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April 6, 2013 11:34 AM

Real Dr. Light capsule from the Mega Man X series. A part of Gauntlet Gallery's "Mega Man Boss Battle" exhibit, at which Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune contributes an in-person drawing.

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posted by griphus (4 comments total)

Yeah! I went to the opening of this show and it was jam-packed, but when I passed by the capsule it was kind of at waist-height and nobody really noticed it. It blew me away. For most of the rest of the night there was a crowd three-deep staring at it. A great exhibition. I really enjoyed Regrets, Wind Man, and Barrell Caskett.
posted by Existential Dread at 12:38 PM on April 6, 2013

I love all the power-ups and incidental iconography from the Mega Man X and Zero series. There's something so tactile about the sprites - the heart power-ups, the E-Tanks, the Metools, even the debris from when you destroy an enemy.
posted by Charlemagne In Sweatpants at 6:31 PM on April 6, 2013

Mets are great. They should totally team up with Goombas, Shyguys, Zoomers and Medusa Heads and start their own thing. Like Smash Bros., only a lot more sedately paced, and instead of smashing each other off the screen they'd just have a quiet sit-down and enjoy the birds and the breeze before the Heroes come in and kill them all again.

Fun fact #1:
The obnoxious grinning helicopter enemies from Mega Man are named Bunby Heli.

Fun fact #2:
The slow one-eyed enemies that go back and forth through the air between two points are Adhering Suzy.
posted by JHarris at 7:18 PM on April 6, 2013 [1 favorite]

Wow, the primitive graphics of the NES really didn't adequately convey the incredible sculptedness of Snake Man's buttocks.
posted by valrus at 10:34 PM on April 6, 2013 [1 favorite]