Thank you! Couldn't have done it without the support and feedback from people like you. I hope to continue improving, especially as we come up on my favorite game in the series in BN3!

@@creationcorporation6267 _Special Thanks_ *...and YOU!*

It really would've been tough, and I probably would be forced to upgrade and depend on the pellets even more haha

Huge thanks for the heads up here! Might have saved me some grinding towards the end of the game, but I am pretty sure that I was stuck to Undernet 3 during the Null&Void challenge which was the most difficult zenny grind. Very useful to note though, and I'm sure that the later games will likely have similar zenny drop shortcuts

I abused this so much as a kid lol

​@@creationcorporation6267 i sure hope so. i dont remember there ever being one as useful as the bn2 one.

@@creationcorporation6267not so much a mystery data glitch but in bn3 you can abuse the betting minigame by winning the first 3 rounds and losing the 4th. It makes tons of money an he won’t stop you from continuing like when you win all the rounds. Also theres the job board request with the money statue; between those 2. You wont need money in bn3.

at the very beginning of the game the GMDs can give 1000, 1500 or 2000 zenny if you are lucky EDIT: I would also have recommend biting the bullet and grinding out a Wood Guts Style when you ran into the Null&Voids, even without knowing your next one would be Wood to go with the Heat Guts Style, Wood Charge shot is the one with the greatest damage potential of any charge shot. The same also applies in BN3, Aqua Style charges fast and shoots a Shotgun chip, Elec Style stuns and shoots a Zap Ring, Heat you have seen, Wood shoots a multi hit attack 2 panels in front of you, each hit doing the damage of a charge shot. Really think you are underestimating it, thru this whole run.

(It was bad)

Thanks for the details! I actually always called them Mystery Diamonds as a kid, and the name kind of stuck because they look like diamonds, but I'll try my best to stick to the proper naming convention moving forward

it is. cant wait for the legacy collection coming out.

Really appreciate it! The positive feedback means a lot

Lmao 20:56 that delete time 💀

I was hoping you'd get heat guts, that was my first style when I played through these games initially

It was actually a lot longer - it took me 15 minutes of real-time, played at 10x turbo speed, implying it would've taken 150 minutes of in-game time if I played at normal speed!

Thank you so much! Hopefully it's just going to keep going up from here!

Thank you! I really appreciate it, and I also hope that others find the series through these videos. I've actually got a "Should You Buy the MMBN Legacy Collection?" video targeted to newcomers to the series that I'm working on, using math to figure out whether the game is for them!

I'm no expert at the games (as you can see!), so I've been thinking about how to be creative about some of the obstacles that you're referring to. Unfortunately, anti-damage's navicust does 50 damage from what I understand, so it may not be the solution to the barrier that I think you're referring to!

If you want a strong counter, shield style reflect does 100 damage per reflect, but attacks like alpha's claws still break through it. Anti damage is the only one that counters everything with good timing. Another head's up for bn3, if you plan on using Buster Max, put on bug fix even if you don't plan on using chips...

Much appreciated! It's just interesting considering it was such a core part of these games, and continues to be a major part of AAA open world games to this day. Still working on the video, but got a lot in store!

Much appreciated! I really wanted to achieve the frame perfect Goofball kill, but it was taking so long and I really wasn't making any progress haha

Good call! I've learned a lot about the zenny optimization from these comments. I wish I knew sooner, but better late than never!

That's the plan!

Thank you, really appreciate the kind words! There's more BN and other content on the way!

