We have a trailer for the Steam version of Azure Striker Gunvolt now. You can play it with a normal-looking UI, or 3DS style with two screens, if you want to do that for some reason. They're also adding an extra hard difficulty, speed running mode, "extra attack mode," and some other minor updates. Mighty Gunvolt is included with purchases for the first month after release.
I hope they fixed the quest system -- that was my only real gripe with the game. There's no good reason you should be limited to three "active" quests at a time; all quests should always be active.
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The team at comcept and all of our partners are currently working on solving the online issues with Mighty No. 9, however the single-player content is in a complete state. We would like our backers to have a chance to play the near-complete game, so we are releasing this Trial Ver. which has more volume and functionality compared to the original beta test we conducted. The release of this Trial Ver. is planned for September 15th, so make sure to clear your schedule! We will start sending out codes to our backers a few days earlier than the actual release. This Trial Ver. is planned to run for a full month after release, but will be taken down after that.
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In Mighty No. 9, the story will unfold as players challenge and clear new stages. For this Trial Ver. we are not cutting out any of the story content, so all cutscenes related to the stages will also be included! This will give our backers a look into the world of Mighty No. 9 as the various incidents unfold, and allow players to see just how Beck and his crew are dealing with them!
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So basically... the Sigma virus was a morality changer. It turned good reploids bad, and bad reploids good.
Okie dokie.
This is not how I read it at all.
I think the idea is that the Sigma virus let the robots think for themselves, so to speak (for as loosely as Mega Man franchise plays with that). So rather than "Oh, Dr. Wily fiddled with some code and now Cutman is eviillllllllll" it's the robots can think for themselves and decide whether they want to be good or evil. So while Wily may have programmed Zero to be evil, the virus let Zero choose to be good instead. And then I assume all the others have classic stereotypical robot superiority syndrome and chose to be evil because why would they want to help those lesser humans? (this seems like the cliche thing Inafune would write :P)
This is the first time I've ever heard this. What is the source of this claim? Are we sure the translation is accurate?
My understanding was that some Mavericks had defective replicas of the "Suffering Circuit" used in X's creation while others were initially normal but altered by the Maverick Virus, which originally came from Zero.
EDIT: Okay, I'm confused now. Apparently the Rockman Zero Collection website at one point had a timeline that claimed the Maverick Virus came from space, X was designed to be immune to it, and that trace amounts of the virus were in Zero's capsule, which turned Zero good and Sigma evil when the two fought. The timeline was eventually removed from the site for some reason.
So now I'm not sure what the official relation between Zero and the Maverick Virus is.
So now I'm not sure what the official relation between Zero and the Maverick Virus is.
Don't worry, neither is Capcom.
Remember, they still haven't even reconciled the four series(MM/MMX/MMZ/MMZX) with eachother yet beyond "This new one is in the future. Stuff happened between then and now, don't ask us what because we don't know either."
The X1 intro covers it. Dr Light was cautious about X's free will, since classical Mega Man robots are programmed and governed by the 3 laws of robotics and can't hurt humans without outside interference. X would be free to go "Kill all humans!" if he wanted to(and the original plan for Mega Man Zero's story would have confirmed it as much), so Light wanted to test it thoroughly. Which would take longer than Light figured he'd be alive, so X goes into a capsule and that's the start of the X series.
So now I'm not sure what the official relation between Zero and the Maverick Virus is.
Don't worry, neither is Capcom.
Remember, they still haven't even reconciled the four series(MM/MMX/MMZ/MMZX) with eachother yet beyond "This new one is in the future. Stuff happened between then and now, don't ask us what because we don't know either."
Actually, the connection between Zero and ZX is pretty clear, and the X to Zero connection would be if the X series had ended at X5 or X6 (my personal theory is that everything from X7 on is an alternate timeline; according to MM25, Command Mission at least does).
The hardest thing for me personally to reconcile is Dr. Wily's characterization from the Classic series to the effects his legacy had in the X series (especially since X5 insinuates he somehow aided Sigma).
The X1 intro covers it. Dr Light was cautious about X's free will, since classical Mega Man robots are programmed and governed by the 3 laws of robotics and can't hurt humans without outside interference. X would be free to go "Kill all humans!" if he wanted to(and the original plan for Mega Man Zero's story would have confirmed it as much), so Light wanted to test it thoroughly. Which would take longer than Light figured he'd be alive, so X goes into a capsule and that's the start of the X series.
