Hmm, never would've thought to put those 2 together. Unfortunately, Crash Man wouldn't fit in my plan. Since he's a bomb type character, I'd associate him with Bomb Man, but, if I end up doing MM2, I'd want to leave Crash Man alone. Here's my method of madness. I try to stay away from MM's 2-6, incase Bonknuts ever decided full cd versions of the NES games. From there, most or all MM games are fair game in general, however, there's a still restrictions. I try to think of character's &/or levels from those games that have similarities to the Robot Master I'm working on. For instance, with Gutsman, I think of construction, masonry, mining, & the fact that he's the bruiser of the group, but I also look for songs with the basic rhythm & sound of a level & hope they are neutral tunes, rather then character specific. So, here's what I'm thinking about besides other versions of Gutsman theme's:
Armored Armadillo from MMX1(this one's a must!)
Tunnel Rhino from MMX3
Express UG from MMZ1(yes, it's a train stage, but, I can picture mixing Guts with it, plus, I really want to try to get some MMZero music in atleast one of my songs)
Yosyonke Abandoned Mine from MML2
Drill Crush! from MMBN5
Answer! from MMXCM(not related to anything in particular, but kind of has a similar sound, probably won't work out though)
Garudoriten from MML1
from there, I also have various versions of Gutsman to pull from:
Powerfighters/battles(mainly want the organ solo, though, it'll be a lil' tough to make sure I get every note right, since I don't have a version with the solo itself & no background music to obsure it)
Battle & Chase(there's 2 songs associated to him, however, they are very Japanese sounding, so proably won't work)
Powered Up(not a huge fan of it, but I think it does have a few neat ideas I can glean from it)
BN 4.5(might take some ideas from it)
Also, there's a Rockman Special Arrange CD with a Gutman cover, might be able to get an idea or 2 from it, but, probably not.