@@creationcorporation6267 YEAH!! I'll be here when it comes. :D

to provide some of that context, one of the basic chips you start with is basically just a buster shot, except it does _30_ damage to the buster's 1 and can also damage whatever's in the panel directly behind what it hits. meaning that in any battle with at least two enemies, it can save a whopping 60 buster shots. plus, the initial shot can hit the goofball's shield and still damage the goofball itself because of the piercing effect, without any of the frame-perfect timing the buster requires and mind, this is one of the _weakest_ starting chips. you also start with stuff like a grenade that deals 50 damage to a panel a set distance away from megaman ( which is another way to bypass the goofball's shield, since the grenade will just fly over it ), a sword that can only hit directly in front of megaman but deals 80 damage, recovery chips that let you heal during battle, and the areagrab chips that caused this guy so much ire to let _you_ limit space in which enemies can move - and also combos well with the sword chip, as you can imagine. and that's just the chips you _start_ with. those flappy viruses? drop what's basically a higher damage version of the grenade chip that also cracks the panel it hits. beetanks drop grenades that hit in the same aoe as their attacks. swordies drop stronger swords that strike multiple panels and for elemental damage. spookies let you _become temporarily invulnerable to most attacks._ and the chips only get stronger from there, like the navichips you get from the boss navis - they're practically summons from final fantasy, complete with freezing the screen while the navi does their powerful, elaborate attack oh, and to boot, if you pick certain combinations of chips? they combine to become these attacks called program advances that are _much_ stronger than the sum of their parts. it is no exaggeration to say that chips are the actual primary combat mechanic in the series, with the buster not being much more than a backup weapon to help eke out a little bit more damage between custom screens or when you manage to use up all your chips

BN3 is my favorite, so I'm working really hard to do it justice!

@@creationcorporation6267 I'm now even more excited. Also great work on your vids. I know you are working hard and I'm happy its paying off.

That's why I did it, so hopefully no one else would ever have to haha

Thank you! HeatGuts was actually my first style playing BN3 the first time (my first BN game back in the day), I thought it was scripted to get it at the time

Thanks! I didn't realize this during the fight, but probably would've had to figure it out if I didn't have enough HP for the next fight

Just realized there's a 3rd game video already out, my bad.

By the time I got WoodGuts in this run, I was so set in my ways with HeatGuts that I probably didn't experiment as much as I should have

@@creationcorporation6267 more opportunities in BN3

Thank you! Glad to hear you enjoyed it - the editing has definitely been a learning experience for me and took way, way longer than I would've liked haha. Absolutely, the cooldown resetting is a good trick and I should absolutely integrate it much more in my gameplay. Thanks for pointing that out! I actually always called the mystery data mystery diamonds as a kid because of their shape, and it was just a habit that I didn't lose haha. Makes sense on QuickMan - I didn't catch this on the original battle and when my strategy didn't work with the flamethrower, I didn't realize he'd have some additional vulnerability. Maybe this is something I would've figured out if I really needed the HP for the later fights! I'm not 100% sure how I'll use the Navi Customizer yet, to be honest. Most of the chips that you mention like AntiDamage are locked behind leveling up different styles like Shadow, as far as I know, and so I probably couldn't actually get during a no chip playthrough. One of the things that I've been floating are doing two runs for BN3 - playing Blue using the current strategy, and then playing White using the same rules of no battle chips but using BugStyle instead. Any thoughts on if that would be interesting?

@@creationcorporation6267 Yeah! I think a BugStyle run would make for a good video and challenge, it's definitely a very fun style to play around with, and I'm sure you could use it to figure out some really neat strats!

I'm really excited for the upcoming Bass fights - so far, they've all been variations of the same original fight from BN1, so I'm looking forward to the major changes they made in the next several games!

@@creationcorporation6267 Yeah, also protoman become really hard in the later game especially on bn6 again. Just for suggestion tho, since your bn1 buster only run is played on its superior version, you might wanna do bn5 on double team rather than on its separated ver.

Really appreciate the support, there's more on the way!

Really appreciate the feedback! The comments have been nothing but helpful. Rapid fire really is a surprisingly effective strategy, but I want to figure out how to also mix things up for the sake of keeping things interesting in the videos haha

This is definitely helpful - I agree that the additional styles and navicust provide a lot of options. I'm not 100% sure how I'd handle the run coming up, but the feedback is super helpful. I think that I will at first try to go without chips as a test run, and see how far I can get/how interesting it is before moving into using any chips!

