the problem with 4,5,6 was the existence of 1,2,3 taking up everyone's attention and leaving them burnt to out but the time second half othe hexology comes out

Megaman 4 had "secret paths" and there's cool optional awards for taking the "hidden" paths. But much like MMX had an intro stage that teaches you how to play the game without a text wall or some jerk character popping in to say "use ☆ button to jump over holes" MM4 shows that there *ARE* alternative routes by showing the map path in the Cossak Fortress. Wait! There's different paths in this stage? Maybe there's different paths in other stages too?

There is nothing wrong with these 3 games.

The balloon may be boring, but out of all the adapters and weapons in the game, its the one I used the most during tricky platforming parts.

4 5 and 6 are the most slept on Mega Man games that need more love.

Enjoyed your take on these. As someone who grew up in the 90s, it warms my heart to see people still newly discovering this series. Looking forward to seeing more!

they're peak NES games tbh

Honestly my only problems w the later three nes games is the padding w the castle stages and 5 being a lil too easy

Good perspective. Over time, 4 has become my favorite, and I have a soft spot for the aesthetics introduced in 5 and 6. While each game has its flaws, I love them all.

I couldn't believe how long they kept making them for the NES after the SNES was released.I remember trying to play part 4 after I got my SNES and only playing it for about 2 months solid and trying to go back to a NES during that time was hard to do.Part 3 was the last one I remember completing,I partially played through 4,5 and 6 but not enough to remember details like I do about the first 3 games.

4:31 In Mega Man 3, the Rush Marine was outclassed by the Rush Jet, because the Jet did everything *_better,_* while allowing you to jump off and have him serve as a safety net!

The video title is clickbait, FYI for those trying to save some time.

I'm shocked you didn't mentioned Mega Man 6's weapons. In my opinion, there some of the best weapons in the series. Each one of them are very unique on the ways they worked; like Flame Man's weapon shooting on floors & wall for fire pillars, Tomahawk Man's weapon has good versatility, Yamato Man's piercing shield enemies, Knight Man's weapon being thrown like an yo-yo, etc. And each is very impactful & reliable to use. The only ones that aren't good are Blizzard Man's & Plant Man's weapon. But most of the others makes up for it and along with the Adapters & Charge Shot, Mega Man felt more versatile than ever.

There's nothing wrong with 6's enemy designs. I can't wait for IGN to go under.

The Gameboy pentology did a lot more to differentiate itself from each sequel it garnered such as 4 starting bosses, the introduction of game-specific boss characters for each game that would go on in the X series, middle stages between bosses and introducing the shop via 'P' chips

4 and 5's plots should not have been swapped because Wily was mad at Proto Man for screwing up his plan in 4 by returning Kalinka to Cossack. So in retaliation, Wily framed Proto Man. Great video, by the way!

This was nice. Might I suggest less “sarcasm” and “inside jokes”. To the less initiated it’s hard to tell whether you are being sincere in liking or disliking an aspect of something. You often joke as if we all have the same shared experience as you and that’s sometimes the case but not always. I think for an informational video like this… straightforward is the best approach. Just a suggestion. Great vid.

The only real problems with these games were popularity/burnout and outdated hardware , and you can make a case for music, but these games are objectively better than the first 3

Story in MM game is the most unnecassary and unimportant thing one can imagine.

For what it's worth, you're good at this. I understand how intimidating it can be to tackle this kind of content creation project, but you're crushing it. Just liked and subscribed and I'm gonna go watch some of your other videos now.

Nice videos on 1-6, cant wait to see your thoughts on 7-11

These three are my favorites. Six in particular because of the music and the Rush gimmick.

My first megaman game was 4. As fascinated i was with such game, I didn't beat it as a kid. Later, I played megaman 2 and I felt it inferior due to the improvements in graphics and gameplay i already experienced, missing the charged shot and the slide, complained that sound effects sounded lame in comparison with four, but i was marvelled by the music. Megaman 2 was also the first megaman I finished. My third megaman game was 3. I felt it more difficult than 2 or 4, specially because i didn't play difficult mode of 2, and i beat it using cheats. The music was still good, but I think it have less memorable tunes than the other two, or said otherwise, more themes i didn't like that much. Gameplay improved from 2 with the slide and introduction of Rush, but still missing charged shot. When I played megaman 5, it was more difficult than 3 because i was used to cheats and this time i had to play fair, so i didn't beat it, even with the buffed charged shot. I felt it improved over 4 in graphics, gameplay and sound, but it was like more of the same, so I started to grow tired of it. Later, as a teenager, got megaman 4 again and finally beat it, fair and square. Wasn't as difficult as I remembered, and enjoyed it SO MUCH this time. Then came the opportunity to play Megaman, a game that was so hard to get in Mexico in the early 90s, and when played it, it's obvious that you won't get the graphics or weapons from newer games, but it surprised me that it was not bad in any way. Was simple, fun, and had amazing music. By that time i had deep appreciation for Megaman 2, having finally beaten it in difficult mode, and I can say Megaman is even harder. The last one i played was Megaman 6, but i was already an adult, and I have mixed feelings for this one. The graphics are the best of the series, there are several amazing and memorable tunes, the gameplay mechanics of the adapters are amazing (I love Power Megaman), but i didn't like the robot masters, neither their weapons, and they nerfed the charged shot. The formula became old, and it was time for it to finish, and i'm glad they did it with 6. I replayed all 6 on the gamecube, finally beating 5, so i can finally say that while the classic megaman games are not perfect, they are amazing and love them all, as a child y would draw megaman with new weapons and whistle the tunes all the time.

