Oct 3, 2008 -- 12:31AM, Jon Jon wrote:

I'm pretty confident in the fact that "Rockman" was a wrestlers name, hence why they couldn't use it in the states.

 

Keep in mind, the logic behind calling him Rockman was for the "Rock and Roll" joke....kind of like Bass and Treble.

I'm sure you already know but Bass and Treble's Japanese names are Forte and Gospel, two other musical terms that are present in English.  Then there's Eddie, Rush, Beat, Tango, Enker, Punk, Ballade, and Blues (Protoman).  I think I'm missing one or two more, as well.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Rockman a brand of guitar accessories, like guitar amps?

Anyways, on to something more relavent. I think the problem was, yeah, most people just automatically associate "Rock" with "Stone". And given the theme of bosses being named after their weapons, it would just cause issues, particularly with small children, which at the time, we all were.

It doesn't bother me either way. Though I think they should seriously stick with "Rock" as his original name, with "Mega Man" just being his once he upgraded.

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Rockman a brand of guitar accessories, like guitar amps?"

Yeah you're right. I used to look up RockMan books, figures and other collectibles on EBay and always ended up having thoses music accessories in the search results...