Proto:Mega Man 10/Oct. 16 2009 Prototype
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Dated October 16 2009, this is the earliest prototype sourced from PartnerNET. The game is largely identical to the final release, being playable from start to finish. However, glitches and gameplay functions differ from the final build.
Contents
General Differences
- There's a scrapped co-op mode where one player would play as Mega Man and the other player would play as Proto Man. The co-op players would be able to Pick Up and throw each other, and standing next to each other would power-up their attacks with the Sync Up mechanic.
- Some stages feature barriers that can only be destroyed by Mega Man and Proto Man together. For those instances, a placeholder NPC of the not-chosen character waits near the barrier for you to team up, which can trigger the Sync Up mechanic for your buster.
- Some stages feature barriers that can only be destroyed by Mega Man and Proto Man together. For those instances, a placeholder NPC of the not-chosen character waits near the barrier for you to team up, which can trigger the Sync Up mechanic for your buster.
- There's a scrapped feature that would allow you to create greeting cards using pre-existing assets as "stickers", as well as your own username written in a Mega Man logo-style font. Those greeting cards could then be traded with other players.
- Checkpoints within the stage were originally visible using a flag sprite. A similar flag sprite is also used by the Tricastle miniboss during its defeat animation, even in the final.
- A debug display can be activated by pressing RT + Start.
- Proto Man has the Mega Man 5-style charge shot when using the Sync Up mechanic, which was left unused as opposed to his standard Mega Man 4 variant in the final (although, the sprites for the former are still in the final game).
- Some of the crushing hazards in the second Wily stage do not kill you instantly; they instead knock you to 1 health regardless of your previous energy and cause you to clip into the floor, usually resulting in falling into a bottomless pit.
- The traffic indicators in Nitro Man's stage do not display arrows when a truck is approaching.
- Bass is already playable in this build, but cannot be selected by normal means. In order to play as Bass in the prototype, load a save file from the final build that has Bass as the selected character.
- Bass actually has sprites for the Pick Up mechanic as well.
- The 3 Special Stages are also present and beatable, complete with their proper boss battles, although they cannot be selected by normal means.
- Enemies do not initiate a "despawn" animation when the player moves to a different room.
- Wily Stage 1 has a number of differences regarding the Weapons' Archive SFX and health depletion.
- The Weapons Archive bosses in the first Wily stage have a different way of tracking health, with each individual phase not showing any visible decrease on the bar until its defeat, which subtracts 1/3 of the total.
- The Gemini Laser attack from the Weapons Archive has an unfinished sprite, with its outline and inside colors being swapped.
Cutscene Differences
Cutscenes are still in the middle of localization, and such, feature typos and grammatical errors.
Introduction Cutscene
- Roll does not make a sound when coming down with Roboenza.
- Dr. Wily's UFO does not make a sound when falling. Mega Man grabbing the UFO still makes a sound, however.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| DOWN WITH ROBOENZA." | DOWN WITH ROBOENZA. |
Closing quotation mark removed because Dr. Light is not done talking.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| ASSITANCE, NO ONE CAN | ASSISTANCE, NO ONE CAN |
Fixed typo.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| "HEEEELP! | "HEEEELP!" |
Missing quotation mark.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| I'LL FIND DR. WILEY'S | I'LL FIND DR. WILY'S |
Fixed typo.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| BUT EVEN MY GENIUS WAS UNABLE TO DEVELOP A CURE. | BUT EVEN MY GENIUS WAS UNABLE TO FIND A CURE. |
DEVELOP was replaced with FIND.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| YOU NEED TO HELP ME GET BACK MY MEDICINE MAKING MACHINE! | YOU NEED TO HELP ME GET MY MEDICINE-MAKING MACHINE BACK! |
This part of the sentence was restructured, and a hyphen was added.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| WE'LL HAVE TO HELP YOU." | WE'LL HAVE TO HELP YOU, TOO." |
An additional too has been added at the end.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| "IF YOU WANT TO STOP THOS ROBOTS, THEN LEAVE IT TO ME!" | "LEAVE IT TO ME! I'LL STOP THOSE ROBOTS." |
Typo fixed and sentence restructured.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| "THANKS FOR YOUR HELP, PROTO MAN!" | "I'D APPRECIATE ANY HELP, PROTO MAN!" |
Mega Man's thankfulness has been upgraded from just Proto Man's help to any help.
Cutscene 1
- All instances of Dr. LIGHT and Dr. WILY are instead capitalised as DR. LIGHT and DR. WILY.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| "UNGH…" | "UNGH..." |
Ellipsis changed from a single character to three characters.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| "ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE PIECE TO THE MACHINE, | "ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE PIECES TO THE MACHINE, |
Fixed typo.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE NOT SHOWING ANY SYMPTOMS OF ROBOENZA?" | ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE NOT SUFFERING FROM ANY SYMPTOMS OF ROBOENZA?" |
Dr. Wily's concern for Mega Man's outward condition is now a concern for his lack of suffering.
Cutscene 2
- DR. LIGHT and DR. WILY are again always capitalised as Dr. LIGHT and Dr. WILY, except when Auto refers to Dr. Light and when Dr. Light first acknowledges Roll's presence.
- The previous menu music does not cut out before the start of the cutscene, instead bleeding into the cutscene until the music is changed after the first line of dialogue (or in the case of Proto Man and Bass' abridged cutscenes, shortly after the cutscene starts).