Inafune kinda drops the Wily subplot but I always assumed he made an AI like Light but it became the Maverick then Sigma Virus
This is precisely why I reject the notion that X5 was meant to be the "last" game. You don't drop the bombshell that Wily is still around and then do nothing with it.
Which yeah, is precisely what the later games did. But they just ignored it out of stupidity or ignorance. If X5 was really the last game, then they were going to intentionally ignore it.
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The X1 intro covers it. Dr Light was cautious about X's free will, since classical Mega Man robots are programmed and governed by the 3 laws of robotics and can't hurt humans without outside interference. X would be free to go "Kill all humans!" if he wanted to(and the original plan for Mega Man Zero's story would have confirmed it as much), so Light wanted to test it thoroughly. Which would take longer than Light figured he'd be alive, so X goes into a capsule and that's the start of the X series.
They almost had a connection between the original and X in the ending of Mega Man 7, since at the end Mega Man almost straight-up kills Wily (though he escapes). He even says "die, Wily!" Which implies the original Mega Man is turning into a murderbot, hence the need for a new model with the living shit tested out of it.
But then we got three more OG Mega Mans and it's never referenced again.
The X1 intro covers it. Dr Light was cautious about X's free will, since classical Mega Man robots are programmed and governed by the 3 laws of robotics and can't hurt humans without outside interference. X would be free to go "Kill all humans!" if he wanted to(and the original plan for Mega Man Zero's story would have confirmed it as much), so Light wanted to test it thoroughly. Which would take longer than Light figured he'd be alive, so X goes into a capsule and that's the start of the X series.
They almost had a connection between the original and X in the ending of Mega Man 7, since at the end Mega Man almost straight-up kills Wily (though he escapes). He even says "die, Wily!" Which implies the original Mega Man is turning into a murderbot, hence the need for a new model with the living shit tested out of it.
But then we got three more OG Mega Mans and it's never referenced again.
I would say it's that Rock has developed a soul, not that he's a "murder bot". Wily is an unrepentant terrorist, only the Keystone Cops level of law enforcement in the MM classic world allows for him to keep coming back.
The X1 intro covers it. Dr Light was cautious about X's free will, since classical Mega Man robots are programmed and governed by the 3 laws of robotics and can't hurt humans without outside interference. X would be free to go "Kill all humans!" if he wanted to(and the original plan for Mega Man Zero's story would have confirmed it as much), so Light wanted to test it thoroughly. Which would take longer than Light figured he'd be alive, so X goes into a capsule and that's the start of the X series.
They almost had a connection between the original and X in the ending of Mega Man 7, since at the end Mega Man almost straight-up kills Wily (though he escapes). He even says "die, Wily!" Which implies the original Mega Man is turning into a murderbot, hence the need for a new model with the living shit tested out of it.
But then we got three more OG Mega Mans and it's never referenced again.
That's because it never technically happened. The "Die Wily" line is only in the US version. The original Japanese version he just goes "..."
I just checked my copy of Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works, and it does indeed claim that the Maverick Virus came from X. However, it also states that this concept may not be canon, and given that it also claims Zero was the first to be infected despite the Maverick Hunters and Sigma having been established by the time Zero was discovered I have to say I don't buy it. Furthermore, if X was the origin of the Virus why would Zero be studied instead of him in the period before the Elf Wars, and why would Zero have a greater connection to it?
To summarize, here are three possible origins for the Maverick Virus that I've seen.
1) Wily created both Zero and the Virus. The Virus infects Sigma, creating the Sigma Virus. Zero's personality change is unaccounted for (although it could be a result of Zero's malfunctioning mind), but X5's Zero Virus causes him to go Maverick without also reverting to the insane state Sigma originally found him in.
2) The Virus originated in X but in its initial state somehow was only able to affect Zero, changing his personality from a lunatic to a composed hero. Afterwards the Virus affected Sigma, changing his personality for the worse while also combining with his mind to create the Sigma Virus. In this scenario, it could be that X's Virus was beneficial but somehow was corrupted by Zero's defective brain. A point in this explanation's favor is that it would explain why the Dark Elf caused Omega's second form to look like a combination of X and Zero (however, an alternate explanation is the resemblance to X could be due to his body being used as a seal on the Dark Elf).
3) The Maverick Virus came from space and became a great enough threat that X was designed to resist it. Traces of the Virus were present in Zero's capsule, but did not affect him until his armor was breached in his battle with Sigma, who was also infected due to injury.
