MMKB

When making edits to long standing statements or facts on the wiki, you MUST PROVIDE CREDIBLE SOURCES FOR YOUR CLAIMS. edits done without will be UNDONE, NO REASONS GIVEN. Please use the talk pages to provide these sources before editing!

READ MORE

MMKB
Register
Advertisement
CaptainNDVDcover

Captain N: The Game Master DVD cover featuring the series hero Kevin Keene.

Captain N: The Game Master is a cartoon show produced by DIC Entertainment (now defunct) that had 34 episodes and featured many games from the NES and Game Boy, like Mega Man, Zelda, Metroid, Castlevania, Kid Icarus, Donkey Kong, Tetris, and others, in which the characters interact together in Videoland. Mega Man is one the main characters, but only three episodes features him and other Mega Man characters, telling stories from the first three Mega Man games, but with some differences.

Comics from Captain N: The Game Master were made, but only with Nintendo characters. Characters from third parties like Capcom and Konami don't appear in the comics. However, before being canceled, the final issue of the Captain N comic series had promised an appearance by Mega Man and Dr. Wily.

Episodes featuring Mega Man

Only four episodes featured Mega Man games:

Episode 5: Mega Trouble for Megaland

Mmcn

Mega Man as he appears on the show.

The second of a two-part episode, in which after an Olympic Games style competition between Captain N and his crew and Mother Brain and her crew, Mother Brain and her minions imprison the heroes into the realm of the Mega Man games. While Kid Icarus and Simon Belmont go into the realm of the Kid Icarus game to fight Medusa and recover three mystical treasures Mother Brain won in the first part of the two-part episode, the rest of the group (Captain N, Princess Lana, Duke and Mega Man) must fight their way through Cut Man's level, in order to get to Dr. Wily.

The episode heavily abridges the difficulty and length of the original Mega Man game, via a plot point where the crew are initially slaughtered by the Big Eye robot when they first meet it. Also, the episode shows the other five Robot Masters (Guts Man, Elec Man, Fire Man, Ice Man, and Bomb Man) as subordinates to Cut Man, as they serve as mini-bosses guarding Cut Man's lair.

Episode 13: Happy Birthday, Mega Man

A spotlight episode for Mega Man, as well as the second appearance of Dr. Light and the first and only full appearance of Mega Girl. The N Team throws Mega Man a surprise birthday party, after realizing that Mega Man has become increasingly depressed over the fact that he's the only one of his kind. The party takes place however, at a cursed amusement park that feeds off of the wishes of those who enter it; for Mega Man it "creates" Mega Girl for Mega Man. Despite the consequences of destroying the amusement park (causing Mega Girl to cease to exist), Mega Man destroys the cursed park and frees his friends. However, for the episode's twist ending, Mega Girl does not disappear in the end and it is revealed that Mega Girl was a creation of Dr. Light and not the amusement park.

Episode 20: The Big Game

This episode is based on Mega Man 2 and Epyx's California Games. In the planet Metroid, Dr. Wily creates an energy machine and seven of the eight Robot Masters from Mega Man 2, with Flash Man mysteriously absent. He works with Mother Brain to energize the machine and had enough power to send the main characters to the Earthquake Zone. This coincides with Captain N feeling homesick for his friends on Earth; Princess Lana responds by summoning Kevin's friends from Earth, with them ending up fighting alongside the Gamemasters against Wily's new Robot Masters in a game of football.

The episode is infamous for its designs of the Mega Man 2 Robot Masters, which, perhaps with the exception of Heat Man, bear almost no resemblance to their video game counterparts.

When Mother Brain Rules

Aside from original narration, the episode was comprised of clips and never given an official release.

Among the clips used are from "Mega Trouble for Megaland" including:

  • Captain N, Lana, Duke and Mega Man having their first and second encounter with Big Eye.
  • The N Team's second battle with the six robot masters.

