Im biased. I'm a huge battle network fan and i absolutely love how they adapted and changed many of the designs to fit the internet theme. In short, I'm offended.

Max: It doesn't try anything new with the design. Also Max: It tried too much new with the design.

The fact that these designs seem modern 20 freaking years later speaks to the quality of battlenetwork.

I like how Max talks about how the modernized them, despite the fact these came out like 20 years ago. its the new retro modern era of designs!

This is the Mega Man era I grew up with. I wouldn't mind rewatching the anime again.

I think one needs to consider these aren't robots. They're Netnavis, they're designed so different to better emphasize thier power and less of the MAN aspect. Like half the early robot masters all looked the same anyways. Im always for different designs. The npcs in BN already almost all look the same now imagine if all the Netnavis had the same body type as the robot masters. The games designs would be infinitely worse Its kinda unfair to judge them like that

For those who are unaware: Battle Network is essentially an AU where internet technology is what blew up instead of robotics in the Classic timeline. Dr. Light is the main character Lan's grandfather and Wily is the main antagonist of the series

I feel like Max is evaluating these designs like they were made for a remake of the Mega Man classic games and not the alternate timeline reimagining that Battle Network is.

I'm shocked at how negative Max is about these designs. Seems his criteria is that they have to be upgrades to their original designs, and not too radically different.

I don't understand why he just dismissed Roll like that... she looks cool?!

Max woke up today and drank a gallon of *HaterAid* ☠️

Max: They didn't change it enough Also Max: Egh, they changed it too much, its bad.

I honestly appreciated they went a bit wild with some of these designs even if they're hit-or-miss, I always liked the variety. Heatman.EXE is rad to me

Skullman looks SICK what the hell are you smoking

I think most of these designs are pretty good especially HEATMAN I like the way the fingers were created and the way the face is on fire.

Max seems confused on these redesigns being a separate universe doing something different with making its own style while nodding at some of the old robot masters. Weird he interpreted these as the same exact characters with “rebooted” 2000’s designs they both can exist at the same time. This is why old fans didn’t get it when it came out.

Can't disagree harder with most of the ratings. I love that Battle Network went out its way to give a lot of the robot masters more inspired designs based of the characters motifs. Makes them so much more memorable for me.

Yikes. That’s crazy, EXE designs are amazing. Especially in the context of the games.

I feel like max is too closed off from changes here, but given that these guys are purely digital, they can get a bit more away from purely humanoid designs. I absolutely adore how heatman looks, I think it's sick. I wish they had more out there designs like it (it's not like heatman was amazing before ya know?)

I’m really happy the Battle Network redesigns of the robot master go so hard and definitely Shadow man and Metal man’s redesigns are my favorite

Max: this design is too close to the original Also Max: this design isn't enough like the original

Glad he's checking out the Battle Network series, but it's very flat-out obvious that Max has very little understanding on the design sensibilities when it comes to Battle Network designs given how abstract they tend to play with a lot of the themes (Heat, Snake, etc)

love how max's knowledge of persona is that they shoot themselves lol

Christ you know you’ve been watching Max’s “Rate The” for too long when you can call all his ratings based on his first reactions.

The mmbn designs are so solid it’s hard to go back

I never disagreed so much with a Max Video haha. Also you have to understand the context of their looks. They are personal Navis like your own personal pet to use on the Internet.

The idea that ElecMan was too far is wild to me, he has a Single Design Element, the coils on his back, meanwhile MM1 ElecMan has... nothing, he's literally just a Dude in a Black-Yellow suit

Watching the NT Warrior anime as a kid and seeing MegaMan.EXE with the mask up and the cybersword out is what got me into Mega Man as a whole. SUCH a cool design

So regardless of our opinions on the redesigns for each Navi...are we all gonna agree on Bass having a great redesign?

BASS.EXE needs to be in a MVC!!!

It does feel like Max was missing the aim for these designs being more like digital personifications of their themes rather than being actual functioning robots. A lot of these designs are way different from the original Megaman designs, but considering how kinda same-y a lot of the previous robot masters were before .EXE dropped, it brings way more personality to most of them. Some obviously don't hit, Rush is a good example, but eeeeeh... Probably bias and childhood talking but most of these are solid re-imaginings.

Based on the amount of dislikes and comments, I was expecting Max to trash on everything. He liked most of them and only really dumped on the weird ones. What we have here are a bunch of people too hung up on his personal tastes and a few things he said. He should've given his usual disclaimer about his opinions and people not looking too much into his reasoning. And here I was expecting the second coming of that Jump Force video. Now that was a fun video to watch.

It's so funny hearing him call them "modernized" versions of characters when these designs are basically the basis of how I KNOW these characters haha. Major L for that Roll rating though. BN Roll is adorable.

