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I think they have plenty of action personally, but yeah, a comic book needs dialogue, story, and even official video game comics need more then just “game story adaptations/tie-in.” (Otherwise, it just becomes a shallow advertisement, and you might as well play the games instead.) So some liberties, and new stories are needed.
Honestly aside from the intro slideshow scenes, and instruction manuals, most Megaman games don’t have much story anyway besides a variation on, “beat all the robot master bosses so you can get to Wiley, and stop his latest plans.”
So they can’t just have Megaman fight robot masters every issue, and eventually they’d run out of games to adapt if they did do them every issue. (Ian remarked he doesn’t have plans for a “Megaman Soccer” issue.)
Some fans unfortunately don’t realize this… Ironically, I see some fans demonize Ian for making his comics “too much like the games.” Which is it?
Yeah, the professor is kinda a classic purist. Which is fine, I kinda prefer the Classic games myself, (and I didn’t care for the Battle Network games either) buuuut he kinda has an annoying egotistical view on his own opinions, and such. Especially, if he thinks a mere online petition can get somebody fired. (Honestly, those rarely ever work.)
So while he’s a good artist, and all, I don’t know what to think about him.
That said, I agree Ian Flynn has been a good writer for both Sonic & Megaman, he’s not perfect, but he is good, and unlike writers for game adaptation cartoons/comics from the ’80s & ‘90s, he actually knows alot about the lore, characters, franchises, and games. He even sometimes has in-jokes for fans. (Like Air Man stating, “YOU CAN’T BEAT ME!”)