By Mark Rodriguez
Megaman and Sonic venture through the Skull Egg Zone, a pocket universe that's a bizzare mixture from both their games created by Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily. After having rescued Sonic's roboticized friends, the gang gathers together and start heading towards the villains' hideout. Eggman and Wily already have Dr. Light, but now they also captured Rouge and plan to roboticize her and have her lead and army of recycled Robot Masters after our heroes. What will happen?
This issues wastes no time as the band of heroes arrive outside Eggman and Wily's base and see the entire Robot Master line-up from Megaman 1-9, being led by Rouge Woman. As you expect all hell breaks loose. Sonic tells the gang they have to get to the teleporter, but Vector reminds them they couldn't crack the code.
As they fight Sonic asks how many Robot Masters has Megaman faced before, and he says it feels like hundreds. Sonic says they must have been time cloned since he feels he has fought some of them before. Megaman is worried about Dr. Light, but Sonic says they'll rescue him soon.
Elsewhere, Wily and Eggman are betting wether or not Motobug or Met will destroy Dr. Light first.... but the two robot just crash into each other. The two robots start to fight each other and Light walks off and faces Eggman and Wily. He tells them they can still stop now before it's too late since using the Genesis Wave to rewrite all of reality is too much, even for them. Eggman is surprised he figured out their endgame, and Wily boasts that he has surpassed Light with his genius. Light mentions Ra Moon and Wily loses his composure.
Light reminds him that he has dealt with things beyond his control like Ra Moon and Gamma, and has had Megaman come to save him from himself. He tells Eggman that he isn't much different, losing control of Chaos and the Time Eater and having Sonic save the world. Wily has heard enough and storms off, while Eggman gives Light an evil smile. Light wishes he knew Mega and Proto were alright, and looks at the destroyed remains of the Motobug and Met.
The heroes continue to battle the army of Robot Masters, with Megaman saying it was a lot easier when he used to fight them one on one. Blaze is surrounded by all the fire themed Robot Masters, including Fire Man, Heat Man, Pharaoh Man and Flame Man, and uses her own fire powers to fry them all. Espio and Shadow Man bow respectively and then fight it out among ninjas, while Vector fights against Snake Man. Silver uses his psychic powers to sends the robots flying, but then gets frozen by Flash Man and his Time Stopper. Knuckles faces off against Stone Man and Concrete Man.
Shadow tries to get to Rogue Woman, but is blasted by Shade Man. Amy Rose is surrounded by the water themed Robot Masters like Splash Woman and Pump Man, but she gets lifted off to safety by Tails. Tails and Rose aren't safe in the air as they have to deal with the air-themed Robot Masters like Tornado Man and Gyro Man. Wily really did make a Robot Master for everything.
Sonic gets chased by some of the faster Robot Masters, like Quick Man and Turbo Man and easily trips them up. Megaman sees Rogue Woman and Sonic leaps to grab her feet. Megaman blasts her and turns her back to normal, gaining the Black Wave weapon.
Sonic does what he does best, and basically zips all over the place, taking down every Robot Master he can, while taunting Quick Man. Wily watches the show and cheers on his robots. Eggman hears from Orbot that there's a weak transmission coming from the prison deck. Eggman tells Metal Sonic to follow him and assures Wily he will deal with the problem.
Back to the fight, Protoman and Shadow tell Sonic and Megaman that the fight is neverending since the robots keep coming back every time they're defeated. The only way to win is to strike at the doctors. Sonic, Tails, Megaman and Rush head off for Wily's fortress, thinking there will be less enemies to face since most of them are already on the battlefield. They head off and leave the fight to the others.
Light is trying to contact Megaman with a transmitter he made out of the spare robot parts of the destroyed Motobug and Met... but Eggman catches him. He says he figured out how Rouge was able to know just where to sabotage the Genesis engine, and how he was able to figure out their master plan even though they never told him about it. Eggman has Metal Sonic grab Light and drag him towards an open escape hatch. Eggman admits he underestimated Dr. Light, and won't make that mistake again. He has Metal Sonic toss Dr. Light out of their floating fortress.
Rush spots something, and Megaman uses his telescopic vision to zoom in on what it is. He freaks out when he sees it's his father Dr. Light in freefall. Can Megaman and Sonic get to him in time?
