Hi everyone! I joined Ripten just for the opportunity to win this one-of-a-kind sketch. I’m probably one of the youngest people trying to win here – turning 17 in a few weeks – so I can’t say I’ve been playing Mega Man since he came out due to not being born yet. I don’t have every game ever made and I don’t have the money to amass a huge collection of Mega Man memorabelia, but I still believe that I deserve to win this sketch.

Being the only girl in the family besides my mom (oooo a girl gamer, those are rare), I was pretty much raised by my brother’s video games. Gaming icons like Mario, Link, and Kirby were all familiar to me… including a certain blue robot boy named Mega Man. I always loved the Mega Man games, even before I was old enough to pick up a controller and fully know what I was doing. For one, he’s adorable. Who couldn’t love a little robot blasting through bad guys to save the world? I know I could. When I was around 5 or 6, I started playing (or rather, trying to play) the games by myself. I never got too far in them, in fact I don’t think I ever really beat any of the robot masters, but I had a blast trying. Wether it was the ingenious and sometimes fustrating little puzzles (those disappearing blocks will be the death of me) or the silly and colorful enemies in the stage, something about it appealed to me more than any other game.

One fond thing about my childhood besides the games was my Mega Man figure. Sure, it was the extremely bizarre American cartoon Mega Man, but he was my favorite toy of all when I was little. After all, he’s still Mega Man! One thing I remember clearly when I was about 5 was me on the porch in my backyard, playing with Mega Man. I would go, “Look out, Mega Man! Dr. Wily is going to beat you! Aahhhh!!” and hurl him off of the porch in defeat. But then, he would come back – I would run down and go grab him. I’d repeat this over and over, because something about it was just super fun (thinking about it now, I guess I just liked throwing things). I also accidentally hit my aunt’s car with Mega Man, making a small dent – I never told her, of course. I still have the figure after all these years – he now stands next to my Wii, guarding it from any robot masters who want to take it… or maybe just looking cool.

Another thing – this time I was 11 – was when I absolutely loved Zero. Every nerdy/geeky preteen girl needs some pretty character to obsess about, and while others seemed to choose someone from Inuyasha, I chose Zero. I can remember it now – I thought he was “soooo cute! ^__^” and I even had a folder of Zero images on my computer that I filled with drawings or pictures of the blonde reploid that I found on the internet. Over half of the pictures I had drawn myself… very badly if I might add, haha. Even now I think he’s an awesome character (though I don’t describe him with words like “kawaii!!” anymore). He’s tough, badass, and gets the job done. He has a deeper backstory and personality than most of the other characters in the Mega Man realm, and he fights with both an arm cannon and a beam sabre. How hardcore is that? Because of him (and the enjoyability of Mega Man games), I’ve played almost every Mega Man X game and absolutely loved them. I’ve even read some of the Rockman X manga online that’s been translated by fans – I’d love to purchase them, but I cannot read Japanese. Although the X series isn’t quite as happy and cheerful as the classic series, to say the least, they still have that Mega Man charm about it, and I love it almost as much.

I’d love to say I got into the newer series – Legends, Battle Network, Zero, ZX – but unfortunately I never quite did. I tried Zero, but it was way too hard for me, although I did enjoy what I could play. I tried Battle Network, and thought it was pretty good, but just never quite got into it. They’re good games, but they just don’t do it for me – they don’t have that original classic Mega Man gameplay that I grew to love as a kid. That’s why I’m very happy that Mr. Inafute drew Mega Man’s classic form – my all-time favorite one of all.

However, there is one other reason I’d like the Mega Man sketch besides my love for the little guy. You see, I am an aspiring illustrator, and I’m hoping to go to an art college to major in Illustration. When I watched the episode of Icons on G4 (back when it was called G4 and the show was called Icons – no clue what it is now) about Mega Man, I was surprised to know that Inafute was an aspiring artist when he was hired by Capcom. I was also shocked to know that they didn’t think his little game known as Rockman wouldn’t do well at all, and it ended up being a big hit for years to come. It really inspired me how a little artist could get hired by a little company and end up making huge hits and become so well-known and loved. I look up to Inafute for his ability to create the hundreds of characters in the game and make each and every one of them unique and memorable (one of my favorite is Aqua Man and one of the things he says… “I’m Aqua Man, but you can call me Handsome Guy!”). He’s really a great and imaginative artist, and I hope I can be as successful as him one day.

