Hello. I am Akira Kitamura, former game planner. In the past, I directed several games such as Rockman, Rockman 2, Cocoron, amongst others. I will use this account for announcements related to my projects with
@BraveWaveMusic
and
@robokick
. Thank you for your support.
@ak_blueprints
If you don't mind expanding on that a bit, I always wondered what the changing seasons right before this is supposed to represent. Is it trying to portray the idea that Mega Man had a long fight and now he's going to have a much deserved break hence him taking his helmet off?
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was this moment from the very end of Rockman 2 a way for you to say goodbye to the franchise ? Or was it meant to be a way for you and the other developers to state that the future of the rockman series was uncertain at the time ?
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So someone discovered some music from promotional videos of Rockman 1 + 2. These demo tracks sounded like they came from a synthesizer and apparently were given to the winners of the robot design contest. If you know about them, can you provide more details?
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Hello Mr. Kitamura, i love the Mega Man/Rockman series.
I want to ask (assuming this hasn't been asked before), what or who inspired the creation of the Yellow Devil? I think this a really interesting character in both design and movement!
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The horror of Gamba
If I may ask, you were very hard to find or get in touch with. What made you finally decide to speak to fans? Is it because you've traveled and seen enough of the world, and this is a new horizon you want to explore?
@ak_blueprints
Hi AK-san. I want to ask a question:
Did you draw the illustrations featured on this ad? The styling reminded me a lot of Inafune-san's earliest MM illustrations for 1 & 2 and I wondered if the art (assuming it's you) inspired his illustration style for Mega Man
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I am excited to hear the story about this boss. Was it made in this way (with the five small characters instead of one large boss character) for "cartridge storage" or because the project had "insufficient time" to draw a bigger character?
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I know this may sound weird , but I always got the feeling that Bubble Man's theme song sounded rather sad and melancholic . Was this the intent ?
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I heard that rockman is blue because of the NES's limitations, Is that true? If the limitation didn't exist, would you still have made him blue?
Maestro
@ak_blueprints
Hay una gran duda que eh tenido toda la vida.
¿La Piel de Rock es silicón, plástico, pintura o carne humana creada de una forma artificial, también su cabello es de metal o es como una peluca?
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Was Rockman originally white because it matched the motif of the title "Rainbow Warrior Miracle/Battle Kid": white light passes through a prism and splits into multiple colors (much like how Rockman changes colors with different weapons)🤔
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Interesting, I always found some of the bosses' weaknesses in Rockman 1 a little confusing: Fire > Bomb > Guts > Cut > Elec make enough sense
But why is Ice weak to Elec? Or Fire weak to Ice? Shouldn't be the other way around?
Where did Oil and Bond fit in the weakness order?🤔