#blizzard buffalo

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Mega Man X3 Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1995

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Some of my favorite Mavericks throughout the series. Some of which pretty innocent, I might add.

Some of the X3, X5, and X6 Mavericks made it really uncomfortable to end their existence. Like Doppler had that vaccine, but they never tried to copy it, so Squid Adler died a pointless death.

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Page 2 of Megaman X3. Part of Playstation Game Diaries, a comic series about me playing famous Playstation games for the first time!

God, Blizzard Buffalo was such a pain! I must've sunk at least 50 tries into him, but the best I could do was get him down to half health. It wasn't until I spotted a subtank halfway through the stage that I came up with a better plan of action. With the extra health, I just barely managed to beat him, and I hope to never see him again.

And the next Maverick, Toxic Seahorse, is a bit wacky! How does he liquefy anyways, if he made of sludge? Maybe he re-arranges his molecules? Your guess is as good as mine.

Want to read this comic from the beginning? Start here!

Next page!

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What do you think of manga!Blizzard Buffalo and manga!Volt Catfish?

At first, Manga!Blizzard Buffalo simply came across as a really sweet guy who got caught up in a series of bad situations - but then it occurred to me that his fate is one that he had to suffer. Let me explain: In a world where the divide between humans and reploids serves as the main motivation for Maverick animosity and acts of violence (other than the dreaded Maverick Virus, of course), Blizzard's relationship with Toshihiko prior to him becoming a maverick was evidence that said divide didn't have to be, and honestly wasn't, the end-all be-all. They were friends - real ones. And Toshihiko never lost faith in him, not even when he froze the town he lived in. Blizzard feeling guilty for what he did, thinking that there would be no way to atone for his wrongs when he came to - that was a sign that he wasn't truly a maverick at heart. He wanted no part of any of this. And that becomes apparent when Dr. Cain reveals that he and several other former Mavericks had been infected with "worms" that put them in that state. But it's what happens afterward that's especially interesting.

Blizzard helps X deal with Bit and Byte, yes, but he does something more, too: he continues to help X afterward, joining him taking down Frost Walrus. But here's the problem with that - he's breaking the rules.

Defying the expectations that come with the separation between humans and reploids, being forced to follow those expectations, and then turning around and going against the grain even more in a long-term way is a very rare route for an X-series character to take, with the only other example I can think of being Games!Zero. So narrative-wise, Blizzard Buffalo is an anomaly.

But that's a good thing, isn't it? After all, if more people like Blizzard Buffalo show up, then that would be a sign society is changing for the better, despite the Mavericks and the virus and Sigma and everything else. Maybe that peace X so desperately fights for isn't unattainable after all. Maybe the world can-

Oh, wait.

That's right.

He got killed off.

Now it's time to make something clear.

Did my original opinion of Blizzard Buffalo being "a really sweet guy who got caught up in a series of bad situations" change because he died? No. Does that mean I feel bad about him being dead? Sure I do. But from a storytelling standpoint, I am really glad this happened. Blizzard's death shows X that one good apple isn't going to fix a rotten bunch. It's a wake up call, one that teaches him that he lives in a world where violence is rewarded and kindness is a show of weakness.

We then get a very intriguing look into what it would like if X renounced his pacifist ideals, if he decided to fight fire with fire - but his post isn't about Manga!X. It's about Manga!Blizzard Buffalo and Manga!Volt Catfish. However @absolutely-normal-about-x has an explanation of X's arc in the manga past this point, if you'd like to see what makes it so fascinating.

Now for Mr. Volt Catfish. My thoughts on him are a lot more straight forward. Due to being one of the four mavericks who was infected with a "worm", he's in a similar spot as Blizzard Buffalo. But there are two key things that separate him from Blizzard: the first being his response to the guilt he feels once he is freed from the worm's influence, and the second being that he doesn't get deeply involved in a future case like Blizzard does. We will only be discussing the first difference, as the second is pretty self-explanatory.

When Volt finds out that he stole electricity from several cities, he responds by sacrificing himself to restore it. He successfully pulls off the "Redemption in Death" trope, and carries out his mission. But something to note is that he is revealed to be alive later on in the manga. Perhaps that was Iwamoto's way of showing that X's hope isn't in vain - that there is a place in the world for those who choose to be peaceful, for those who try to right their wrongs. And that maybe, just maybe, X's actions have an impact after all (and there's also that whole bit about how X goes off the deep end after Blizzard dies, but again, this post ain't about the Blue Bomber).

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i have made a wonderful discovery today

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Rockman X3 (ロックマンX3) - 1996