Thus, having the picture wouldn’t just proclaim my love for the super fighting robot (fighting to save… the world!), but would also be an incredibly inspiring picture, telling me that if a man with an idea of a little rock and roll robot can make it big, then perhaps I can make it big, too. Thanks for this opportunity, and I hope you pick somebody who truly deserves this wonderful sketch.

There isn’t a Megaman game I haven’t played and beaten. Every title that gets released in North America I get my hands on and play it through. I am usually the one informing everybody of any news on the blue bomber.

I have every single Official Megaman soundtrack, and every soundtrack ripped from the games I own. I can identify any robot master from their song for both the classic and X series. When I say every song I mean over 1600 songs in my library that I constantly listen to when playing any game, as the music is usually better then any other soundtrack. I can still remember when I first heard Wily castle 1 from Megaman 2. I almost died because of how incredible that song was. It still is my favorite one ever and I listen to it almost daily.

I am working on becoming a game developer now because of the influence a simple game like Megaman can have on a person. I want to be able to make something just as awesome that can affect people the way he has impacted me.

Having just moved into a new apartment this would go great in my room hanging on the wall! I’m so excited just about the opportunity to win this picture! My friend called me at work to tell me about this contest, and here I am not working to enter it. I hope I win this as it would make my life. Thanks for the chance at this.

If you haven’t noticed, girls with boobs who enjoy gaming are generally super-duper-awesome-riffic.

In all honesty, boobs and gender aside, it would totally be a darn awesome thing to win, hang on my wall, and be the envy of all of my friends. Or at least my brother, who throws things at me when I whistle Quick Man’s theme, because he can’t whistle.

The day I got introduced to Megaman I was very very sad actually, but I everything worked out for the best in the end.
We had a dog that would always pee in the house whenever he was alone for more than a few hours. Both my parents worked so my mom had to clean everytime she got home from work and as soon as she woke up. My parents asked me if they could give the dog to an elderly couple, so my mom didn’t have to clean up his mess all the time and so he wouldn’t be alone anymore.
I loved that dog so I said no, I was too young to understand how my mom suffered from this. So they tried to bribe me by offering me 2 NES games if they could give the dog away but I refused again. When I was playing my NES one day, my mom took him away anyway so I was very sad and cried a lot. But she kept her word and I could choose 2 NES games I wanted. I had never heard of Megaman before, so I just picked Megaman & Megaman 2 based on the cover art. I actually LIKED the covers, believe it or not.
Looking back, I realise that everyone came out a winner, the dog was probably a lot happier with more company, my mom didn’t have so much work anymore and me, I got 20 years of fun that Megaman has given me.

Now why I want to win this. I’m a European and fellow European Megaman fans will agree with me when I say that being a Megaman fan here isn’t easy. Games being released over a year later than in the US (ZX games), sometimes not at all (Collections, MM6), sometimes content is removed (again ZX), sometimes Capcom spreads so few games that they’re impossible to find or cost tons of money (X2,X3,MM7), merchandise never makes it across the ocean, … We are often left in the cold and if we want any merchandise we have to import it from Japan or the US, plus pay import taxes. For once I’d like to see something as great as this go to a European or an Australian, the ones that have to struggle for every Megaman game, cd, dvd, figure they have. Personally if that European were me, I’d frame it and hang it above my bed, so I’d always be remembered of the 20 years of fun Rockman has given me.

At first we thought “So what? Another one of those spin-offs…”. But then we heard it would be an actual megaman game, and a NES one at that, and now I heard it will even have the flickering sprites and old 8-bit sound.

Each one of those moments was so joyful that I ended up playing the NES games again.

If I the sketch, I will not keep it to myself, I will give to this friend as a token of the good times we had playing Megaman.

Like some of the other people here, I been also been a fan of the Mega Man series since the original Mega Man game was released on NES. There were the good times when I remember playing all the Mega Man games at my house, and there were the bad times, like when I let my friend borrow Mega Man 2 and in a fit of rage caused by not being able to beat Quick Man, he yanked the controller out of the NES… and sent it crashing to the floor. He destroyed the best game I had (at the time.. MM3 had not yet come out). There were even the in-between times, like when I was 7 and I broke my arm (ouch), but I got to pretend I was Mega Man with my cast-cannon arm (cool).

