Mega Man: The Wily Wars review - Segadrunk 

My two thoughts this morning: "God, I love Megaman." "God, I hope SNESdrunk drops another video soon." Good day.

Remember when compilation rereleases had effort put into them, and something new to offer?

My neighbor had Sega Channel back in the day.... I remember us all tripping out when we saw this on the download list for that month. "Mega Man on Genesis? WHAT?"

I wish they would have made a "Wily Wars 2" that had mega man 4, 5, and 6 with the 16 bit touch up.

Back in college I had a roommate who was obsessed with MegaMan. I mean obsessed to the point he knew every pixel and could literally play the games blind folded, and would have to give himself handicaps to make the game more challenging. Stuff like taking a shot every time he died, or having to play one handed, the guy was insane. I watched him play Wily Wars back in the day (Wow, over 10yrs ago now..), and he would regularly point out the flaws. The only one I can remember was that the game had a minor balancing issue with weapon damage, and the game had more slow down than the original NES versions, making many of the bosses and fights substantially easier.

I didn't know about the unlockables. I need to play this again.

I think the new bosses are also supposed to be based on character's from the Chinese epic Journey to the West. I think Buster Rod G. is supposed to be a robot Son Goku.

Mega Man on the Mega Drive makes so much sense

Currently this is my favorite game to play on the Genesis Mini, and that's in large part due to the Wily Tower section and the ability to customize your weapons inventory. I don't much care for the arrangement of the music on the Metal Man and Quick Man stages, but I don't have much to gripe about otherwise.

On a whim, I decided to play Wily Wars via the Sega Genesis app on Nintendo Switch Online. I've been playing games since I got my first Nintendo in 1986, but this is my first exposure to Mega Man -- emulated on a Genesis on a Switch. Anyway, I beat Mega Man 3 (with a lot of help from modern conveniences) and it was fun! I can't imagine how an 8-year-old would have done it 30 years ago.

Megaman fan here and I don't understand why this compilation gets so much hate. Its really great being able to play a 16 bit remake that has more effort put into it than ninja gaiden trilogy

Squidward: “Who wants to watch SNES Drunk at 4:00 in the morning?!” Me: Oh boy, 4:00am!

This game by itself is making me want the sega genesis mini.

Another solid and quick video from my fellow Minnesotan.. This is an awesome thing to compare back and forth with, if anybody is curious about three ~ 20 min videos comparing them from start to finish and talking about the difference in strategies with some parts of the games too... it’ll definitely be fun for anybody that wants to see THAT much of Wily Wars.

I love your videos. They're the perfect length too imo.

Nowadays, you can play the genesis port of the Nintendo games on a Nintendo system through Nintendo Switch Online! What a time to be alive

If you play it in Regen you can remove all the slowdown (increase cpu cycles) and use some GG codes for more authentic shooting and movement.

"You can beat Mega Man, Mega Man 2, and Mega Man 3 in any order." Hell no, I can't! And I've been trying for years!

Another minor thing is that you can't seem to open the menu until all your projectiles are off the screen

Holy crap, this is the music from the opening of Abobo's Big Adventure! I hadn't recognized it before!

Also was released in japan, not just in Europe. Great video!!

Not only Europe 0:19! In Japan was a physical release in 1994! And like US, Australia got it for Sega Channel.

Maybe it's because I looked up the boss weaknesses beforehand, but I found the new bosses to be incredibly easy.

This is great, but there's one little complication. It's nothing major, but in Mega Man 2 there isn't a difficulty option. So, instead of remaking MM2 from the normal difficulty, they made the game default to the difficult mode.

I've yet to be disappointed by a SNES drunk video.

I do feel kinda bad for starting these wars, but glad you all had fun.

There's EEPROM save, NOT battery.

It was released for the Megadrive in Japan, titled "Rockman: Mega World"

This has been on my list of repros to get eventually. Great review!

I never knew about this game , thanks a lot about to download it today after work .

When I got the Sega Genesis mini 3 years ago, I couldn't imagine playing MegaMan on Sega with a Genesis controller! Its definitely worth checking it out! However, in terms of gameplay, I think the NES versions win just because they feel so much tighter and easier to control!

