Mega Man Thread- The Blue Bomber discussion

[toon_marth]

So, I guess I'll start out by saying that I LOVE this series (almost as much as Zelda), and I figured the Blue Bomber needed his own thread here on SWF! This is among my favorite retro games by FAR. The new ones seem a bit lackluster these days, though. My favorite series is the X series, with X 4 being my favorite. My least favorite series is the Megaman Zero series. I don't know why, it just won't keep me playing for long. My favorite character is Zero. His mysteriousness and awesome better-than-X-ness just hooked me from the start.

Here is a list of all the games:

Original:

Mega Man – Famicom/NES, 1987 (US, JP)
Mega Man 2 – Famicom/NES, 1988 (JP), 1989 (US)
Mega Man 3 – Famicom/NES, Arcade, 1990 (US, JP)
Mega Man 4 – Famicom/NES, 1991 (JP), 1992 (US)
Mega Man 5 – Famicom/NES, 1992 (JP, US)
Mega Man 6 (Japan/US only) – Famicom/NES, 1993 (JP), 1994 (US)
Mega Man 7 – Super Famicom/Super NES, 1995 (US, JP)
Mega Man: The Power Battle, Arcade, 1996
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, Arcade, 1997
Mega Man 8 – PlayStation & Sega Saturn, 1996 (JP), 1997 (US)
Mega Man & Bass – Super Famicom, 1998; Game Boy Advance, 2002.
Mega Man 9 – WiiWare, PSN, XBLA 2008
Mega Man in Dr. Wily's Revenge – Game Boy, 1991
Mega Man II – Game Boy, 1992
Mega Man III – Game Boy, 1992
Mega Man IV – Game Boy, 1993
Mega Man V – Game Boy, 1994
Mega Man (US only) – Game Gear, 1995
Rockman & Forte Mirai kara no Chōsensha (Japan only) – WonderSwan, 1999
Rockman Battle & Fighters (Japan only) – Neo Geo Pocket Color, 2000


X:

Mega Man X – Super Famicom/SNES, PC, 1994
Mega Man X2 – Super Famicom/SNES, 1995
Mega Man X3 – Super Famicom/SNES, PC, PlayStation, Sega Saturn 1995,1996
Mega Man X4 – PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PC, 1997
Mega Man Xtreme – Game Boy Color, 2000
Mega Man X5 – PlayStation, PC, 2000
Mega Man Xtreme 2 – Game Boy Color, 2001
Mega Man X6 – PlayStation, PC (South Korean version only), 2001
Mega Man X7 – PlayStation 2, PC (South Korean version only), 2003
Mega Man X: Command Mission – GameCube, PlayStation 2, 2004
Mega Man X8 (Subtitle – Paradise Lost) – PlayStation 2, PC, 2004

Legends:

Mega Man Legends/Mega Man 64 – PlayStation, Nintendo 64, PC, PlayStation Portable (Japan only), 1997, 1998
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne – PlayStation, 1999, 2000
Mega Man Legends 2 – PlayStation, PC, PlayStation Portable (Japan only) 2000
Rock Man DASH - Grand 5 Island Adventure (Japan only) – Cell Phone, 2008

Battle Network:

Mega Man Battle Network – Game Boy Advance, 2001
Mega Man Network Transmission – GameCube, 2003
Mega Man Battle Network 2 – Game Boy Advance, 2001
Mega Man Battle Network 3 White Version – Game Boy Advance, 2003
Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue Version – Game Boy Advance, 2003
RockMan.EXE WS (Japan only) – WonderSwan, 2003
RockMan.EXE N1 Battle (Japan only) – WonderSwan, 2002
Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge – Game Boy Advance, 2002
Mega Man Battle Network 4 Red Sun – Game Boy Advance, 2004
Mega Man Battle Network 4 Blue Moon – Game Boy Advance, 2004
RockMan.EXE 4.5 Real Operation (Japan only) – Game Boy Advance, 2004
RockMan.EXE Phantom of Network (Japan only) – Cell Phone, 2004
RockMan.EXE The Medal Operation (Japan only) – Arcade, 2005
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team ProtoMan – Game Boy Advance, 2004
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel – Game Boy Advance, 2004
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team DS – Nintendo DS, 2005
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar – Game Boy Advance, 2005
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar – Game Boy Advance, 2005
RockMan.EXE Battle Chip Stadium (Japan only) – Arcade, 2006
RockMan.EXE Legend of Network (Japan only) – Cell Phone, 2006

