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A strange little handheld, an outsourced company, and a sequel to one of my favourite Mega Man games?  What could possble go wrong? Please note: The next episode may be a week or two later than usual.  December has thuroughly whooped my butt in terms of productivity, and it doesn't help the next one's an hour into the edited version and still not done.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatamipodcast...

Okay but what if, and hear me out: a spinoff that isn't a spinoff, that has Mega Man as only a momentary cameo, and not even the Mega Man from the timeline this game is set in, and it's also Pikmin. Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatamipodcast4 Contact: whatamipodcastingfor@gmail.com

Listen, I'm willing to give mobile games a fair shake.  This game disappointed me on its own merits.  And did okay on some others.  But there's a reason I'm playing Pokemon Masters EX now and not this.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatamipodcast4 Contact: whatamipodcastingfor@gmail.com New Game Plus' 12th Retro Recap, upon which I appear: https://soundcloud.com/ngppodcast/retro-recap-12

At one episode every two weeks, this can be considered an anniversary!  Thank you all for supporting me through this ridiculous undertaking. As mentioned at the end of the episode though, I Need A Break (also to catch up on my headstart!), so the next episode should upload on November 29th, as the second year begins. Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatamipodcast4 Contact: whatamipodcastingfor@gmail....

I want it to be known I have certainly considered reviewing the old Ruby-Spears Mega Man Cartoon.  But until such time as I actually do so, let's talk about a Japan-only series of three OVAs pretending to be a playable game.   Yet Another Final Fantasy podcast: https://anchor.fm/yaff-podcast/episodes/Final-Fantasy-V-End-of-Season-Mailbag-with-Garlyle-e1897ll The translation mentioned that's on You...

The last Classic timeline platformer for a long time is also often thought of as a game ruined by its difficulty.  ...Maybe I need to re-evaluate how good I think I am at these games, or maybe I've just retained this game in memory better than I thought.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatamipodcast4 Contact: whatamipodcastingfor@gmail.com

In a world covered by endless podcasts, this one's leaving behind 2D platformers and heading to the only 3D-focused Mega Man series.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatamipodcast4 Contact: whatamipodcastingfor@gmail.com

Once again, Mega Man tries a weird genre shakeup spinoff title.  And it took some warming up to, but for once, I think it... might have... worked?   Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatamipodcast4 Contact: whatamipodcastingfor@gmail.com

This game told me to Jump, Jump, Slide, Slide off of a bridge, and I listened because I didn't want to fall in a pit.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatamipodcast4 Contact: whatamipodcastingfor@gmail.com

That's right, it's an arcade sort of fighting but not really fighting game, but really it's a boss rush game.  Or rather, two of them.  Or rather, like, four of them, actually.  Might as well do it all in one fell swoop.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatamipodcast4 Contact: whatamipodcastingfor@gmail.com

I have only two words: gravity beetbood   Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatamipodcast4 Contact: whatamipodcastingfor@gmail.com

I remember, at the time, the change from NES to modern times for the classic series being a scary proposition.  Doesn't mean it has to be bad.  Some may disagree.  I am not 'some'.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatamipodcast4 Contact: whatamipodcastingfor@gmail.com

This last entry in the World subseries isn't a port, it's a whole new game, about robots... IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatamipodcast4 Contact: whatamipodcastingfor@gmail.com

Pretty sure this was the X game I played the most as a kid because it was the one I actually owned at the time.  Time to see if it holds up to the original or not! Stop by and listen to the NGP Podcast as mentioned in the intro: ngppodcast.com ; look for Retro Recap 11! Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatamipodcast4 Contact: whatamipodcastingfor@gmail.com

Once upon a time, Mega Man was unhappy with their relationship with Nintendo and decided to start flirting with the competition instead.  Sometimes it worked out bad.  Sometimes it worked out good.  This is both stories. Also, thank you all for your support - we've breached 500 total downloads, which is Nothing in podcast land to many people, but is really significant to me all the same as someone...

One of the very last titles for the NES and our last stop on the system, featuring possibly the most confusing Robot Master to date.

Once again, Capcom beat Nintendo to the punch in putting a mascot into a different kind of game.  This time, soccer.  Once again, I had to suffer through it.

It's back to the Game Boy to cover more attempts to translate the Mega Man experience to a portable format, but this time the games are going to go in a bit of a different direction strategically.  And also none of them have literally bugged sound data.

Ten episodes in!  ...Well, eleven if we count the bonus.  Anyway, let's celebrate by getting our butts off the NES and onto something a little more powerful with another of the games often considered the greatest in the series, with my first episode that ended up going over an hour long.

Did you know I once considered doing a Mega Man podcast instead of the Immaterial And Missing Podcast?  Anyway, I bring that up because I figured I'd do a bonus episode featuring a Mega Man inspired Touhou fangame!  I don't do bonus episodes enough, mostly cause it takes A Lot Of Time to do them, (Yes, this is an April Fools' Joke, but it's actually a very real episode about a very real and pretty...

It's time for our first Mega Man title that never left Japan, and it's... a board game?  Well, a video game of a board game, but still.  How the hell did this happen?

Once again, we wash the taste of the DOS ports out of our mouths by returning to the main series, with my old childhood favourite.  Does it hold up though, or was I just remembering it better than it is?

Oh No 2--or, I guess, Oh No 3?  What Happened to 2?  Why did Capcom allow this to happen twice?  Why did I do this to myself twice?  All those questions and more will be answered today, for better or worse. Addendum Credits: "The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The thing about playing every Mega Man game is sometimes it means revisiting old ground for different releases.  This time we're retreading some old stages and seeing some old faces, but on a new platform - and with a lot of unexpected surprises in store.

Let's charge back up after the travesty that was Mega Man DOS with an actual Mega Man title.  Heh, 'charge back up', because this one introduced the charged shot...