My Opinions-
Quite a lot to say. Mostly the huge collection of Robot Masters steal the show here. I like how we even saw the newer ones from Megaman 9 and the rare ones from that Megaman and Bass game that never hit the states officially. We see them gather in groups based on their themes, since along the way there have been several speed based robots, water themed robots, air themes robots and so forth. There's also silly things happening in the background, like Rush chasing Skull Man (get it? bones) and Spark Man accidentally stabbing Bright Man's light bulb, electrocuting both of them. Sonic even steals Ring Man's rings. Classic. And hey, extra kudos for the Motobug, one of Sonic's oldest Badniks from the very first Sonic game. It's just so rare when we see the classic Badniks that he actually faced in the games.
Sadly Rouge Woman kinda got lost in the shuffle. A short solo scene between her and Shadow fighting it out while he tries to snap her out of it woulda been nice. I mean here they kinda acknowledge each other in a panel or two, but Megaman and Sonic turn her back to normal before she could do much of anything besides get lost in panels packed with other Robot Masters.
Eggman shows that he doesn't mess around. He sees that Light is a definite threat to their plans and proceeds to kill him. As he throws him off the hovering fortress, he said it felt familiar. I'm not familiar with the Sonic comics, so I looked it up. This mirrors a scene from before the crossover where Eggman ordered Mecha Sally to toss Sonic out of the Death Egg Mark II in the same manner. Speaking of which, had this crossover not have happened, it seems they were saving the big scene of Mecha Sally being turned back to normal for the 250th issue. It is odd to celebrate a milestone in the middle of a crossover.
The comic also has a few extra pages from the first Genesis Wave saga, where Eggman rewrote history making the world look more like the first 3 Genesis games. This comic shows the final battle between Sonic and Robotnik, as this is one of the rare times he actually looks like the classic Robotnik design we've seen in the 90's cartoons and comics during the 16-bit era. For whatever reason, his original design was probably considered too simple or too cartoony to be the look of the main villain, which is why the comics and cartoons of the time felt the need to redesign him.
Awesome and fun comic though, I've been enjoying this crossover so far. And dude... 250 issues is nothing to sneeze at. I doubt anybody would have predicted to last this long.... especially during the big gap in Sonic games between Knuckles Chaotix and Sonic Adventure. And who would have thought issue 250 would have involved Megaman and company? Stay tuned to see what happens next!
Megaman and Sonic venture through the Skull Egg Zone, a pocket universe that's a bizzare mixture from both their games created by Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily. After having rescued Sonic's roboticized friends, the gang gathers together and start heading towards the villains' hideout. Eggman and Wily already have Dr. Light, but now they also captured Rouge and plan to roboticize her and have her lead and army of recycled Robot Masters after our heroes. What will happen?
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| I see this was drawn in the Megaman Powered Up art style |
As they fight Sonic asks how many Robot Masters has Megaman faced before, and he says it feels like hundreds. Sonic says they must have been time cloned since he feels he has fought some of them before. Megaman is worried about Dr. Light, but Sonic says they'll rescue him soon.
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| Sonic celebrates his 250th issue by fighting every Robot Master ever. Lucky for them, this was before Megaman 10 and 11 were made. |
Light reminds him that he has dealt with things beyond his control like Ra Moon and Gamma, and has had Megaman come to save him from himself. He tells Eggman that he isn't much different, losing control of Chaos and the Time Eater and having Sonic save the world. Wily has heard enough and storms off, while Eggman gives Light an evil smile. Light wishes he knew Mega and Proto were alright, and looks at the destroyed remains of the Motobug and Met.
The heroes continue to battle the army of Robot Masters, with Megaman saying it was a lot easier when he used to fight them one on one. Blaze is surrounded by all the fire themed Robot Masters, including Fire Man, Heat Man, Pharaoh Man and Flame Man, and uses her own fire powers to fry them all. Espio and Shadow Man bow respectively and then fight it out among ninjas, while Vector fights against Snake Man. Silver uses his psychic powers to sends the robots flying, but then gets frozen by Flash Man and his Time Stopper. Knuckles faces off against Stone Man and Concrete Man.
