching online for communities to talk to but...

bluesky is small, as well as tumblr. there's plenty of art there don't get me wrong! but the community is even smaller than it was as a kid  also, they're more modern posting type social medias that moreso promote one's self than a community. on the other hand, ao3 doesn't get as many fics as often so i'm trying to contribute and make my own fic (that's been in my head for ten years...). i was thinking about joining a discord, but i realize i didn't want just a chatroom that might wither away once my hyperfixation wanes. so, i realized forums are a lot slower and i wanted to try it out! this is my second forum other than spacehey.

so!! any megaman fans?  i'm especially interested in the x and zero series, and i've had ocs up in my brain for a decade now. im a huge fan of xzero, worldbuilding (especially the relationships between humans/reploids), and i'm planning on playing the x series very soon :3 oh, and i love axl

i want to know others favorites in the series! what projects do you hope capcom will release in the future? headcanons? theories? let me know :D feel free to share any megaman fan games, fanfics, art, creators, communities, etc.

[denpajin]

𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪 𝘥𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘵. 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 8 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘚1, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘟 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘕𝘌𝘚, 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘚𝘗 (𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 ><) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘪'𝘮 𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘉𝘈 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘚 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 + 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘳 𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 ^^?

[GarbCat]

Yesss I am a lifelong Mega Man fan so the Dual Overdrive announcement made me go crazy LOL. I didn't watch the Game Awards proper because it just seems like a waste of time to me for the most part, so those ~10 minutes between when it got announced on the initial Game Awards livestream and when the trailer got uploaded on YouTube felt so long, when all I had to go on were my friends saying in Discord that there's a new Mega Man game and it looks cool 

The original Mega Man X was the very first video game I played in general, and over the course of my life I've played most of the games in the franchise. I like basically all of the subseries- I definitely have the most experience with and feel most comfortable with the Classic and X games but I have a lot of appreciation for the Mega Man RPG series. I'm really looking forward to the upcoming Star Force Legacy Collection because I owned one of the games as a kid, but it slipped through my fingers and now all of the Star Force games are crazy expensive secondhand ORZ

The announcement for Dual Overdrive was pretty crazy all things considered, it really felt like Mega Man as a series was going back into the basement to rot, basically only living thru the occasional rerelease, but with the release of the new game as well as the president of Capcom saying that they're planning onto growing Mega Man into a core IP has me optimistic for the future. Because ngl seeing nothing but new Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, and repeat, for the past five years has sickened me, even if I do quite like SF and MonHun from time to time. So hearing from the horse's mouth that there's plans to diversify the Capcom palette and there's more plans for Mega Man than just the budget Legacy Collections, as cool as they are, just makes me very happy. Of course it feels like they've already said "Mega Man's back, baby!" with a new video game, then dropped the series after said new game twice now, but that's neither here nor there.

Honestly I don't have many expectations for new games either. I'm mostly satisfied getting a new Classic game and seeing more old Mega Man games get a moden rerelease, but I am really hoping Dual Overdrive gets some DLC. Mega Man 11 didn't, which felt very weird since 9 and 10 had rather extensive DLC as well. I'd really want some new playable characters for the most part, like some new levels or modes would be cool, but really I just want more characters to play MMDO with. Have some fun with it too, Proto Man and Bass have been Classic-series staples, and though I think one or the other should be in the game, why not throw in Roll or Duo in as playable characters, or something? But as for wholly new games I feel like a new Battle Network game in an HD-2D artstyle with online functionality baked into it from the start would be great to see, especially since Capcom as a whole is pretty light on RPGs :P