1) Wily created both Zero and the Virus. The Virus infects Sigma, creating the Sigma Virus. Zero's personality change is unaccounted for (although it could be a result of Zero's malfunctioning mind), but X5's Zero Virus causes him to go Maverick without also reverting to the insane state Sigma originally found him in.
I'm running on the fumes of memories, but I seem to recall Zero initially being berserk, Sigma beating the crap out of him (and that was where Sigma was initially infected) and then retrieving him, and then... Dr. Cain? Maybe? ... eventually patching him up with the knowledge he gleaned from studying X.
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Not certain, but I think the Maverick Virus wasn't mentioned at all until X3. It obviously existed before then, but I don't know for certain if the bosses of the first two games were infected (the background information for the Maverick Hunter X remake at least had both Sting Chameleon and Storm Eagle try to resist Sigma before eventually being forced to work for him, with Sting Chameleon hinting that hostages might be the reason).
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I'm not looking forward to Boss Rush with only the blaster. Mega Man 3-6 bosses are a piece of cake for me. 1 and 2 bosses are going to be quite a bit harder without taking weaknesses into account.
Not certain, but I think the Maverick Virus wasn't mentioned at all until X3. It obviously existed before then, but I don't know for certain if the bosses of the first two games were infected (the background information for the Maverick Hunter X remake at least had both Sting Chameleon and Storm Eagle try to resist Sigma before eventually being forced to work for him, with Sting Chameleon hinting that hostages might be the reason).
I think there might have been something in X1, but X2 for certain -- the Central Computer stage (Magna Centipede, final level) is there to transmit the virus.
As for series connections, Zero pretty much ties up X in its backstory.
I just checked my copy of Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works, and it does indeed claim that the Maverick Virus came from X. However, it also states that this concept may not be canon
It was supposed to be the Last game for Zero not the last X series entry . Capcom fought Inafune over it and he lost.
Pretty sure Inafune told them to "wrap up" the series.
And, from what I can recall on record, there was no "fight" to speak of; Inafune moved on to other projects, leaving the X5 team to take care of things, and Capcom told them to make another after without informing Inafune, so they had to adjust MMZ's story to compensate.
Between this and DMC2, plus working the SF guy damn near to death, one gets the idea Capcom isn't much better with its creators than Konami. No wonder much of their talent has similarly left over the years.
But, I digress. I have no evidence -- maybe someday -- but I theorize that it was Inafune who steered the team away from Wily into something else -- the New Generation story, it would turn out -- after they seemingly continued it with X6. Possibly to avoid further conflict with MMZ.
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Okie dokie.
This is not how I read it at all.
I think the idea is that the Sigma virus let the robots think for themselves, so to speak (for as loosely as Mega Man franchise plays with that). So rather than "Oh, Dr. Wily fiddled with some code and now Cutman is eviillllllllll" it's the robots can think for themselves and decide whether they want to be good or evil. So while Wily may have programmed Zero to be evil, the virus let Zero choose to be good instead. And then I assume all the others have classic stereotypical robot superiority syndrome and chose to be evil because why would they want to help those lesser humans? (this seems like the cliche thing Inafune would write :P)
That was the way I read it anyways.
My understanding was that some Mavericks had defective replicas of the "Suffering Circuit" used in X's creation while others were initially normal but altered by the Maverick Virus, which originally came from Zero.
EDIT: Okay, I'm confused now. Apparently the Rockman Zero Collection website at one point had a timeline that claimed the Maverick Virus came from space, X was designed to be immune to it, and that trace amounts of the virus were in Zero's capsule, which turned Zero good and Sigma evil when the two fought. The timeline was eventually removed from the site for some reason.
So now I'm not sure what the official relation between Zero and the Maverick Virus is.
I believe X1 said as much, yes.
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Remember, they still haven't even reconciled the four series(MM/MMX/MMZ/MMZX) with eachother yet beyond "This new one is in the future. Stuff happened between then and now, don't ask us what because we don't know either."
Actually, the connection between Zero and ZX is pretty clear, and the X to Zero connection would be if the X series had ended at X5 or X6 (my personal theory is that everything from X7 on is an alternate timeline; according to MM25, Command Mission at least does).
The hardest thing for me personally to reconcile is Dr. Wily's characterization from the Classic series to the effects his legacy had in the X series (especially since X5 insinuates he somehow aided Sigma).