Shadow tries to get to Rogue Woman, but is blasted by Shade Man. Amy Rose is surrounded by the water themed Robot Masters like Splash Woman and Pump Man, but she gets lifted off to safety by Tails. Tails and Rose aren't safe in the air as they have to deal with the air-themed Robot Masters like Tornado Man and Gyro Man. Wily really did make a Robot Master for everything.
Sonic gets chased by some of the faster Robot Masters, like Quick Man and Turbo Man and easily trips them up. Megaman sees Rogue Woman and Sonic leaps to grab her feet. Megaman blasts her and turns her back to normal, gaining the Black Wave weapon.
Sonic does what he does best, and basically zips all over the place, taking down every Robot Master he can, while taunting Quick Man. Wily watches the show and cheers on his robots. Eggman hears from Orbot that there's a weak transmission coming from the prison deck. Eggman tells Metal Sonic to follow him and assures Wily he will deal with the problem.
Back to the fight, Protoman and Shadow tell Sonic and Megaman that the fight is neverending since the robots keep coming back every time they're defeated. The only way to win is to strike at the doctors. Sonic, Tails, Megaman and Rush head off for Wily's fortress, thinking there will be less enemies to face since most of them are already on the battlefield. They head off and leave the fight to the others.
Light is trying to contact Megaman with a transmitter he made out of the spare robot parts of the destroyed Motobug and Met... but Eggman catches him. He says he figured out how Rouge was able to know just where to sabotage the Genesis engine, and how he was able to figure out their master plan even though they never told him about it. Eggman has Metal Sonic grab Light and drag him towards an open escape hatch. Eggman admits he underestimated Dr. Light, and won't make that mistake again. He has Metal Sonic toss Dr. Light out of their floating fortress.
Rush spots something, and Megaman uses his telescopic vision to zoom in on what it is. He freaks out when he sees it's his father Dr. Light in freefall. Can Megaman and Sonic get to him in time?
My Opinions-
Quite a lot to say. Mostly the huge collection of Robot Masters steal the show here. I like how we even saw the newer ones from Megaman 9 and the rare ones from that Megaman and Bass game that never hit the states officially. We see them gather in groups based on their themes, since along the way there have been several speed based robots, water themed robots, air themes robots and so forth. There's also silly things happening in the background, like Rush chasing Skull Man (get it? bones) and Spark Man accidentally stabbing Bright Man's light bulb, electrocuting both of them. Sonic even steals Ring Man's rings. Classic. And hey, extra kudos for the Motobug, one of Sonic's oldest Badniks from the very first Sonic game. It's just so rare when we see the classic Badniks that he actually faced in the games.
Sadly Rouge Woman kinda got lost in the shuffle. A short solo scene between her and Shadow fighting it out while he tries to snap her out of it woulda been nice. I mean here they kinda acknowledge each other in a panel or two, but Megaman and Sonic turn her back to normal before she could do much of anything besides get lost in panels packed with other Robot Masters.
Eggman shows that he doesn't mess around. He sees that Light is a definite threat to their plans and proceeds to kill him. As he throws him off the hovering fortress, he said it felt familiar. I'm not familiar with the Sonic comics, so I looked it up. This mirrors a scene from before the crossover where Eggman ordered Mecha Sally to toss Sonic out of the Death Egg Mark II in the same manner. Speaking of which, had this crossover not have happened, it seems they were saving the big scene of Mecha Sally being turned back to normal for the 250th issue. It is odd to celebrate a milestone in the middle of a crossover.
The comic also has a few extra pages from the first Genesis Wave saga, where Eggman rewrote history making the world look more like the first 3 Genesis games. This comic shows the final battle between Sonic and Robotnik, as this is one of the rare times he actually looks like the classic Robotnik design we've seen in the 90's cartoons and comics during the 16-bit era. For whatever reason, his original design was probably considered too simple or too cartoony to be the look of the main villain, which is why the comics and cartoons of the time felt the need to redesign him.
Awesome and fun comic though, I've been enjoying this crossover so far. And dude... 250 issues is nothing to sneeze at. I doubt anybody would have predicted to last this long.... especially during the big gap in Sonic games between Knuckles Chaotix and Sonic Adventure. And who would have thought issue 250 would have involved Megaman and company? Stay tuned to see what happens next!
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