The Mega Man Mega Thread: Type, for everlasting debate!

Ashley Winchester wrote:

Sami wrote:

Megaman & Bass was good, and the CD collection was an AWESOME feature. And I played the GBA version...

Any game that calls one of it's characters  - Dr.Light - a Douchie (sic) isn't all bad.

Easily one of the sloppiest localizations I've ever seen.

My biggest gripes with MM7 was with it's sound as a whole. Every sound effect feels wishy washy and artificial compared to the crunches, impacts and booms in SNES MMX series, particularly Megamans' charging up sound. I also dislike almost the entire soundtrack with the exception of Shade Man. Otherwise, the game is good stuff, just definitely lower tier for me.

Angela wrote:

In truth, I've always found the robot master boss themes to be the weakest link in the Mega Man music chain.  Most of them feel like afterthoughts to the far superior stage themes on display, but there are those that stand out better than others.

Agreed. However, this boss theme medley from the Rockman Rock album is great.

Last edited by Zane (Sep 02, 2010)

Boss tunes, you say?

MM4GB Wily Boss
MM3 RM Boss
MM5 Final Boss
MM6 Final Boss
MM4 Final Boss
MM8 Boss (PS1)
Powered Up RM Boss
MM9 Boss
MM10 Wily Machine
MM7 Final Boss
MM2
MM9 Final Boss
MM5GB Sunstar
MM8 Bass
MM7 Bass
MM7 RM Boss = MM7 Wily Boss
MM5GB Stardroid Boss
MM1GB
MM8 Woodman
MM6 RM Boss
MM3 Wily Boss
Powered Up Wily Boss
MM10 Wily Capsule
MM3 Wily Boss (Wily Wars)
MM8 Cutman
--- <- (I'm OK with everything above this line)
MM8 Boss (Sat)
MM10 RM Boss
MM&B RM Boss (GBA)
MM10 Wily Boss
MM8 Wily Battle
MM3 RM Boss (Wily Wars)
MM1 Wily Boss (Wily Wars)
MM8 Duo
MM8 Miniboss (PS1)
MM8 Miniboss (Sat)
MM3GB First Half Boss
MM5 Boss
MM1 RM Boss = MM1 Wily Boss
Wily Wars Genesis Unit/Wily Tower Boss
MM3GB Second Half Boss
MM4 Boss
MM8 Final Boss
MM4GB Ballade
MM&B RM Boss (SNES)
MM&B Final King et al (GBA)
MM2 (Wily Wars)
MM1 RM Boss (Wily Wars)
MM&B Final King et al (SNES)
MM2GB

That's not every single one, of course, but hopefully close enough. If you pare that to just the RM standards from the core titles, it's:

MM3 > MM8 (PS1) > MM9 > MM2 > MM7 > MM6 > MM8 (Saturn) > MM10 > MM5 > MM1 > MM4

Yeah, I kind of have a soft spot for the MM8 one (at least the PlayStation take).

Angela wrote:

They're great for a laugh, and certainly accurate in terms of illustrating each RM's weaknesses

I think Metal Man is the best one for obvious reasons.

Smeg wrote:

Metal Blades on Flash Man? What?

It's true, isn't it?  Mangum himself explains:

"Mega Man 2's system of weaknesses was.... not nearly as straightforward.  So Metal Man is half of the Robot Master's weaknesses (including himself.)  It messed up the whole dynamic I did for the other group shots, but I managed to find someway to screw everyone over."

He's even got Quick Man suffering from both the Flash Stopper AND the Crash Bombs.

Last edited by Angela (Sep 05, 2010)

Smeg wrote:

Never tried Crash Bombs on Quick Man either - he moves way too fast for that.

Actually, the fact he moves so fast (too fast) that he ends up running up against the walls blindlessly gives you the opening to use the Crash Bombs on him. It's a better option the second time around (in the boss teleporter room because the room) is flat.

But yeah, I don't usually have the "Clash Bombs" during the first battle w/Quick man either.

Ashley Winchester wrote:

But yeah, I don't usually have the "Clash Bombs" during the first battle w/Quick man either.

I don't usually have them in the second battle, because the turret room depletes the whole bar. I guess you could get blast all the door, suicide, refill through grinding and then take out the boss and move on, but that leaves you with only two shots, and it takes about four or five to bring Quicky down.

