#i love you protoman

[yammmmmmmmie]

pain

[cafe-song]

[tworedplants]

Kitty loves you but will never kiss you back.

[narsh-potatoes]

DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO BITE OFF HEADS WITH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[spiritsonic]

I loved Phantom Rider both in design and concept and if I'm not mistaken it was inspired by Kamen Rider, right? although he may also remind me a little of Protoman, could you tell me what the costume is made of and how it works? To me it looks like he's made of light or digitally materialized (which is a surprising feat for Eggman) and does the suit have low durability or can it be affected by electricity? since Surge gave an electric punch to the helmet, I know things can't be said to avoid spoilers, but does the suit have other functions that don't depend on Eggstreme Gear? like tools for self-defense? I would just love it if he continued to be a recurring character through something like Red X on Teen Titans

Yeah, the Phantom Rider was first inspired by Kamen Rider! Not really a specific specific series, though; I collected a bunch of suits I liked. Aaron Hammerstrom and Min Ho Kim did most of the actual designing, and they brought some influences of their own-- I think Protoman and other Megaman stuff was in there yes. Various Metal Sonic designs were pulled from, especially Metal 3.0 and the one from Sonic the Fighters; considering that the suit was made by Eggman for Sonic, it's natural that he'd pull from his Metal Sonic designs a bit. We've seen a handful of things that seem to be "hard light"-like creations in the series before; various platforms and roads, barriers, Phantom Ruby stuff (that's me speculating), etc. It's a bit of a leap for Eggman to harness it so handily, but not a huge one. The suit was made quickly so it isn't very durable; its primary purpose is to disguise, not protect. It can shield against some physical attacks but doesn't do great with energy, like we've seen with Surge's electricity.

As for if it'll reappear later on, who's to say? I know a lot of the comic team like it a lot, so never say never.

[noeggets]

felt like drawing my kids, sorta AU cause i drew them kinda different half my designs, i aged up the navi's sorta

information about them bc it's long and self indulgent from me talking to my friend

Enzan

Age: 11 (but turns 12 before Lan does making him slightly older and he will use this in a argument if he wants to)

I HC him french because of his english name they just moved to Dentech city at some point

Protoman

Age: in his 40's. 2 or 3 years younger then Enzan's father.

Backstory He was Enzan's mom's Navi (her name is Glace bc i watched the dub but apparently this website believes Enzan's english translated name is a swear word but his name on his wiki means Hot Blaze or something like that but it's french so his mom is french that is the HC i will stand on) i diagress, when she passed he was given to Enzan

other information: His Navi model was discontinued because it was buggy and glitchy, nobody could fix it (nobody wanted to try) so they just stop using whatever AI brain chip he has to make Navi's like him. He dislikes Enzan's father because he feels like he should have never got his original netop pregnant because she was sickly and giving birth is what ended her life he believes because she was ill he whole heartedly believes that what it was however the exchange was Enzan and he loves that child as his own, very rough relationship with Enzan's father

Lan

Age: 11

other information: His Mom and Dad are divorced because Yuichiro loves his work more then anything excluding Lan and Megaman he loves his kids. they are still friends and love Lan equally. Lan lives with his mom Megaman used to live with their dad in his testing phase but he's in Lan's PET so he lives with Lan and his Mom now. his original home is at Yuichiro lab, the PET and Lan's Computer is his new home he is able to jump to whichever he decides. His dad is Netopian/American

Megaman

Age: age unknown youth model - He hasn't existed that long but at the same time he was created to be around Lan's age

Backstory

created from the dna of deceased twin of lan hub. technically he is a twin but he isn't Hub he is a copy created with the DNA. He is not Hub tho.

other information: he doesn't understand social cues and tends to speak his mind, he is wiser then Lan but not knowledgeable in subjects people/Navi's his age should know about. He can solve complex problems and understand wrong from right but when it starts becoming being a world experience issue he can't really help you

Maylu

Age: 11 (older then Lan younger then Enzan, taller then Lan brags about it sometimes)

other information: American/Netopian, has whatever an american accent would be called in this world, she had a hard to learning Japanese but can speak it fluidly, cannot write it that well. Very chill at the same time the loudest person in the room if bothered. Likes this kid name Zackery in their school cough Zero COUGH he has a whole story that he is Willy's son who Willy turned into a Navi but nobody knows it yet

Roll

Age: youth model around 16 or 18

Backstory

Normal custom edited Navi from base youth model in stores no interesting background

other information: adapted the traits of being kinda selfish and needy. It's hard for her to stand not having her way, very girly Maylu did not make her this way she just developed a personality outside of her environment because she does not act anything like Maylu this is not a bad thing but it isn't a good thing either lol we love roll still

[emeraldthelynx]

Your Digimon/Battle Network au is really really interesting.

