I agree that everything in the later series is better, except for the soundtrack. Megaman 2 has the best soundtrack among all the other Megamans for the NES.
The thing is that Mega Man 2 is the sole reason the sequels exist. So you gotta give credit where it's due. The history and development of the game is a pretty interesting read. I also found the music to be one of the more memorable parts of the game. :)
I think that we should just let popular opinion from gamers decide whether this game is "overrated" or not. The fact is that "Mega Man 2" is widely regarded as one of the best games for the NES, and a game doesn't just get that status by pure chance - it needs to have something very, very appealing about it to become that popular. I vividly remember that this game was super-popular among both myself and several of my friends way back in 1994, when we were 8 years old, in other words, before anyone had had any real chance to develop any "nostalgia" for it. I saw this game for the first time when I followed my mother to a friend's house and visited him in his room for a while, and he played this game (Metal Man's stage, I think) and I thought that it seemed so awesome that I immediately asked to borrow it, and then I bought it from him a couple years later. And I know other people who had similar reactions, even way back then, so there is clearly something very special about it, and it clearly does a lot of things right. The soundtrack is arguably considered excellent as well, and most people would agree about that.
I remember playing this as a kid in the mid 80s, and metalman pointing and having his life bar appear with that music was so dam cool. It's still dam cool at 39.
This stage has one of the easiest E-tanks in the entire series; it literally just lies there at the beginning of the stage and waits for you, and the conveyor belt doesn't even send you towards the pit or anything.
I never got why couldn't jump through the chains of the Presses. How are the chains damaging to Mega Man? I suppose its the same logic used in all video games, where everything that is in some way against you is somehow harmful to touch, no matter how nonsencical it is.
I remember playing MM3 on the NES. You could plug in the second controller and hold down the arrow (left if I remember, but I probably do not). Then you could jump really high and go down holes without damage. If you were down a hole and lost all your life, the soundtrack would shut off; you could however jump back out of the hole (with no health) and run around almost-invincible (spikes can kill you and so can holes if you let go of the button on the second controller). I used to hold the second controller button with my toe... I wonder if any of those quirks translated over into the emulators or remakes?
It was right, not left. But that effect is correct! Super useful in Doc Needle's stage if you wanted a cheap way out. Not that the 2 Big mets and Crash Man are hard...use 5 Shadow Blades on the Mets BTW they'll take out the cannons in 1 hit, and 4 Hard Knuckles (obscurely 7 Top Spins) take down Crash Man.
you've done so many mega man games i've lost track of which ones you have done, i will enjoy watching this one especially when you get to heat and quick man's stages, great vid pink
I think there are 2 perspectives here. People who played Mega Man 2 when it was a new game. And people who were born many years after it launched. There’s no right or wrong, but the perspectives are so different you can’t compare the two. I’m glad I was born (late 70’s) at the best time for gaming. Being able to live through all of the generations.
I find MM2's music to be the most memorable and enjoyable of the classic series. There are so many themes which are iconically "Megaman", not the least of which being Wily's Castle theme. Perhaps that is the reason for it's popularity. Hyadain might have something to do with this too... gay robots amuse me to no end. If you don't know who Hyadain is, search him on RU-vid and be amazed.
The Metal Blade isn't entirely broken. All of the bosses that you would fight with the Metal Blade all have a second weakness. Bubble Man - Quick Boomerang Wood Man - Atomic Fire Flash Man - Crash Bombs Metal Man - Quick Boomerang
I have to agree with you that Mega Man 2 is not as superior to other Mega Man games. But it is, overall (like you said), a good game with good music and fun to play. It was also the first Mega Man game I ever played. In my opinion, I've enjoyed Mega Man 3 and 4 the best.
Many people like Mega Man 2 because they grew up with it. If you 1st had the Atari 2600 as a small child then got an 8-Bit NES for X-Mas or a birthday in middle school then it was THE MOST AWESOME THING EVER. The music, fun gameplay and graphics were outstanding for MM2, Rygar, Castlevania 1 etc. Other MM games were great but added other things that evolved it into another creature so to speak or were MM2 on steroids. By the N64 years graphics had flattened out an ceased to wow so this game stands out but I can see why people born in the 90s might not think it special.
