That may not mean much to Mega Man non-fans out there (who are reading this for some reason), but for the rest of us, seeing Bass go retro is a big deal.

He finally “fits” with the Mega Man world that I grew up with. Though his design is still a little overcomplicated compared to Mega Man and Proto Man, this is still the most palatable version of Bass I’ve seen yet. Though I’d imagine that he’s not all that psyched about it himself, the anti-hero of the Mega Man universe has now officially traded in his oversized hands and feet for a gigantic head and fat little belly. The purple bullets are gone, the facial scars aren’t as prevalent, and most importantly, Bass has gone 8-bit. Everything about the guy - the permanent snarl, the unnecessary facial scars, the purple bullets - screams “trying too hard.” Bass isn’t quite as bad as Shadow the Hedgehog when it comes to being “h4rdc0r3,” but he comes close. I enjoyed Bass in Mega Man & Bass, but enjoying and respecting aren’t the same thing. While just about every Mega Man character in the pre- Mega Man 7 games has a certain timeless simplicity to them, Bass is clearly an overly detailed, attitude-packed child of the mid-’90s. I see him as the Poochie of the Mega Man series: a Scrappy-Mega-Man-Doo that Capcom brought in to try to make the original Mega Man games feel “current” and “hardcore” in the 16-bit era.

First off, I’ll tell you that I’m not a fan of Bass.

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