Lay it on me

Okay! I have been waiting for an excuse to do this! This is a whole infodump, so everything is below!

The story starts out a bit like Digimon Adventure because the Battle Network crew fall into the Digital World, literately. At first the Navis don't know how to do anything with their new Digi-forms (especially since they're pretty much just blobs in their In-Training forms) and the PETs are completely inoperable. Eventually the PETs become Digivices, and they establish a connection with the Digi-Navis, letting them understand their new forms and later evolve.

I have so much worldbuilding, a couple of plot beats, but I don't have much of a story as of yet, especially since I want it to be episodic. The Digital World is kinda like if you took Adventure's, Frontier's, and Fusions', threw in a bit of X-Evolutions, and mashed them all together. That just means that there's lots of little villages, odd human-world things here and there, and a healthy chunk of lore. I do know that the Digital World is incredibly ancient in this story, even in human-world terms. I don't know who the bad guy will be, I'm stuck between having a Digimon bad guy or a human bad guy, and since it's set after MMBN2, I "technically" can't use Sean or the Professor. (I might though.)

The Navis are kinda confused about the Digital World because, on one hand, they are still data and can do data things, but on the other hand, they get hungry and sleepy and all that stuff. Megaman cannot handle spicy stuff whatsoever, Roll doesn't mind any food, but she does like sweets, Gutsman will literately eat anything, Glide has a refined pallet, and is kinda a picky eater, and Protoman doesn't care, unless somebody has strawberry pocky. (It was the first thing he ate, and is now kinda obsessed with it.) Megaman is also having a bit of a crisis because he's a human who was turned into a Navi who is now a Digimon, and Digimon exist in the same space as the Operators, but they're still data. He's not quite sure what he is now. I kinda want to have a plot where they meet some Bakemon and Megaman's crisis gets worse.

When they eventually get back to the human world, to stop another crisis, time between the Digital World and the human world become synchronized, and the NetNavis have the Digimon code in their systems now, and can leave the Net in their Digimon forms. I just love the idea of Digimon popping out from the little tiny PET screens. (The PETs also have a hologram function now, since they've been upgraded to Digivices, kinda like Beast and/or Appmon.)

And I also have this whole plotline where Protoman looses his shades, goes berserk and evolves into a really wild form, and when he de-Digivolves back they're still missing and he really doesn't know what to do.

There's so many more things floating around in my head, just kinda playing pinball, so if there's anything more specific that you want to know about, please ask! Thank you so much for the Ask!

[honey-minded-hivemind]

*Sees comment about how Cyborg!Reader is like protoman*

You're wish is my command

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! They look so cool! A little warrior! They have a shield amd a helmet and boots and their scarf and aaaahhhhhh!

@chaoticlovingdreamer Look! And @thewickedweiner Thank you for sharing this lovely work of art! I want to hug them! And squish them! And feed them soup!

[mewkwota]

Character meme

How about MMBN protoman

It's him. The cool guy.

Send Me a Character

And I will tell you my:

First impression He looks cool, and before I got more familiar with the Classic series I preferred this Proto Man more. I still like him design-wise, as I do a majority of the Net Navis, so sleek and with lovely color distribution.

I also think the sword arm thing is super-duper cool.

Impression now Nothing significantly changed, I still think he's pretty cool looking. My interest in him is truthfully superficial.

Favorite moment My brother and I will joke about his voice in Double Team DS, so every so often we'll just say "Here it comes Hikari" all weird-like.

Idea for a story Protoman isn't a character I focus too heavily on. So I can't say I have anything very big in mind. The only thing I can think of was a possible exchange between him and Proto Man. Their ideals seem very different despite sharing a name, one prefers to do his own thing, while the other is strictly there for his operator.

But honestly, this concept feels like another I have in mind elsewhere, so I'll likely not doing anything with it.

Unpopular opinion What is unpopular about him?

Favorite relationship I don't have preferences with this guy, platonic or otherwise.

Favorite headcanon Not sure I have anything specific.

