The amount of recovered artifacts is truly incredible. There's all sorts of neat goodies to be had at the source link, but everyone's gonna be wondering about that "Mega Man X Soccer" sheet in particular. Are we looking at a cancelled game, or a mere misuse of X's likeness? Definitely something to ponder on.
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Nice! Aeons ago there was an ebay seller called hypercoyote that would sell this sort of stuff. I should have picked up a bunch of it, but let the opportunity slide. Unfortunately most of that stuff is copies and not actual original art :/
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For the Soccer picture, I think it's a misuse of X as he is punching Proto Man in the face. (Ouch) Probably the X = Mega Man confusion?
ReplyDeleteLots of interesting stuff!
ReplyDeleteLooking further in the Soccer picture, a different paper has a note saying "This is _not_ the right character to use." and there is an early MMX cover with classic Mega Man fighting Launch Octopus. And Ground Man in Mega Man Mania.
My first thought was that the Mega Man 'X' Soccer was a mistake. It's pretty common for people to not get that Classic and X are separate characters, and if the guy was just hired for box/manual art, chances are he didn't know either.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of which, it amazes me some of the American art guys can get art jobs. Their work is terrible. Absolutely terrible (see: Mega Man dances on one foot while pointing his arm at a tracing of Ground Man)
If those toys ever got released, I would fall in love with them.
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