Episode 32: A Tale of Two Dogs

This episode is based only on Mega Man 3. Dr. Wily joins Dr. Wright to create a giant peacekeeping robot called Gamma. Dr. Wright gets really happy to have Dr. Wily come back to the good side, but actually, Dr. Wily was planning to steal Gamma and use it for evil purposes. Mega Man and Kevin go to Topland, a location in Megaland, to take the energy tank necessary for Gamma to work.

Mega Man used the Hard Knuckle and the Shadow Blade in this episode, but the only Robot Master from Mega Man 3 that appeared in the cartoon was Top Man.

It marked Dr. Wright and Dr. Wily's last appearance in the series.

Mega Man characters

Cntgmmegaland

Mega Land

All characters from the cartoon are different from the original. Mega Man characters live in Megaland, a part of Videoland. Here are the Mega Man characters differences from the originals:


Mega Man

Cntgmmegaman

Mega Man in Captain N

In the cartoon, Mega Man is portrayed as a tiny, proportionally big-headed robot. His outfit is teal and green, with yellow and navy-blue accents, and wearing a visor; resembling Quint’s design more than how Mega Man usually looks.

His "Mega Buster" is a small wrist gun concealed in his arm that is wielded in a similar way to Spider-Man's web shooter. A slot can open in his wrist to reveal an energy meter much like the ones in the games, though for some reason Mega Man and all his friends share the same meter whenever this happens.

Notably, he also has a tendency to add the word "Mega" to certain terms to add emphasis. He also has a deep, raspy voice that, according to well-known internet reviewer The Nostalgia Critic, sounds "like Popeye if he smoked an entire Marlboro factory!”.

His other main ability in the show is his superhuman strength, likely as a reference to the Super Arm weapon from Mega Man 1. In most scenes focusing specifically on him, he’s seen picking up and moving around heavy objects or even entire structures, often either to get past them or for comedic effect. In fact, in Season 1, this is used noticeably more often than his Mega Buster, though later seasons would balance their uses much more evenly.


Dr. Wright

Cntgmdrwright

Dr. Wright in Captain N

Dr. Wright is an old, scientist, with noticeably different features than the original Dr. Light.


Mainly, his nose and ears are outstretched, and he’s much smaller than the human characters in the show. This implies he is something of a dwarf or gnome, but it’s never stated what his species is, nor why this is even the case otherwise.

Also, his lab coat and pants are more of a lush green color.


Dr. Wily

Cntgmdrwily

Dr. Wily in Captain N

Dr. Wily looks like the original, but again, much smaller. He is voiced by Ian James Corlett, who ironically went on to voice Mega Man in the Ruby-Spears cartoon. He works for Mother Brain in this cartoon, and debuts in the episode "How's Bayou".

His accent and mannerisms are partially homages to the typical trope of a German mad scientist, or more directly, Dr. Frankenstein.

Mega Girl

Cntgmmegagirl

Mega Girl in Captain N

Mega Girl is a female version of Mega Man. She was created by Dr. Wright, and first appeared in the episode “Happy Birthday, Mega Man”. Though she made no more full appearances, she is briefly seen dancing with Mega Man in the Season 2 episode "Having a Ball". 

She is believed to be the series' version of Roll, which is a heavy contradiction, since Roll was never converted for combat like Mega Man was, and Roll and Mega Man consider each other siblings in the games.

Rush

Cntgmrush

Rush in Captain N

Rush looks similar to the appearance he has in the games, except that he is brown and orange instead of red and pink. He only appeared in the episode "A Tale of Two Dogs", where he uses the Rush Rocket (Rush Jet). He can actually speak in this, done so by simply opening his mouth and "speaking" in a harsh, robotic monotone. He tends to end his sentences with a rather ungainly, robotic "ARFFF!!"

Garbage Man

Cntgmgarbageman

Garbage Man in Captain N

Garbage Man is a Robot Master that only appeared in this cartoon, on the episode "Mega Trouble in Megaland". He was created by Dr. Wright. He was built to trash the evil Robot Masters, but instead just trashed the doctor's lab.


