The Nicotine Robot

Another bit from the “cloudbush” thread: Heat Man, the boss from Mega Man 2 with the fire-based attacks, was clearly modeled after a Zippo lighter.

original concept art

revised concept art

I never noticed this before and find it kind of amusing. Furthermore, the arcade game Mega Man: The Power Battle, has unused animation frames that show Heat Man smoking.

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Previous items cloudbush posts:

• Pac-Man hiding the LG logo
• “Hidden” musical references in Smash Bros. Brawl
• Toad has been flipping us the bird for more than 20 years
• Those aren’t equals signs in the Golden Axe intro
• It sure seems like Sega ripped of the singer from Deee-Lite with Space Channel 5
• Some similarities between Deep Purple’s “April” and music from Legend of Zelda
• A brief smattering of odd sexiness hidden in early video games
• The clouds in Super Mario Bros. are not what they seem

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