Rockman’s 24th birthday is here (not for very much longer now)… I tried to do like a big thing last year, but this time around I haven’t quite been able to find the motivation. But still, I should put something up, right?
Here’s a special Rock & Rush 4 koma by Sakura from Rockman’s 10th anniversary, featured in CAP! volume 4. Thought I’d try out a different ways to format the translation, so mouse over the text bubbles to read the English.
At the beginning of 2011, I was so excited to be a Mega Man fan. At the end of 2011… I feel like Rush in the last panel. But, there’s good years and there’s bad years for anything. Let’s see what the big 25 brings.
Friend: Don’t you have a Mega Man blog? How can you not put up something for Mega Man’s birthday?
Me: Oh, it’s easy. Just look at Capcom! *rimshot*
But seriously folks, man this 24th anniversary was disappointing.
Oh yeah, for those who can’t mouse-over:
It’s 10 Years, Everybody!
Rock: Can you believe Rockman’s been around for 10 years already?
Rush: Just think, in another 10 years you’ll be 20 and all grown up!
Rush: Hmm, a grown-up…
Rock: I’M A GROWN-UP! I’M A GROWN-UP!
*noogie noogie*
Rush: WAAAAAAAH~
Rock: What were you just thinking about?
Ha! Good one.
But I hear you; its difficult to draw the strength. I still love Mega Man as much as ever, but actually producing something is… I don’t know. I wanted to say something that day, but I was at a loss for words.
Lucky for me, I had Heat Man.
Still, though I think the fans have been getting better lately, it’s still just been something of a huge morale drain. I wanted to help people voice their frustrations, get it off their chest and hopefully into a place where Capcom might see it, but I think it may have backfired on me…
I’m with you guys on this.
This isn’t the first time that the series hit a low in North America. The years between 1997 and 2000 had almost nothing new for anyone, and the first batch of Mega Man fansites mostly all died around that time. It took until the early 2000’s (or is that 200X?) for the community to rise again.
I’m trying to stay positive by thinking and saying that it happened before, and it’s happening again, and something good is bound to come out from this eventually, but my own motivation on most things Mega Man is at an all-time low. I’m hoping to get my next thing ready before the end of the year, nevertheless. In the meanwhile, I’m focusing on other game series where the community has a more positive attitude!
With that said, Capcom has usually been good at marking landmarks (10th, 15th and 20th anniversaries), so I’ve got a bit of hope for the upcoming year. Happy Birthday Mega Man, and may you live long and prosper!
Seems Capcom’s plan all along was to get us depressed enough to drink, then open this. Oh Capcom, you sneaky devils you.
Poor Rush. And non-Sakura Rock. ;_;