Cut Man

Cntgmcutsman

"Cuts Man" in Captain N

Cut Man bears little resemblance to his game counterpart. Instead, he is a green and orange robot with lighter green gloves, a thin purple humanoid face, and a pair of golden-colored barber scissors in place of his trademark cutters, which he fires off his head rather than throwing them(though their boomerang motion is kept). He is also referred to as "Cuts Man”(pronounced ‘CUTS-mən’).

On a side note, out of all the Mega Man 1 bosses in this series, Cut Man is the only robot master with any spoken dialogue, mostly notably: "Cuts Man's the name, cutting's my game, and I don't mean hair!".


Guts Man

Cntgmgutsman

Guts Man in Captain N

Guts Man, compared to his game counterpart, has a smaller lower jaw, what appears to be a navel. He has a different color scheme as well; having orange skin with deep-blue and mauve armor.


Ice Man

Cntgmiceman

Ice Man in Captain N

The Captain N version of Ice Man is quite similar to his game counterpart. There are a few differences: Ice Man has light blue skin, a cuboid-shaped body, a somewhat robotic face with strange purple markings and eyebrows, and he uses an gun that shoots freezing rays, instead of firing Ice Slashers from his mouth like in the original game. Some argue that his form was inspired by the DC Comics supervillain Captain Cold.

He was mentioned but not seen in the episode "Nightmare on Mother Brain's Street", where Mega Man's worst nightmare is being frozen solid by him.


Bomb Man

Cntgmbombman

Bomb Man in Captain N

Other than the predominantly green color change and a more rectangular body (as opposed to the more spherical design of the original), this depiction of Bomb Man is very similar to the game version.


Fire Man

Cntgmfireman

Fire Man in Captain N

Fire Man bears some slight resemblance to the original, but only really in his flaming head and lack of hands. Otherwise, he is completely different, with a metallic silver face, a thicker build, and red and orange body panels with silver and green tubing underneath as opposed to the silver helmet, red armor plating, and grey jumpsuit of the original.

Elec Man

Cntgmelecman

Elec Man in Captain N

Elec Man bears much resemblance to a human, wearing a black and purple costume with solid gold highlights. He also wears stereotypical teacher glasses, as opposed to an eye mask.


Metal Man

Cntgmmetalman

Metal Man in Captain N

Metal Man is silver and both his hands are turned into Metal Blade blasters. He poses a resemblance to an electric can opener, and the only resemblance to his in-game counterpart is the saw blade on his forehead. His color scheme is mainly warm gray and cream yellow-green.


Quick Man

Cntgmquickman

Quick Man in Captain N

Quick Man is blue and red and has a strange green mask, as well as a green waistband and dark-brown skin. He resembles a mix of himself, the Alien boss from Mega Man 2, and Boomer Kuwanger from Mega Man X.


Wood Man

Cntgmwoodman

Wood Man in Captain N

Wood Man looks the closest to his game counterpart, his face is rodent like, his feet look like the heads of bears, and instead of using his Leaf Shield, he has a wooden shield on one hand and an arm cannon that shoots out a vine for the other.


Air Man

Cntgmairman

Air Man in Captain N

Air Man is white and has two fan blasters for arms, rather than having a single fan blaster for one arm and instead of a propeller on his chest he has a red triangle with a whirlwind picture on it. He looks like a combination of Blizzard Man and Wind Man from Mega Man 6.


Crash Man

Cntgmcrashman

Crash Man in Captain N

Crash Man bears no clear resemblance to his game counterpart. Instead, has lighting bolts on his ears, another lightning bolt on his chest, and has a cricket-scoop-like blaster that fires Acme bombs.


Bubble Man

Cntgmbubbleman

Bubble Man in Captain N

Bubble Man is blue and round, with a white head, and orange strip around his neck, and water tanks on his head and arm cannon. He looks more like Aqua Man from Mega Man 8.


Heat Man

Cntgmheatman

Heat Man in Captain N

Heat Man has an orange face a white glove on his left and and an arm cannon on his right, his body retains the "Zippo Lighter" design but is instead red with a pink streak. Arguably, from the waist-up, he resembles HeatMan.EXE more than classic Heat Man.


