By Mark Rodriguez
Dr. Wily and Dr. Eggman have joined forces and warped reality to their liking. They captured Sonic's friends and turned them into robots. Thanks to Metal Sonic and Copybot, Megaman and Sonic are tricked into fighting each other. With Sonic having the advantage in the Green Hill Zone, Megaman takes the fight to his own world and is ready for round two, with the help of Rush, Beat and Tango.
Tailsman swoops in and crashes into Sonic. He then fires a hurricane at Megaman. The hurricane sends cars flying, and the blue duo hurry to save all the innocent people. Sonic calls a truce while they save the people. Megaman says he can blast the robot if Sonic can cover for him. Sonic kicks Tailsman and Megaman manages to blast him with a Mega Buster. Sonic smacks him with his Sonic Spin Dash while he's still reeling from the blast. Megaman is confused by how the robot is acting and tries to steal the Weapon Data... and Sonic fears he'll use that against him. As Megaman copies his weapon data... Tails Man turns back into Tails!
Sonic is happy to have Tails back to normal, and the two tailed fox tells him he was captured by Metal Sonic and a 'black and gold' robot that Megaman recognizes as Bass. Tails said he was taken to a lab with Dr. Eggman and another scientist Megaman points out is Dr. Wily. They figure out that the docs tricked them with Copybot and Metal Sonic and the rest of Sonic's friends have also been turned into robots. Sonic is ready to kick some ass and Mega is surprised Sonic dropped their grudge so quickly. Sonic laughs at Megaman thinking he was a robot, but Mega explains he didn't think anything alive could be that fast.
Sonic shakes hands with Megaman, saying that saving Tails makes them even. They'll go to Dr. Light to he can find where Wily and Eggman are. They warp outside Light's lab so that Mega can explain slowly that Sonic and Tails are good guys, but detect smoke in the area. Inside, Protoman is trying to stop Bass and Metal Sonic from kidnapping Dr. Light. Bass shoots at the heroes and escapes in the ring portal. Roll dashes in and tells them that the bad guys appeared out of nowhere and Protoman protected them.
After Mega explains the situation regarding Sonic and Tails, Protoman, Tails and Roll work on locating the source of the ring portal energy. Mega is annoyed that Sonic is just chillin', and the hedgegog says Tails is the computer guy, not him. Tails found the way to open the portal and keep it stable. Megaman is ready to save his dad. Sonic and Tails join him, figuring it'll be nice to save a scientist for once. Protoman also wants to come and he advises to bring Rush too. Roll will watch the lab with help from Duo, Beat and Tango.
The heroes are ready and step through the portal. They find themselves in a bizzare world that's a strange mish-mash of both the Sonic games and the Megaman games.
My Opinions
The story continues to entertain as the heroes find out they've been tricked and managed to turn Tails back to normal. And now they're going to enter the Skull Egg Zone.. and it will only get better from here. Man, what a fight. if you cut up these issues to show how Copy Bot and Metal Sonic tricked Sonic and Megaman into fighting each other, and then show the whole fight, skipping out any scenes with anyone else besides Sonic and Megaman, you'd have at least one full issue of the Blue Blur and the Blue Bomber just duking it out non-stop.
Not much else I can say about this story. I do like how Sonic got mad at Tango's similar attack. The issue is full of witty dialogue and Sonic's wisecracks are entertaining, especially when getting used to Megaman's world. One of my favorite lines are when he thinks he defeated Mega by knocking him off of Beat, but then Rush flies and catches him. Sonic just sighs and says 'the dog flies..... of course the dog flies...' with that look of exasperation. His dialogue was probably the most fun to read.
Megaman did bring up an interesting point. He's not supposed to be able to attack living things... but since he thought Sonic was a robot, he was able to override his programming and blast away at him. He was afraid that this kind of loophole could be exploited... and while this doesn't come into play in this series... it could be used in future storylines. It's been a while since this storyline has been out, so feel free to correct me if they already have used this as a plot point in current issues.
I'll get back to this one soon enough as we see the wild wacky fun as Sonic and Megaman go through a mad dash of shout-outs and references of both their games.
Dr. Wily and Dr. Eggman have joined forces and warped reality to their liking. They captured Sonic's friends and turned them into robots. Thanks to Metal Sonic and Copybot, Megaman and Sonic are tricked into fighting each other. With Sonic having the advantage in the Green Hill Zone, Megaman takes the fight to his own world and is ready for round two, with the help of Rush, Beat and Tango.
