The colorful world in which they inhabit is an idealized internet that never actually materialized. Joining him as an ally or foe are many of the blue bomber’s past allies and villains like GutsMan, ProtoMan, and Bass. Over the series, Lan and his avatar must thwart villains like the nefarious organization World Three and the crime syndicate Nebula. Lan, a young boy with your traditional anime protagonist aesthetic, receives his own Mega Man avatar to help protect the internet. In the near future of 20XX, users now have access to personalized avatars stored on PDAs, called NetNavi, to travel the internet. Capcom decided that it needed to reinvent its classic mascot, rehauling his entire backstory and gameplay loop.
By the aughts, Mega Man’s luster had waned and his platforming prowess had all but perished.
With six mainline title series released between 2001 to 2006 on both the GBA and Nintendo DS, Capcom milked the Battle Network series as much as possible. The combat system in Mega Man Battle Network was always a highlight Capcom
But I sealed my fate when I took it off the shelf, bringing me into a decades-long obsession with the weirdest spinoff series starring the internet, radical extremists, and video game mascots. I had no idea who the azure robot was - or about the nearly two decades of history behind it. I’d bounce around like a spark trapped in a cage, overwhelmed by all the games available for consoles I didn’t own.īut I distinctly recall one day when my prepubescent eyes locked onto a GameBoy Advance copy of Mega Man Battle Network 2, featuring a tiny blue character and his spiky-haired cohort on the cover. Wandering through the shelves of outdated VHS tapes and taking a left at the DVD holiday classics, I’d end up at my childhood mecca: the video game aisle. When I was younger and the internet was less omnipresent, there was no bigger joy than getting to rent a game at Blockbuster.
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