The Mega Family

Another all-Photoshop-3.4 job.

"The Mega Family" was how the editors of NAdM usually referred to that continuity's Light 'bots. And yes, "Slasher" (Bass) and Zero were sons of Light there (for the latter, I don't think X4 had been released in Brazil when Zero made his debut in NAdM; they weren't the only ones to think that X and Zero were brothers).

The thing that I like about NAdM is that it's very obviously an alternate continuity, and I love me some alternate continuities. I forget which issue it was stated in, but IIRC the editors said something to the effect of "We could just write a straightforward adaptation of the games, but where's the fun in that?"

And, well, they weren't wrong--the comic probably wouldn't have been as memorable if they didn't go down the path they settled on. Hence, things like Zero Light. /tangent


I went with Rogério Hanata's designs for Roll and helmetless X, as I prefer those over the many others they had in the comic's run (possibly because Mr. Hanata illustrated more than one issue?). The circle they're standing in was annoying to get down, partially because PS 3.4 doesn't let you move selections around unless there's something in them; I ended up using my first attempt.

I also just noticed that I forgot to add highlights to Proto's visor, but given how he acted in NAdM, maybe the darker shades are fairly appropriate?