Kuwanger?


Anyone know why they made up the name Kuwanger? All of the others were animals, as well as all the sequels (as far as I know). What is a Kuwanger and why did they just make something up? I've always wondered that.

Typing "kuwanger" into an internet search engine only brings up references to Mega Man X. Seems really odd to me. Is it a Japanese word? (Kinda like Tengu Man from Mega Man 8.)

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They made it up. Either that or it means something in Japanese. Kinda sounds like what you would call someone who "throws something." At least, that's what I always thought. Boomerang "Thrower"

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I guess I'll answer my own question. I had forgot I had asked this and had found the answer in the mean time.

Kuwagata is Japanese for a stag beetle. So Boomer Kuwanger and Gravity Beetle are based off of the same creature.

Not sure why though, you think maaaaybe they'd resort to that in X6, X7, X8, etc...when they're starting to grow thin on original animals, but the first one? Could have just as easily been called Boomerang Beetle.

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Pretty awful name. And your right about X5 X6, etc etc. They might need to go back to ___Man instead of all those ridiculous animal names.

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