Astro turning into MegaMan?

[wicked fierce]

I noticed that he now has a MegaMan type buster. Before all he had was the finger lasers. I don't mind, I do realize they have to change him up a bit to catch today's audiences. But damn, I always said that MegaMan was a copycat of Astro, now they're copying him.

[EvilGenki]

I think Astro could kick the crap out of Megaman!

besides the point..astro is'nt really copying because lots of robots do that kinda thing.

[KELPIE]

Originally posted by wicked fierce on Apr 16 2003@ 06:44 PM
he now has a MegaMan type buster

I wouldnt really say that's the case....

Astro could always do that to his arm, although it was used as a rocket/jet. spose you can modify the function a little

As for who would win.... who's to say, however I'm sure we all know that the real battle is with Jump and Rush

[Marisa]

XD Rush vs Jump? Okay, now we have to decide on what version of Rush! Game, Anime, Cartoon, or EXE? =P

Hehe. But it does seem like Astro and Rock seem to be taking elements from each other as of late... ^^;

[Nannou]

Hello,

I always thought that Megaman was a rip off of Tetsuwan Atomu. It is quite unfortunate that

“Megaman was originally a [rip off] of Astroboy”

as Megaman/Nintendo never cited Astro Boy as the inspiration, thus here in the Americas (and places that are unfamiliar with His- Osamu Tezuka- greatness) Astroboy is considered as a carbon copy of Megaman (which is appalling). It is like the Gundum thing… many people do not realize that Robotech- the O.G. of its genre- is the first to brig us the piloted robots that protect our universe from bad bad aliens, humans, robots etc.

......
I was happy to see that there is a Super Nintendo game of the little Atom on the net, though I’d really like to get the original for my Nintendo system…

[wicked fierce]

Hah. MegaMan IS a ripoff of Astroboy. Anyone with a percentage of a brain cell can see that. The people who say that MegaMan came first are just naive. Another total rip off was AI. Don't ya think?

[Nannou]

Word!

Though it is said that AI is based on Brian Aldiss 1969 short story “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long”…never the less, AI was poorly done by Spielberg. I could only see Kubrick in the opening sequence (the narration by Teddy) and in the filth of the city (pure Kubrick) .


Cheers!

[Marisa]

Little robot is abandoned by creator/owner and goes to find a new life... dude, I didn't realize how similar AI and Astroboy were. XD Nice perception there!

[DrFrag]

Originally posted by KELPIE+Apr 17 2003, 03:11 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (KELPIE @ Apr 17 2003, 03:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--wicked fierce on Apr 16 2003@ 06:44 PM
he now has a MegaMan type buster

I wouldnt really say that's the case....

Astro could always do that to his arm, although it was used as a rocket/jet. spose you can modify the function a little
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I disagree - his arm now retracts right up to his elbow to fire this new weapon. That's pretty different from the jet rockets.