How Powerful is Captain N the Game Master?

[IssunBoshi]

Let's see... it's actually been a while since I read the comics, and they were often just real quick, ten to twelve page short stories. There were also only like 5 or 6 issues, so we didn't see much of him, compared to cartoon Kevin.

Mostly, this comes from the comics declaring him to be the hottest Nintendo player ever, but this is supported in the comics by a couple factors: One, he's more confident in himself in the comics, and he plows through bad guys pretty easily. Granted, he did in the cartoon as well, but in the cartoon, he had a sense of self-doubt at times that comic Kevin didn't. The comics were also more serious stories in tone as well, and Kevin was a bit more aggressive/hardcore in his actions. There's a comic where Kevin, believing Mother Brain has killed Lana, goes ballistic, storms Mother Brain's fortress, and starts beating her to death with Lana's magic scepter (her weapon in the comics). Samus Aran also considered Kevin to be enough of a bad-ass that she took a romantic interest in him, and competed with Lana for his affection at times. Pitt also basically worships the guy. There was also a comic where Kevin gets trapped in another dimension for ten years, and becomes ruler of a Junkyard Dimension, looking like some hardcore Mad Max bad-ass.

Calling him "the Batman" was a humorous overstatement, but while in the cartoons he's portrayed more as an everyman gamer geek who lucked out on being picked, you got a real sense in the comics that Kevin really was the right man for the "chosen hero of Video Land" job.

Wow! That's what comic kevin was like? Pretty badass.

Though I just remembered reading some of those online scans a couple of recent years back. I wish I could have read more.

And sharkerbob, as for the second post, i'm sorry about how I acted a bit... I just thought it was beyond cruel and harsh to have someone stuck with one thing and then pit him against a myriad of hard-hitters only to have him slaughtered, intentional or not, which can't be helped. And besides, i only brought up "seniority", because I like arguing against people who try to use arguments of "future era advancements" to say the guy is weak simply because he's apparently "outdated", JUST IN CASE, anyways.

There.

[Wjowski]

The robot designed to throw blades that fell several trees in one go that can leap several times it's own height and tank plasma blasts to the face?

Yeah, I have no idea why a kid might struggle to fight that.

A kid in a video game world who calls himself 'The Game Master'.

Who can stop time and shoot lasers with his magical game accessories.

Struggling with the first boss in the first stage of a fairly famous Nintendo game.

[The MunchKING]

Struggling with the first boss in the first stage of a fairly famous Nintendo game.

You didn't have to fight Cutman first. IIRC the game let you stage select.

[Omegalith]

A kid in a video game world who calls himself 'The Game Master'.

Who can stop time and shoot lasers with his magical game accessories.

Struggling with the first boss in the first stage of a fairly famous Nintendo game.

There is no first stage in Megaman 1. They're all equal.

And again, superpowered highly durable and agile robot against a kid with a laspistol.

His timestop is probably the only thing keeping him alive there.

Heck, he's just lucky he's not dealing with one of the actual Warmechs from Megaman 2 onwards rather than a repurposed lumberjack.

[The MunchKING]

It DIDn't.

But yeah he had Pit...*cough* *cough* I mean "Kid Icarus" and Megaman with him too.

[Wjowski]

There is no first stage in Megaman 1. They're all equal.

And again, superpowered highly durable and agile robot against a kid with a laspistol.

His timestop is probably the only thing keeping him alive there.

Heck, he's just lucky he's not dealing with one of the actual Warmechs from Megaman 2 onwards rather than a repurposed lumberjack.

Semantics. Cutman's usually the first to go down in a Megaman playthrough, thus the '1st boss'. And a time-stopping belt and a pistol that shoots laser beams strikes me as much more effective weaponry than a pair of boomerang scissors.

[Omegalith]

Semantics. Cutman's usually the first to go down in a Megaman playthrough, thus the '1st boss'.

I find this logic based on vague general convention rather suspicious.

And a time-stopping belt and a pistol that shoots laser beams strikes me as much more effective weaponry than a pair of boomerang scissors.
The scissors are designed to fell trees in one toss, and he can throw more than one at a time.

And again, he can tank quite a few of Megaman's plasma blasts. Which is generally a more powerful weapon than a handgun laser.

[Sharkerbob]

Wow! That's what comic kevin was like? Pretty badass.

Though I just remembered reading some of those online scans a couple of recent years back. I wish I could have read more.

This one dude named Mark Moore had a pretty sizable fan website, that I think scanned most of the comics. Also, a really, REALLY godawful fan continuation of the series that somehow reached eight seasons in length... @_@ Otherwise, I'm sure you can find scans of them somewhere on the net these days.