[sminny-wew]

Megaman Battle Network but I went back in time and moved a chair (headcanons/musings under the cut)

Everything else is the same but Lan was the one who had HBD, died, and was brought back by Dr. Hikari as Megaman.EXE (anything relating to this concept will be tagged "MegaLan AU" but otherwise he's called Megaman.EXE here)

Hub is a humble, polite, and diligent 5th grader. Greatly admires his dad and wants to work in navi development just like him, but is still a mama's boy. He always goes to bed, wakes up, and gets to school on time. He studies just enough to maintain decent grades, does all his chores, and gets around by skateboarding. Hub has a pretty happy and peaceful life, but something feels...missing. His dad's long work hours and mom's fussing have led him to feel somewhat sheltered and lacking in excitement, and his parents have noticed. So, for Hub's 10th birthday, Dr. Hikari surprised his son with his own custom netnavi: Megaman.EXE.

"Why did Dad name you 'Megaman'?" "Because I'm mega cool! 👉😎👉" [Or if you prefer the Japanese names: "Why did Dad name you 'Rockman'?" "Because I rock! 👉😎👉"]

This Megaman is very cocky and proud of his skills, but not to the point of delusion (he is not immune to fucking around and finding out lmao). It's more a case of him hyping himself up because A) he can do things as a navi that he could never do as a human, and B) he got a second chance at life and wants to live it to the fullest. He hates that he's separated from his family and the rest of the world by a screen, but he's still really happy that he got to know his twin brother at all. Someone's gotta drag Hub out of the classroom to see all the exciting things the world has to offer!!!

Unlike Hub with school and chores, this Megaman has to be prodded into doing navi tasks like file cleanup, software maintainance, etc. He's also not the most reliable alarm clock lmao

This Megaman has a bad habit of leaving the joke program running in the background. Hub keeps turning it off and even tried deleting it but somehow Megaman still has it running most of the time (he knows when to dial it back tho)

Despite slacking on most other navi tasks, this Megaman is still without a doubt very powerful, excels at netbattling, and is very eager to tackle net crimes (he begged Hub to jack him into the oven when it caught fire). He also loves to tease opponents, he keeps it lighthearted when battling friendly navis like Roll or Gutsman but can get pretty sassy against enemies. It's not smart, especially where Bass is concerned, but then again this is still Lan we're talking about. And SPEAKING OF

There were more than a few times where he almost gave away his real identity, whether it be because he made a comment about craving curry or called Hub "big bro" without thinking and tried to laugh it off ("It's because we're so close and you act all responsible and stuffy like an older brother!! No other reason hAHAHAHA ;;")

Once Dr. Hikari gives Hub "Lan.BAT" to save Megaman from deletion and tells him the truth, Hub is definitely still surprised but not as much as he could be ("Man, Hub, you're taking this whole 'dead twin reborn as a navi' thing pretty casually..." "You weren't exactly subtle about it, little bro.")

During the big climax in BN5, Megaman-channeling-the-spirit-of-Lan is mostly serious and focused, but he still can't help but be like "Heh, I look SO cool right now!!" and then the second the powerup wears off he crumples to the ground like he has glass bones and paper skin but it was SO worth it

Megaman is the only one who takes the rivalry with Chaud and Protoman seriously; poor Hub just wants to be friends and not cause problems but alas his navi got the Shounen Protagonist ADHD

Since the dynamic is flipped around, Maylu and Roll don't have the same feelings for the boys that they normally would, Maylu might've had a crush on Hub when they were little but she got over it (also: my house, my aroace Hub)

Also just in general, because he was a little more sheltered than canon Lan, Hub didn't have many friends for most of his life. He still grew up with Maylu as his next-door neighbor and childhood friend, but they weren't as close as Maylu and Lan. Hub avoided Dex b/c he saw Dex as a bully and wanted to stay as far from trouble as possible, and Yai he just didn't interact with due to shyness. But once Megaman entered the picture, Hub became much more social and outgoing. He became closer to Maylu, befriended Dex and Yai, and actively wants to befriend Chaud because he sees that same sense of loneliness in Chaud.

"I know how we can save Chaud!! First I need you to throw me--" "I AM NOT DOING THAT FOR SEVERAL REASONS"

[sneakyswag]

Working on a reploid oc whom I love very much. I offer you all some lore if you want 👉👈

Also this is kind of in an au so

This all makes probably zero sense whatsoever but I’m gonna try to put my thoughts into words.

