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'''''Mega Man 8''''', called '''''Rockman 8: Metal Heroes''''' (ロックマン8 メタルヒーローズ) in Japan, is a platforming run-and-gun developed by [[Capcom]] and released for the the Sony PlayStation in 1996 and ported to the [[Sega Saturn]] shortly thereafter. The US version of the Saturn version is called '''''Mega Man 8: Anniversary Collector's Edition''''', in line with the various collector's versions of the PlayStation release. It is the only game in the "classic" ''Mega Man'' series to appear on a Sega console (not counting the compilation ''[[Mega Man: The Wily Wars|Wily Wars]]'').
 
'''''Mega Man 8''''', called '''''Rockman 8: Metal Heroes''''' (ロックマン8 メタルヒーローズ) in Japan, is a platforming run-and-gun developed by [[Capcom]] and released for the the Sony PlayStation in 1996 and ported to the [[Sega Saturn]] shortly thereafter. The US version of the Saturn version is called '''''Mega Man 8: Anniversary Collector's Edition''''', in line with the various collector's versions of the PlayStation release. It is the only game in the "classic" ''Mega Man'' series to appear on a Sega console (not counting the compilation ''[[Mega Man: The Wily Wars|Wily Wars]]'').

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Mega Man 8
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Capcom
Developer:
Genre: Action

















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Mega Man 8, called Rockman 8: Metal Heroes (ロックマン8 メタルヒーローズ) in Japan, is a platforming run-and-gun developed by Capcom and released for the the Sony PlayStation in 1996 and ported to the Sega Saturn shortly thereafter. The US version of the Saturn version is called Mega Man 8: Anniversary Collector's Edition, in line with the various collector's versions of the PlayStation release. It is the only game in the "classic" Mega Man series to appear on a Sega console (not counting the compilation Wily Wars).

Mega Man 8 plays similar to it's predecessors: Mega Man can run, jump, slide, shoot, charge his Mega Buster, and change weapons (either in-game or while paused). Like Mega Man 7 players are restricted to only 4 Robot Master stages for the first half of the game, upon defeating all 8 Robot Masters, players may go to the final stages of the game.

Plotline

The plot for Mega Man 8 is presented by both fully-animated full motion video (FMV) cutscenes and in-game text. Taking place in an ambiguous year in the 21st century (20XX), the world recovered from Dr. Wily's seventh attempt to take over the world. Up in space, however, a battle between two mysterious robots nears its climactic finish, causing one of them to careen through the solar system and toward a familiar blue planet.

Meanwhile, Mega Man and Bass were doing battle over the city on their respective mechanical canine companions, Rush and Trebel, much to Mega Man's disappointment. When Roll arrives on the scene, Mega Man manages to get away as Bass' buster winds up tangled with an elevator cable. He vowed to battle Mega Man one more time. Aboard Roll's hover car, Dr. Light informed Mega Man of a strange energy reading coming from a skull shaped island located in the Pacific Ocean that used to be one of Dr. Wily's many bases. The game begins with Mega Man arriving on the island in search of the energy signal.

Bad Voice Acting

Mega Man 8, like Mega Man X4, suffered from a localization job which involved subpar English language voice acting. This included instances of Dr. Light's voice actor, Darryl Stogre, messing up his lines, causing him to say "You must recover all the energy immediately, M-Mega Man!" or say Dr. Wily's name as "Dr. Wowy" through an impersonation of Loony Toons character Elmer Fudd.

Physical Scans

Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc
Saturn, JP
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Cover
Saturn, JP (Satakore)
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Cover



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Mega Man games for Sega systems
Sega Mega Drive
Mega Man: The Wily Wars (1994)
Sega Game Gear
Mega Man (1995)
Sega Saturn
Mega Man X3 (1996) | Mega Man 8 (1997) | Mega Man X4 (1997) | Super Adventure Rockman (1998)
Unlicensed Mega Man games for Sega systems
Sega Mega Drive
Rockman X3 (1995)
Mega Man related media
Book
Rockman 8: Metal Heroes Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1997)