Zero:

Mega Man Zero – Game Boy Advance, 2002
Mega Man Zero 2 – Game Boy Advance, 2003
Mega Man Zero 3 – Game Boy Advance, 2004
Mega Man Zero 4 – Game Boy Advance, 2005

ZX:

Mega Man ZX – Nintendo DS, 2006
Mega Man ZX Advent – Nintendo DS, 2007

Spinoffs:

Wily & Right's RockBoard: That's Paradise (Japan only) – Famicom, 1993
Mega Man's Soccer (Japan/US only) – Super NES, 1994
Mega Man Battle & Chase (Japan/Europe only until Mega Man X Collection) – PlayStation, 1997
Super Adventure Rockman (Japan only) – PlayStation/Sega Saturn, 1998

Re-releases:

Mega Man: The Wily Wars – Sega Mega Drive/Seganet for Sega Genesis, 1994
Rockman Complete Works (Japan only) – PlayStation, 1999
Rockman Battle and Fighters (Japan only) – Neo Geo Pocket Color, 2000
Mega Man & Bass – Game Boy Advance, 2002
Rockman Collection Special Box (Japan only) – PlayStation 2, 2003
Mega Man Anniversary Collection (North America only) – GameCube/PlayStation 2/Xbox, 2004
Rockman Power Battle Fighters (Japan only) – PlayStation 2, 2004
Mega Man Powered Up – PlayStation Portable, 2006
Mega Man X3 – PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PC, 1996
Rockman Collection Special Box – PlayStation 2, 2003
Mega Man X Collection (US only) – GameCube, PlayStation 2, 2005/2006
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X – PlayStation Portable, 2005
Rockman X, i-mode, 2007

Cell Phone games (if anyone cares):

* Mega Man, 2003
* Mega Man 2, 2007
* Rockman 3 Dr. Wily no Saigo!?, 2004
* Rockman 4 Arata Naru Yabō!!, 2005
* Rockman 5 Blues no Wana?!, 2006
* Rockman 6 Shijō Saidai no Tatakai!!, 2007
* Jump! Rockman, 2004
* Rockman Bug Sweeper, 2003
* Rockman Panic Fire, 2003
* Rockman Space Rescue, 2003
* Mega Man Rocket Christmas, 2003
* Rockman Slot, 2003
* Rockman GP, 2004
* Rockman Pinball, 2004
* Rockman DASH Golf, 2003
* Rockman DASH 15 Panel, 2002
* Kobun Flies?, 2001
* Tide Coming Kobun, 2001
* Kobun Assembly, 2001
* Watch Kobun, 2001
* RockMan.EXE: Phantom of Network, 2004
* RockMan.EXE: Legend of Network, 2006
* Rockman X, 2007
* Rockman DASH - Grand 5 Island Adventure, 2008


lists taken from wikipedia cause I'm lazy and a copy/paster

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So, please discuss this game, and tell me what your favorites and least favorites are. Thanks!

 

[Kuraudo]

Zero of the X series for life, yo.

 

[Minato]

I love the Mega Man series. They're one of my favorites.
Here's what I thought for each series.

Mega Man: Love it. First series, first of the series I played. MM 2 is my fave.
Mega Man X: Really liked X1-3. Never cared about the ones past that. Felt that they were boring.
Mega Man Legends: I love this series dearly. I really want MML3. Inafune promised us, and I'm still waiting.
Mega Man Battle Network: I love 1-3. The story was great, same goes for 6. 4 and 5 only had battles going for it.
Mega Man Zero: I really like how difficult the games were. IMO, they got to easy after each Zero game.
Mega Man ZX: The game was fun. I wish ZX2 did better financially so we could get a 3rd one already.
Mega Man Star Force: I didn't like it as much as the BN series, so I gave up on it.