I think I've mentioned this elsewhere, but the way I usually play is:
Woodman (stand on top of him and shoot through the shield, WOOOO - but it's risky) -> Airman -> Crashman -> Quickman -> Metalman (Boomerangs being his weakness outside his own weapon...what a tool) -> Bubbleman -> Heatman -> Flashman (no matter how you use Atomic Fire, you can't kill him, but putting in the last shots with the Buster seems right, for some reason). Then Boomerang the Dragon, Blade the Blockroom, Boomerang the Gutsdozer, Bomb the Turrets, Blade open Wily's cockpit, Air Shoot into his face and Bubble his toy at the end.

Anybody do theirs differently?

SonicPanda wrote:

Anybody do theirs differently?

Since you asked:

Air Man
Crash Man
Flash Man
Quick Man (use Air Shooter after Flash Stopper runs out)
Metal Man
Bubble Man
Heat Man
Wood Man

I use the plain ol' arm cannon to take down the dragon because he's so dang easy. Metal Man gets a taste of his own medicine the second time around of course, and I guess I'll start offering those same meds to Flash Man (as you noted, Crash Bombs are out of stock at that point).

Re: Roll Costume in Mega Man 9:

All it does is changes Roll's outfit in the shop screen?

It doesn't allow you to PLAY AS Roll?

How is that not a rip-off? Especially at 200 Screws? (-_0);

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My path through Mega Man II?

Metal -> Flash -> Quick -> Bubble -> Heat -> Wood -> Air -> Crash

I always thought Crash was the hardest, so I always saved him for last; while the other bosses follow a set pattern no matter what you do, Crash HOMES IN on you, and his actions are variable according to what you do; the bosses, they just fire, jump to the other side of the room, fire, jump to the other side of the room! Well, Flash also homes in on you, and does Quick Man, but they're not as powerful as Crash Man.

I've been going through the challenge of fighting each of these bosses the first time, using only the Plasma Cannon, and no Energy Tanks, on Difficult Mode. So far, I've wasted 4 of them. Now, a real challenge would be to go through the entire game without dying once!

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P.S. I always thought the Mega Man games would've been even BETTER if each set of Robot Masters followed a common theme: I liked how all Mega Man VI's bosses were all ethnically infused, and the Gameboy version of Mega Man V, the bosses were inspired by the 9 planets of our Milky Way Galaxy.

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P.S.S. I, too, once used to think Dr. Wily was called "Dr. Willy," and then discovered that wily was actually a real word, and not that they'd spelled "Willy" wrong. Hah, "Dr. Willy..." that makes him sound REALLY intimidating, doesn't it?

P.S.S.S. Okay, Wood Man's actually really damn hard. You can dodge the Leaf Shield he throws at you, but then a rain of leaves comes down from the sky, and those fluttering little nasties are pretty much impossible to dodge. Add to the fact that it's impossible to jump over Woody without getting hurt, and he probably takes the least amount of damage from your Plasma Cannon out of all the bosses, and he's just one hard tree to cut down...ironic how the robot made out of wood might be the hardest out of them, while the bastard that throws SAW BLADES at you is the EASIEST boss in the game...even easier than the guy who shoots BUBBLES at you.

Last edited by Bernhardt (Sep 06, 2010)

Bernhardt wrote:

P.S. I always thought the Mega Man games would've been even BETTER if each set of Robot Masters followed a common theme: I liked how all Mega Man VI's bosses were all ethnically infused, and the Gameboy version of Mega Man V, the bosses were inspired by the 9 planets of our Milky Way Galaxy.

Pretty sure there are a ton more planets in the Milky Way than that.

Razakin wrote:

My order for beating the bosses in Megaman 2 is all at the same time.

That was wicked, but he totally cheated! You can't interrupt the Flash Stopper once it starts till the weapon energy is completely drained

Amazingu wrote:

Smeg wrote:

Bernhardt wrote:

P.S. I always thought the Mega Man games would've been even BETTER if each set of Robot Masters followed a common theme: I liked how all Mega Man VI's bosses were all ethnically infused, and the Gameboy version of Mega Man V, the bosses were inspired by the 9 planets of our Milky Way Galaxy.

Pretty sure there are a ton more planets in the Milky Way than that.

I'm sure Bernie just forgot the term Solar System for a moment.

Even so, it would actually be 8 of course.
Poor Pluto.

Yeah, Solar System. I'll always consider Pluto part of our 9 planets, just for the sake of nostalgia; I'll just have to remember that's actually WRONG when I talk to someone with actual scientific knowledge on the subject...