No Mega Man in Brawl, it seems
by Candace Savino 
{ Dec 22nd 2007 at 3:00PM }
If you're anything like us, you might be hoping that one of the daily dojo updates will drop the bomb that Mega Man will be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Unfortunately, it looks like that isn't happening. Bionic Commando recently interviewed Keiji Inafune, the creator of Mega Man, who had this to say regarding Brawl: "Well, I really do love Super Smash Brothers. It's a great series...but, Nintendo hasn't asked me yet if they can use Mega Man in their game. I'm still waiting...we have a little bit of time left, it's not coming out for another few months."
Somebody, call the man! But in reality, it seems too late to add the lovable blue robot if they haven't already (the game comes out next month in Japan). Is anybody as bummed as this blogger, or are you glad that Mega Man won't be involved in Brawl?
[Via GoNintendo]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Trevor @ Feb 4th 2008 8:42PM
I think there is a small possibility that Megaman will be a America exclusive, just like how some games have different content in America then in japan.
TheOverlord#2 @ Dec 22nd 2007 3:09PM
I'm dissapointed in Nintendo...
Mega Man would be perfect in Brawl...a stage from his NES days would be perfect too!
JJgamer93 @ Jan 2nd 2008 6:12PM
Well it's a good thing that the Wii has Connect 24 for Brawl. That way they could always add a new stage or character (wink wink) including a third party one later on, whenever they have the chance too! Perhaps more chapters for Adventure Mode as well...
velocitystrike @ Dec 22nd 2007 3:08PM
I'm rather shocked and amazed actually. I seriously would be a bit miffed if Ninty only included two non-1st party characters in brawl. It screams "lucrative" to just plonk loads of characters in the game, and whilst I'm aware that there's more to it than just getting a character and announcing it, I shudder to think what'd happen if they kept it at Sonic and Snake. I mean, on top of Mega Man there's no Master Chief; Gordon Freeman; Heavenly-Sword lady!
I mean, where are THOSE characters?!...lol
iofthestorm @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:11PM
Well the whole point of ssb was to be a fighting game with everyone's favorite Nintendo characters, so you should be happy there are any 3rd party characters at all.
Squashua @ Dec 22nd 2007 3:12PM
He could be lying and Megaman is a hidden character. I'm still surprised they didn't add a Castlevania Belmont character.
crazypenguin @ Dec 22nd 2007 3:42PM
totally agreeing with you, i mean, with that question asked, and how they arn't really revealing anything to quickly, i wouldn't be surprised for megaman to still be in brawl, because if he gave an answer like "yes he is", then he ruins the surprise or "they have contacted me" then same thing, or "i can't say" then well DUH. they are just doing a playstation, you know, llike "no we're not having a 100 dollar price drop, (two days later) HERE IS A 100$ PRICE DROP."
Nushio (NDF - Blue) @ Dec 22nd 2007 3:14PM
I'm boycotting Nintendo and Smash if thats true!
Well, no, not really, but thats a huge disappointment.
MountainLionLink @ Dec 22nd 2007 3:16PM
Beyond the other user's smart arse comments. I'm honestly surprised that the blue bomber is not in brawl since Mega Man originally debuted on the NES. It would make more sense to have him appear then some of the other characters that recently been announced such as Pokemon trainer, King Dedede, Zero Suit Samus [as a separate character in theory], Wario [from the Wario-ware version no less] and finally Sonic [a rival game character that is now on its last leg].
troy @ Dec 22nd 2007 3:27PM
This could just be a trick since they might want it to be a huge secret if its an unlockable character but yeah this might be the thing they have to correct in the NEXT smash bros! Mega Man and a level based on him would have been PERFECT
ArashiUzumaki @ Dec 22nd 2007 3:28PM
well, they said there would be at least 3 3rd party challengers.
i don't really care if megaman is in it.
his moves would be pretty crap..
and there's probably definately other characters that are more suited.
i admit i was shocked at the choice of King Dedede, but also happy, because that opens up the window for potential characters when you think about it.
also that a level, with awesome megaman beats, would of been cool.
overall.. i'm not bothered by the decision made by nintendo.
they're already creating an absolutely mental game!
iofthestorm @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:12PM
When did you see that?
ArashiUzumaki @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:40PM
i thought Sakurai stated thata while back at some convention.
i've been raking in all the info i could and checking the updates daily, so i didn't think i'd be wrong in saying that.
pretty certain that was said.
if i'm proven wrong, thn that's fair enough.
but 3 sounds like a good number for 3rd party chars.
not too many, not too little :)
MountainLionLink @ Dec 22nd 2007 3:31PM
Well everyone must remember; where is Luigi, Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Ganondorf, and etc?