 

[toon_marth]

I love the pokemon aspect Inafune implemented into BN. Starforce was just made to emulate that, IMO. Still haven't played SF3, though. I hope that one is better.

Also, I spent my entire summer of 2006 on Megaman Legends. Actually, I played 64, but whatever. I have Legends 2 but I lost my PSX memory card. How n00bish of me. But I still was REALLY disappointed with the length issues 2 had.

Edit: wait, we were promised a Legends 3?!

 

[Minato]

He promised that he'd give us Legends 3 one day. He said that he'd definitely do it before he dies.

 

[Clownbot]

Not to sound anal-retentive, but it's MEGA MAN, not MEGAMAN.

 

[Crazy_mofo213]

Mega Man's the ****!
I love the original and the X series. Didn't like the Battle Network/ZX series though.

 

[Aqua Rock X]

Ah, Mega Man. My absolute favorite series of anything (gaming, tv, books, movies, etc.)! However, I'll agree that it hasn't exactly been spectaculor for the past 5-10 years. Also, if you don't count remakes, the series hasn't had a console release since 2005 (Rockman X8 in Japan), so it's been reduced to a handheld series. Not that I hate handhelds, but I prefer consoles as looking down on a handheld for long tends to strain my neck.

Continuing Minato's trend...

Classic: I started with this series, and as most with MM2. My current favorite is MM8.

X: I think this might actually be my favorite series as of now. X4 is my favorite X game and favorite of the entire franchise.

Legends: I think this series has great potential, due to the high demand for a sequel. Legends 3 is currently my most wanted sequel, however, I'm highly doubtful that we'll ever get a Legends/DASH 3. I say this because such an epic occurrence is the stuff fantasies are made of.

Battle Network: Awesome series. I'm one of the few to say that BN5 is my favorite of the series. That's fine with me.

Zero: I've had mixed feelings with this series. I loved it at first, then I hated it because I felt that Zero was undeservingly stealing X's spotlight. Now, however, I love it for it's storyline contribution to the main timeline.

ZX: My least favorite branch of the MM tree. I love the music, gameplay and the idea of a female protagonist, but the story and characters just don't appeal to me as much. And I can't elaborate on it any more than this, but something just severely grates on me about having two protagonists with the SAME EXACT abilities and designs. I won't object to a sequel, but it's no major wound to me if we never get a ZX3.

Starforce: I loved the first game, but the second not so much. I just hope things are better with SF3.

My favorite character is usually classic Mega, X, or Voulnutt with the other two as my second and third. I think for now Voulnutt is my favorite.

 

[Lythium]

Mega Man 2. Pretty much the epitome of the Mega Man games.

Don't get me wrong, I love the series. I'm just going to say that Mega Man is difficult. Cheaply difficult. The only way you can beat Mega Man is through memorization.

 

[Minato]

Mega Man 2. Pretty much the epitome of the Mega Man games.

Don't get me wrong, I love the series. I'm just going to say that Mega Man is difficult. Cheaply difficult. The only way you can beat Mega Man is through memorization.

Nah, while memorization is a big part of it, I disagree.
Having quick reaction time is the biggest factor for me.

I beat Mega Man 9 with only one gameover my first time. Granted, I've been religiously playing MM Classic as a child.

 

[Lythium]

That's quite impressive. I'm suitably jealous.

 

[toon_marth]

The difficulty of MM9 really surprised me. I was expecting something like 5 or 6 as far as difficulty goes, but we got a Mega Man 2 with every stage having the difficulty and frustration levels of that of Ice Man's stage from MM1. Also, female robot master ftw! Splash Woman has to be one of my favorite RMs just because her stage is pure awesomeness. I must say I like her stage more than Bubble Man's stage. :o

edit @ Minato: Now that is impressive. The only original game I've ever done that with is MM7.

 

[Clownbot]

Thanks for, erm, editing the title, TM.

