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bluestarultor @[email protected] · 2026-09-08 · 22:35 UTC

Last night I saw a #MegaMan related vid that blew my mind.

Apparently it's canon(?) that animal-based Reploids experience racism, miss out on opportunities, etc., because of their appearance. I would need to re-watch the vid to see if it's from a 3rd party comic or something, but frankly I can see it. It would at least explain why every boss you face is [element] [animal] instead of [respectable profession] Person.

I know there are exceptions to this, but, like, some of that is translation choices that don't reflect the Japanese and some of that is plants, which are basically the same, and the rest are either story important or tutorial punks, so...

#megaman

bluestarultor @[email protected] · 2026-09-08 · 22:35 UTC

Last night I saw a #MegaMan related vid that blew my mind.

Apparently it's canon(?) that animal-based Reploids experience racism, miss out on opportunities, etc., because of their appearance. I would need to re-watch the vid to see if it's from a 3rd party comic or something, but frankly I can see it. It would at least explain why every boss you face is [element] [animal] instead of [respectable profession] Person.

I know there are exceptions to this, but, like, some of that is translation choices that don't reflect the Japanese and some of that is plants, which are basically the same, and the rest are either story important or tutorial punks, so...

#megaman

bluestarultor @[email protected] · 2026-09-08 · 22:35 UTC

Last night I saw a #MegaMan related vid that blew my mind.

Apparently it's canon(?) that animal-based Reploids experience racism, miss out on opportunities, etc., because of their appearance. I would need to re-watch the vid to see if it's from a 3rd party comic or something, but frankly I can see it. It would at least explain why every boss you face is [element] [animal] instead of [respectable profession] Person.

I know there are exceptions to this, but, like, some of that is translation choices that don't reflect the Japanese and some of that is plants, which are basically the same, and the rest are either story important or tutorial punks, so...

#megaman

bluestarultor @[email protected] · 2026-09-08 · 22:35 UTC

Last night I saw a #MegaMan related vid that blew my mind.

Apparently it's canon(?) that animal-based Reploids experience racism, miss out on opportunities, etc., because of their appearance. I would need to re-watch the vid to see if it's from a 3rd party comic or something, but frankly I can see it. It would at least explain why every boss you face is [element] [animal] instead of [respectable profession] Person.

I know there are exceptions to this, but, like, some of that is translation choices that don't reflect the Japanese and some of that is plants, which are basically the same, and the rest are either story important or tutorial punks, so...

#megaman

bluestarultor @[email protected] · 2026-09-08 · 22:35 UTC

Last night I saw a #MegaMan related vid that blew my mind.

Apparently it's canon(?) that animal-based Reploids experience racism, miss out on opportunities, etc., because of their appearance. I would need to re-watch the vid to see if it's from a 3rd party comic or something, but frankly I can see it. It would at least explain why every boss you face is [element] [animal] instead of [respectable profession] Person.

I know there are exceptions to this, but, like, some of that is translation choices that don't reflect the Japanese and some of that is plants, which are basically the same, and the rest are either story important or tutorial punks, so...

#megaman