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Xxain on 09 February 2019
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Nautilus said:
Xxain said:

Bro.... the whole entire thing about the New Gen Reploids was that SIgma's DNA was in every chip. We already know how Sigma is coming back.

1. Bro! If you play MMX6 Dr. Light straight up tells Zero that he saved X but had no idea how Zero came back. I believe its taking Zero to the Light capsule in Infinity Mijinion's stage where that conversation happens

2.  No explanation is needed. It didn't work. We learn later in Zero series that Zero himself has the antibodies to virus and they had to pretty much break him down to figure out how the virus works then from that the Mother Elf was made. In a sense we can compare it to medicine vs a Vaccine. Medicine just suppress's/slows down the the illness (Dopplers cure) while a Vaccine eradicates (Mother Elf)

3. In the original series, Cain dies off screen from old age. The Reimagining Sigma kills him but he, was dying anyway.

Definitely no "need" for a Reboot. 

Man, its been a while since I played X6, since I didnt remember that Zero talked with Dr. Light holograms.In a way it kind of points out the bad narrative the series has(with the later games) that these pods were supposed to be Dr. Light recording messages from the past for X, yet here he is leaving messages for Zero and knowing about the whole Nightmare situation.That also reminds me about the whole problem of people just comming back to life when the game needs them to.I mean, I know they are robots but there should be a limit, so that someones death has some impact.

Well yeah, I figured it didnt work, since Sigma kept comming back.Yet they never tried to develop one that could actually kill the guy who almost destroys the whole world over and over again?And why didnt the maverick hunters never mentioned anything about Sigma being a virus and trying to develop some kind of countermeasure against him after X5?Or that how Vile was able to come back to life in X8?Someone kept his body safe somewhere?If so, how come he survived his encounter with X on X3?This game is becomming like Dark Souls, where you come up with explanations as time goes on to explain whats going on.Thats not good storytelling, thats just a mess.

And where is ever mentioned that Cain died off of old age?Even if its mentioned in a magazine or on some super obscure corner of any X game, thats bad storytelling.I mean, Im a huge X fan and didnt know about that(I suspected, but thats about it).For such an important caracther to just die off screen like that, and the story not even bothering to tell you that, shows that you have problems with it.

Mega Man is not about telling a story. The minor details that you want from the story are inconsequential; what would knowing Dr Cain's death on screen bring to game? Nothing! absolutely nothing. Let's be real, Dr Cain is NOT an important character in the series. X is a cartoony drama about role of self aware androids and their place in the world. Should they be created to just to serve humans? They were  created by humans.... but they are sentient. Game handles these topics with grace of a Saturday morning cartoon and that's by choice.

X6 establishes that all Reploids carry DNA, which essentially is their programming. As long as that is not damaged beyond repair they can come back infinitely. Were talking about anime Robots bro. Everybody assumed Sigma to be dead after X3. Both X and Zero are very surprised to see Sigma back in X4 implying that it's been awhile. Same thing in X7. So, its not something that happens frequently. After X5, every appearance of Sigma gets worse and worse, signifying that he is having a harder time coming back each time.

Btw, Light capsules are NOT pre recorded. We know that as early as the SNES games. Its Dr Light as an A.I. Lot of this stuff can be inferred, but you seem to what someone to smack you over the head with a hammer. A lot of minor details that would not enhance the general plot at all.