His name is Beta. A robot created in the OVER-1 era. (I know the timeline is non existent apparently. I’ve changed a few things. Instead of rescuing all of these MMX, MMZ, MMBN characters, you rescue the classics instead with OVER-1 ofc).

Beta has incredible combat skills. Not on par with Zero’s or X’s, but incredible for his mental age. Beta was found in a capsule in the jungle. Found by X and Axl who were on a mission. (Perhaps the jungle aka opening stage in X8).

X and Axl, upon finding him, are wary of him. Keep in mind, Beta was supposed to wake up in late 20XX (I guess)

Ok ok. HUGE SIDE NOTE.

Beta was created with the blueprints of OVER-1. And hc that OVER-1 was based off of the blueprints for X. Beta was created by Forte, Rock and Roll with the help of Kalinka and Dr Lalinde (holy crossovers, I know 😭).

Beta was created without the knowledge of Dr Light, Wily or Cossack. They never knew of his existence. Rock had wiped his memories of creating Beta completely in fear of Dr Light finding out. Roll sealed the memories away. Bass didn’t. Bass kept the memories because at this point, it’s his son.

Beta was sealed away and Dr Lalinde or Kalinka never spoke of Beta again. Bass would check on him from time to time. Talk to the capsule with Treble by his side. He was proud of his creation. Although Rock, Roll, Lalinde and Kalinka helped, it felt like his. This was his son. Whom will help save the world.

Beta resembles Bass in a huge way. He has white hair (or light blonde I’d have to see), yellow eyes edit: they look better as light blue so, black face marks, same shape as Bass’, although he could always remove them or cover them up. His armor is black with yellow, blue and a hint of white I’d have to work on it. Beta is roughly 5’4 almost 5’5. His primary weapon is actually his hands.

See, his hands can generate an energy orb somehow and he can throw it at people. It’s dangerous, sure, but very powerful. Said orbs can be charged up but will leave Beta with little energy afterwards, making him vulnerable. His secondary weapon is a butterfly knife. He acquired it from the Maverick Hunters when X and Axl found him and took him in. It’s similar to saber technology except obviously, it does what a butterfly knife does.

Beta was supposed to wake up in late 20XX to help OVER-1 with anything that was happening. Sort of like what Protoman did. Watched from the sidelines and became support for Mega Man. Except, he wasn’t working for Wily or anything you know. But the capsule had sealed him for way longer WAY longer than he needed to.

Beta’s personality is nervous, anxious, kind, caring, intelligent, analytical. Beta isn’t all anxious, though. He knows when it’s okay to be scared and when it’s not, he tries his best to control it. He tries to analyze situations as best as he can. Thinking of many possible scenarios.

One thing. Just because he’s my original character doesn’t make him perfect. He has his flaws. My gosh, quite a few of them, actually.

Since he likes analyzing situations and practically every possible scenario, he’s slow. He’s slow in realizing something might be charging at him or trying to strike him. He lacks confidence. So much that he fails to strike his enemies when he finally gets confident enough to hit them. His design was also very outdated so he got modified with the X8 era armors.

Beta tends to panic easy. When he figured out that there has been multiple wars going on and seeing that he was in 21XX obviously scared the life out of him. What’s worse is that OVER-1 wasn’t there. He wasn’t anywhere to be found. It was his purpose. To help OVER-1, I mean. And now that he’s not there, it struck something in him.

X and Axl helped calm him down but man. This dude was a mess.

On a more positive note, aside from incredible combat skills and powers I suppose, he’s easy to talk to and get along with. He tries to see the good in everyone. Similar to how a child would. Because, well, mentally, he’s still developing. Yeah, he’s been in a capsule for years, but he needs to develop outside of it. Cuz the world isn’t perfect like the simulation in his capsule he did to make good choices. Beta has an interest in music. He likes any instrument and knows how to play, but he absolutely loves the piano. It’s his go to. It helps him relax.

Beta likes comics and cheesy romance movies. All he wants is to help people out. So what better way than to be a hunter? He’s not a pacifist per se but he’ll try to negotiate with the enemy first rather than just attacking. It’s what [who?] would’ve wanted.

The boy has many issues. Figuring out his past, who he is, all he has is a name. OVER-1. That’s it. It’s who he was supposed to help. But couldn’t. He was too late. He slept in the capsule for far too long. Beta has many dreams. He always sees four people. Three women and two men. They’re working on him. He can never see their faces clearly. He wakes up before he can. He’s frustrated. He manages to befriend Axl and realize that they have so much in common.

