Comments on: The Anatomy of Mega Man 2 – VIII – War of the woods http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/06/23/the-anatomy-of-mega-man-2-viii-war-of-the-woods/ Defunct, amateurish, game design analysis by Jeremy Parish Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:31:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.7 By: J. Parish http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/06/23/the-anatomy-of-mega-man-2-viii-war-of-the-woods/#comment-2717 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 22:48:17 +0000 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/?p=10832#comment-2717 Yeah, I wrote an editorial discussing Japan’s tone-deafness vis-a-vis racist caricatures of blacks back when FFVII was new.

]]> By: fightscenegrades http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/06/23/the-anatomy-of-mega-man-2-viii-war-of-the-woods/#comment-2716 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:24:24 +0000 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/?p=10832#comment-2716 The “minstrel”/Golliwog-style (bright fat lips on a pitch black face) is always shocking for a Westerner to see whenever it pops up in Japanese designs, but of course the Japanese have no significant history of discrimination against black people (or any significant African population to speak of in the first place); to them it’s just another silly-looking art style with no cultural associations.

I assume this sort of thing has declined as Japanese designers have become more aware of the international connotations, but it still pops up even in more modern stuff. Usopp in One Piece, for example, comes perilously close.

]]> By: COtheLegend http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/06/23/the-anatomy-of-mega-man-2-viii-war-of-the-woods/#comment-2710 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:50:55 +0000 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/?p=10832#comment-2710 Oops, you’re right. I do remember that it wasn’t as useful as the other weapons weapons, especially on Difficult.

I had this crossed up in my mind with using the Bubble Lead on Flash Man. The old NES Game Atlas recommend using the Bubble Lead on him, but it does the same amount of damage as the Mega Buster.

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