Many of these characters have not been announced or even mentioned at all. I believe that there will probably be almost 15 or so "hidden" characters at least, which would mean that a lot of things could be hidden for the sake of keeping them secret to the public.
Really, there should be at least over fifty hidden features [characters, stage, and so forth all together] in the game.
ArashiUzumaki @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:50PM
the one i really want is Ganondorf..
think..
his new twilight look is soo cool, he is soo hard.
AND Sakurai said there's gonna be no clones like there was in melee - eg. Cpt.Falcon and Ganon.
he could be made soo cool, and have his sword! :P
Capt. Castellanos @ Dec 22nd 2007 3:36PM
i actually yelled out "NOOOO!" upon first reading the headline.
thats how disappointed i am.
its still really cool that Keiji would like to have megaman in smash bros.
if we can't have the blue bomber in smash bros,
is there still hope of having the white bomber?
(aka: Bomberman?)
i mean, hudson is on good terms with Nintendo, right?
Mr.ESC @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:29PM
I actually said "F****************ck you Nintendo" after reading the headline.
But hey he said there is time left,there is still a chance.
Genome4824 @ Dec 22nd 2007 3:50PM
:'[
Mr Khan @ Dec 22nd 2007 4:43PM
They never said three, they said three at most
But it is definitely too late to add him. Brawl is done, as far as logic suggests. It's only 1 month until Japanese release, and if they have anything left, it'll be the final stages of debugging and synching all the functionality together
Too bad though, Megaman would've fit like a glove
iofthestorm @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:13PM
Megaman would have basically been a male version of Samus though, so I don't see why we really need him besides for nostalgia's sake.
ArashiUzumaki @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:53PM
i agree.
i honestly don't see why people are making it out to be something heartbreaking.
could a megaman fan please give me a thought up moveset please?
i really don't see what could be done..
i'm interested.
Gerwurztraminer @ Dec 22nd 2007 8:45PM
No, but, I think having MMX would be a bit easier:
-a charge move similar to Samus/DK would be a given.
- normal attacks could be X-buster and Z-sabre
(or just include Zero in the game as well, that'd be even better)
- side smash could be dash move, including side air-dash
- the ability to hover, a la MMX4 would be nice
- up-smash could be the Shoryuken
- Final-smash could be the the Nova Armor or something similar to his Marvel vs Capcom special move
- And perhaps if MMX were to grapple with a character he could absorb a new ability, or more in line with his games, he absorbs the new ability when he defeats a character
He'd be like a Samus/Link/Luigi/Peach/Kirby hybrid =]
Adam @ Dec 22nd 2007 5:03PM
To Sakurai: CALL INAFUNE NOW. RIGHT THIS INSTANT. IF YOUR NOT CALLING HIM IS THE ONLY THING KEEPING MEGA MAN OUT OF THIS GAME, I WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU.
No, seriously. Call the guy.
I mean, I'm not surprised we don't have freaking Master Chief or Nariko from Heavenly Sword in there, because they're first-party-owned characters of Nintendo's direct rivals. Anyone from the third-parties ought to be fair game, though, and Mega Man? He's an icon, and he got his start on Nintendo's systems (and there are still MM games releasing today on the DS). It'd be terrible if he wasn't in the game, especially because the tone of the game is very playful and cheery—perfect for our little friend the Blue Bomber.
Adam @ Dec 22nd 2007 5:05PM
Sorry—Ninja Theory, the company behind Heavely Sword, isn't a Sony-owned studio. My mistake.
Dig @ Dec 22nd 2007 5:33PM
I have to say, I'm not disappointed about hearing this news anymore. If you had asked me a month ago which video game character I most wanted to be in SSBB, I would have declared Mega Man hands-down while frothing at the mouth and subsequently getting a tattoo of Mega Man fighting Kirby on my bicep. Nowadays, I realize I like the idea of Mega man in SSBB more than I would actually enjoy playing him in the game. Have you ever played Marvel vs. Capcom 2? It's a 2D fighter with crazy amounts of fan service in it. Mega Man is an unlockable character in it. After hours of play time to reach the unlocking requirements, I found out that he was a pretty crappy character to play with. He used some weak sauce melee combat and his other attacks were limited to his Mega Buster, two boss powers from earlier games, and a soccer ball from a spin-off game. All the excitement and fanboy fervor led to nothing in terms of a fighting game. Now whenever I play that game I always get tickled whenever I see him in the line-up, but I usually go for Rogue instead.
hansning @ Dec 22nd 2007 8:42PM
that's what i was thinking too. i was so excited to see him in the game, but definately a weaker character.
then again, about half the characters in the game were just as weak.