I playing Rockman Mega World back in 2002-2004, so much memories! This is my first Rockman game ever

Ahhhhh the Sega Channel....that shit blew my mind when I was a kid

I finally played this pretty recently after knowing about it for years. I'm a huge, HUUGE megaman fan who's put, like you said, hundreds of hours into the games over the course of my life, and honestly I didn't find anything very bothersome with Wily Wars and in fact really loved the whole thing. Just having a new (and totally official) way to play some of my favorite games ever made was awesome, and Wily Tower is a really cool experience. I can definitely recommend this to any Mega Man fan, though yeah, make sure you have the ROM running in NTSC mode and have a patch to make sure the save system works properly since it can be finnicky. And yes, it should've been on the SNES and released as a normal box in USA with a 4-6 followup, but I digress :P

And I think to this day that this is the best looking Mega Man game

I looove Megaman and I can’t wait to play this game on the Genesis Mini

wow just found you'r channel and I just subscribed keep the good videos coming! :)

Playing this on the switch and Mega man 2 on this is way harder than the American release. A great collection for sure should have had a proper release.

Very nice video. I played this one a few years back. It's good. It has issues, but some of the complaints I've seen are irrational. What else is new? The extra content is a nice touch. I remember thinking Capcom made better use of the NES sound chip than their sub contractor, I believe it was Minakuchi Engineering that did this, did with the Genesis FM sound. However, I really love the Metal Man theme, and for entirely different reasons than the NES version. I definitely want to revisit this one again.

I've played the European hacked Rom version at 60Hz and it was awesome. The music in the unlocked levels are also very nice. Played it on an 8bitdo controller. Here is the hacked version: "Megaman - The Wily Wars (E) [f2].smd". Note some emulators have a option to play European PAL Roms at 60hz, making them run a bit faster.

My favorite stage theme is Metal Man in this game. The one you play at 1:04

Well the existence of this game is new to me. I didn't know they ever had a graphical revamp. I have the collection of 1-9 on PS2, but those are all normal graphics.

9:04 I’m getting a huge banana!

Repros of this game are $4 on alixpress. Free shipping too!

Mega Man: The Wily Wars comes with the mega drive mini in which i find ok

This is available on the ATGames' Sega Genesis TV consoles and handhelds. I got the "Ultimate Portable" thing from them JUST to play this game, and its pretty good. People seem to have a problem with the mini-consoles, not that I care much what people argue over in terms of old games' fidelity, but the handhelds they make with the Sega branding are pretty good. I really dig the heck out of this game, the best Mega Man looks in 16-bit (I'm not a fan of his bubbly dumb cartoon look in MM7).

Th Sega Mini version is fantastic

My PAL copy of Wily Wars plays at full speed on my NA Genesis using a Game Genie to bypass the region lock.

Its awesome this compilation finally got a North American release on the genesis mini for fans to actually play it.

I bought a repo cart of this game. Didn’t know it was that slow. But the music isn’t that bad

I am still surprised this game got in Sega Genesis Mini.

Glad there is an actual official physical release of this coming to North America from Retro Bit. Im looking forward to it

I loved the detailed backgrounds on most of the levels. Though some stages barely got an upgrade in graphics like Magnet Man and Shadow Man's levels. The controls don't feel as good as the Nes games, such as jumping and rapid firing the default weapon. Quick Man is not as fast as he should be when you fight him which is really surprising. Still this is a good game. When I first played it by emulation, I had to wait a while to be able to play the Wily Tower levels since at the time, the rom had trouble saving your game. The game I think was going to come out in the U.S. but was cancelled for some reason. And if you look up a photo of the cover art, the game was going to have an MA-13 rating for some reason, which at the time was equivalent to today's T rating on games today. Which I find strange since Mega Man games are not violent at all.

In my opinion, the music actually sounds better in 50hz. It might just be my weird brain, but the 60hz renditions sound a bit too fast. Also, the music in the Wily Wars stages is fantastic and some of the best Wily themes in the series, which makes it a shame that so many people missed out on this.

omg Mega Man: The Wily Wars costs 499€

Second and i wish capcom made megaman 11 and megaman X9

I have this on the genesis mini!!!