Megaman gives Sonic the chance to surrender, but Sonic isn't impressed since he destroys animal robots on a daily basis. He also stole a chip that powers Megaman's arm cannon. Eddie gives Mega a spare and his gun is back in action. Tango hits Sonic with a similar spin-dash attack and Sonic is mad that he's using his move. As Sonic tries to avoid Tango, Rush propels Mega into the air to grab onto Beat, letting him shoot from above. As Sonic avoids the shots, he gets smacked by Tango again. He wonders when he lost control.
Sonic runs up a wall and jumps on Beat, which knocks Megaman off him. He lands on Rush, in his Rush Jet mode and Sonic is surprised the dog can fly. Sonic runs into traffic, which stops Megaman from shooting. Mega says they shouldn't involve innocent people and he will stop chasing him if he gives back the gem he stole. Sonic says he didn't steal anything and wants his friends back.
The mad scientists watch this due to Tails Man's camera and worried that once the heroes start talking, they'll realize the other isn't evil and will start coming after them, and they still need one more Chaos Emerald for their plans. They decide to have Tails Man attack them now while they're still confused and weak from fighting each other.
Sonic is happy to have Tails back to normal, and the two tailed fox tells him he was captured by Metal Sonic and a 'black and gold' robot that Megaman recognizes as Bass. Tails said he was taken to a lab with Dr. Eggman and another scientist Megaman points out is Dr. Wily. They figure out that the docs tricked them with Copybot and Metal Sonic and the rest of Sonic's friends have also been turned into robots. Sonic is ready to kick some ass and Mega is surprised Sonic dropped their grudge so quickly. Sonic laughs at Megaman thinking he was a robot, but Mega explains he didn't think anything alive could be that fast.
Sonic shakes hands with Megaman, saying that saving Tails makes them even. They'll go to Dr. Light to he can find where Wily and Eggman are. They warp outside Light's lab so that Mega can explain slowly that Sonic and Tails are good guys, but detect smoke in the area. Inside, Protoman is trying to stop Bass and Metal Sonic from kidnapping Dr. Light. Bass shoots at the heroes and escapes in the ring portal. Roll dashes in and tells them that the bad guys appeared out of nowhere and Protoman protected them.
After Mega explains the situation regarding Sonic and Tails, Protoman, Tails and Roll work on locating the source of the ring portal energy. Mega is annoyed that Sonic is just chillin', and the hedgegog says Tails is the computer guy, not him. Tails found the way to open the portal and keep it stable. Megaman is ready to save his dad. Sonic and Tails join him, figuring it'll be nice to save a scientist for once. Protoman also wants to come and he advises to bring Rush too. Roll will watch the lab with help from Duo, Beat and Tango.
The heroes are ready and step through the portal. They find themselves in a bizzare world that's a strange mish-mash of both the Sonic games and the Megaman games.
My Opinions
The story continues to entertain as the heroes find out they've been tricked and managed to turn Tails back to normal. And now they're going to enter the Skull Egg Zone.. and it will only get better from here. Man, what a fight. if you cut up these issues to show how Copy Bot and Metal Sonic tricked Sonic and Megaman into fighting each other, and then show the whole fight, skipping out any scenes with anyone else besides Sonic and Megaman, you'd have at least one full issue of the Blue Blur and the Blue Bomber just duking it out non-stop.
Not much else I can say about this story. I do like how Sonic got mad at Tango's similar attack. The issue is full of witty dialogue and Sonic's wisecracks are entertaining, especially when getting used to Megaman's world. One of my favorite lines are when he thinks he defeated Mega by knocking him off of Beat, but then Rush flies and catches him. Sonic just sighs and says 'the dog flies..... of course the dog flies...' with that look of exasperation. His dialogue was probably the most fun to read.
Megaman did bring up an interesting point. He's not supposed to be able to attack living things... but since he thought Sonic was a robot, he was able to override his programming and blast away at him. He was afraid that this kind of loophole could be exploited... and while this doesn't come into play in this series... it could be used in future storylines. It's been a while since this storyline has been out, so feel free to correct me if they already have used this as a plot point in current issues.
I'll get back to this one soon enough as we see the wild wacky fun as Sonic and Megaman go through a mad dash of shout-outs and references of both their games.
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