Top Man

Cntgmtopman

Top Man in Captain N

Top Man appeared in the episode "A Tale of Two Dogs". He was in the way of the energy tank necessary for Gamma to work. He was defeated by Mega Man with only one punch of the Hard Knuckle. He looks similar to his game counterpart except his color scheme is different.


Doc Robot

Cntgmdocrobot

Doc Robot in Captain N

The Doc Robot is a very small and thin doctor robot with glasses and beard, possibly to suit the name "Doc Robot", that assists Dr. Wily. He only uses Metal Man's Metal Blades to attack, and was smashed by a giant pipe he cut with a Metal Blade.


Gamma

Cntgmgamma

Gamma in Captain N

Gamma has a completely different appearance; arguably the least similar out of any Mega Man characters in the show. He is now a giant yellow ball with eyes, blue arms, yellow legs, and a blue belt with a smile drawn on it. It has the peace symbol in the middle of its face, as a more obvious cue that it was originally created for peace. It has also a cockpit in the top of his head/torso, where Dr. Wily controls it.


Enemies

Big Eye

Cntgmbigeye

Big Eye in Captain N

The Big Eye didn't change much compared to the others, except that it is much bigger (between 10–30 meters), and again, has a different color scheme. Only one Big Eye appeared in the cartoon, in “Mega Trouble for Megaland”. Its design appears to be a mixture of the blue variant from Guts Man's stage and the yellow-eyed variant from Wily Stage 1. The Proto Eye from Mega Man: Powered Up loosely resembles this Big Eye.


Blader

Cntgmblader

Blader in Captain N

A blue Blader appears in “Mega Trouble in Megaland”. He has angry yellow eyes, a white nose, and teeth (without a mouth).


Pierobot

Cntgmclowns

Pierobot in Captain N

Pierobots in the show are known as "Gear Clowns" and are the only Mega Man enemies in the show that actually have lines.

Kamegoro Maker

Cntgmturtlemachine

Kamegoro Maker in Captain N

Kamegoro Maker and the Kamegoros appear in episode 32 as a trap in Wily's castle. The Kamegoros (called "robot turtles" by Wily) attack with powerful bites, and the Kamegoro Maker is a green retractable tube in the wall that releases three Kamegoros, which are avoided by Mega Man by throwing the Shadow Blade in the buttons of the Maker, making it suck in the water and the Kamegoros.


Other enemies

Cntgmtabby

Tama in Captain N

Other characters

Characters not related to Mega Man. The main characters are Kevin Keene, Princess Lana, Duke, Mega Man, Simon Belmont (Castlevania) and Pit (Kid Icarus). The main villains are Mother Brain (Metroid), King Hippo (Punchout), Eggplant Wizard (Kid Icarus) and Dr. Wily.

Characters that aren't from games

Location: Palace of Power

Kevin Keene

Cntgmkevin

Kevin in Captain N

He is a human that has gone inside of a video game. His weapon is the Zapper, an accessory for the NES. He is voiced by Matt Hill.


Princess Lana

Cntgmprincesslana

Princess Lana in Captain N

She is the princess of Videoland and made Kevin come to Videoland to help her. She is voiced by Venus Terzo. While she is an original character, she is heavily based on Palutena from Kid Icarus.


Duke

Cntgmduke

Duke in Captain N

Kevin's dog that also came from the real world.


Game Boy

The Game Boy was a Nintendo gaming system and is a character in the cartoon. Game Boy is a sentient computer. He was voiced by Frank Welker.


Castlevania characters

Location: Castlevania

Simon Belmont

Cntgmsimonbelmont

Simon Belmont in Captain N

Simon Belmont was a vampire hunter and the main playable character in the Castlevania video games. This version of him has a big ego and dresses like an airplane pilot. He is voiced by Andrew Kavadas.