Am I the only person here who didn't think MMX7 was a piece of crap? Just askin'.

 

[toon_marth]

Thanks for, erm, editing the title, TM.

Am I the only person here who didn't think MMX7 was a piece of crap? Just askin'.

No problem. As for X7, I will say that I thoroughly enjoyed the 3D aspects they put into this game. I liked the stage layouts, the boss theme, and the weapons alright. One thing that I didn't like, however, was the half-hearted cel-shading. And Axl's voice. Axl was much much much cooler in Command Mission. Which is another favorite of mine.

 

[Minato]

I do have to say MM9 is dang hard though. I don't think I could do that well if I tried it again.
I died at one of the Wily stages. I didn't have a Wii at the time so I had to use a... 360 controller. That's what gave me problems.

ZX games were hard for me because of the bosses.

A lot of people seem to love the X series. I don't hate it, but I think I should replay X4 and beyond again.
I do have to say that I'm not that good at the X games. Don't know why.

EDIT: LOL at the new thread title. Poor Clownbot...

 

[toon_marth]

I do have to say MM9 is dang hard though. I don't think I could do that well if I tried it again.
I died at one of the Wily stages. I didn't have a Wii at the time so I had to use a... 360 controller. That's what gave me problems.

ZX games were hard for me because of the bosses.

A lot of people seem to love the X series. I don't hate it, but I think I should replay X4 and beyond again.

The stages are where I always fail in mega man games. I'm pretty good at bosses. Especially in ZX Advent. My least favorite of the PSX X games would have to be X6. It just feels so uninspired.

It seems like it would be easier on a 360 controller. Well, easier than holding the Wii Remote sideways. That's how I play it, lol.

 

[Sinatra']

oh mannn, best series is the megaman zero one IMO, and mega man 5 was pretty awesome I've never played 2-4 so I don't about those and 6-8 were pretty dumb... Megaman X 1 was pretty cool didn't really like the others though...

 

[Eternal Yoshi]

X6 wasn't directed by the series' original director, Kenji Itafune(If I spelled it right).

He dislike the story of X6 so much, he retconned it out of canon.

I only played Mega Man X1 out of the X series.

I played, finished and enjoyed Mega Man 1 and 2, and I am currently playing 3.

 

[Caleb Wolfbrand]

oh my god, Eternal Yoshi, your avatar... sheep in the big city... oh god yes

anyway
I like the X games in order or 3, 4, 2, 6, 1, 5.
I like Mega Man 2 and 3 a lot but not many others. 5 was pretty okay if I recall. For some reason, I just know I hate 4.

If anybody here has never heard of the bad "The Megas" I suggest you look them up. Changed my whole perspective on all the Mega Man 2 bosses.

 

[Terra~]

The music is so good in Mega Man games. And the X games are great for learning to press A with the side of your index :D

 

[Dodongo]

I will never be happy until another Mega Man Legends comes out.

 

[toon_marth]

The music is so good in Mega Man games. And the X games are great for learning to press A with the side of your index :D

Yeah it is! And my favorite soundtrack from each series is as follows:

Original: Megaman 2- Just epic

X: Mega Man X Command Mission- Probably my favorite mega man OST of all time. Pretty snazzy battle tunes and reploid themes. Level themes were great, too.

Legends: Legends 2- The tracks just appealed to me a bit more.

Battle Network: BN5- The techno in this game seems to surpass the others.

Zero: MMZ2- Hardest game in the series, and probably my least favorite for all the time I spent trying to get better, but nice soundtrack nonetheless.

Starforce: Starforce 1. The other two are just remixed versions of tunes from the first.

ZX: MMZX: Advent. Mainly because I've never played the first.

I suggest you all do the same. Glory to The Rebellion Mega Man Music!

 

[Sinatra']

Mega man 2 was bad *** for the NES!!! you know what? I they should put mega man in smash since he originated on the original nintendo console... and mega man x 1 was also bad *** didn't care for the rest...

the mega man zero series was my favorite, even though I prefer X, but I guess a saber just doesn't suit X...