Hey! I seem to like Megaman 3, 9, and 4 better than Megaman 2 as well. Weird, huh? But it may be because the Robot Masters in those games were better balanced out and the stages just as neatly designed, if not more so.
Though not the best Mega Man game, even on the NES, I consider it the second best, just behind Mega Man 6. Like all games in the series, it's hard and requires good timing, but it had some of the most satisfying obstacles to traverse. But regardless of whether you're using save states or raw skill, I recommend trying to get the Metal Blades first; they don't work on all enemies, but what it does kill, it does so very efficiently. The buzzsaws are OP in levels where there are enemies that are not on the same level of elevation as you because they can even shoot diagonally. But what makes it really OP is the fact that the ammo usage is very low; I yeeted 4 saws before the meter started to deplete. In many ways, this game set the standard for other Mega Man games, but there are instances where it stands out.
I like to be more of a completionist and get all etanks and extra lives, so Metal comes a bit later in my order, but once i have it, you don't see Mega-Man in his standard blue much after that. Metal Blade just wrecks almost everything!
*door opens and closes* "Time to cut you down to size, Mega Man!" _Later that day_ 'Hi Rock! You're home a little early... how did the fight go with Metal Man?' He tripped. _About a couple hours ago_ *_"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"_*
3:42 Do you want to try something cool? There is a way to get that energy pellet and making that jump WITHOUT items 1 or 2 AND WITHOUT dying by falling in the endless pit: Jump at the last possible moment without touching the ceiling, then as soon as you pass the ceiling, pause the game, then re-start again, let Mega Man jump for a short fraction of a second and repeat this procedure again several times. This will "reset" position meaning he will increase the height jumped and make the distance he jumps longer than the normal jump. This trick works only as long as you haven't activated a weapon where you cannot pause, or when you have the Flashman Time Stopper activated
I don't know about Shadow or Gemini (not that I dislike them or anything, but I have rarely seen people mention them on the net), but Snake Man, Top Man and the boss theme, are definitely iconic songs from Mega Man 3.
MM9- My personal favorite. (I'm going to get hate for this, but I don't care) Tries to be too mush like MM2, but I like how much more challenging this game is. This game also has some of the best weapons in the series. While still being very difficult, it's a fun challenge MM10- Not only does this game have one of my favorite songs in the whole series, but it also has very fun gameplay with the addition of Bass. Not to mention containing one of the worse Mega Man puns ever...
3:23 Blockys don't do that in really Megaman 2 NES game. I have that game to NES and i played it in comp too, but why blockys do that? I never see they doing that.. You download the game somewhere?
Fun fact: if you beat metal man with metal blade, it will eventually make him lose half of his own health. My opinion: in mega man three, you have to fight metal man in spark man's stage but I knew the metal blade hack before I played mega man three, so I had grabbed shadow blade and started to fight him, but it did not do much. REMEMBER!
I'm telling you i love this game a lot and i still keep playing because of the music that this game has and i beat the entire game like 5 or 7 times already and i enjoy this game alot. Its completely fantasic👍👍👍👍 and i am also a mega man expert on all mega man games except for 4, 5, 7, and 8. And also i like the mega man x series.
Strange that there is much hype about this game? FACT: It is the best Megaman on nes, and set the standard for following megaman with 8 bosses and so on, it´s simply awesome!
Couldn't agree more! never has been a game in the entire series which has received more false accolades than mega man 2. in my opinion I reckon 3 wins the best game hands down for both game play and ESPECIALLY music (at least in the 8-bit series anyway).
Another good thing about Megaman 2 is all of the different weaknesses and strategies to use on the Robot Masters. Pretty much everyone has their own Robot Master order so everyone plays it differently. My RM order is: Metal Bubble Heat Wood Air Crash Flash Quick
I suspect you weren't using the start glitch in your runs, but using said glitch actually allows you to obtain that E-Tank near the end of the stage. :)
I think 2 is a big favorite because it's the most playable of the original series. With a Normal mode to make it much easier, plus some overpowered weapons and a lot of good "starting points" for robots to beat with the buster, it's one of the best ones for a novice gamer to pick up and play. I'll gladly admit 3 and 7 are better games, but given the choice, I'd still rather play 2. The fact it's before the Robot Masters started getting REALLY dumb doesn't hurt it, either.