This is just a rough little thing. If you read it all ily <333

[laser-lance]

I love your art and personalities for Protoman and Bass so much :)

This world needs more Bass fanart

I'm glad! Thank you.

[paragonrobits]

I'm exploring a few different ideas for a fic that ultimately focuses around the idea of damaged people from ruined worlds or little left to go back to coming together in the form of Farmworld Finn surviving his battle with the Scarab and traveling to Vampire World to continue the good fight in a way that matters to him while his kids get to grow up somewhere safe; there, he meets up with Vampire World Bonnibel, and they team up to fix things as best as possible, possibly even following their worlds merging as a result of cosmic auditors noting that their worlds are otherwise untidy enough and better suited mashed together

But its not enough to just have Princess Bubblegum, Finn the human and Jake the dog together again; there is a FOURTH member of that found family. It's not complete without Marceline, adopted Petrikov. But the Marceline of that world is... perhaps, too far gone. A corruption of the Marcy we know and love. Redemption is for her, perhaps not IMPOSSIBLE, but certainly something outside the scope of what I want to do. But you know one possibility?

The unknown fate of the original Marceline of Winter King's world. And one potential vibe I have for why she might be angry at Winter King even after his death and the source of some complex feelings, and what Ice Marceline actually was, can all be summed up by a relevant panel of Protoman from the Mega Man comics:

Winter King Marceline raises a LOT of questions and open ideas.

We don't have anything to go on, besides the fact that an Ice Marceline acting as a play replica implies that she is either gone or Winter King THINKS she's gone. Betty is also dead, or that Winter King believes she is. So here's my idea; the Marceline of that world IS still alive, but quite different from mainline Adventure Time world; I propose that she actually occupies a similar role to Magic Woman Betty, as a magically powerful wizard who has done complicated things and even acted as an antagonist in her desperate attempts to save Winter King from himself, but in the end it was too late, and she couldn't save him.

The idea I have is that for various reasons, she is not connected to the Finn of her world or Princess Bubblegum; its likely that if they ever knew each other, the circumstances behind her Simon's death and his crimes against that PB left her with a very severe conflict of loyalties and was ultimately too distanced from either; its not impossible that at some point she MIGHT return to them, but I'm thinking that the mode her is that these are people who were meant on some level to unite in the Finn/PB/Marceline family triangle, but due to accidents of fate or bad circumstances, it didn't turn out that way.

In this case, that particular part of the eternal recurrance did NOT work out for them, but through the actions of Fionna and Simon bringing other worlds together, they have a chance to start anew; Magic Marceline comes to vampire world and meets up with them, deciding that she can at least fix SOMETHING even if she can't save the man that used to be her father.

This take on her draws much more on her demonic nature; her soul sucking powers have been honed so that she's stolen magical power from others with the intent of ultimately trying to find a way to do the same with the Ice Crown without harming Simon in the process, and she's garnered a bunch of different wizard powers that let her do the sort of things Marceline can otherwise do. This version of her most likely looks more human, similar to Marshall Lee in Fionna's world; not sure why yet but maybe she has actively altered her appearance to distance herself further from her father, or she simply looked more like her mother here.

As another detail on how warped and tragic the dynamic of Winter King was, I'm also thinking that her relationship with him was full of conflicts leaving her feeling tremendously messed up; she loved him but she hated what he'd become, she known for a while there was not coming back from what he'd done but she still tried so hard, and in the end he deliberately forgot her in favor of an illusion of the child she once was.

[magicantare]

hello! I love your artwork so much! It’s so adorable it makes me wanna just give em a big ol’ hug! I have a question for you about your megaman magic girl au about what Rock and Roll look like with their armors and what exactly is Protoman’s role in all this? (I have no idea if I missed anything but I honestly really love your au!) I hope you have an awesome rest of your day/night! keep up the awesome work your doing great!

rock and roll are basically wily's housekeepers. proto is fighting back against wily and trying to find a way to rescue his siblings, but he doesn't want to work directly with the 9ths because of a conflict between him and dr. light.

[scatterpatter]

Any Cutman headcanons?