 

[SharkAttack]

If my Playstation would have never broke I would have gotten to play MegaMan X5. I've never played X5 and have only seen it once. It looked fun. The only one I've ever beaten was X4.

I've gotten to Sigma in X1, X2 and X3 and can't beat him. Sigma is my all time hardest boss I guess. Dr. Doppler in X3 was easy as cake. I beat him on my first try.

 

[toon_marth]

If my Playstation would have never broke I would have gotten to play MegaMan X5. I've never played X5 and have only seen it once. It looked fun. The only one I've ever beaten was X4.

I've gotten to Sigma in X1, X2 and X3 and can't beat him. Sigma is my all time hardest boss I guess. Dr. Doppler in X3 was easy as cake. I beat him on my first try.

X5 is probably the best one on the PSX. If you liked X4, you might not like this one as much, but you'll like it a WHOLE lot better than X6, which, IMO is the second worst in the X series, right under X7. X7 with its stupid X and his constant "we shouldn't be fighting" crap was really getting on my nerves . Axl sounded like an 8 year-old and Zero was dumb. Worst crap ever. X8 was slightly better, but with dumb bosses (not as dumb as X7) and better graphics and sound, but was entirely too short due to lack of difficulty. On the other hand, the stages in X7 seem a lot more inspired than the ones in X8, the only one in X8 that is truly inventive being the one where you ride the jet bike. The only X game I truly enjoyed on the PS2 was X Command Mission, which is still a better game when played with the gamecube controller.

 

[Sinatra']

X4 had to be my least favorite out of all of them... I don't understand why people like that one so much, X sounds like a little kid, and when he's wall jumping it sounds like he's saying "poop" and Zero's voice sounds a bit odd also... and Mega man Zero 2 didn't seem very hard at all... Zero 1 was pretty difficult though.

 

[G U R U]

Command mission was amazing! **** now I wanna play it again

 

[lordvaati]

oh my god, Eternal Yoshi, your avatar... sheep in the big city... oh god yes

anyway
I like the X games in order or 3, 4, 2, 6, 1, 5.
I like Mega Man 2 and 3 a lot but not many others. 5 was pretty okay if I recall. For some reason, I just know I hate 4.

If anybody here has never heard of the bad "The Megas" I suggest you look them up. Changed my whole perspective on all the Mega Man 2 bosses.

4 was the easiest of the classics, so that might be why. I mean, that Dr. Cossack Boss fight was just fail. and the final Wily fights were a pain until you used the right weapon, then it was a cakewalk(but at least it was tougher then the last fight in MM3.)

 

[toon_marth]

Command mission was amazing! **** now I wanna play it again

Only thing I didn't like was the ending. What's WITH that ending?!

Spoiler

Anyone wanting to discuss it's ending PLEASE use spoiler tags.

 

[Shadow13]

(but at least it was tougher then the last fight in MM3.)

Only with the Top Spin. Search Snake you at least have to attack him more. Capcom probably thought that nobody would use Top Spin because they never used it for anyhing else except Shadowman.

MM3 is my fave, Rush Jet is so epic compared to item 2
Overall though, MM2 and MM3 were the best. So fun and no master bots like Dust Man or Charge Man. My fave master bot is Snakeman, because he has epic music and is cool. Metal Man was pretty awesome, too. Just don't like Heatman though .

 

[binki4]

i am intersting of megaman and my favorite series are

MEGAMAN

LEGENDS

STARFORCE


the games that i have are my favorite is

megaman 9 and starforce 3 red joker

but i finish starforce 3 last summer and megaman9 i can't beat it it so hardest of this game but legends games i played legends 1 on my psp but it japaneese i like to play it on virtual console when it comes.
legends 2 i had't play it but i get it on playstation network but i getting a slim ps3 this year and for legends 3 i can't take that long when it going to be developed this is why we waiting for legends 3and inafune was lazy and forget and ignored about LEGENDS 3 and i sick of waiting so i like the megaman series it better and so of nintendo series , capcom series, konami series, namco series, and square-enix series

 

[Shade613]

Are there any megaman 2 remakes?