@@creationcorporation6267 I did forget one feature of ground style that may heavily influence the version choice. If you level it enough you can earn a program called "set holy." This program forces your side of the field to start with 9 holy panels that halve damage. If you get a guts style you'll be able to use the break series of programs such as break charge and break shot. These are INSANELY powerful programs that are also featured in the hub batch program you get on a secret path near the bug frag trader in the final post game area (locked behind 20 CONSECUTIVE virus battles, chips and PRISM absolutely required.) The number trader is present starting here, enter all of the codes as over half of the spin programs are contained in it along with sub chips and the most powerful PA in the game, master style (salamander + fountain + bolt + gaia blade) which is a wild coded PA. Aqua styles have the fastest charging shot that can penetrate with bubble shot To take advantage of life I suggest once you get the customizer to go for bug style first as you get bug stop the second it levels up and once it maxes out you get dark license (giga chip free usage on 60% of the chips) This style gives you a random bug at the start of battle, sometimes multiple, but it can make your life a lot easier since it has a large range of positive bugs like 1 turn invincibility or a huge barrier. It's worth noting BN3 has the highest giga chip count of all games as every single navi has a V5 chip which is giga class (can only be obtained after getting team style and fulfilling other requirements) The side missions hold VERY important items as you get the final navicust expansion and the WWW ID by doing them along with if you do it this way, either 100k or 300k zenny (look up a guide for this mission or you will NOT get the money reward, it's listed on gamefaqs) BN3 has one scripted loss that you cannot avoid (Bass first encounter) Flashman can be done no issue but it'll take a while since you'll only do 1 damage and he has 300 hp, gutsman is gutsman so nothing new there, beastman doesn't sit still but for a few frames, bubbleman never leaves the back row, desertman falls apart art every shot UNLESS you hit him with a water attack so hope for an aqua style in this case and can be done but the entire stage is sand and slows mobility, kingman is a combo of shadowman and thunderman so keep moving and popping off if possible, VERSION EXCLUSIVE FIGHT mistman (white) can be done with the buster but won't be easy bowlman (blue) buster is possible but you'll want to learn his pattern as his attacks pop off a second time if you hit them with any attack both can be refought in the netbattle comp in the tv station copyman (gutsman again. nothing new) flame man has effect candles that might drive you mental, drillman can ONLY be damaged by penetrating attacks as his hit box during his attacks is coded exactly the same as the puffball's. Bass has a 150hp barrier that somehow swords don't work on but drops it for a SINGLE attack and is the first part of the final boss, final boss itself can be done buster only but you need a LOT of hp (hp+1000 extra code. SIDE EFFECT: all panels crossed over become poison panels and cannot be negated by float shoes) and bustermax, strongly suggest using a turbo button if possible. Darkman can be done with minimal issue but he cycles elements, yamatoman will make you sweat as he can reflect shots back at you doing MUCH more damage, has an attack called backup that acts like gateman's army except they also feature panel grab and they can all but panel lock you making all of his attacks hit. Serenade can only be hit during certain movements without panel locking him. OPTIONAL BOSSES metalman buster possible, gives quick access to yoka and beach area punk buster possible, no chip drop in usa/european versions of the game (money farm)

I'll be getting there soon, so if you don't get around to it then maybe my video will help push you haha

I agree with you, in BN6 you’re pretty much powerful since you have Cybeast and Soul Crosses

Really appreciate the feedback! I'm also thinking about what can be done for the next Bass battle, since I did cheese the first one with the support chips. Absolutely - the plan is to redo the first run with no battle chips, and hopefully improve the video quality significantly from what's currently up!

I honestly can't describe how difficult it was to not be able to run from enemies for the longest time :(

Definitely one of the biggest surprises of the run for me, haha

Thanks for this! I didn't know this at the time, but thankfully it wasn't a ton of money haha

​@@creationcorporation6267 No problem! I played the battle network games a lot, so I kinda knew about a lot of things about it haha. XD

Honestly a great idea - I probably should've used the charge shot more on Gospel, but I was really scared of getting hit and played pretty conservatively. Would really appreciate any other feedback or advice you've got from your own experience doing these runs!

It was definitely a busy few weeks to try and get this out! Styles are definitely broken, but I'm going to try and mix it up more often by trying some fights without the style on

Thanks for letting me know! I just assumed Toadman was mandatory since as a kid, that was the path that we all took to get to the second floor of Den Area 3 - it literally never crossed my mind to just go across the Den Square foyer!