Anon,,, Anon you angel,,, ANON YOU ABSOLUTE ANGEL THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY

*CRACKS KNUCKLES*

Okay so my headcanons on Cutman kind of conglomerate a bunch of different medias since he's so different across the,, but I'd describe how I see him best as a mix between Megamix/Gigamix and Archie, leeet's see here

Given he's the first robot master built, and the first robot after Rock and Roll, he's extremely close with the two

Cutman was finished before the rest of DLN 004-008, and as a result got to hang around Light Labs while his linemates were finished

He's either the mom of the group or the bratty child, there is NO in between

No seriously, hell hath no fury like a Cutman scorned. You touch one of his linemates and you're DEAD. You thought Elecman could get scary when mad? Nooooooononono, nah. You mess with the scissors, the pain delivers.

His relationship with his linemates is best described as brotherly, and he'll often refer to them as "bro" or similar affectionate nicknames

He's terrible when it comes to puns. Everyone hates it (they secretly adore them but sh don't tell Cut)

He has an interesting dynamic with Elecman- Cutman is the first in the line, but Elecman tends to have the more mature personality and is often considered the leader of the line. So as such they often bicker back and forth a lot, but they each take their turns making sure the rest of the line is being taken care of.

Cutman, clinging to Elecman's arm: "I don't have a favorite linemate."

"Deforestation" NO. Cutman works in the forestry management department yeah but HE ISN'T JUST CUTTING DOWN TREES LEFT AND RIGHT, he works in sustainable forestry. Meaning preserving old growth, ensuring replanting after harvesting, protecting from diseases/wildfire, etc etc. If all he was there for was to only cut down trees, Light wouldve just built a chainsaw.

... I'm... I'm a MetalCut shipper... 👉👈

haha what ANYWAYS- Cutman doesn't get along with most of the DWN for- for pretty obvious reasons- though he moreso hates Wily for building them for destruction instead of hating the DWN for simply being the way they are

... Woodman is cool tho. Woodman can stay.

He's all for any DWN redeeming themselves and choosing a different path in life other than just destruction tho

He totally owns multiple houseplants (mostly bonsai trees) and names each and every one of them

He usually doesn't wear human clothes but whenever he does he's a flannel guy <3

Also his favorite genre of music is alt rock dont @ me

He likes spending his weekends at Light Labs and hangs out with Rock and Roll a lot- he and Rock play lots of video games together

He has multiple nicknames for Rock and Roll- his personal favorites are Rockstar and Rollercoaster

He has retractable cleats on the soles of his boots- they give him a good grip to easily climb trees or keep a good grip on any rough terrain

He has... mixed feelings about Protoman. A familial love-hate kind of dynamic.

The rolling cutter on his head acts like finials and can emote with him (yes like cat ears >:3)

Trust me I could keep going but enjoy these for now <3

[zxaxel]

are there any mega man side characters you think deserve a little more love/screen time?

hi! sorry for responding a few days late.

absolutely though!

for the classic series: definitely more emphasis on bass. he’s only been playable a couple times, and is a really cool character that could make a great rival or just another guy to play as if they’d add him more. you could argue he’s more of an antagonist or an anti hero than a side character but i’d still consider him one since he reappears multiple times. i could argue the same for protoman, but at least he gets more screen time.

x series: the navigators that were present for like. X5 and almost nowhere else. signas and douglas were used a couple times then completely traded in which sucks. dynamo would be nice to see more as well, great design but he’s only in two games.

zero series: an update on cerveau would be nice. he helped zero a ton and was just sort of cast aside after the mmz games. i’ve seen people theorize that he is fleuve from ZX, but i don’t know if i agree with that.

ZX: literally like, everybody. prometheus and pandora are my favourite bosses franchise wide, and they have the potential but weren’t given the game time to actually expand on it unfortunately. i plan on writing an analysis on them soon! however, i don’t think i’d count them as side characters when they’re purely antagonists (although justified in their actions to a degree).

more emphasis on the ZXA mega men (aeolus, thetis, atlas, and siarnaq) would be nice. they’re sort of antagonists too, but they had developed character traits and backstories so i’d consider them side characters as well. i love all four of them and would love to see them get more love.

battle network: raika and search man were really cool, wish i could have seen them more. lan’s friends also deserved more screen time and character development. mick was only in BN6 yet had more development than any of lan’s ACDC friends

star force: i’ve only played the first game and some of the second, so bear with me here. but pat/rey and gemini were really cool characters and i wish they had re-appeared. pat really made me love SF1 so it sucks he’s only in that game.

not sure about legends, still need to play it.

sorry for such a long post!! i feel like the star force and ZXA characters get the least amount of attention, so i’d say they’re the most underrated.