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Having recently replayed MM2, Heat Man's blocks weren't as hard as I remembered them being. The opening sequence is rough, but you have solid ground below you and no penalty for failing it. Once you get to the Instant Death section of the blocks, it becomes much easier.


So, The Megas. Their songs "The Annihilation of Monsteropolis/Airman" and "The Haystack Principle" (Needleman) are very closely tied together. Airman's is easily my second favorite song of theirs (heck, on some days I'd be temped to list it as the absolute best). It is absolute perfection.


First, I love obscure references and Monsteropolis is one of the most obscure (American) Mega Man references you could make. For whatever reason, Capcom of America declared in the instruction manual that the first game was set in Monsteropolis, a "strange multi-faceted land of robot-like Humanoids"--that's right, the Robot Masters were merely "robot-like" in the original manual--which was divided into seven different Empires ruled by the six Humanoids & Wily himself.

"MEGA MAN dares to single-handedly penetrate seven separate empires of Monsteropolis, eliminating the leaders and followers of these sovereignties" (sic). That may be the most violent description of a Mega Man game ever. But I digress.


Second, the song is funny. There's a pun so terrible I won't repeat it and Airman's inner monologue about killing all humans is completely over-the-top goofy. Basically, Airman knows he was only built to destroy and has a slight existential crisis about it ("Do you know what it's like to be built this way? With only the power to push others away?") and becomes more and more unhinged as the song progresses.

Going from spoken word narration:

Up in the sky
Ten miles high
A man stands above the city he will destroy.
Built from airplane parts, his propeller spins as he thinks to himself…
I will destroy these people.


To suddenly screaming near the end of the song

"There will be a tombstone with The Planet Earth ENGRAVED on it!"

Which may actually be my favorite lyric they ever wrote. It is just so goofy: From the way the singer shouts the line to how...well I've already said "over-the-top" but I can't think of a synonym right now. I absolutely love the song.


The Megas take on Needleman also explores some of the same themes, only in a more "serious" and "artistic" way. Like Airman, he too was only built for destruction and has an existential crisis about it:


I’m not a bad guy
I’m just designed that way
No matter what I try
I can’t help but hurt those close to me


And they directly reference Airman's song, going into a slightly inverted version of his spoken word monologue:

Deep underground, ten miles down
A man stands below the city he will destroy…
Stop

Needleman starts to go down the same genocidal path as Airman, but actively rejects it and orders the song/thoughts to stop. He then starts talking to someone and trying to find a way to stop being evil, only for this unidentified person to reject everything.


"How can I retract these claws?"
"Those are your hands, you can't take back the damage you cause"

"How can I turn off this hatred that fills my eyes?"
"You can't shut down where your path lies"


Blah blah blah, realizing he can't change his fate Needleman rejects his very existence and probably lets Megaman kill him, the end. </.<
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