
Living La Vita Loca
175: Mega Man (NES), Mega Man Powered Up (PSP) & Mega Man X7 (PS2)
Did you know there are over 100 Mega Man games in existence? There's Mega Man, Mega Man X, Mega Man ZX, Mega Man Legends, Mega Man Battle Network, Mega Man Star Force and Mega Man: In Da House... Okay, we may have made that last one up but you get the point. If you've never played Mega Man before (Looking at you Fazz, you barbarous savage!) then where do you even start? Well, at the beginning of course. Sort of. Whilst Fazz does dabble with the original game iteration via the excellent Mega Man Legacy Collection, he actually focuses his attention on 'Mega Man Powered Up' (2006, PSP), a remake of the original game which is now 20 years old itself. Is it still full of power in 2026 or has it ran out of juice? Next up, Rich dives deep into another branch of the Mega Man bloodline via the 'X' series. He's gone in search of a rare Mega Man entry that struggled to be mega-popular when it was released. What brings him to this rusty end of town? Mega Man X7 (2003, PS2) was widely derided at time of release. Can Rich find anything left to appreciate in this edition at all or is it best left to rot on the (s)crappile? All this and more on this week's Living La Vita Loca podcast!