The designs from Battle Network hit that nice middle ground between the simplicity of the original Mega Man and the detailed designs from the X series and onward. Not too much to make it convoluted, but not too little to deprive itself of the nuances of each character.

This is definitely a generational thing. It’s like having OG TMNT fans react to the 2003 series or OG Transformers fans react to Transformers Cybertron designs. Sometimes you can be too biased to give a fair assessment.

I was salty for that Protoman score but Max brought it back with Metal-Man 10/10. Love to see it.

There are some nuclear takes in this video. I feel like Max's rating boils down to "Is this new design incredibly badass? If not, then I will rate it on a scale of how far it deviates from the original regardless of whether or not it's an improvement."

The designs for Battle Network are not bad at all and I did enjoy how they made Gutsman a good guy in the Anime.

Max sees anything remotely not human shaped: "Garbage, somewhere bellow 5/10" Max sees anything human shaped: "Anywhere above 5/10" Max sees a human shape with some edgy parts to the design: "Peak Megaman Design above 8/10" These weren't robots so they got to go way more abstract with the designs. While there are a few that miss the mark a bit, I think most of the designs have more personality than the old ones. Granted more personality isn't better if it goes outside the scope of what you enjoy.

*_"They did my man-wood dirty"_* ~ Maximilian Christiansen, 2023

Gyroman looks like Bumblebee redesigned into a helicopter and I kinda love it.

Max giving Protoman a "ok" rating was sucha hot take. That's the best Protoman has ever looked and they gave him a sword to boot to try to appease the Zero fans a bit. But then they just added Zero in at the end of the games series anyway and that design...idk man.

Hot take Most of these designs are better than the classic ones.

"Wood Man what did they do to you?" You mean the Wood Man that was basically some dude inside a tree trunk? That Wood Man?

Max referencing Persona is probably the closest we’ll get to him playing the series

Such hot takes. Wood man redesign was way better than ice man’s. Idk about this one, Max

Was hoping to see his reaction to the Zero redesign.

Bass EXE is a 10/10 redesign.

At least he recognizes Bass.EXE is peak character design

BATTLE NETWORKKK despite the ratings being total heresy this shit was my childhood. I hope you have an amazing time with the games!

Max! The design of the characters matched the aesthetic they were going for. I think it was spot on! Lol

The reason for Proto Man, Roll, and Bass's drastic redesigns were that they take elements from X characters. ProtoMan.EXE is a combination of Proto Man and Zero. Roll.EXE is a combination of Roll and Alia. Bass.EXE is a combination of Bass and Sigma.

These designs are actually perfect. Looking at the original boss characters' designs, most of them have the same body structure, making them too samey, but those limits aren't present with these redesigns, giving them all a unique look. Plus you can tell they had a lot of fun making some of these, like Snakeman.

Shadowman.EXE got a 10/10 probably because he looks like Strider Hiryu.

Max yet again proving he doesn't know exactly what he's talking about

Because someone has to: "They did my man Wood dirty!" - Max, 2023

I really wish Capcom would make a Megaman legends collection and with legends 3 announcement for current gen consoles.

Yeah a lot of these are extremely cool. Would love to see a couple appear in one of the crossover fighting games.

I think reviewing these designs while not understanding their story importance and reason for looking the way they do kinda undermines the effort put into the designs. Love a lot of them and they make complete sense in their respective games.

although not every design is a hit for me the art style itself is beautiful, vibrant colors and easy to read. this is what real megaman is in my eyes, this collection is a treat that brings back good memories 😄

shouldve had a side by side with the original characters

I know this is all subjective but I couldn't disagree with the majority of this video more. The BN designs go SO hard in almost every capacity especially considering how well they're adapted to this theme of being computer AIs. They seriously nailed the aesthetic .

Given a lot of these had expanded roles resulting in wildly different personalities, I feel like a lot of the designs are way better in context. Especially TopMan. He's custom made by an old man who who likes tops but wants to impress his kid who gravitates more towards netnavis.

Went into this knowing exactly what most of the ratings would be, especially Shadow EXE, hahaha. A little sad he didn't hit up the 7ths aside Shade, but it's understandable.

man... this gotta be the HOTTEST fucking take-video max has ever made imo LOL god damn.. manz rated ElecMan.EXE a 4💀

Bass looks SO GOOD in this

One of the redesigns Max looked at that's not in this video is, of course, Zero.EXE, which he loved. See it for yourself to get what I mean.

