Sonic the Hedgehog # 249- Worlds Collide Part 6

By Mark Rodriguez

Sonic, Megaman, Tails and Protoman entered the Skull Egg Zone, a pocket dimension that's a bizzare mixture of the Sonic and Megaman games, run by the evil scientists. They now have to face Roboticized versions of Sonic's friends, Rose, Knuckles, Silver, Vector, Charmy, Espio, Blaze and Shadow, in an attempt to stop Wily and Eggman, and rescue Dr. Light. Let's see what happens.

I feel bad for Tails. MegaMan must weigh a ton

The issue opens with everyone fighting as the scientists gloat and tease them. Wily and Eggman continue to banter and pat each other on the back, which is making Sonic sick. Megaman wants to know what is going on, and they explained that creating the Roboticized Masters out of the combined technology from their worlds allowed them to travel between worlds to collect all the Chaos Emeralds. Now they will destroy them, and whoever lives the longest gives their world bragging rights.

Protoman has no interest in this 'tournament' and says this will only wear the team down. He leaves to find Dr. Light. Eggman sends 5 of his robots after him, not wanting to take any chances. Tails asks how he was returned to normal when he was Roboticized. Megaman says it was a combination of his charged shot and Sonic's spindash that immobilized him long enough for him to copy his weapon data that changed him back. Sonic tells Tails to work on Megaman's arm cannon so it can fire off a Spin Dash Blast with his help, and he'll keep the bad guys busy while they do it.

Wily says they should leave so they can tend to Protoman. Sonic fights off the robots, as Tails finishes working on Megaman's arm cannon. Megaman gets his arm upgraded and fires off a Spin Dash Blast at Vectorman before he can finish Sonic off. Vector is turned back to normal and drops a glowing energy orb. Sonic tosses it to Megaman, and he now gains the Acoustic Blaster attack.

Megaman fires off an Acoustic Blast that smacks Charmy Man down. Megaman explains it must have been his weakness, since Wily gives his Robot Masters weakness to certain weapons. With Charmy down, Megaman blasts him back to normal and gains his ability, Rapid Stinger. The last one remaining is Espio Man who is a ninja. Sonic manages to grab him before he could land a sneak attack on Megaman. Megaman also blasts him back to normal and gains his weapon, the Chroma Camo.

Sonic is surprised that Megaman is so willing to help rescue his friends, and Tails says he's heroic, but without the hedgehog's ego. The Chaotix offer Megaman a free case, and he tells them they go find Protoman. The others can track down the rest of the robots and keep them off their backs. The scientists are spying on the heroes and Eggman is concerned that they're down to 5 of their robots and also lost sight of Protoman. Wily isn't worried since he can now bring back ALL his past Robot Masters to help out. Eggman says he'll send Shadow Man after their main problem. Wily asks which one since he has his own Robot Master named Shadow Man... and they decide to send them both.

Eggman is worried but Wily reminds them of the current situation, they have countless robots to fight for them and they have all 7 Chaos Emeralds already charging up the final stage of their plan. The heroes are already too late. Eggman says they should create a super powerful vehicle of mass destruction just in case and wonders why Wily is so relaxed now. Wily says Megaman has always had the help of Dr. Light in time of need... and now they have him locked up in their brig.

My Opinions-

Not much to say here except it's another fun issue that furthers the story. The fighting is fun and the art is great. It's awesome seeing Megaman use all of these cool 'Sonic characters' based weapons, though I assume after the crossover ends he'll never use them again.

This crossover does not skimp out on the action

I liked the scene where Sonic is impressed by how completely selfless Megaman is. I guess by comparison, Megaman is the Superman while Sonic is kinda/sorta the Batman. While not as dark, obviously, Sonic is just as righteous as Megaman... he just always wants to make sure he's looking awesome as he's saving the day. Kinda like his old rival back in the 90's, both Mario and Sonic were heroes that saved the world, but Sonic was cooler and had that '90's attitude' that made the plumber hero seem much more wholesome in comparison.

Sonic be jelly

Of course we have more comparisons between worlds. The part that stood out to me was when Megaman asked what the Chaos Emeralds were. Sonic asked him what's the most powerful energy source where they come from, and multiply that by a billion. How would he know that? For all he knew the Energy Elements Megaman named could have been much more powerful. But then again.... the scientists aren't exactly going after those and using them to warp reality.

I'm glad the comic didn't miss a beat with Shadow Man, the Roboticized version of Shadow... and the Shadow Man that Wily already has from Megaman 3. They're actually gonna send both of them out together. Epic. And on top of that.... they're gonna send out every Robot Master ever? Sweet! Stay tuned to see what happens next issue!