My interest goes beyond the games. I have Mega Man manga, toys, guide books, pins, posters, drawings (Here is a large framed picture of Mega Man that I drew freehand and colored with pencils. You can see it here: http://www.bluebomber.com/mmposter.JPG ). I’ve enjoyed almost every Mega Man game, but especially one in particular: Rockman and Forte. As you can see, I have a website at bluebomber.com that is my vehicle for this game, back since people were still calling it Mega Man 9.

I was around when YnT was translating this game into English from the original Japanese for the SNES (I still have the cart for the SNES version, and both the English and Japanese GBA carts). This was before we got the official GBA translation and not many knew what this game was all about. I did my best to publicize how we Americans got ripped off by not getting a great game, and bluebomber.com is the culmination of years of hard work.

I like to believe that in some way, my efforts in getting people to write letters to Capcom, the forums I created (the now defunct UMMF – Ultimate Mega Man Forums, formed in conjunction with 9 other Mega Man websites), the petitions we signed, and my website and others like it were instrumental in getting Rockman and Forte translated and brought to the USA.

I’m a big fan of the Mega Man series, and this piece would have a great home here with me. I would also like to share it with the rest of the world by scanning it and making it available on my website. That way everyone can enjoy this piece of artwork for years to come.

Lastly, I would like to include that I will dress my 1st born child as Mega Man, with an excellent homemade costume, on its 1st Halloween and I will send you an autographed copy of my photo, just for bestowing upon me this excellent piece of art! (I also plan on framing it and hanging it in my living room for everyone to see)

This is a great contest, I hope you pick me as your winner!

Cody the Bluebomber

I don’t have a whole lot of gaming stuff. I love Mega Man, and Mega Man 2 was the first game I played. All I can say is that if I won the sketch, I’d cherish it forever. It would be framed lovingly and set on my wall.

Please, and Thank You.

So I want to talk about why he should win it:

Aside from being a devoted Mega Man fan even when the Mega Man games have been pure garbage, he has kept many posters, figures and games relating for Mega Man over the years. He kept the Mega Man 2 Nintendo Power poster and has it hanging in our apartment (it’s a good thing I’m a hardcore gamer too huh?). He has spent the last fifteen years importing Mega Man X figures from Japan and putting them together. He must have about twenty of them now, which we have proudly set on our bookshelf, next to all my Dragon Quest toys.

In the late 90′s he once maintained a Mega Man fan-site, until the demands of his college degree (chemistry) consumed him. He determines which systems he buys SOLEY on which systems have Mega Man games on them. He has both the Sega Saturn and PlayStation versions of Mega Man X4. Yes, he bought both.

He has the most recent Rockman artbook that came out earlier this year, and now in light of the Mega Man 9 announcement feels that the book needs to be changed because it is no longer the complete works of Mega Man. He’s a nerd. He also plays Mega Man games extremely well, which gives him decent cred as a hardcore gamer. Those games are tough.

There are a lot of devoted Mega Man fans in this thread, but I wanted to at least give my fiance a chance amongst the nerds.

Thanks ^_^

Megaman as a childhood memory: That bright sparkle me and my best friends used to take little trips to each other’s houses to figure out. That new boss gives you new ability?! What?! I can beat THAT other boss THAT much easier with that new ability?! Let me try! Let me see!

Growing up with such fond memories and finding other fans who appreciated it and have grown to respect and contribute to it also has become an integral part of the experience.

Now I want what could possibly be one of the most magical things I can ever hold, an original sketch of a classic CAPCOM icon out of my childhood by one of the magicians I used to read about in magazine articles and fan postings.

Yes, give me.

I setup about all the MegaMan stuff my family and I have collected over the years:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z196/kenshinmeowth/danielcontest1.jpg

My brothers were really helpful in taking the photos, and even setup a cool collage that shows some of the interesting MegaMan games and toys up close:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z196/kenshinmeowth/collage.jpg

Finally, I figured I could show off all of the art I have drawn in tribute to Capcom’s rocking mascot. There’s a lot of it, and I doubt I’ll ever stop making even more:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z196/kenshinmeowth/lotsofmegaman.png

I’m really excited that Capcom is finally bringing back Inafune’s original creation in a 9th installment. To have an sketch signed by Inafune himself of MegaMan the day MegaMan 9 launches would be a dream come true, so I’m hoping for the best.