Anyone who has ever played the Mega Man X games,knows that when Capcom brought the game over Stateside,they changed the names of the 8 selectable Maverick bosses to make them appeal better to a Western/American Audience. Now,these US names range from good to generic to just plain childish.
So,Just for fun,I'm gonna be renaming the Mavericks from X1-X8. I'll start with the Mavericks from the first X title. Note that,for information sake,I'll be listing the Japanese names of the Mavericks along with the American ones. The only exception will be if the American name is the same as the Japanese one.
X1 Mavericks:
Icy Penguigo/Chill Penguin to Chill Pengun
Spark Mandriller/Spark Mandrill to Spark Mandrillar
Armor Armarge/Armored Armadillo to Armored Armaroller
Launcher Octopuld/Launch Octopus to Launcher Octollery
Boomer Kuwanger to Blademerang Stagbeet
Sting Chameleao/Sting Chameleon to Sharpsting Chameleon
Storm Eagleed/Storm Eagle (I think,I'm gonna stick with the japanese name)
Burnin' Noumander/Flame Mammoth to Flame Mammophant
Now for X2:
Wire Hetimarl/Wire Sponge to Wire Seacumber
Wheel Alligates/Wheel Gator to Wheel Killagator
Bubbly Crablos/Bubble Crab to Bubble Craboss
Flame Stagger/Flame Stag to Blaze Stagger
Metamor Mothmeanos/Morph Moth to Scrapshot Mothmenace
Magne Hyakulegger/Magna Centepede to Magnetic Ninjapede
Crystar Mymine/Crystal Snail to Crystaler Snailoid
Sonic Ostreague/Overdrive Ostrich to Overdrive Ostro
Team Doppler of X3:
Frozen Buffalio/Blizzard Buffalo to Blizzard Buffalord
Acid Seaforce/Toxic Seahorse (I think,once again,i'll stick with the japanese name)
Screw Masaider/Tunnel Rhino to Driller Rhinox
Electro Namazuros/Volt Catfish to Voltage Catfissure
Scissors Shrimper/Crush Crayfish to Cutter Crayfish
Shining Tigerd/Neon Tiger to Neon Tigeray
Gravity Beetbood/Gravity Beetle to Gravity Rhinobeet
Explose Horneck/Blast Hornet to Blast Hornix
Repliforce of X4:
Web Spidus/Web Spider (for the 3rd time,the japanese name will be stuck with)
Split Mushroom (names staying the same)
Cyber Kujacker/Cyber Peacock to Cyberspace Peacrook
Storm Fukuroul/Storm Owl to Storm Cyclowl
Magmard Dragoon/Magma Dragoon to Blaze Draguma
Frost Kibatodos/Frost Walrus to Frostfang Walrus
Jet Stingren/Jet Stingray (for the 4th time,i'm gonna stick with the japanese name)
Slash Beastleo/Slash Beast to Slash Beastleon
X5 Mavericks:
Crescent Grizzly/Grizzly Slash to Crescentslash Grizzly
Tidal Makkoeen/Duff McWhalen to Tidal Whalord
Volt Kraken/Squid Adler to Megavolt Kraken
Shining Hotarunius/Izzy Glow to Shining Neonfly
Dark Necrobat/Dark Dizzy (the japanese name will be kept,this counts time #5)
Spiral Pegacion/The Skiver to Twister Pegasus
Burn Dinorex/Mattrex (for the 6th time,i'm sticking with the japanese name)
Spike Rosered/Axle the Red to Spike Radrose
The Investigators of X6:
Commander Yammark to Commander Dragosect
Shieldner Sheldon/Shield Sheldon (i'm gonna keep the american name this time)
Infinity Mijinion to Infinity Waterflea
Ground Scaravich to Earthrock Scarab
Blaze Heatnix to Blaze Heanix
Blizzard Wolfang to Frost Wolfang
Rainy Turtaloid to Rain Turtaloid
Metal Shark Prayer/Metal Shark Player to Steel Hammerhead
Red Alert of X7:
Soldier Stonekong to Warrior Stonekong
Tornado Debonion/Tornado Tonion to Voltornado Tonion
Splash Warfly (name's gonna go unchanged)
Flame Hyenard (the name's staying the same again)
Hellride Inobusky/Ride Boarski to Gangrider Boarski
Snipe Ariquick/Snipe Anteator to Sniper Ardvarkiller
Wind Karasting/Wind Crowrang (once again,i choose the american name)
Vanishing Gangaroon/Vanishing Gungaroo (for the 3rd time,i choose the american name)
The New Generation Mavericks of X8:
Gravitate Antonion/Gravity Antonion to Gravity Antonoid
Optic Sunfloward/Optic Sunflower to Opticlaser Sunflower
IceSnow Yetinger/Avalanche Yeti (keeping the american name again)
Bamboo Pandemonium/Bamboo Pandamonium (the american name is the way to go here)
Burn Kokekokker/Burn Rooster to Burning Roostar
EarthRock Torirovich/Earthrock Trilobyte (keeping the american name for the 7th time)
Gigavolt Dokragen/Gigabolt Man-o-War to Gigavolt Jellyfish
Darkneid Kamakil/Dark Mantis to Shadow Mantix
Well there you have it,my re-naming of the Mavericks. So,what do you think? What would you guys re-name these guys? Drop a comment below.
More stuff coming soon.
Until next tine,Stay Gold,Space Cowboys.
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Ways To Make The (Likely) Mega Man X9 Good!