 

[toon_marth]

Are there any megaman 2 remakes?

Okiedokielookoutta...BUUUMP!

As far as I know, there aren't any current remakes. They've ported it to the Gamecube with Anniversary Collection and made a cell phone version... but that's about it, I think.

 

[Evil Iggy]

The thread looks old, but I'll try anyway...

First off, let me start by saying how AWESOME the mega man series and all the derivatives are. X is by far my favorite (love the level design, the powers, and zero's abnormally large head at the beginning stage), but I must say that the series really died around X5. Megaman Zero 1-4 were pretty good, and the NES series is classic, but nothing will beat X.

Also, storm tornado > meta knight's tornado

 

[Mechmainiac]

i am intersting of megaman and my favorite series are

MEGAMAN

LEGENDS

STARFORCE


the games that i have are my favorite is

megaman 9 and starforce 3 red joker

but i finish starforce 3 last summer and megaman9 i can't beat it it so hardest of this game but legends games i played legends 1 on my psp but it japaneese i like to play it on virtual console when it comes.
legends 2 i had't play it but i get it on playstation network but i getting a slim ps3 this year and for legends 3 i can't take that long when it going to be developed this is why we waiting for legends 3and inafune was lazy and forget and ignored about LEGENDS 3 and i sick of waiting so i like the megaman series it better and so of nintendo series , capcom series, konami series, namco series, and square-enix series

hey do you have the first starforce atm in looking for brothers

 

[Kei_Takaro]

What does everybody else think of this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzljIuMf4k8
Korean only as of the moment, don't see much of the online aspect in the video (then again it's early beta so lets count on something)

 

[LordAizen]

Megaman is my favorite video gaming series ever. I started with X1(My first game ever for the SNES) and I made it to Sigma when I was 6(couldn't beat him lol) and I would constantly rent X2 but i never got far in that one(I made it to Wheel gator but he killed me). I also played X4(didn't like it as a kid but now it's grown on me), X5(Love this game with a passion), Megaman 8(Love it too). In total I have

Classic: Megaman Anniversary Collection, Megaman and Bass, Megaman Powered up, Megaman and Bass

X: X1, X4, X5, X Collection, X7, X8, Megaman Maverick Hunter X

Zero: Zero 2, Zero 3, Zero 4, Zero Collection

ZX: ZX, ZX Advent

Battle Network, Battle Network 1, 2, 3, 4 Red sun, 5 Protoman and colonel, 6 Falzar(I lost gregar )

Starforce: Starforce 1 Pegasus, Starforce 2 Ninja, Starforce 3 Black Ace.

Of all those games I've beaten every one of them multiple times and I can honestly say no Megaman game gives me difficulty anymore(But that doesn't mean i'm a pro, that I can beat a game without taking a hit the whole game, i've tried on X1 and I could only make it through chill penguin and Flame mammoth and then i got hit ) If I had to rank series I would rank them X > Classic > Zero > BN >=/< ZX > Starforce. Unfortunately I have never played Megaman Legends Also I've beaten Xtreme and Xtreme2 but they were emulators since I can't find the games D: and I beat Megaman 2 for the GBC, Megaman 3 for the GBC is currently the only Megaman game in the entire franchise that i've ever played and haven't beaten to this day(I only played it for like 10 minutes lol)

My top 10 megaman games are

1. Megaman X(Favorite X game, Favorite Megaman game, Favorite game of all time <3 )
2. Megaman X5
3. Megaman 8
4. Megaman X2
5. Megaman 7
6. Megaman 9
7. Megaman Zero 3
8. Megaman 10
9. Megaman Zero
10. Megaman ZXA

 

[StealthyGunnar]

megaman rocks! im pretty sure it was the original series ive played. those were awesome!

crashman for best stage music?

 

[OmegaXXII]

So what's the BEST Megaman game in general to get started? I really need to play his games, I've never play one

Anything for PSX or PS2 would be nice.

 

[StealthyGunnar]

http://nintendo8.com/game/512/mega_man_2/

this site has some mega man games! they all rock!