whoever mentioned a male samus makes a good point, but it would definately be cool to see some classic megaman powers too, like leaf shield. zero would be sweet at well, although there are already a ton of swordsmen in the game.
padgon @ Dec 22nd 2007 10:52PM
Agree, It would have been better suited for Super Mario Strikers Charged, they can always have an expansion with him on the WiiWare. =P
Squashua @ Dec 23rd 2007 4:52PM
I'm pretty sure Tails, Knuckles (maybe Shadow) and Dr. Robotnik are unlockable characters.
iMeh @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:23PM
It would be awesome if Mega Man was in this Smash Bros. Brawl. And alright if he wasn't. I'm sure this isn't the last iteration of a Smash Bros. game so I'm sure we'll see Mega Man in due time. Imagine new characters as downloadable content in a future game?!
Undead Priest @ Dec 22nd 2007 5:58PM
Even if he was in SSBB, people would still complain about his stage. "Why isn't it such and such?" and "It should've been this stage..."
ChrisCanberg @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:55PM
Alright, so Mega Man in fact DID get his start on the NES. He IS an icon, and I admit his stage would be cool, but although I like Mega Man games, I honestly don't care to see him in Brawl. There are so many more potential characters for that game, and I see from a lot of comments that people are very upset about this. And to be honest, I thought that Mega Man would be in the game too. And once the game was delayed, I thought it was even more probable.
Speaking of the delay, I also think that the game is going to include more than three third party games to select characters for their roster. With the delay, I expect that coming, since they had about another 3 months to finish it at the time they announced that they were delaying it.
Who knows? But I honestly don't care much about MegaMan. There are going to be more. I know it.
Fist Drark @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:14PM
I love Mega Man, but I guess I'm one of the few people who isn't surprised he won't be in Brawl. The rumor of his appearance has always seemed to me to be based entirely upon wishful thinking...
DaiMac79 @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:06PM
Bummed?
Yes I am.
Surprised?
Not one bit.
DonWii @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:13PM
I was expecting him, but I'm not upset he isn't in.
Author X @ Dec 22nd 2007 8:27PM
Man... sometimes I just hate Inafune so much. I don't want to get into an argument about the bad decisions he's made regarding the Megaman property as of late, but...
Y'know why we even have third party characters? Because Hideo Kojima pursued the the idea of putting Snake in, and contacted Nintendo about it when Melee was finishing up. He went after it. And Inafune is sitting saying "it would be great, so when are you guys gonna get off your butts and call me"? Goddamn, man.
ChrisCanberg @ Dec 22nd 2007 9:48PM
Wow that's REALLY true.
I wonder what would've happened if Hideo Kojima didn't want to have Snake put in. This next addition to the Smash Bros. series might not have as much hype as it does right now.
And yes, Mega Man would be the Male version of Samus. Again I'll repeat myself; He wouldn't be good.
Now Sora, he would be good. Kingdom Hearts can totally fit in this game.
ChrisCanberg @ Dec 22nd 2007 9:54PM
Leon S. Kennedy from Resident Evil too. Now that Sakurai has shown that he can use adult, real life games in Brawl, I would absolutely LOVE to see Leon. He'd be great, seeing as how he's pretty much the new icon of the Resident Evil series.
Joe @ Dec 22nd 2007 11:38PM
I for one thing this could be a lie. Because why come out now and say Magaman is in the game when you could do it later at the Consumer Electronics Show in January.
Because that would be big news so why say He is in now when you could save the news for a bigger time.
Adv2k1 @ Dec 23rd 2007 12:42AM
Smash brothers is about big franchise characters fighting each other. Melee got more lesser known fighters into the mix and brawl gets 3rd party ones.
That makes sense.
I still hope its hush hush with Megaman being in the game, so they don't want to spoil anything and never reveal it until after it releases. If somebody retarded is in the game KRYSTAL FROM STAR FOX ADVENTURES and not Megaman I'll be fucken pissed off.
I would think 3rd parties would want to get into BRawl for some of the royalties. Crash Bandicoot would be neat, Simon Belmount would be awesome (zero suit samus already has a whip), somebody from Street Fighter would be great too.
Different universes fighting one another is what Smash is, and more 3rd party the better. I much rather have 3rd party than shitty clones like Falco, Pichu.
HellsHammer @ Dec 23rd 2007 2:02AM
I'm upset, but at the same time, I'm kinda glad. I mean, mega man is a huge series, but there have been several versions of him. If Nintendo included him in Smash, they would probably use the Mega Man NT garbage. (Wario fighting in the WarioWare outfit?? Please...just f*#king stop.)
Things just seem to be out of order when it comes to character selection for Brawl.
I mean, no Simon Belmont, no Little Mac, no Mega Man.
