Games for Lunch: Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker X Ninja
In a nutshell: Diaries of a fifth-grade Mega Man.
10/20/2008 4:11 PM | 0 Comments | Page 1 of 3
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Release Date: June 24, 2008
System: Nintendo DS
ESRB Rating: E
Official Web site (Japanese)
0:00 I'm a big fan of the Mega Man series, but I've never played these RPG-like spinoff games. With my broken laptop preventing me from effectively taking notes on any console games, though, it seems like the perfect time to open this oddly named chestnut.
0:01 "In the days of old there was a Tribe that moved like wind and reigned over the land..." Then some anime robots jump around in full, anime-styled, double-screen regalia. The title appears with techno music and a streaky background. Whoo!
0:02 I get to choose between Zerker and Ninja modes. Since I have no idea what a "Zerker" is, I go with Ninja.
0:04 "I will set Zerker to Auto Brother" says a little blue slime thing. Er ... thanks? I name my Auto Brother Zerker "Zerker!!!!" Then I have to decide his age and gender. Oh lord, I really do not care...
0:05 "The year is 220X ... Owing to the rapid advance in wave technology, people are able to enjoy a life of ease and convenience." I'm Geo Stelar, a "fifth-grader in this future society." He's rarely left his room since his dad died, but an alien with an EM body, Omega-Xis, merged with him (is that what they're calling it these days?) to become ... Mega Man! Then FM-ians attacked Earth and Mega Man saved them. Hooray for backstory!
0:07 Two months later ... Geo receives the package he's been waiting for. It looks like he's talking to himself, until he puts on a pair of "Visualizer" glasses that show the "Wave World," where Omega-Xis is hovering next to him. In the package is a Star Carrier. It can be used as a TV, phone, e-mail and data client. Wow, I want one!
0:09 I enter my standard handle of "Ace!" The Carrier has a holographic "Air Display" that hovers a window right in front of your face. Yowza! The future is awesome!
0:11 I'm in control now ... tasked with showing my "Personal View" to a random girl in the park. Is that what they're calling it these ... aw, forget it.
0:13 The girl's Personal View lists her best feature as "Clear Skin." What is this, a Noxzema ad?
0:14 The relationship between Omega-Xis and Geo is kind of endearing. One's a nerdy, timid fifth-grader, while the other's a tough, violent interstellar being. This all comes through quite well in the writing. I smell a sitcom!
0:15 Suddenly, an "Advert Ship," which was showing an ad for a new ghost movie, comes crashing down nearly on top of us.
0:17 After some small talk with the assembled gawking townsfolk, the Advert Ship's sound system starts malfunctioning and causing painful screeching. With his Visualizer on, Geo sees little EM viruses. Aw, they look like Hard Hats from the Mega Man games. SO CUTE!
0:20 I have to "pulse in" by finding a "Wave Hole." Dirty! "EM Wave Change. Geo Stelar. On. The. Air." I turn into super-stylized anime Mega Man. Word.
