"Street Fighter X Tekken" Producer Explains "Mega Man" Appearance

I think it shows that even "Mr. Megaman" likes to mess with his fanbase

Nate Ming
January 29, 2012 9:00am PST (1/29/12)

I've been a Mega Man fan since 1987. From getting curbstomped in the first two games on the NES, to his goofy appearance in Captain N, all the way through the insane NES sequels and the hilariously dark-and-serious X series and more, I've been a supporter of the Blue Bomber and his crazy Astro Boy-inspired adventures.

 

It is with that deep-seated love for the character in all its incarnations that I welcomed the idea of "Bad Box Art Mega Man" making an appearance alongside Pac-Man in the PS3 and Vita versions of Street Fighter X Tekken. As I've gone into ridiculous detail about before, Mega Man is not a dark and serious tale of robot warfare and redemption, so seeing this goofball, his beer gut and his laser pistol show up to tussle with the baddest of the bad from Street Fighter and Tekken (and... Infamous, I guess) is not only hilarious, but refreshing.

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Street Fighter X Tekken producer Yoshinori Ono was recently asked on Twitter about why he chose this version of Mega Man to be in the crossover fighter. In his usual playful way, he responded:

 

"I consulted with Mr.Megaman(his name is Mr.I…) about it 1 years ago.Its result! ;D"


So it appears that the creator of Mega Man, Keiji Inafune, was one of the conspirators geniuses behind this outrage best thing ever.

Just to be the cool guy that he is, Ono also mentioned that we'd get some "regular" character announcements soon. Hmm... there was a certain DELICIOUS dictator who we only saw in a story cinema last time... but that's the easy guess.

 

What do you think? Is all of Capcom dead-set on trolling Mega Man fans, even the series' creator? Or are they (as mentioned before) just a bunch of crazy, fun-loving Osakans?

 

 

via Shoryuken

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1/29/12 by justinr54321
Awesome! When is the release?
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1/30/12 by SceneUnicorn101
They had the game at Comic Con this year •ω•
My cousin said maybe in May...maybe he's wrong <ω<;;
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1/31/12 by Moganza
Release Date was announced a long time ago. It's the 6th March in US and 9th in Europe
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1/29/12 by RyanSaotome
Of course its trolling by Capcom. I wouldn't call those accusations unfair at all.
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1/29/12 by RyanSaotome
Plus the fact that /v/ had a sticky topic with nearly 800 posts of people complaining and whining about it shows they were successful.
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1/29/12 by Chaos_Sandrock
I am seriously getting sick of Capcom crapping on Megaman, first megaman universe canceled, then Megaman ledgends 3 canceled, then they left him out of MVC3, now they mock him with a short fat guy in a idiotic suit with a pea shooting baster gun
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1/29/12 by thethomaseffect
Oh agreed, and how DARE they make Megaman 9 and 10 such fabulous games, such trolling!
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1/29/12 by EternalHero
They made those before they canceled Megaman Legends 3 which fans wanted for years and Megaman Universe....
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1/30/12 by Chaos_Sandrock
imo 9 and 10 sucked, they were cheap and lazy making them in 8 bit not to mention 9 was ridiculously hard
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1/29/12 by kawilso4
wow it looks like danny divito in a megaman outfit
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1/29/12 by EternalHero
Capcom is trolling and I think Megaman fans are getting sick of Capcom's shit.
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1/29/12 by shadofrak
i could see it go either way
its not unreasonable to say capcom is trolling us, but i really don't get that feeling
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1/29/12 by fantasy-hearts
SCREW THEM WE DONT WANT THE FAT UGLY MEGAMAN! no wonder hackers are born, no point paying for this rubbish fat man
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1/29/12 by MAC-ATTACK
now thats rollin like big shot, strait from the drop top
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1/29/12 by samuraiky
i think it's awesome that they used the retro megaman,only certain people know of this in the first place.shows capcom remembers where they came from.
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1/30/12 by moratorium
no its pretty common knowledge, its known as being GOD AWFUL box art.
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1/29/12 by RyanSaotome
Another thing that shows its trolling is that they are using the Mega Man Legends 3 description of him on the official website. Even though its obviously not the same Mega Man.
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1/29/12 by BattlerEndless9
You people and your conspiracy theories. The timing is just coincidental, this was planned a year ago.
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1/29/12 by RyanSaotome
Which is after he left the company since he disagreed with the direction they were going in. Leaving something to make fans get pissed off at Capcom would make sense, no?
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1/29/12 by kyotanahashi
Megaman fans sure dont have a sense of humor.

as a big fan of the X series, i dont mind it. its fresh and funny. i just like there to be some more Rival School love.
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1/29/12 by coccobunny1
OH Man!!! Rival Schools!!! Loved that one. That should get a remake. Think of the online capabilites with that...
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1/29/12 by samurai-named-kira77
am i the only one wondering where pac man got that machine?
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1/29/12 by EJBlue
Even as a fan of the Mega Man series, I think it's pretty funny and an interesting idea too. It's just too bad that this is a PS3 and Vita exclusive as I'm getting the PC release.
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1/29/12 by zeon90
is it just me or did the lazer blasts from pac-man only deliver the blow to the balls of his oppenetts?
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1/29/12 by MisterPercy
I'm not seeing the problem?
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1/29/12 by kyotanahashi
me neither
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1/29/12 by Professional007
If it is true indeed I will not buy the game.
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1/29/12 by Sajomir
I'm a Mega Man fan, I'm just as mad as anyone else MML3 was cancelled... and I find bad-box-art Mega Man hilarious.

Well played, Capcom, ignore the haters and have fun :D
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1/29/12 by Ryk_
I am actually tired of Capcom and their non-StreetFighter crap appearing in fighting games (Capcom vs. XXXXXX). It's a Tekken crossover. You can't flesh out a decent roster of SF and Tekken characters, but your gonna include lame-assed joke characters (Fat Mega Man, Pac-Man with a mech body, and kitties?!). Oh, and why is Cole in this one? Screw it...I will get Tekken X Street Fighter when it decides to drop. I won't waste cash on this.
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1/29/12 by coccobunny1
As long as they don't make mega man as BROKEN as he was in MVC2, then I'm all for capcom's crazy cast of characters...however, maybe they should just name it Namco X Capcom/Capcom X Namco...just sayin' bro!
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1/30/12 by _SupaDupa_
This looks awful. Its amazing how Capcom makes fun of its own fanbase
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1/30/12 by Fenlil
Pac-man in a Mokujin mecha? Cool!
I don't get why so many people are outraged by this, I think they're trying to mock the megaman nes box art, not the fanbase. If I want the original megaman I will play a MEGAMAN game, not a fighting game. He was so tiny and hard to hit in MVC2 he always bothered me.
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1/30/12 by acldzero
Throw back to the oldschool megaman, I appreciate the silliness of it. I am glad he is here since he was passed up for MVC3U.
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1/30/12 by ArcaJ
skipping this one. I'll stick to Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom for my Megaman/Roll/Zero goodness.
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1/31/12 by Ultimagaa
Megaman Volnutt would have made me fall in love with capcom again, but this is a welcome idea too I suppose
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1/31/12 by Joshuaoftroy
This game is going to be awesome. I can't wait for march 6th.
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1/31/12 by fukcuman
Buy buy buy buy!!! I can't wait. Thanks for the video.
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