[quote]Originally posted by Shin_Zero
Yes I\'m at BnG
Yes I know WhiteDragonNall
Yes I read his comics(read Planeswalker)
Yes I am playing the game and right now I\'m trying to find Bowlman
EDIT: Wanted: Bowlman, Alive and area. 10 dollar reward for his finding.
[Edited on 28-12-2002 by Shin_Zero] [/quote]Seen.
Is the game in japanese? Is it good? I can\'t help you with finding Bowlman, sorry...Heres the info i got from Nall:
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...20 years before the setting of the game, Tadashi Hikari, grandfather of Netto and Saito, was the top scientist in all of Japan, and probably the world. After inventing networks and PETs, he embarked on his largest project to date, a prototype internet society that would link every network together, the basis of the future net society in which they all live. This prototype, called Proto, had to be thoroughly tested and refined before it would be ready for the world to use. And so for 10 years, it was studied and worked on and put through all sorts of the most rigorous testing. Then, one day, all of the networks connected to Proto for testing were suddenly went haywire. After careful study, the scientists on the project concluded that it was not Proto which was glitched, but another project that the science labs were working on, the auto program navi project led by a brilliant young programmer named Cossack. The project had designed the world\'s first automatic navi, one that could carry all its own chips, access networks without human help, and even included a special Get Ability program Cossack had designed that let the navi copy any chip or program and adapt it to himself. That navi was called Forte. However, because the timing of the testing of Forte coincided with the strange occurrence with Proto, the scientists blamed Forte. The project was deemed a failure and Forte found to be too dangerous, so sent the strongest Navis designed by the Officials, the Navi Elite Unit, to delete him. Just in time, Forte was able to save himself and escape, but he was horribly scarred from the battle (hence the cloak he wears to cover the wound). Ever since that day he had been wandering the net, fighting off viruses in daily battles for survival. Over time he collected teh strongest powers he could find, challenging the most powerful navis on the net, determined that he\'d one day gain the ultimate power, and sit in judgement of those pathetic humans who turned on him and cast him into the dark recesses of the net. Meanwhile, believing Forte to be gone, the scientists expected that the problem with Proto would be solved. Really, it was on the beginning. For years, a bug had been growing and multiplying inside Proto undetected, increasing in power and even developing a sort of intelligence, a basic instinct. Like an amoeba, it started absorbing and feeding off programs and navis, growing larger and stronger. One day it showed itself, by devouring all the networks connected to it. The scientists scrambled to find a way to destroy the bug anomaly, but it was too powerful for the current technology, all attempts only made the situation worse. Another scientist, Dr. Urakawa, developed a powerful hindrance program, Giga Freeze, that could potentially freeze Proto, but this cure turned out to be potentially worse than the disease, since only the most powerful Navis could handle it, and one mistake in using it could freeze the entire net forever. With his dream of networks becoming like a nightmare, Tadashi developed the \"Guardian\", a barrier which would contain Proto until a solution could be found. Feeling responsible, he attempted a daring operation that would place his mind and even his soul into the Guardian, to watch over Proto personally and ensure his monster would never harm the world. Finaly, after about a week of devouring everything in sight, Proto\'s activity began to slow. Tadashi used the time to put his plan into action. It was a success, and Proto was contained. After the incident, which was later called the Proto Rebellon, Proto was sealed away into the highest level top secret in the science network, protected by the tetra code, sealed away, they hoped, forever. Cossack, saddened by the failure of Forte, left the science labs and started an independant navi development company, which would later become one of the most successful in the world. The dangerous Giga Freeze was sealed far away from the mainstream society by Dr. Urakawa into the enormous, shady network area known as the Ura Internet. Its obscurity would later make it a popular hangout for the criminal population of the net, for whom the original purpose of the area was unknown. The Giga Freeze would be protected by the Ura Rank navis, some of the strongest in the net. If ever a day came when the program would be used, only a navi who could climb the Ura ranks would be strong enough to use the program. Fast forward 10 years, to NetMafia Gospel. After failing in his attempt at creating a Dream Virus to destroy his old rival\'s network society, Dr. Wily hid out for a while to rebuild his ranks. One day in the net he came across a lonely boy who had lost his parents. The boy, Shun Obihiro, had become quite wealthy from his parents\' death, but was angry at the world and lost in remorse. Wily saw an opportunity, and began manipulating the boy into doing his dirty work for him. he convinced the boy that the world was corrupt, and that he should take control of the net, wipe out the old ways and create a new order. At first Wily\'s plan was to use the boy to create chaos, but then Wily discovered information on Proto, and developed a new plan to use Proto to destroy the Net for him. But to break the Guardian program, it would require the assistance of an enormously powerful navi. He decided the legendary navi Forte, who could copy any power, was the perfect one for the job. Wily attempted to make his own Forte by fusing bugs with special programs he had the boy gather for him. In fact, he sould be able to make as many Fortes as he wanted. However, this ended in failure as well, as bug fusion could not create a true Forte, but instead a multibug organism with great but uncontrollable power. However, the attempt did catch the attention of the real Forte, who took it upon himself to destroy the remaining copies of himself running around. Wily struck a deal with Forte to help him destroy the Guardian, convincing him that absorbing the Guardian\'s power would make him the strongest in the world. Although he cared little for Wily or his plots, the thought of such power was too tempting, and the two formed a wary alliance.
Also around this time, the rumors circulating of the mysterious black navi caught the attention of Dr. Cossack, who took it upon himself to find Forte and stop him if he was really still out there. Skip a bunch and fast forward to the end of the game, Proto is stolen by Wily and Proto Bugs have begun leaking out all over the net, creating paths to blocked off systems, even into military computers around the world. However, the core of Proto was still sealed. As Netto and his friends invade the WWW base, Wily and Forte prepare to destroy the final Guardian and set Proto free. Wily uses the Pulse Transmission System to plug himself into the net, and Netto and Rockman come in after him. As they arrive, Forte shatters the Guardian with his powerful Earth Breaker, and absorbs its power. Rockman and Forte do battle, which Rockman wins. Forte is awestuck, but Wily is indifferent, remarking that he was hoping the two would destroy each other, but no matter. He reaveals that now that the Guardian was destroyed, Proto would flood the net, destroying the network society and plunging the world into anarchy. He laughs as Proto absorbs teh battle-weakened Forte, but his joy is short lived when Proto swallows Wily as well. Rockman and Netto use all their power to delete Proto, and to their surprise, find a doorway where Proto stood. Inside, they meet the ghost of their grandfather, who had met them only when they were babies. After a heartfelt reunion, Tadashi gives them a letter to give to their dad before Proto begins to collapse. Confident that the future of the world is in good hands, Tadashi is finally ready to leave the mortal coil. He stays in the collapsing Proto while Netto and Rockman make their way out. While pausing for only a moment, the two are swallowed by Proto, and Rockman decides to use the last of his power to blow Netto free and back to his body. He bids his brother goodbye, and Netto is expelled from the network. The others find him and the group returns for a reunion with family and friends. Meanwhile, Forte barely managed to escape death yet again, but this time he\'s extremely weak. To his surprise, he is found by Gospel, the wolf-like partial clone of himself, who had regenerated from bugs which were spread across the net after his initial destruction. More surprising, Forte realizes that the creature wants to help him, and the two are joined and begin to regenerate using the bugs...
[Edited on 28-12-2002 by rinoman]