Topic: Mega Man thread

Man, it's been years since I've played any of the Mega Man Battle Network series. last one I've played was Battle Network 4 Blue Moon back in 2004. i did play Battle Network Transmission on GC back in the day.

@NeonPizza It's safe to say that they never experienced them on original hardware if they did they wouldn't have as much negative to say about them.

That's the problem with playing these old NES games on newer systems. Wether it's through services like the Switch Online, Virtual Console, or compilations packs. There's so many variables now that work against the enjoyment of the game like lag, colors being washed out, music not sounding right etc. etc. Then there is the variable that these kids nowadays are comparing the older games to what they know of video games. The scene in Back to the Future II comes to mind, "You gotta use your hands, that's a baby toy".

Which is why I don't take anyone's opinion on older games to seriously unless they played it on an original system with the original cartridge, on a CRT TV which let's be honest is going to be rare.
In a way I do feel sorry for them that they didn't experience these games like they were meant to be but what can you do.

@NeonPizza You'd win that bet. Most people here seem to be PS3/Wii gen and maybe a bit of Gamecube/PS2. We are a dying lot my friend lol. Most of them more then likely played the classic NES games on a service, Greatest Hit Disc or through Roms and emulators.

@NeonPizza LOL yeah we have been over a dozen times about the forums 10 years ago lol yeah it was easily my favorite time. Speaking of old crew I happened to pop on my PS4 a few weeks ago to check some things and I saw Ryno was on his PS5. I didn't get a chance to say hello but it's good to see he's still gaming

As for Megaman I need to get a copy of that as well if anything you can hit up Aliexpress lol. I never played that one to be honest I watched people on YouTube play it but I was never able to play it myself. It doesn't help that it only came out on GBA in the states and I am not a big handheld gamer.

Speaking of handheld have you tried the Megaman games on Gameboy on the Switch? How do they run? I have been wanting to complete Megaman V, I started it on my 3DS but never finished it before it was stolen. I guess if they play like crap on the Switch I could look for a cartridge and play it on my Super NT with my Super Gameboy adapter.

Let me know how that hunt goes for Megaman and Bass.

@Tasuki From my experience, the Game Boy Mega Man games run well on NSO. I didn't notice any emulation issues or anything. I finished the first one a while back.

@Tasuki I only really made progress in the first GB game, but it ran fine for me.

@NeonPizza This is my ranking of the main Classic games from worst to best:
11. MM8
10. MM3 (I’m going by what I remember during my first playthrough for this one, but I’m replaying it so I may end up changing its rank)
9. MM2
8. MM
7. MM6
6. MM10
5. MM4
4. MM7
3. MM5
2. MM9
1. MM11
Edit: Just beat MM3. I’d put it at number 7.
Edit (again): Beat MM10. I’m putting that crap below MM3. Can’t decide if I should put it below MM6, though. 10 is half-baked, but 6 is incredibly boring.

@NeonPizza Yeah I dont actually have a Megaman V cart, it was one of the few Megaman Games I didnt own when I was a kid. I remember playing Wily's Revenge at my friends house and loving that game to me it was just as solid as the NES entries. Then I remember playing 2 on Gameboy and just being disappointed after that so I kinda wrote the Gameboy Mega Man games off, I honestly thought they were just watered downed versions of the NES games after Wily's Revenge. When I got older I found out that Mega Man V on Gameboy was its own game but by then it got uber expensive. I remember waiting for Capcom to release an Anniversary Collection for the Gameboy games like the one they did for the NES games on the Gamecube. They said they were going to even some places like Amazon had place holders for it but then I guess Capcom said that they lost the files or something for the Gameboy games and they couldnt rerelease them. I didnt actually get to play Mega Man V till the 3DS VC but unfortunately, I never beat due to my 3DS getting stolen. I might poke around online to see how much a cart is going for Mega Man V.

I actually play all my SNES games on the Super NT. If I want to play Super Mario World I just pop that in since I have my original cartridge, I cant deal with the lag on the NSO version Mario just feels so unresponsive its horrible. I do feel sorry for the kiddos that this is their first time experience that game. But yeah any SNES game I want to play its on the Super NT. I even once every couple of months go and check out my local flea markets for deals on SNES games. I did manage to get a few that way. I was able to score a copy of Sim City, Mega Man X, Smash TV, TMNT Fall of the Foot Clan (Before the Cowabunga Collection was announced) Ducktales on Gameboy, and Demon's Crest for less then $20 each. I just cant deal with the lag on NSO. I need to at some point hook my Mega SG up as well so I can play my Genesis library.

@StewdaMegaManNerd Yeah I agree with @NeonPizza you can't really judge these games fairly unless you play them on original hardware (Original console, cartridge, CRT TV) they way they are meant to be played. Playing on stuff that it was never intended to run on causes to many negative variables, like lag or colors being off etc. So of course Mega Man 11 is going to rank higher for you on Switch then say 1 or 2 because it was made for Switch.

It's like say a movie from the 50s is bad because you can see all the flaws in the sets and the strings holding stuff up when you watch it on a 4K TV.

So yeah I suggest go back and play 1 through 5 on the NES with a CRT TV. Then let us know what you think.

@NeonPizza Even though they didnt play it in the 80s when they were hot and fresh doesnt mean they cant appreciate them. Take records for example alot of people who appreciate them now didnt grow up with them at all when they were younger there was CDs and maybe cassette tapes. Yet records are appreciated by the younger generation.

I understand where you are coming from some dont appreciate the older stuff cause like you said they werent around. However though you got to play it as it was originally intended on original hardware.

@NeonPizza Well Atari was rough but the point is you played it on original hardware not some 30 year newer TV and console with lag input and washed out colors and then say well the Gameboy version of Donkey Kong is better then the Atari version because the music was better.

But like I said unfortunately these kiddos aren't going to be able to experience these games like we did in the 80s unless they have a Doc Brown time machine and if that's the case why didn't anyone say anything lol. Seriously though before passing judgement on a game at least play it how it was intended. You can't compare a game built for the NES and play it on a Switch to a game that's built natively for the Switch. That's like comparing apples to oranges.

@NeonPizza That's exactly it, they figure the eShop version is just as good as the original without the hassle but sadly it isn't. Not to sound like a broken record but it would be like me buying a Gordon Ramsey TV dinner from the grocery store and saying Gordon Ramsey doesn't know ***** about cooking he has no talent instead of going to his brick and morter restaurants. I mean it's more convenient to just buy the meal from the grocery store then travel to New York to his resturant.

Don't past judgement on something unless you play it as it was originally intended.

@NeonPizza So I was wondering how does Megaman 2 run on the NES Mini? I mean yeah I need to use a SNES Mini controller due to Nintendo's dumb idea on the length of the NES Mini controller but besides that how does it play compared to the Legacy Collection? I have been thinking of doing a playthrough of that here soon.

I have many hot takes, stories, funny things, typos, conspiracy theories, and a very long essay about Neo Arcadia that I am willing to share.

I will also Netbattle people on the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection!

@CutMan003 I’m interested!

@StewdaMegaManNerd What kind of stuff?

@CutMan003 Whatever you want to share. An essay on Neo Arcadia sounds neat, though!

@CutMan003 This was really fun to read! Of course, we all know what ended up happening. Thanks for nothing, Kraft.

Yeah, I changed it to appeal to 'younger audiences' (aka my sisters) and just left it that way, because it's a lot better than BURNING UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE. I also have this theory that Mega Man, Pokemon, and Splatoon all happened in the same world.