What was that original plan
Find "Copy-X" replace with "Actual X"
This is precisely why I reject the notion that X5 was meant to be the "last" game. You don't drop the bombshell that Wily is still around and then do nothing with it.
Which yeah, is precisely what the later games did. But they just ignored it out of stupidity or ignorance. If X5 was really the last game, then they were going to intentionally ignore it.
They almost had a connection between the original and X in the ending of Mega Man 7, since at the end Mega Man almost straight-up kills Wily (though he escapes). He even says "die, Wily!" Which implies the original Mega Man is turning into a murderbot, hence the need for a new model with the living shit tested out of it.
But then we got three more OG Mega Mans and it's never referenced again.
I would say it's that Rock has developed a soul, not that he's a "murder bot". Wily is an unrepentant terrorist, only the Keystone Cops level of law enforcement in the MM classic world allows for him to keep coming back.
That's because it never technically happened. The "Die Wily" line is only in the US version. The original Japanese version he just goes "..."
http://www.destructoid.com/the-fear-remember-that-time-mega-man-almost-murdered-a-guy--105741.phtml
English: Wily: You can't kill me. Robots can't hurt humans!
Mega Man: I'm more than a robot! (implying that he's going to do it)
Japanese: Wily: You can't kill me. Robots can't hurt humans!
Mega Man: ...... (basically hesitates and freezes up until Bass jumps in and saves Wily).
If you look at the ending, he still points his blaster and charges up. He was clearly thinking it at first either way.
edit: Brain fart, fixed it a little
Either way, blew through all the Robot Masters. Will probably take out Wily's castle tonight.
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To summarize, here are three possible origins for the Maverick Virus that I've seen.
1) Wily created both Zero and the Virus. The Virus infects Sigma, creating the Sigma Virus. Zero's personality change is unaccounted for (although it could be a result of Zero's malfunctioning mind), but X5's Zero Virus causes him to go Maverick without also reverting to the insane state Sigma originally found him in.
2) The Virus originated in X but in its initial state somehow was only able to affect Zero, changing his personality from a lunatic to a composed hero. Afterwards the Virus affected Sigma, changing his personality for the worse while also combining with his mind to create the Sigma Virus. In this scenario, it could be that X's Virus was beneficial but somehow was corrupted by Zero's defective brain. A point in this explanation's favor is that it would explain why the Dark Elf caused Omega's second form to look like a combination of X and Zero (however, an alternate explanation is the resemblance to X could be due to his body being used as a seal on the Dark Elf).
3) The Maverick Virus came from space and became a great enough threat that X was designed to resist it. Traces of the Virus were present in Zero's capsule, but did not affect him until his armor was breached in his battle with Sigma, who was also infected due to injury.
That's an entire story we never explore at all.
I'm running on the fumes of memories, but I seem to recall Zero initially being berserk, Sigma beating the crap out of him (and that was where Sigma was initially infected) and then retrieving him, and then... Dr. Cain? Maybe? ... eventually patching him up with the knowledge he gleaned from studying X.
X wakes up
Reploids are made
Maverick Reploids are a thing but not common
Maverick Virus discovered it is not the only cause for Reploids to become Maverick but it is deemed the cheif one
Sigma is built with the most cutting edge tech and is essentially immune to becoming Maverick and things are going well.
Sigma finds Zero and is infected with the Zero virus which might have been the Maverick Virus.
The Virus mutates and adapts eventually corrpting sigma and allowing him to infect his top hunters( excluding Storm Eagle)
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I think there might have been something in X1, but X2 for certain -- the Central Computer stage (Magna Centipede, final level) is there to transmit the virus.
As for series connections, Zero pretty much ties up X in its backstory.
That's what I was telling you guys before.
Pretty sure Inafune told them to "wrap up" the series.
And, from what I can recall on record, there was no "fight" to speak of; Inafune moved on to other projects, leaving the X5 team to take care of things, and Capcom told them to make another after without informing Inafune, so they had to adjust MMZ's story to compensate.
Between this and DMC2, plus working the SF guy damn near to death, one gets the idea Capcom isn't much better with its creators than Konami. No wonder much of their talent has similarly left over the years.
But, I digress. I have no evidence -- maybe someday -- but I theorize that it was Inafune who steered the team away from Wily into something else -- the New Generation story, it would turn out -- after they seemingly continued it with X6. Possibly to avoid further conflict with MMZ.
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