Ever since the announcements of Mega Man X Legacy Collection and Mega Man 11 back in December,It's no secret that Capcom is interested in making Mega Man X9 (if they haven't started on it already).
After the Horror that was X8,fear strikes me whenever I hear of a new entry to the X Series being teased. X8 got tons of things wrong and I fear that Capcom might repeat X8's sins with the Next title. Here are the 4 ways to keep X9 from being like X8 (ie. terrible):
1 - Give X his series back. X Needs his spotlight back. I don't give 1 Billion Shits if Zero was Supposed to be the Main character in the first place. By that logic,then X6-CM aren't canon,since X5 was supposed to be the final game in the X Series..or atleast the main X series timeline. That might have been what was planned,but the plans have clearly changed. So Don't you dare use That argument.
2 - Fair Level Layouts. No Autoscrolling Levels either. X8 was painful to playthrough Because of these factors. Alternate routes would be nice too,if you have trouble with one path,you can take an easier one.
3 - Keep Sigma the Main Villian. No one likes that little pussweed Lumine.
And 4 - Bring back the Traditional Lives System. Having Continues replace Lives in X8 was really Really annoying.
X8 was trash in terms of fun factor,thanks to the stages. Hell,I still can't progress through the game without a cheat device. But,it did have some good things about it (as overshadowed as they were). Here are the X8 elements that I'd love to see return for X9:
Rapid-Firin' Axl - Admittedly,Capcom made,the formerly lameass,Axl cool in X8,especially with his Rapid Firing guns.
The Z-Knuckle - Had a bitch of a time getting this,but I'm glad I did. The Z-Knuckle is a fun weapon for Zero,that I hope returns for X9 (and is much easier to get).
Tag Teams and Double Team Attacks - The Tag feature goes back all the way to Xtreme 2,but X8 improved upon it by adding Double Team Moves. This should return as well.
Combining Armor Parts - This was the most creative thing in the game. The ability to collect and combine various X Armor parts was sweet. Sure,I couldn't get most of them,but it's a cool concept,nevertheless.
Ladies Day - Make the Navigators Playable Again,Capcom!
Button Codes At Title Screen - Self expainatory. Unlock cool stuff by imputing button codes on the title screen.
Other things that are needed:
- X4-X6 Ultimate Armor
- 16 or 32-bit graphics.
- Mega Man X Amiibo to unlock Special Armors for X.
- Zero Amiibo to unlock Kuro Zero.
- Axl Amiibo to unlock stuff for Axl.
- A Good Story focusing on X and maybe bringing back a Classic Series character. We need more Classic stuff in X.
If Capcom does all of these And also releases the game on the Switch too (in addition to the other consoles),X9 would be pretty damn good. BTW,with all of this talk about individual Mega Man Anniversaries,got me thinking about The Ruby Spears Mega Man 25th Anniversary in 2019. You know I'll be celebrating it Fully. Well,that's all I have to say about this topic.
After the Horror that was X8,fear strikes me whenever I hear of a new entry to the X Series being teased. X8 got tons of things wrong and I fear that Capcom might repeat X8's sins with the Next title. Here are the 4 ways to keep X9 from being like X8 (ie. terrible):
1 - Give X his series back. X Needs his spotlight back. I don't give 1 Billion Shits if Zero was Supposed to be the Main character in the first place. By that logic,then X6-CM aren't canon,since X5 was supposed to be the final game in the X Series..or atleast the main X series timeline. That might have been what was planned,but the plans have clearly changed. So Don't you dare use That argument.
2 - Fair Level Layouts. No Autoscrolling Levels either. X8 was painful to playthrough Because of these factors. Alternate routes would be nice too,if you have trouble with one path,you can take an easier one.
3 - Keep Sigma the Main Villian. No one likes that little pussweed Lumine.
And 4 - Bring back the Traditional Lives System. Having Continues replace Lives in X8 was really Really annoying.
X8 was trash in terms of fun factor,thanks to the stages. Hell,I still can't progress through the game without a cheat device. But,it did have some good things about it (as overshadowed as they were). Here are the X8 elements that I'd love to see return for X9:
Rapid-Firin' Axl - Admittedly,Capcom made,the formerly lameass,Axl cool in X8,especially with his Rapid Firing guns.
The Z-Knuckle - Had a bitch of a time getting this,but I'm glad I did. The Z-Knuckle is a fun weapon for Zero,that I hope returns for X9 (and is much easier to get).
Tag Teams and Double Team Attacks - The Tag feature goes back all the way to Xtreme 2,but X8 improved upon it by adding Double Team Moves. This should return as well.
Combining Armor Parts - This was the most creative thing in the game. The ability to collect and combine various X Armor parts was sweet. Sure,I couldn't get most of them,but it's a cool concept,nevertheless.
Ladies Day - Make the Navigators Playable Again,Capcom!
Button Codes At Title Screen - Self expainatory. Unlock cool stuff by imputing button codes on the title screen.
Other things that are needed:
- X4-X6 Ultimate Armor
- 16 or 32-bit graphics.
- Mega Man X Amiibo to unlock Special Armors for X.
- Zero Amiibo to unlock Kuro Zero.
- Axl Amiibo to unlock stuff for Axl.
- A Good Story focusing on X and maybe bringing back a Classic Series character. We need more Classic stuff in X.
If Capcom does all of these And also releases the game on the Switch too (in addition to the other consoles),X9 would be pretty damn good. BTW,with all of this talk about individual Mega Man Anniversaries,got me thinking about The Ruby Spears Mega Man 25th Anniversary in 2019. You know I'll be celebrating it Fully. Well,that's all I have to say about this topic.
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