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Aug. 10th, 2012 08:41 amAs of yesterday, I've decided that if I ever do manage to get a team together to work on a MegaMan-style game, it would be the start of its own franchise. I did suggest to Jake the other day that I might go to Japan to make the game and any possible sequels, because "'true' anime comes from Japan", but he said that such a thing sounds arrogant, and that anime is an art style, not a geography. He's probably right. Given how many people on DeviantArt, such as Chelle, nanashi-no, HitmanN, and Jessica Elwood, are good at emulating the general style despite not living there... yeah. Not to mention that nothing will change the fact that it would have still been created by a white man who grew up on Long Island, and that if it were to bomb in Japan, there'd be little chance of an English dub for it.
Anyway, now for the in-universe stuff...
To start off, the game would likely take place in America, both mains (and likely, most of the bosses they fight as well) would be teenagers who probably won't age much between games, the boy's name might be Roland, and the girl's name might be Melody, and their relationship would be explicitly romantic. While Roland would receive a katana and handgun (among possibly other weapons) to fight with, Melody would have a magical crystal appear over her head and cause her formerly downflowing hair to do itself up into an oval-shaped beehive, which would initially embarrass her.
Even though the player would have control over what either character uses at any given moment, in-universe, the crystal itself has a mind of its own (despite not being able to speak), would know what powers Melody should probably use, and change her hair color accordingly. (That would also mean that if she were to completely deplete one power, the game would switch the active one to something else automatically.) Along the way, she would also gain powers that change the shape of her hair as well, the first to a column (similar to Marge Simpson or Yuka), a second one to a heart-shape, and one more to a triple-spike (similar to Jirachi).
And finally, a bit of fanservice that might be involved. Not sure whether this would actually go through, and if I get Brian and/or Chelle to work on the programming and the artwork respectively, then it would definitely be out of the question. Hopefully, no legal issues should arise, given how something like Ikki Tousen (both the anime and its respective manga, Battle Vixens) was able to be marketed here apparently without a hitch.
( Warning: Sexual innuendoes )
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On a final note, I would commission someone to draw up a pic of both the main characters, complete with the ability for you to select the color and shape of Melody's hair (if anyone's capable of implementing that). Right now, though, I've already spent enough money on all those games I bought (and that's not even counting Mega Man 9 and 10, which I plan on playing after I beat Mega Man & Bass, as well as multiple other artwork commissions still pending), and I need to save up for a new laptop, now that that's out of the question as a Christmas gift in half a year.
Anyway, now for the in-universe stuff...
To start off, the game would likely take place in America, both mains (and likely, most of the bosses they fight as well) would be teenagers who probably won't age much between games, the boy's name might be Roland, and the girl's name might be Melody, and their relationship would be explicitly romantic. While Roland would receive a katana and handgun (among possibly other weapons) to fight with, Melody would have a magical crystal appear over her head and cause her formerly downflowing hair to do itself up into an oval-shaped beehive, which would initially embarrass her.
Even though the player would have control over what either character uses at any given moment, in-universe, the crystal itself has a mind of its own (despite not being able to speak), would know what powers Melody should probably use, and change her hair color accordingly. (That would also mean that if she were to completely deplete one power, the game would switch the active one to something else automatically.) Along the way, she would also gain powers that change the shape of her hair as well, the first to a column (similar to Marge Simpson or Yuka), a second one to a heart-shape, and one more to a triple-spike (similar to Jirachi).
And finally, a bit of fanservice that might be involved. Not sure whether this would actually go through, and if I get Brian and/or Chelle to work on the programming and the artwork respectively, then it would definitely be out of the question. Hopefully, no legal issues should arise, given how something like Ikki Tousen (both the anime and its respective manga, Battle Vixens) was able to be marketed here apparently without a hitch.
( Warning: Sexual innuendoes )
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On a final note, I would commission someone to draw up a pic of both the main characters, complete with the ability for you to select the color and shape of Melody's hair (if anyone's capable of implementing that). Right now, though, I've already spent enough money on all those games I bought (and that's not even counting Mega Man 9 and 10, which I plan on playing after I beat Mega Man & Bass, as well as multiple other artwork commissions still pending), and I need to save up for a new laptop, now that that's out of the question as a Christmas gift in half a year.