Weird choice of Anniversary years, Facebook.

But anyway, I love Mega Man. Great platformer. Great story. Text was use sparingly during these generations and it was quite enjoyable how Mega Man was able to tell a story using visuals rather than the talkie way. It was quite a cool series for the silent era of video games.

It’s a story about weapons created to destroy the world in action figure form. It was The Matrix 12 years early! It was 8 years pre-Ghost in the Shell. Not quite pre-Blade Runner though. It’s obviously Neo Human Casshern and Toei’s Metal Heroes inspired. Although creator Keiji Inafune claims its because of technical specs, the blue is an example of Asian metal industry rising. And there do seem to be many elements of Blade Runner involved. The fact that he can take off a helmet before revealing hair was pretty interesting. Also, as much as the cartoon was flawed it did give some interesting backstory to the character.

And it was really cool. Blade Runner and Tim Burton’s Batman used to be the standard for telling a story visually. But in this series, you told so many stories thanks to the different level designs of each world. The henchman, and levels were designed with a Robot Master in mind.

With Superman vs Batman coming out, rumors of Jesse Eisenberg playing Dr. Wily would be pretty awesome if it ever happened. Something topical now for the 28th Annniversary, having a mad scientist play a mad scientist.

Also, Star Wars Episode VII is coming out, giving us even less reason to care about this anniversary. XD