Mega Man is the 164th episode of the comedy web series Honest Game Trailers. It was written by Andrew Bird, Max Song, Spencer Gilbert and Damien Haas. It was narrated by Jon Bailey as Epic Voice Guy. It parodies the action-platform video game series Mega Man. It was published on August 22, 2017. Mega Man was originally published on Smosh Games, but is currently available on Fandom Games. It has been viewed over 1 million times.
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"Experience a series older than most gamers, that taught children the true meaning of patience, frustration and earning your victories through the medium of brutal platforming, relentless enemies." ~ Honest Game Trailers - Mega Man
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In a world full of copycats and pretenders to the throne discover the classic franchise that inspired them all by beating our collective ass since the 1980's.
Mega Man
Experience a series older than most gamers, that taught children the meaning of patience, frustration, and earning your victories through the medium of brutal platforming, relentless enemies... and occasional total bulls***!
Fight the never-ending battles of Mega Man, a spandex boy-robot hybrid stuck in a proxy war between Dr. Santa Claus and his suspiciously well-funded Nega-Einstein that is clearly leading towards a Terminator style dystopia. But for now, plays out as a series of bright colored platforming levels ending in themed boss fights that got weirder the longer the series went on. Until the obligatory showdown with Wily. Whose world domination schemes are both painfully stupid and also probably going to actually happen someday. Okay so maybe we still have a couple years left.
Slide your way through the traditional side-scrolling gameplay of Mega Man as you blast your way through hundreds of googly-eyed robots while avoiding spikes, bullets, and your own lack of hand-eye coordination -- until you finally absorb a boss's powers and try to figure out which of the next bosses will have that power as a weakness! Huh! Are snakes weaker against needles or ninjas? I don't even want to know what I have to do to beat Hard Man.
Get equipped with 30 years of the Blue Bomber, a series with so many entries, spin-offs, and side games it's almost impossible to keep track of them all. But we're gonna try. From the classic platformers that were harder than diamond; and the modern sequels that try to recapture the magic; to the edgy X series that turned the anime dial up to 11; ll those handheld Mega Men's; the Legends games that blended 3-D action RPGs with a cutting-edge can-kicking simulator; robot soccer because why the f*** not?; the Battle Network games that mixed Mega Man, cards, and a grid-based RPG because drugs; the handheld Zero series that was the Dark Souls of an already Dark Souls-level series; the spin-offs where you play as a horrible human/Mega Man hybrid and as a pirate lady with Lego servants(?); that one where you kill zombies as a human man; the cameos in other video games; the cancelled games that you wanted but can never get; that wild Japanese stuff that they'll never translate; and finally, now that they're fully out of ideas, the anniversary collections and garbage spiritual sequels that will bum you out faster than an anime fan on prom night.
So charge up that blaster and hop your way through some old-school satisfaction that hurts so good, it'll make you shatter your controller. F***ing s***! Just like the old days! I'm gonna go punch my dick with a power glove to cool off.
Starring:
- Boyman (Mega Man)
- Mr. Steal Yo Powers (Mega Man X)
- Norton Antivirus Man (MegaMan.EXE)
- Nathan Drake Man (Mega Man Volnutt)
- It's Pretty Messed Up That They Gave Her a Vacuum Arm on The Cartoon (Roll)
- Doggobot Roll Out! (Rush)
- Weebman (Zero)
- 2 Kool 3 School (Proto Man)
- Eyebrows on Fleek Man (Bass)
- Double Gun Man (Axl)
- Doctor Good Man (Dr. Thomas Light)
- Doctor Bad Man (Dr. Albert W. Wily)
- Evil Bald Man (Sigma)
...and...
- More Robot Masters Than You Can Shake a Robo-Stick At.
