/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8237460
Realistically speaking, some environments in which reploids work are not ideal for humanoid body structures, and a lot of animals are better suited for certain places than humans. For example Sting Chameleon had the abilities of a chameleon like the gripping fingerprints that he could use to easily stalk along trees and optical invisibility for stealth scouting missions.
Not all of them are animals. Most are still humanoids and look a lot like X. Mechaniloids with different shapes (like spider robots) for example are more fit for heavy duty work that takes advantage of their bodytype like construction or terraforming.

>>8124965
>Reploids are supposed to be copies of X right?
Yes
>So why are most of them designed like animals?
To allow for variety in stages boss movesets inspired by animals and their habitats.
>Why do they even have animal based robots to begin with?
Realistically speaking, some environments in which reploids work are not ideal for humanoid body structures, and a lot of animals are better suited for certain places than humans. For example Sting Chameleon had the abilities of a chameleon like the gripping fingerprints that he could use to easily stalk along trees and optical invisibility for stealth scouting missions.
>In the classic series robot masters were clearly designed to be human like, so why shift the design to animals?
Not all of them are animals. Most are still humanoids and look a lot like X. Mechaniloids with different shapes (like spider robots) for example are more fit for heavy duty work that takes advantage of their bodytype like construction or terraforming.
>wouldn't it make more sense for all of them to resemble X in one way or another?
Yes but they are mostly copies of X's machine sapience. Robots can take advantage of any body design since they're, well, robots.

Sting Chameleon is mah nigga.