- The text boxes containing "AND DON'T THINK | MEGA MAN IS GOING", "TO SAVE YOU LIKE HE | USUALLY DOES.", and "HE'S COME DOWN | WITH A NICE CASE" are formatted differently, with only one line break instead of two between lines.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| HA-HA-HA-HA... ACHOO! | HA-HA-HA-HA... ACHOO!" |
Missing closing quotation mark, as Dr. Wily is done speaking.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| [no line of dialogue] | "I HAVE TO... STOP... UNGHH..." |
This line of dialogue is completely absent in the cutscene. Dr. Light still responds as if Mega Man said this line, however.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| "I WAS SAVING IT… IN CASE A REALLY… SICK ROBOT WAS BROUGHT IN..." | "I WAS SAVING IT... IN CASE A REALLY... SICK ROBOT WAS BROUGHT IN..." |
Ellipsis extension. Any ellipsis at the end of a line of dialogue was already extended to three characters.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| BUT IF YOU TAKE IT, YOU CAN SSTOP HIM..." | BUT IF YOU TAKE IT, YOU CAN STOP HIM..." |
Fixed typo.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| I'LL STOP Dr. WILY AND BRING BACK ENOUGH EDICINE FOR EVERYONE." | I'LL STOP DR. WILY AND BRING BACK ENOUGH MEDICINE FOR EVERYONE." |
Fixed typo next to one of many Dr./DR. capitalisation change instances.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| "CAREFUL OUT THERE..." | "BE CAREFUL OUT THERE..." |
Slight sentence clarification.
Cutscene 3
- Mega Man's cutscene contains no differences.
- Like before, the previously playing menu music does not cut out upon starting the cutscene, and only stops when the music is changed as part of the cutscene. This can only be seen on Easy Mode, as it is the only mode where you can reach this cutscene from the menu.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| "FORGET ABOUT ME… | "FORGET ABOUT ME... |
Ellipsis extension. (Proto Man cutscene)
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| "DON'T TELL MY I'VE | "DON'T TELL ME I'VE |
Fixed typo. (Bass cutscene)
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| "WE GOTTA GO TEACH THAT OLD COOK A LESSON HE WON'T FORGET!" | "WE GOTTA GO TEACH THAT OLD COOK A LESSON HE WON'T SOON FORGET!" |
Additional "SOON" added. The infamous "OLD COOK" typo was either intentional or completely missed.
Ending
- The text box containing "SOMETHING WRONG" in Bass's ending cutscene is formatted differently, with only one line break instead of two between lines.
- Dr. Wily's line of dialogue in Bass's ending cutscene is capitalised as "Dr. WILY" instead of "DR. WILY", unlike other ending variations.
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| "UM...Dr. WILY? | "UM...DR. WILY? |
Capitalisation change. Other unspecified instances of Dr. Wily are correctly capitalised, unlike previous cutscenes (bar the introduction cutscene, where everything is capitalised correctly). (Mega Man cutscene)
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| DID YOU CATCH THE ROBOENZE VIRUS, TOO?" | DID YOU CATCH THE ROBOENZA VIRUS, TOO?" |
Typo fix. (Mega Man cutscene)
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| "I'M... A HUMAN… | "I'M... A HUMAN... |
Ellipsis extension. (Mega Man cutscene)
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| YOU'VE GOT A FEVER… | YOU'VE GOT A FEVER... |
Ellipsis extension. (Proto Man cutscene)
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL POETIC JUSTICE." | I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL POETIC JUSTICE." |
"I GUESS" has been added to the start of the sentence, giving the feel of a snarky remark rather than a certain judgement. (Proto Man cutscene)
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| HOW'D YOU END UP CATCHING ROBOENZA?!" | HOW'D YOU END UP CATCHING ROBOENZA!?" |
Order of punctuation changed. (Bass cutscene)
| Prototype | Final |
|---|---|
| "OH, NO! DR. WILY'S GONE MISSING!" | "OH, NO! DR. WILY'S GONE MISSING! OOH! WHAT'S THIS?" |
Additional dialogue added to the final scene to provide additional context. The prototype build formats the the two textboxes so that "OH NO!" and "DR. WILY'S GONE MISSING!" are two separate textboxes, thus taking up the same amount of time as the release version.
Credits
- Robot Masters lack their blue bar backgrounds during the cast reel.
- Chill Man and Commando Man have their positions swapped, being DWN.075 and DWN.076 respectively.
- "SENIOR TESTERS" was just "SENIOR TESTER" at this point, in spite of there being three.
- Miguel E. Corti lacked the punctuation in his name.
- Mami Sakaguchi is listed as the main programmer at this point in developer, while Hirokazu Kawagishi was listed as a regular programmer.
- The "COMPLIANCE TESTERS" category does not exist at this point in development. Kenta Moriguchi and Shiro Hiwatashi are instead listed as regular testers.
Graphical Differences
- The Character Select and Weapon Get screens use unique art of the playable characters not seen in the final.
- Block Devil has different sprites, with the energy attacks being notably darker.
Audio Differences
- The first Wily stage has a unique sound effect for the rain, different from the final.
- Wheel Cutter has a different sound effect for being held.
- Blade Man uses the Commando Bomb firing sound for sticking to a wall, but the sound used in the final game is in the audio data.
- The sound that the Wily Capsule uses for firing the orb spread is different.