The Count

Count Dracula from the Castlevania games. He wears orange clothes and a black cape, and has a large face and light blue skin. He can turn into an ugly orange bat with a human head and a big mouth.


Alucard

Alucard appeared in the episode "Return to Castlevania". He is depicted as a stereotypical surfer here, as opposed to his serious and dark nature in the games. Alucard is Dracula spelled backwards.


Kid Icarus characters

Location: Mount-Icarus

Pit

Cntgmkidicarus

Kid Icarus in Captain N

He is the main character from the game Kid Icarus. He is smaller in this cartoon. He is voiced by Alessandro Juliani. Oddly, his name is Kid Icarus in Captain N instead of Pit. Often ends terms with Ancient Greek prefixes such as "-ius" and "icus" (for example, he refers to Simon Belmont as Simonius), sometimes with "Maximus" after the word as well.

Him and Mega Man are also often paired up, either in the background or in some team split-ups. In a later crossover with the two characters together, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS, they are also seen being friendly and supportive of each other, though whether or not Captain N inspired this is unknown.


Eggplant Wizard

Cntgmeggplantwizard

Eggplant Wizard in Captain N

A character that works for Mother Brain, alongside King Hippo. He had a large role in the show, despite being a regular enemy in Kid Icarus— Medusa was the actual main villain of that game.


Metroid characters

Location: Metroid

Mother Brain

Cntgmmotherbrain

Mother Brain in Captain N

Mother Brain is the main villain of the cartoon and from the Metroid game series. She is voiced by Levi Stubbs in a fashion similar to Audrey II, the talking plant in the cult musical Little Shop of Horrors.

Zelda characters

Link

The main character from The Legend of Zelda games. He wields a magical Sword and Shield, and is Kevin's favorite game character. Ironically, Link initially does not seem to like Kevin very much and comes off as standoffish and rude towards him, partially due to Kevin proving a more capable warrior in Hyrule. They later reconcile and become friends, working together to defeat Ganon and recovering the Triforce.

Princess Zelda

A main character of the Zelda games. She is a princess and is something of a love interest for Link.

Ganon

The main villain of the Zelda games. He is an evil wizard and looks like a pig. He is easily defeated by Link, having a spell reflected back at him.

Zelda Enemies

Moblin, Stalfos (looks like an alien skeleton), Goriya (a blue monster with a samurai armor), Iron Knuckle, and Horsehead.


Other games

Characters from other games.

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong is a huge ape who lives in Kongoland, and an escapee from Mario's circus. At one point, he kidnapped Mario's niece Pauline, so Mario had to chase him down to a construction site to rescue her. Donkey Kong kidnapping Pauline was the main plot of the original Donkey Kong arcade game.


King Hippo

Cntgmkinghippo

King Hippo in Captain N

A fat monster with blue skin, a crown and boxing gloves that works for Mother Brain alongside Eggplant Wizard. He is a fighter from the game Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!. He is voiced by Garry Chalk, who would go on to voice Guts Man in the Mega Man cartoon series, who is similar in voice and personality.

Gallery

Notes

PoorlyConceivedRobotMasters

Captain N Mega Man in Short Circuits (top right corner).

  • The series marks the first time that Mega Man appeared alongside Pit, Donkey Kong, Link, and Simon Belmont. All of them appear as playable characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
  • Though Copy Robot doesn't appear in the series, an evil version of Mega Man from the Mirror Zone appears in Episode 11: In Search of the King, that may have been influenced by him.
  • The Captain N version of Mega Man makes a number of cameo appearances in Archie Comics' Mega Man series, specifically in the Short Circuits humor strips. This included appearances in Mega Man #49 and #55. He would also appear in the Off Panel for Sonic Universe #77.
  • During development, the series was originally named Paper Boy and would have Paperboy as the main character. As the name could not be used, it was later changed to Buddy Boy. Mega Man was planned to have a mother, a father, a bird, and a rat in Buddy Boy.[1] Though, even with this change, there still was an episode based off of the game in Season 2, titled “The Invasion of the Paper Pedalers”.

External links

References

Advertisement