To start things off, this isn't a thread meant to put Mega Man 11 or the rest of the other Mega Man titles under some sort of extreme scrutiny. While i've never dabbled much in the Mega Man series as a whole (Just random titles here and there), i've had a lot of fun with the characters that made it into other games. Such as Roll in Tatsunoko vs Capcom or Tron Bonne in MvC 3 (or both in MvC 2). Even with limited knowledge on these characters, their spotlight there was a lot of fun.
However, those characters don't fall into the Robot Master Category (With only Tron Bonne falling under the "villain" category). Looking into the wiki and some other areas it seems that Splash Woman is still the only Female Robot Master, which was introduced 10 years ago (Granted, this isn't a big issue since it has been quite the wait just for another new mega man game in general).
Is there a lore reason why the Robot Masters (The bosses Mega Man faces) are predominately male? Going by the wiki, there doesn't seem to be much mention of why this should be the case (Wiki Here: http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Robot_Master). Once again, I want to make it clear this isn't a thread to put MM in a odd position. The historic blue bomber and his numerous franchises are a important piece of gaming history as well as iconic and everything i've seen of MM11 looks like a neat take for the modern times. I just wanted to bring up this aspect since it sticks out to me. I feel like Mega Man as a whole embracing more Female Villains would be a welcome change for any series in the MM universe.
About other Media: With some more research i've found that the new Mega Man show contains both Hypno Woman and Blast Woman which I think is pretty cool. Even as its own universe, this is the sort of stuff i like to see. Aside from that there is also Quake Woman and Vesper Woman in the archie comics (While these aren't villains, it was still nice to learn about these two).
However, those characters don't fall into the Robot Master Category (With only Tron Bonne falling under the "villain" category). Looking into the wiki and some other areas it seems that Splash Woman is still the only Female Robot Master, which was introduced 10 years ago (Granted, this isn't a big issue since it has been quite the wait just for another new mega man game in general).
Is there a lore reason why the Robot Masters (The bosses Mega Man faces) are predominately male? Going by the wiki, there doesn't seem to be much mention of why this should be the case (Wiki Here: http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Robot_Master). Once again, I want to make it clear this isn't a thread to put MM in a odd position. The historic blue bomber and his numerous franchises are a important piece of gaming history as well as iconic and everything i've seen of MM11 looks like a neat take for the modern times. I just wanted to bring up this aspect since it sticks out to me. I feel like Mega Man as a whole embracing more Female Villains would be a welcome change for any series in the MM universe.
About other Media: With some more research i've found that the new Mega Man show contains both Hypno Woman and Blast Woman which I think is pretty cool. Even as its own universe, this is the sort of stuff i like to see. Aside from that there is also Quake Woman and Vesper Woman in the archie comics (While these aren't villains, it was still nice to learn about these two).
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