Comments on: Vile Totally Looks Like Boba Fett

By: Rootay

Rootay — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 18:35:22 +0000

Vile is directly a reference to Star Wars as is much of the X series, such as the Z-saber (already mentioned) the rebellion forces in X4. Each series of Mega Man bears reference to different movies of an era. The classic series is an homage to Japanese monster invasion B-movies, X is space battle based, and Battle Network is very similar to The Matrix, in a way.

By: Garlet

Garlet — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:01:19 +0000

they’re the same person D=

By: Illumina

Illumina — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:29:53 +0000

lol.

By: Kandehkitteh

Kandehkitteh — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:15:45 +0000

Star Wars:The Megaman Wars!!!LOL

By: Slash Man

Slash Man — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:03:34 +0000

Morons like you shouldn’t be allowed to post.

Anyways, Vile was indeed based off of Boba Fett, and the Z-Saber was also based off the lightsaber. I’m a fan of both, and I think it’s a pretty cool reference.

By: Phaelin

Phaelin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:25:10 +0000

Vile’s not really the English translation. It was changed to Vile for copyright reasons. Nothing may have been done if it was left alone, but I don’t think Capcom wanted to take that risk.

By: Phaelin

Phaelin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:23:42 +0000

Well, sort of. They didn’t pretend it was their own. They made it their own character, yes, but they made no attempts to hide it, especially after the decision to even make him green.

By: Moo

Moo — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:40:17 +0000

The lookalike is completely intentional. When the X series came out Zero’s saber was meant to be a Jedi one. Vile was the English translation of Vava, who would be based off Boba.

By: Bard

Bard — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:00:31 +0000

Wobbuffet?

By: megaericzero

megaericzero — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:12:20 +0000

You know, this is Vile/Vava Mk III, whereas Mk II was blue. Gasp?

By: BOUNTYHUNTER

BOUNTYHUNTER — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:52:42 +0000

I like him…a little. Their helmets are almost the same! Wow. Reminds me of Jango Fett! Only he was blue not green.

By: jjmblue7

jjmblue7 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:57:38 +0000

Or Sigma’s sword.

By: A figment of your imagination

A figment of your imagination — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:12:38 +0000

And they just figured this out?

By: Locke

Locke — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:40:17 +0000

Heh, I said “Vaba,” didn’t I? *facepalm* Vava, Vava, Vava-voom!

By: chiz

chiz — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:27:49 +0000

ha!

By: Billy Bob

Billy Bob — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:09:30 +0000

How can you say they look alike? they have helmets on.

By: Locke

Locke — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:08:10 +0000

Behold, the new Star Wars movie, Attack of the Trolls!

By: Scythelord

Scythelord — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:31:32 +0000

Megaman = fail.

By: Karhs

Karhs — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:32:44 +0000

Vile was BASED on Boba Fett!
But Fett still wins…

By: chiz

chiz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:28:29 +0000

booooooo again

By: chiz

chiz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:18:23 +0000

booooooo

By: Locke

Locke — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:06:38 +0000

Japanese pronunciation of “Boba”: bow-bah
Japanese pronunciation of “Vaba”: vah-vah
English pronunciation of “Boba”: bow-bah(more correct) or bah-bah(more common)

By: MNO

MNO — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:05:42 +0000

Wha…? The Japanese RIPPED OFF something American and pretended it was their own?

Shocked…I am shocked. And so disappointed (LOL).

By: Jekka

Jekka — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:42:33 +0000

WOW who totally ripped off BOBA FETT!

By: o-range

o-range — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:13:01 +0000

The Japanese are not so retarded that “vava” sounds like “boba” to them, since they do have both the sounds “bo” and “ba” in their syllabary. If they named him “Vava” as an homage to “Boba” it’s because it’s an homage and not plagiarism.

By: jaug1337

jaug1337 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:18:55 +0000

batman is blue in a mangina

By: Sir VG

Sir VG — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:51:20 +0000

Doesn’t surprise me. That’s the same reason why the Street Fighter II bosses got all switched around. The fighter we know as Barlog is really M. Bison (Mike Bison) and it’s obviously a parody of Mike Tyson. Changed for the US releases for obvious reasons…

By: Murphy's Theory

Murphy's Theory — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:30:49 +0000

FINALLY! Someone else noticed!

By: someone

someone — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:59:09 +0000

Granted, that much similarity is probably why they changed his name for the English release. Capcom isn’t the only Japanese gaming company to make references to Star Wars. The Final Fantasy franchise has a “Biggs” and “Wedge” that show up in multiple games.

By: Sir VG

Sir VG — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:58:29 +0000

Good to see that somebody else besides me remembers this fact!

By: nobody

nobody — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:44:45 +0000

Yup, intentional. In Japan, his name was even Vava (sounds like “Boba” to the Japanese ear).

By: grue

grue — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:21:56 +0000

aww man, he’s not even purple anymore, it’s so fugging obvious he’s boba fett…

By: Locke

Locke — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:20:22 +0000

Yeah, I think EVERYONE realized this back then.

By: Locke

Locke — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:19:40 +0000

Play your MMX games already, catch up with the rest of the world.

By: Locke

Locke — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:19:13 +0000

Because of course, Vile was never intentionally designed to copy Boba Fett…oh, wait…
/me rolls his eyes.

By: OMG why

OMG why — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:12:13 +0000

This was intentional. I remember reading something a while back that a lot of things in MMX were based on Star Wars…look at Zero and his “Zero Sabre”…..

By: H3xx

H3xx — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:08:28 +0000

I didn’t read the story until my fifth time through, I was wondering why Boba Fett was attacking me with a mech.

By: Crystal Kyuketsuki

Crystal Kyuketsuki — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:07:32 +0000

So then totallylookslike is SLOOOW?

And yes these 2 do look alike…

By: Sandbullet

Sandbullet — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:51:12 +0000

Yeah i think i realized this within 5 minutes of playing the game back in 1993.

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:18:24 +0000

Who is Vile?

By: PooperScooper

PooperScooper — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:00:51 +0000

Yes… yes he does.