Carl
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    1989 Ad: MegaMan Rips WoodMan's Heart Out

    Saturday, November 8, 2008, 12:13 PM [General]

    This MM2 print ad depicts a rather brutal side of our blue hero, crouched aggressively over the limp body of a defeated WoodMan who is literally crying out for mercy.  MegaMan has ripped out WoodMan's robotic heart and squeezes it in his hand, while sizing up the oncoming rush of robot bosses bent on revenge. Dr.Wily is given a little Dracula mystique with the red cape and castle on the hill.

    This image was scanned from the Feburary 1989 issue of "Beep: Magazine for Game Kids" published in Japan by Softbank Publishing.

    3.8 (3 Ratings)

    Holy crap. That's like Fist of the Rock Star or something. XD

    Squirrel
    November 09, 2008
    09:48 AM CST

    Saved.



    You know, this ad reflects how American gamers probably saw Megaman at the time (and the box art didn't help). To us he was a mook-mangling machine (in the literal and figurative sense); since the NES games didn't get dialogue until 3 (and then only at the very end), how did we know that he was capable of remorse?

    RADIX
    November 14, 2008
    03:49 PM CST



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