PharaohMan.EXE is so sick. Max is on dust

Max just likes edgy designs

Give half these character a scarf and a sabre and the ratings would jump 10 fold

I really liked how crazy they went with some of the designs and how much character it gives them compared to their original NES counterparts which for the most parts were just simple tokusatsu villains. But some of them are a bit overdesigned and jaring like Metal Man for example

Bass.EXE is one of the coolest design in the series, so i'm glad he agrees *whew*

I love Max but I feel like every once in a blue moon he'll talk about a game outside of the fighting game genre and share an opinion I COULDN'T disagree more with😂

Taste is subjective and all that, but slandering Roll's 2nd best design (before Legends), Elecman, Heatman, Topman, Snakeman, & Toadman's best designs, Skullman's pretty good design (although I prefer the original), no mentions of Desertman, Groundman, Swordman, or Zero (I know he skipped over the ones he didn't know, but still), ranking Iceman's worst design as one of the best when Aquaman & Blizzardman are right there? why am i still here? just to suffer?

Loved this. I hope Max does more videos like this! Even if the die-hards can't take anyone having negative feelings towards something they like. I grew up playing BN too guys, I get it- but let the man say his piece! Of course, he will be based on his own aesthetic preferences. Isn't that the whole point of a video like this?

"They did my man wood dirty" -Max

I always prefered these designs over the original because a lot of the original designs can be summed up as 'Guy in jumpsuit'. It wasn't until they got to the later games that they were able to expand it and give the robot masters a bit more distinct designs. Here, everyone is unique in their own way. They all vary in size from the towering Knightman.exe to the tiny Iceman.exe and many of them retained some of their original attacks. Not every NetNavi is an antagonist as well. Gutsman.exe goes the entire series as a rival to Megaman.exe but generally helps. The most colorful character of the series, Match, constantly changes his NetNavi and sides. He appears in every game except for 5 operates Fireman.exe, Heatman.exe and Flamman.exe and will either be a random NPC, a villain or just some guy trying to find his way.

My personal favourite redesign is the Gospel virus from 2. Don't recognize him? It's Treble!

What is killin this review for me is Max's lack of understanding that their not robot masters or reploids their netnavi's. Virtual bodies in the net which is why they are slimmer and some more human looking. I did enjoy his banter though as well as the video 😂

There was a boss design contest for Mega Man 2-8 rosters, Battle Network 2 (GateMan), 3 Navis each in BN 3-6, and Kung Foo Kid & Moon Destroyer for Star Force 2 & 3 respectively.

Ive never played this series before nor did I ever grow up around it all but i fucking LOVE these designs, theyre all suuuper imaganitive and charming. I really need to grab a copy of the collection and finally dive in

I can die happily once Legends Legacy Collection is released

Anyone else think these ratings were more based off nostalgia than just general design? Like yes most of them weren’t closer to the original, but they’re not really TRYING to.

Summoning Elec Man as a Persona "PERSONA!" shoots self with a stun gun

@Maximilian Dood You just skipped Tenguman.EXE Tengu Man is from Megaman 8, and Battle Network made an emphasis on the tengu design here.

i usually agree with max on most of these kinds of videos but i kept being like "this guys is sick!" then max says "they ruined him 2/10" lmaoi

I grew up with these games, so I would be biased on most of them. It is nice to see someone's perspective of these designs from not playing this gen and playing the original Mega Mans.

In the anime, Metalman was called Heavymetalman. It's more of a mouthful, but I think it's also kinda badass, especially since the saws on his shoulders are actually his weapons and they are literally just GIANT SAWBLADES.

Never would've expected this video but as Palpatine once said, "A surprise to be sure but a welcome one"

I'm the opposite: I grew up on MMBN so when I see the old Classic designs most of the time I go "wow that's boring". Like I get it, its not my era. But its amusing to see someone from that era react to the MMBN designs.

They straight up turned Shadow Man into Strider.EXE.

I enjoyed your critiques on each robot master from Battle Network. As someone who was first exposed to the MegaMan series through BN, it’s interesting to see how much my opinions vary from yours. Really liked the video though! Glad you gave the Battle Network series the exposure it deserves

I actually loved the designs of Battle Network. There are some misses, but overall good designs… Although I do admit, some a really out there. 😅

When you compared Elec Man to a Persona I couldn't help but feel that's...actually what they kinda are for MMBN. They aren't robots anymore.

What I personally find cool about those designs is that they are basically handled by the team, that does design for mainline series now. So looking at them we can kinda grasp what Mega Man character designs would look like in 12 and further games, or in that one leaked "big budget Mega Man title" that they've been working on for years. Even if I don't quite love Battle Network or Star Force series, they surely were made with a lot of love for classics and that's what matters.

Fun fact: this Rush design was supposed to be for Legends, but they couldn't fit him in, not to mention the series got canned two games and one spin-off in, so they recycled it for Battle Network.

Unfortunately max has transitioned from dad to boomer with this video

Talking as someone with no experience with the mega man Battle Network side. some of the desings are cool as hell maybe is MAx being a grampa but something like Heatman is an 10/10 for me. I love the wacky shit

The Megaman Flash game and the Megaman NT Warrior anime are what got me into Megaman. I once owned Megaman Battle Network 5 (on the DS) & 6 (Gregar Version)

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