Oh, also...ha, Pink, you use the same strategy for Metal Man that I do. Of course, it works a lot better the second time around, when there is no conveyor belt to worry about.
Did you play it as a kid, when it came out? People love Mega Man 2 because the quality of the combined graphics, gameplay, and music were basically unheralded at the time outside of first-party Nintendo games.
This is planned to be the BEST weapon as it was said in the megaman.wikia.com page, because it is the weakness of BubbleMan, FlashMan and MetalMan(It can only happen in Wily fortress) and can heavily damage other Robot Masters as well
Well, I only played Megaman 1, 2, 3 and 9 (from the classic ones), and I don't know which one is better, 2 or 3... But 2 have the best soundtrack in my opinion!
Aside from the tin-can stack bots throwing thier tin cans at you before regenerating and resuming before you kill them again, I honestly can't tell the difference between normal and difficult modes.
The only reason people usally go for metal man first is he has no weakness except for his won blades. However, I prefer you do quick man first, cause metal ma is semi weak to the bommerang.
I used to play Metal Man's Stage first but then when I realized Air Man had no collectibles I went for them first. Now I debate on which one I use first, Air or Flash Man, because Flash Man makes airman easier and Airman makes Metal Man easier.
They do in difficult mode. I play only on a real NES, not an emulator, and they do the same thing on mine as they do for PinkKittyRose, but not on regular mode, only on difficult. You can see at 1:06 that she selects difficult, so that explains it.
OP theme = BOSS. I'll agree with you there, though; 3 had 2 beat in almost every category. IMO only 5 had a better soundtrack of the Classic-Mega-Man-Games-That-Are-Not-2.
dang, that stage is easy. I've played it without a Nintendo cause I don't have a Nintendo. How did I play it without a Nintendo? because when I was 8, I saw this website with Nintendo games online.
WC2 isn't the only good theme, though. The Title Theme is great too (Ok, maybe not quite as good as MM3). Bubble Man, Metal Man, Air Man, hell, even Crash Man. I can't really think of any other classic MM game that has consistently good and memorable music across the board, except perhaps MM9.
This game to me is the most memorable by far. This game to me has the best soundtrack in the series, but it's not my favorite game overall. This is my view of the mega man classics MM1- hard as s***, but fun MM2- fun, awesome music, and a MM game for everyone MM3- is fun, but the Doc Robots piss me off MM4- My 3rd favorite despite it being crapped on alot MM5- probably the most underrated MM6- ...weird, but fun MM7- meh MM8- Pink makes the case for me
People always like to call the original of long-running series the best game. But since MM1 was pretty bad, MM2 becomes the first game by default and therefore the "best".
Still one of the best games in the series, but I feel 9 & 10 elevated Mega Man 2's design to much a higher caliber; the level design in both games, I feel, have made this game feel slightly dated by comparison. Inti Creates knows how to design the series properly.
I think MM2 is considered good because it's easier to pick up and play, at least for a first timer, since there's the easy mode. I admit it may be overhyped, and it's the only one I've played, but I thought it was great, and it's made me want to pick up 3, 4 and 5
Well, I'm one of those people who likes Mega Man 2 the best. I have my reasons, such as good music, decent weapons, and most of all, it's easier. Given, I play on the easier difficulty setting, and were I to play on the harder one, the Robot Masters would take 1 or 2 damage from the buster rather than 2 or 4, which would probably make it nothing special as far as difficulty goes. I actually didn't really care for Mega Man 3, mainly because those stupid Doc Robot stages make the game too long.
It's not a good game at all as it is when you're back to your childhood trying to face this hell... That's why megaman is my favorite game of all times, and just that
I hated this game in the beginning and after I "mastered" the mechanics this game is not that bad. I can't wait for the switch version though. Should be easier than the original version.