Aviable Now in the mini genesis

The only downfall with the Mega Drive version is just how... _SLOW_ it all is. The music is slow, the gameplay is slow, it's just a drag, and it stops me from playing it. It's okay, but I generally see it in a negative light. Great visuals, though!

I played it on the Arcade. Sega has great games

The game felt very off without being able to put the exact words when I first tried it on an emulator. Now I know why thanks to the internet. Also all the redesigned graphics werent all that great. Willing to try it again on a mega drive due to the extra levels.

Dang... never knew about this. GOOD JOB SEGA 👏👏👏

YOU SHOULD MAKE A VIDEO OF WHAT SNES RACING GAMES ARE WORTH PLAYING YOU MADE ONE ABOUT ALL THE SPORTS

I think this review is spot-on. They definitely screwed up the button-mashing. Also, the slowdown is god-awful. How did they screw that up on the Sega? Plus the hit/edge detection... can't tiptoe to the edge of platforms the same way... backgrounds mixing in with foregrounds, washed-out tunes... Oh well I'm a Mega Man fan so I had to buy it hehe.

I have the emulation rom. The battery saves don't work, and I can't play the extra levels. What can I do?

Today there is a many patch to fix frame rate and que shoots that megaman can does

I emulated the PAL version before the Japanese version.

I love everything but the speed of Mega Man's shots- they're so slow and you cant rapid fire shoot, which kills a lot of the fun(yes, even in the NTSC version). Other than that the difficulty is better balanced and the presentation is flat out beautiful- both graphics and music

If I had a mega drive this would be a want

I need this!!!!

The laggy response times in this version are frustrating.

Originally played the pal room. Boy was it slow.

I recommend the MegaMan X series Or MegaMan & Bass or MegaMan I’m game gear or MegaMan Soccer All of these are Super Nintendo games and 1 game gear game Though MegaMan and Bass got a release for the gba in 2001 MegaMan & Bass for Super Nintendo is a japan exclusive unless it’s the gba version here Hope You Do On Of These!

This here is an interesting chapter in Mega Man's history, but it wasn't the only time he appeared on a Sega console. Mega Man on Game Gear, anyone?

How did I not know about this?

Small review request: Can you review Megaman X2 or X3?

How many great Genesis games were forever lost because of Sega and their stupid way too ahead of its time Sega Channel? The masterpiece Alien Soldier, this game^^, Monster World IV, Pulseman...hmm anything else Sega? I didn't even have internet in the mid 90's. You clearly didn't want anyone to know about these games. (stupid)

cool

It has a mega man 7 look

Most expensive European Mega Drive game together with Ecco jr, Daze before Christmas, The Death and Return of Superman and Alien Soldier.

I recently got the game from a retro gaming con in the form of a reproduction cart.

My biggest and groundbreaking problem with this game is the shooting rate... its unplayable almost. Everything else is super cool thats the sad part :(

I've only played Megaman zero. I completed all four 😎. I'm guessing these ones are similar ish

are you gonna play star fox 2 now that its officially released?

You make good videos... good content sir!

Bosses take more damage cause your playing the Japenese version. PAL version didn't have this problem.

Do F-Zero..... and Paper Mario.... if you have them ♡

Want the best Mega Man games period. Megaman basically got the same treatment Mario All-Stars did, put on Sega console.

Review Super Double Dragon

Yea you def can't shoot as fast in that

Megaman's mah bhoii aight there, son! 😘💕🇵🇭

Finally...

I couldn't complete the whole game because, at thw time i was playing on a Emulator on the PS2 and i losy my progress on MM3, which i started first

The japanese version has slowdown.

I can't understand why anyone would want to play a game at 50 cycles.

A lot of purists look down on this one, and it has its issues, but it is pretty good and looks nice

Nes version is still superior

my negative on this is the music isnt as good as the original games IMO.

bought a copy great game but boy soo many bosses not easy, beat mega man 1 and mega man 2 the last part is hard as balls, beware this is not a easy game!!!

Say "touch" again.