A detail that has been maintained in most titles of the franchise
The Mega Man saga is probably one of those that is made up of the most different video games, especially if we add to these the titles of other series, such as those of Mega Man of the final bosses that are eliminated, there are another aspect that is shared in all these games and that was not originally intended.
Anyone who has played one of the installments of Megaman either Mega Man X will know that before the encounter against any Robot Master or Maverick you have to go through a tunnel-shaped room. Generally, this is just an intermediate screen between the stage of the phase and the room where you will have to fight a battle against the final boss in question.
A tunnel that apparently is very simple, harmless and may even seem absurd to be there, but in reality its function was very important. The reason is because In the mythical NES there was a technical limitation in which the exchange of data when moving from the stage to the Robot Master’s room could cause an overload.
For this reason, to prevent this from happening, the famous tunnel was added so that there would be no problem when playing. In fact, It also served as an excuse to establish a save point in the case of dying against any of these final bosses, since you automatically started from the tunnel and thus it was not necessary to replay certain parts of the phase.
Over time it was no longer necessary to establish a tunnel of this type, especially in games of Mega Man Xbut it seems that Capcom thought it was a very good idea to keep it as a tribute, so that it became what is undoubtedly one of the most iconic elements of the entire franchise.
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