The downside to comic Kevin power wise is I don't think he had any of his gamepad powers. No time stop or super jump. But he was a pretty good shot with his Zapper anyway.

Also, the comics lacked Mega Man and Simon. Which is kind of good and kind of bad. It would have been cool to see them on the comic team, but then again, the cartoon versions of those characters sucked. Well, Mega Man was okay, but not great, but Simon was lame sauce. Then again, the comic might have actually treated them both with more dignity. Alas, such was not to be, but hey, Samus pretty much made up for their absence.

And sharkerbob, as for the second post, i'm sorry about how I acted a bit... I just thought it was beyond cruel and harsh to have someone stuck with one thing and then pit him against a myriad of hard-hitters only to have him slaughtered, intentional or not, which can't be helped.

Fine, just something to keep in mind.

A kid in a video game world who calls himself 'The Game Master'.

Who can stop time and shoot lasers with his magical game accessories.

Struggling with the first boss in the first stage of a fairly famous Nintendo game.

Semantics. Cutman's usually the first to go down in a Megaman playthrough, thus the '1st boss'. And a time-stopping belt and a pistol that shoots laser beams strikes me as much more effective weaponry than a pair of boomerang scissors.

Pretty sure, Bomb Man's the first most people go for, actually. Specifically because you can then easily kill Guts Man and then easily kill Cut Man with the Super Arm. Cut Man was a pretty big pain in the ass, as I recall. Then again, its been ages since I played MM1...

[Omegalith]

Pretty sure, Bomb Man's the first most people go for, actually. Specifically because you can then easily kill Guts Man and then easily kill Cut Man with the Super Arm. Cut Man was a pretty big pain in the ass, as I recall. Then again, its been ages since I played MM1...

It varies, Bomb Man is easier, but a lot of people like to save Gutsman for last because the first section of his level is the most ludicrously hard section of the game.

[Guy Smiley]

You have a point, but for the sake of a fair debate, we need to at least hypothetically assume that Kevin specifically upgrades to video games of the rest of the 1990's, 2000's, and 2010's and so on. Otherwise, I have personal suspicions that it can only mean you HATE kevin keene so much that you have to spite him by pitting every modern character against him with only stuff from his base decade. Not that I think Kevin Keene is among the best whatsover, but it is too much for you guys just to give a bit of sensitivity and respect to seniority for once? Sheesh.

That said, i wonder what Kevin would think of all the gaming babes after his time? Would he make out with all of them?

It should be pointed out that Kevin was never granted any abilities by specific games. His powers were based on the peripherals that came with the system. (Speed and jumping from movement buttons, and time stop from the pause, plus the light gun that, once again, came with the NES) It wouldn't really make sense to grant him new powers just because new games have upped their storyline-based power levels. (That said, the series was never exactly hellbent on accurately simulating the gameplay and enemies, either. Do we really want the Asura's Wrath version of King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard running around?) And it might even make sense to assume that as long as new games are coming out while he's stuck there, Kevin might not have any idea what he's dealing with after a while. Not to say he couldn't adapt on the fly, though.

Isn't Kid Radd kinda like Captain N on steroids? Not exactly, but similar in that he screws with game mechanics by using his own.

Pretty much everyone in Kidd Radd does that. It's pretty much how everything works. NPCs are invulnerable, RPG heroes and shopkeeps have hyperspace arsenals, platform enemies have the touch of death, and so on. Heck, Radd's main advantage is being sloppily programmed.

[Sharkerbob]

It varies, Bomb Man is easier, but a lot of people like to save Gutsman for last because the first section of his level is the most ludicrously hard section of the game.

Can't argue with that.

[IssunBoshi]

Just giving back to the community:
http://forums.comicbookresources.com...usuke-Urameshi

too bad the captain n samus scan I posted seems to be broken right now.

[The Drunkard Kid]

From what I remember, I don't really think that the writers of the TV series played most of the games that Cap'n N dealt with.

Of course, that would make Kevin's encounters with the game versions of Simon, Mega/Rock Man, Pit and Link(s) somewhat interesting.

[Hiromi]

Meanwhile

[T51R]

You know it just hit me. A modern Captain N would need to deal with the M.U.G.E.N DIY character/game engine. Which produces things which are so broken it stops being funny.

Kev: "Holy crap, who the hell put Goenitz in here!? AND WHY THE HELL DID HE HAVE A SEX CHANGE!?"

VO: "HAR HAR HAR HAR..."

Kev: "Great, now what!?"

VO: "YOU CANNOT ESCAPE PROM DRESS..."

Kev: "OH MY GOD! NIGHTMARE GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESUU~!!!"