Featuring:
- Rock Beats Scissors (Cut Man)
- Machoke (Guts Man)
- Lonely Ice Climber (Ice Man)
- Bomberman - Wait, That's Taken!? (Bomb Man)
- Burn-ie Manders (Fire Man)
- Nik-Killa Tesla (Elec Man)
- Orange Slice (Metal Man)
- Wide Mouth (Air Man)
- Otter Pops (Bubble Man)
- Genji (Quick Man)
- Bomberma- Aw, Dammit! (Crash Man)
- Mega Man's Jerk Older Brother, Chet (Flash Man)
- Zippo Bic McTinder (Heat Man)
- Morning Wood (Wood Man)
- Porcu-Pain (Needle Man)
- Pacemaker's Bane (Magnet Man)
- Twinsies (Gemini Man)
- Husky Rayman (Hard Man)
- Beyblade (Top Man)
- Snake With Hands But Somehow Not A Lizard (Snake Man)
- Roadside Assistance (Spark Man)
- Naruto Fanfic (Shadow Man)
- Edison's Pride (Bright Man)
- What Was This For Originally? (Toad Man)
- Hieroglyphics with Hydraulics (Pharaoh Man)
- The Drills That Will Pierce the Heavens (Drill Man)
- Sonic's Looking For Ya (Ring Man)
- The Brave Little Toaster (Dust Man)
- Torpedrone (Dive Man)
- Team Skull (Skull Man)
- 3D Doritos (Gravity Man)
- Jason Momoa (Wave Man)
- The Third Little Pig's Mech (Stone Man)
- Scyther on Ice (Gyro Man)
- Subtlety Sam (Star Man)
- Thomas the Pain Engine (Charge Man)
- Warcrimes Prime (Napalm Man)
- Heisenburg (Crystal Man)
- Palette Swapped Air Man (Blizzard Man)
- Robot with Hair (Centaur Man)
- Char-Panzee (Flame Man)
- The Ol' Ball 'n' Chain, My Ex-Wife. Karen, If You're Watching, I Don't Miss You! (Knight Man)
- Pollen On A Budget (Plant Man)
- Washington Redskins (Tomahawk Man)
- Poof Nips (Wind Man)
- Killin 'em Shake-Spear (Yamato Man)
- Twinkle Toes (Freeze Man)
- Last-Minute Effort (Junk Man)
- Bubbles Boom Boom (Burst Man)
- Sh!t Storm (Cloud Man)
- Jar Jar Slinks (Spring Man)
- Young Blanka (Slash Man)
- Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Shade Man)
- Questionably Street Legal (Turbo Man)
- Swordfish Bird (Tengu Man)
- Katamari Dafroggy (Astro Man)
- Invisi-Tummy (Sword Man)
- Sega Saturn (Clown Man)
- Army of Two (Search Man)
- Crushed r' Cubed (Frost Man)
- Bomberma- Oh, Come On! I Quit! (Grenade Man)
- Jason Mimosa (Aqua Man)
- Traffic Cone (Concrete Man)
- Oz Public Transit (Tornado Man)
- Ariel (Splash Woman)
- 3 Plugs in this Photo (Plug Man)
- Blood Diamond (Jewel Man)
- Bee Minus (Hornet Man)
- Volcanope (Magma Man)
- Asimo (Galaxy Man)
- Blade Trinity (Blade Man)
- Artesian Well Water (Pump Man)
- Mine Over Matter (Commando Man)
- Chill, Man (Chill Man)
- Mareep (Sheep Man)
- Pitch, Please! (Strike Man)
- Tron Biketron (Nitro Man)
...and...
- Melonoma Man (Solar Man)
Astro Boy
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The honest title for Mega Man was 'Astro Boy.' Titles designed by Robert Holtby.
You know Mega Man is Rockman in Japan? That's why his sister's named Roll and his friend's name is Bass and his dog... Uh, I guess the developers were just super into Rush? I dunno...
Trivia[]
- There are also episodes of Honest Game Trailers about Mega Man X, Mega Man 11 and Mighty No. 9.
Reception[]
Honest Game Trailers - Mega Man has a 97.6% approval rating from YouTube viewers. Robert Workman of ComicBook.com wrote "it’s a great looking trailer, nailing down the frustration of the early Mega Man games on the NES (yes, they were hard – at least for players in that time) while at the same time exploring new entries in the series." Workman also wrote that the video "reminds you of the frustrations of the series (like the lack of good hand-eye coordination), as well as the crazy boss battles that you had to endure. But the biggest highlight? The narrator actually goes and renames pretty much every robot master that you come across in the game."
Production credits[]
Video thumbnail for Honest Game Trailers - Mega Man.
Executive Producers: Matt Raub and Spencer Gilbert
Episode Written by: Andrew Bird, Max Song, Spencer Gilbert and Damien Haas
Voiceover Narration byJon Bailey
Titles designed by Robert Holtby
External links[]
- Mega Man's Honest Trailer Is Robotically Awesome - ComicBook.com article
- Honest Game Trailer for Mega Man - The Mega Man Network article