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Mega Bluster

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Frequency: 1 episode/20d. Total Eps: 17

Mega Bluster is an exhaustive exploration of the Mega Man franchise, tracing its winding path from NES blockbuster to retro nostalgia curio.

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Ep. 17: Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Season 1 · Episode 17

Thursday, December 21, 2023 • Duration 19:50

In 1992, Sega followed up its smash Sonic the Hedgehog with a sequel purpose-built to ensure that its new mascot didn’t become a one-hit wonder. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 proved a definitive platformer of its era, spawning countless imitators and influencing even its most confident and established competitors. As Capcom prepared to bring Mega Man to 16-bit consoles, it couldn’t have ignored Sonic 2 - for better or worse.

Game: Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Developer: Sega Technical Institute

Publisher: Sega

Director: Masaharu Yoshii

Producer: Shinobu Toyoda

Designers: Hirokazu Yashuhara; Takahiro Anto; Ytaka Sugano

Programmers: Yuji Naka, Bill Willis, Masanobu Yamamoto

Composer: Masato Nakamura

Released:

JP: November 21, 1992

US: November 24, 1992

EU: November 24, 1992

Music Used In This Episode

Ruinous Ruins by Ben Briggs and Pete Lepley

Dark Waters by Mkvaff

Dream Pipe by Darkesword

Ethereal Skies by Pumpkin King

All sourced from OCRemix.org and used under its Content Policy’s Terms of Use.

If you have any feedback on this podcast, you can email clay@guilelessgamer.com.

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Ep. 16: Little Samson

Season 1 · Episode 16

Monday, October 23, 2023 • Duration 23:29

By 1992, Takeru was on its last legs. In the parlance of Jake Taylor, all that was left to do was win the whole thing. In this case, “the whole thing” meant the dying days of the Famicom, and win it did. But as always with Little Samson, we are left to ask: at what cost? Join us as we put a button on Akira Kitamura’s career.

Music Used In This Episode

Quiron’s Mallets by Abreu Project

Walking Weapons Unit by WillRock

Odyssey Beyond The Falls by Vurez

Good Night Li’l Man by texxsound

Bubble Man (wants to get) Funked Up by Disco Dan

Wonderful Shadows by the Electric Sheep Orchestra by fredrikd

All sourced from OCRemix.org and used under its Content Policy’s Terms of Use.

If you have any feedback on this podcast, you can email clay@guilelessgamer.com.

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Ep. 7: Mega Man 4

Season 1 · Episode 7

Thursday, May 4, 2023 • Duration 17:25

With the franchise fully established and the production team stabilized, Capcom brought Mega Man 4 to the Nintendo Entertainment System, attempting to move forward while also adopting some bad habits that would stick with it for decades to come. Can a came be both good on almost every dimension and yet almost entirely forgettable? You tell me, cowboy.

The Game: Mega Man 4, known as Rockman 4: Aratanaru Yabou!! (ロックマン4 新たなる野望！！ Rokkuman 4 Aratanaru Yabou!!)

Original Platform: Nintendo Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System

Developer: Capcom

Director: Yoshinori Takenaka

Producer: Tokuro Fujiwara

Composer: Minae Fujii, Yasuaki Fujita

Release Date:

December 6, 1991 (JP)

January 1, 1992 (US)

Music Used In This Episode

Let There Be Light by AmIEviL

Pharoah’s Last Dance by Vurez

Shades of Blue by CrimsonZeal

Cossack Skies by bsolmaz13

Wonderful Shadows by the Electric Sheep Orchestra by fredrikd

Ep. 6: Mega Man - Dr. Wily’s Revenge

Season 1 · Episode 6

Thursday, April 20, 2023 • Duration 17:08

We examine Capcom’s first focused expansion of the Mega Man brand to a new platform. Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge is a remix of previous entries in the series, with just enough new additions to avoid being a rehash. While compromised, it’s a full-fledged games that, unlike some its contemporaries, successfully compressed Mega Man into a 166x144 pixel screen.

The Game: Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge, known as Rockman World (ロックマンワールド Rokkuman Wārudo)

Original Platform: Nintendo Game Boy

Developer: Minakuchi Engineering Co, Ltd

Director: Unknown

Composer: Makoto Tomozawa

Release Date:

July 26, 1991 (JP)

December 1991 (US)

Music Used In This Episode

Bubble Man (wants to get) Funked Up by Disco Dan

Electrolytic Man by ambient, MaJIN_SaN, tomatsu

It’s About Time by Symphonic Chronicles

Cut Man Sonata by MKVaff

by fredrikd

Ep. 5: Cocoron

Season 1 · Episode 5

Thursday, April 6, 2023 • Duration 15:57

We examine Akira Kitamura’s final significant directorial contribution to video games - the Mega Man derivative Cocoron, a move-and-shoot platformer that begins to contextualize what isn’t a Mega Man game.

The Game: Cocoron (ココロン)

Original Platform: Nintendo Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System

Developer: Takeru

Director: Akira Kitamura

Composer: Takashi Tateishi

Release Date:

May 3, 1991 (JP)

Music Used In This Episode is taken directly from the game Cocoron.

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Ep. 4: Mega Man (DOS)

Season 1 · Episode 4

Thursday, March 23, 2023 • Duration 17:41

We explore Stephen Rozner’s groundbreaking heartbreaker, and in doing so explore the flipside of the Kitamura question. If Mega Man 3 asked what happenes when you remove Akira Kitamura from a Mega Man game, then Mega Man for DOS asks what happens when you remove any trace of Capcom from a Mega Man game.

The Game: Mega Man

Original Platform: Microsoft Disk-Operating System

Developer: Rozner Labs

Director: Stephen Rozner

Composer: Stephen Rozner

Release Date:

1990 (US)

See Also: The Story of Mega Man on DOS | The Gaming Historian

Music Used In This Episode

Air Shooter by Joshua Morse

Metal Man Goes Clubbing by Disco Dan

Envenomation by YoshiBlade

Wily & The Deep Forest by Diggi Dis

All sourced from OCRemix.org and used under its Content Policy’s Terms of Use.

Ep. 3: Mega Man 3

Season 1 · Episode 3

Thursday, March 9, 2023 • Duration 18:02

We examine the first significant inflection point in the Mega Man franchise, as personnel turnovers and a tumultuous production process plants seeds that will take two decades to bloom.

The Game: Mega Man 3, released in Japan as Rockman 3: Dr. Wily no Saigo!? (ロックマン3 Dr.ワイリーの最期!? Rokkuman 3 Dokutā Wairī no Saigo!?)

Original Platform: Nintendo Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System

Developer: Capcom

Director: Masahiko Kurokawa; Keiji Inafune (uncredited)

Producer: Tokuro Fujiwara

Composer: Yasuaki Fujita; Harumi Fujita

Release Date:

September 28, 1990 (JP)

November 22, 1990 (US)

Music Used In This Episode

Intro Jazz by Zoltan Vegvari

Proto Man’s French Horn Concert by John Stacy