But Sonic, Snake, Zero suit Samus?!? How many versions of one character do we need? Are we going to have Mario, Dr. Mario, new bee Mario, frog suit Mario and gameboy Tennis ref. Mario?
I do understand Lucas, but can't they localize his damn game before they bring him here with that? I had enough people tell me they though Ness was FROM Smash.
I'm just saying, they seem to just be picking names out of a hat.
Mega Man was great in Marvel VS. Capcom, he would be great in Smash....Maybe even Mega Man X?
Woah...that was a rant.
Rez Delnava @ Dec 23rd 2007 3:21AM
If I remeber correctly, the reason they delayed SSBB was to add more online capabilities to the game, and I'm pretty sure that an online match-making set was already included. So what else could they have added during that long delay? The ability to take and send pictures to your Wii friends?... please, that wouldn't take several months to add in, so I'm thinking downloadable content. I wouldn't be surprised if, after a month or so that they start sending out the e-vites for more characters to come join the party.
christmasfish @ Dec 23rd 2007 3:30AM
I'd still be more surprised than anything else if Mega Man wasn't actually going to be in the game.
And, although it sounds desperate, he didn't actually SAY "Mega Man won't be in Brawl". He just says Nintendo hasn't asked him if Mega Man can be in it.
Still, this is a real buzz kill...
Onomah @ Dec 23rd 2007 4:29AM
Ladies and Gentlemen, (but statistically more likely to be Gentlemen, lets face it) I now present to you "denial":
I'm sure it's just like a trick, like when your mom pretends she wasn't able to get that christmas present but then on christmas day it's under the tree? Come on guys, don't be so glum, there's still time! It can be a merry christmas after all.
Ahh who am I kidding, megaman won't be in it...But he didn't say anything about Zero. Yeah Zero. It was all a bit of misdirection is what it was. Oldest trick in the book, see? they got us thinking about Megaman when Zero is about to emerge!
Thank you very much. That was "denial"
Gerwurztraminer @ Dec 23rd 2007 9:23AM
....and since Mega Man and Mega Man X are two completely different characters, that doesn't discount X either, right? Right?
Kris @ Dec 23rd 2007 5:40AM
I'm not sad at this at all. I don't like Mega Man. and Honestly i don't think he'd fit in Brawl at all, or any SSB game. His character design just doesnt make sense in my opinion. I mean i can see Snake and Sonic fitting for some reason (more so Sonic) but Mega Man doesnt fit imo. But maybe that's just me, i don't know. I don't consider it a huge loss. They should put in Sora from KH in it! lol, i don't think he'd fit very well (though it would matter on hsoi character design for it) but i'd love that. Though you DO have to wonder, what ARE the hidden characters they are keeping from us? What on earth could the possiblities be? I mean i know Ganondorf is a strong possiblity (the LoZ people said that they sent over the Twilight Princess character designs for Link, Zelda AND Ganondorf) i hope Midna is in there as an Assist trophy or something, i loved that character! And i think Luigi is pretty much a given as being in the game (being in the first and second helps his chances and lets face it, he IS amazing) but hmm who else? Did they say all of the ones from last game would be back in? I'm glad (if what someone said above is true) that the copy characters wont be in it, or atleast will have better moves (Pikachu/Pichu, Mario/Dr.Mario, Ganon/Cpt. Falcon, Falco/Fox.) but hmm so much to wonder....
Nquoid @ Dec 23rd 2007 6:15AM
Really this does come as a bit of a shock. However it could just be a ploy to make everyone think that he's gonna be in the game, theres still a few months left of updates.
Then theres the fact that Capcom is the last big Japanese third-party (apart from Square-Enix) to donate a character. Even if Mega-man isn't in we could still have a character like Ryu (who is arguebly a better fit than Mega-man) or Jill or Leon.
.......... @ Dec 23rd 2007 9:42AM
doesn't mean megaman won't be in there. its more likely that he'll be in there sometime now than if he didn't say anything. This lets Nintendo know this guy would be happy to loan his character. Also, they don't have to add Megaman before we get Brawl, you see, as wii has a feature most people have forgotten about do to lack of use. Wiiconnect24. They could use this to add megaman to the roster i believe, along with stages and such. i ain't giving up hope yet.
sonic @ Dec 29th 2007 3:38PM
damn straight I'm not giving up hope just yet ether
trainwrecka @ Dec 23rd 2007 10:55AM
i'm sure he'll make the cut on SSb for Wii2
Ghost @ Dec 23rd 2007 11:44AM
What I noticed is that he said Months like in this sentence from the article "we have a little bit of time left, it's not coming out for another few months." Why would he say months when the game is coming out in Japan in a Month and a Month 1/2 in US. It really makes you think about it
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