Rush retained his original name and might be a shout-out to the real-life rock-band of the same name.įor whatever reason Forte & Gospel were turned into Bass and Treble in the localized canon.īoth original and localized are references to music. That crap died with Mega Man 3, which referred to Dr. And it's not a case of 'not being a proper translation'. Rock as a name appears up to Mega Man 7, iirc. Rock & Roll are names shared in the original as well as the localized canon. Rock and Roll ( roll retains her name in english, however )īass and forte, even some of the X series characters were named after American rock and roll stars.įor whatever reason, they decided against this for English - and older megaman titles ( liek 4 ) probably didnt get a proper translation, leading to him being called rock at times. Originally posted by Ĵ∪s†iℭaℜ:Why do they keep calling him 'Mega'? in Japan, all the robots were musically named. His friends and family call him Mega Man because that's his actual name outside of Japan. Capcom has already explicitly stated this, and it's a well-known fact.

But since there's no mention of Mega Man anywhere in the original Japanese version, then Mega Man was a name that was meant to replace the name of Rockman in territories outside of Japan.

If Rockman was his 'normal' name and Mega Man was his 'superhero' name, then they would also call him Mega Man in the Japanese version. There's no instance of Rockman anywhere in the original Mega Man game in NA and in Europe. It's a localization screw-up, not a continuity screw-up.

The issue is likely with friends and 'relatives' also referring to him as Mega, rather than Rock.Įspecially if they did refer to him by his appropriate given name in earlier titles like Mega Man 7. It's like getting hung up about people calling Clark Kent 'Superman' when both names are appropriate. Originally posted by TuxedoCruise:If you think Mega Man is his superhero name, then I don't see the issue of people calling him Mega Man.

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