Though I’d imagine that he’s not all that psyched about it himself, the anti-hero of the Mega Man universe has now officially traded in his oversized hands and feet for a gigantic head and fat little belly. The purple bullets are gone, the facial scars aren’t as prevalent, and most importantly, Bass has gone 8-bit. Everything about the guy - the permanent snarl, the unnecessary facial scars, the purple bullets - screams “trying too hard.” Bass isn’t quite as bad as Shadow the Hedgehog when it comes to being “h4rdc0r3,” but he comes close. I enjoyed Bass in Mega Man & Bass, but enjoying and respecting aren’t the same thing.

While just about every Mega Man character in the pre- Mega Man 7 games has a certain timeless simplicity to them, Bass is clearly an overly detailed, attitude-packed child of the mid-’90s.

I see him as the Poochie of the Mega Man series: a Scrappy-Mega-Man-Doo that Capcom brought in to try to make the original Mega Man games feel “current” and “hardcore” in the 16-bit era. First off, I’ll tell you that I’m not a fan of Bass.

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