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http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/30/giant-american-robot-wants-to-smackdown-japanese-rival/

USA - Megabots Inc. Mk.II Megabot

vs

Japan - Sudobashi Heavy Industries Kuratas

Two giant robots with blazing guns is what apocalyptic nightmares and Michael Bay films are made of. While those autonomous machines continue to live in the fictional world, a breed of towering rideable robots is becoming a reality. One such machine is the MegaBot, a 15-foot tall bot large enough to seat two pilots. Unlike Hollywood's gun-wielding destructive machines, this one is armed with a paintball gun and is now ready to use it. But, of course, the Megabot needs someone its own size to pick on. So the aviator-wearing co-creators of this behemoth, draped in American flags, have thrown down the gauntlet and challenged the 12-foot tall Japanese KURATAS robot to a duel.

This vision was first introduced when the MegaBot made its Kickstarter debut late last year. The massive bot didn't meet its $1.8 million target. But the team went on to complete their prototype, the Mk.II, with the help of Autodesk this year. The KURATAS, on the other hand, has been around for almost three years. It's also been available on Amazon for $1 million since the beginning of the year. If team Japan accepts the challenge, the bots will be prepped and modified for the battle, which will take place a year from now.

 

[Pappasman]

JP mech design way cooler than the USA as usual.

 

[EdibleKnife]

Seems like Japan's robot is the only one that could use Erupting Burning Finger, so it'll win

 

[Log4Girlz]

Lol at ghetto ass looking American robot

 

[The Silver]

Japanese mech looks cooler and they have a cute girl on their team, I'm very disappointed in my country.

hell come game time Japan will probably say their mech had a malfunction and then proceed to bring out an actual Gundam.

 

[AwesomeSauce]

US robot reminds me of Mechwarrior.

 

[Takamura-San]

USA have better odds of winning this, that U.S. Players have at beating Japan on USF4.

 

[Monocle]

Is it treasonous to root for the cooler silver one? Because I totally am.

 

[Shining Sunshine]

Japan wins cuz dat pilot

 

[obin_gam]

Both look very top heavy and unstable.

 

[BassForever]

One step closer to real gundam

 

[Jakten]

CRASH AND BURN!

 

[donkey show]

USA's gonna remodel their mecha into Texas Mack before the battle begins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpmfQRUx2-Q

 

[Kuroyume]

US = Mechwarrior
Japan = Terminator (Series T1)

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

Edit: Jakten :*)

 

[Derwind]

Japan stylin' on the USA bot.

 

[Chichikov]

Tank treads are going to beat trolley wheels any day of the week.
America got this, USA, USA!

Is it treasonous to root for the cooler silver one? Because I totally am.

Yes you are.
Head to the nearest internment camp.

 

[teruterubozu]

Don't do it, US.

Japan stylin' on the USA bot.

U.S. Bot looks like a farming rig.

 

[Ratrat]

How exactly do they 'fight'? There are live pilots in there.

 

[Hyperactivity]

How exactly do they 'fight'? There are live pilots in there.

Already mentioned. Paintball

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

HYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


*__________*

 

[Laieon]

America has a better color scheme.

 

[Savitar]

The future is here!

 

[Ratrat]

Already mentioned. Paintball

They're just going to paint each other? I assumed they were going to modify them for battle.

 

[Hyperactivity]

USA bot looks like it came from a future where cool superpower robots fight for freedom and shit

Japan bot looks like it came from a dystopian future where it is a part of an army of identical police/military bots that rule humanity

 

[Putosaure]

USA team of 7, Japan team of 3 ?
This is gonna be interesting

 

[Chariot]

Awesome!

 

[Hyperactivity]

They're just going to paint each other? I assumed they were going to modify them for battle.

Idk what the rules are, maybe they play Splatoon in real life

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

Best of 3? Or sudden death????

 

[Epcott]

So an Exo Squad bot VS Metal Gear Rex/Patlabor hybrid?

Oof... poor Merican bot.

 

[Dryk]

The Legend of Korra called and wants it's mech back

 

[ElTorro]

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Born too late to explore the world
Born to early to explore the stars
But born just in time for giant robot fights

 

[teruterubozu]

The turn radius of the U.S. Bot looks awful. I bet the Japanese Bot runs circles around it, pelting it with paintballs nonstop.

 

[CosmicGroinPull]

This makes me hate companies like Apple and Microsoft with their billions of dollars sitting around that could have gone into cool shit like this. You know, things that will advance humanity.

 

[ultrazilla]

Lol at ghetto ass looking American robot

Lazy design and terrible paint scheme. The Japanese robot will make it scrap metal for Detroit.

 

[Zero315]

USAbot looks like some John Deere type bullshit.

JPNbot looks like it's ready to fuck shit up.

 

[Lyonaz]

Lol, look at that scrapyard USA bot.
Japan has two miniguns mounted on one arm, USA has what.. 2 pipes?

#TeamJAPANKuratas

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Y'all are shitting on the American bot, but you know that the second they take out that camera on the Japanese bot it's as good as dead.

 

[Scoot2005]

Japans kinda reminds me of the sentry bot in Fallout.

 

[Codeblue]

It sounds really cool, but I sort of don't want it to happen in case they both control really awkwardly and we end up watching people struggling to move around and aim.

 

[UnluckyKate]

American robot will tip over with the first high impact on the cockpit. Superior japanese design at it again

 

[katsubento]

That Japan team pic looks straight out of anime.

The US team looks like a bbq party on a John Deere tractor.

 

[Ban Puncher]

The Americans took the bait.

Unleash the real giant robot, Japan.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

It sounds really cool, but I sort of don't want it to happen in case they both control really awkwardly and we end up watching people struggling to move around and aim.

They'll have a year to train the pilots and make sure they can actually control these fucking things.

 

[justjohn]

Well of course Gaf prefers the Japanese one.

 

[deim0s]

At first glance, the US Maker bot seems it could just blow away leaves on your backyard. Where Kuratas seems to have a fucking missle rack/beam weapon hidden in there.

 

[Noaloha]

Neither looks particularly agile, so I'm imagining this 'fight' as just two big lumps of metal squaring off and pebbledashing paint at each other until the mags run dry.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Well of course Gaf prefers the Japanese one.

honest to god

you fuckers are responsible for detroit

 

[Zero315]

At first glance, the US Maker bot seems it could just blow away leaves on your backyard. Where Kuratas seems to have a fucking missle rack/beam weapon hidden in there.

It has quite a few weapons...

Also, SMILE SHOT.

USAbot doesn't stand a chance, it even has an EVA Unit 01 color scheme!