Great video. I think 4/5/6 all improved heavily on the original 3 and were amazing games. But I'll also be the first to admit that they were all still much of the exact same thing. And that was the problem. There wasn't anything mind blowing and new in them really. 4/5/6 feel just like episodes in a TV show. Vs 1/2/3 feel like a MOVIE of the same series. Especially 3 which let's face it, many of us thought was the end of the series. This feel for 4/5/6 would have worked better if the plot of the games was all building up to something. Which was Wily's eventual capture. But the way they handled them that was just not the case. The plot was literally copy and paste for all 3 and its obvious Capcom wasn't putting much effort into classic Megaman at the time.

18:16 What is offensive with Flame Man's design?

4 is my first and favorite.

2 and 3 are incredible games ! Only problem I had with tge others is the music took a step down

I feel that Megaman 3 had the best Rush Jet. I don't care for the way they changed it in 4 and 5, but 6 is okay. To be fair, the Megaman 3 Rush Jet was probably overpowered.

This is a good quality video, it was fun to watch. Keep up the good work and good luck. 👍

2 had best music

Rock man 3 is my favorite but rock man 2 is also great too i beat it last night

I don't see any issue with Flame Man's design.

9:19 it goes hard yo'

4 and 6 are arguably the best classic games. 5 is also great even if a little more forgettable and flawed. Its just a shame that 5 and 6 don't bring anything as essential to the formula as the slide from 3 or charge beam from 4.

Comenting something just to have 200 coments instead of 199

I see no problems with 4-6. Love all six games.

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Man I tried to take on some Megaman games recently. After being a fromsoft fan for a while I thought I could do it. Fromsoft games are nowhere near as hard as any mega man game. Every time I tried I would get to the boss with only one life left and just die immediately. Because I had no way to practice the boss.

4 is the best out of 6. Better than 2, 3 I dare say.

I don't think it was intentional, but I've been playing MM6 since it came out and never realized: Mister X......misdirects. Like, again, I doubt it was on purpose, and it may only be an English thing, but I think it's funny.

and Mega Man still hasn't learned to rotate his arm to fire his arm cannon in any other direction, save for cutman's blade which doesn't require him to move his arm so that doesn't count. Dr. Right didn't design this robot right. You don't design a robot that can't move it's arm in any way but straight ahead when firing it's weapon. Robocop did it far better.

10:20 Peak yo'. In the meantime, Mega Man 2 is regarded as the best. lol

4 is my favorite- I'm so sick of hearing about 2!!!

Loved 5&6...4 should have more structure. Do something different with Rush...or make Protoman the victim, Mega Man takes bros shield and doubles his power to avenge his brother.

5 is my fave classic on nes and i think series improved eith 4 5 6.

Sorry, but I don't believe there was any problem with 4, 5, and 6. There is a lot of good stuff out there that for whatever reason just isn't popular. They tend to be favorites. For examples, the anime Outcast, Codebreaker, and Macron 1. I didn't watch the video, I just came here to say this. I guess you could make a case for them being too expensive and coming out too late.

What would make megaman 4 5 and 6 better would be if they gave megaman white hair, made him edgy, and gave him flight ( rip mainline copen my edgy king )

Good vid. New sub.

I feel the video and logic is very inconsistent. For example you spend the entire video mostly praising the games as the best of the NES games and never really give any support to what the problem is. The biggest idea I got was that you didn't personally feel they did enough to change up the series but that really wasn't their goal. Is it possible binging the games is the real issue? Keep in mind these games were released a year apart and realistically in two weeks anyone who is going to manage to beat a NES megaman game will in that time. I'm just saying when they were released there were likely a lot of people who it had been 6+ months since they played a megaman game. Similarly when you compare them to games you like all your examples are games that are around 20 years removed from NES megaman games. Megaman was created in what you could call the childhood of gaming. You could argue the atari 2600 was the first mass appeal home console which was released in late 1977. To a large degree it could be said the home console industry was only 10 years old when the first Megaman released. Comparing NES games to games released 20+ years later in a mature industry with lots of experience and knowledge about what makes a good game just isn't a great comparison. I"m not trying to be hypercritical, but I think if you're going to title video the problem with blank game it should support that thesis rather than going mostly the opposite way.

3 was the best it just had everything the last 3 just got boring

I do prefer MM1's more 'organic' boss rush; honestly Mega Man X1 did it best by spreading a few of them out in the first few levels and 'upping the tension' by putting the last 5 in the third Sigma level. The eerie, decrepit music there also adds to it too.

if you're new to Mega Man, welcome. My fear for people new to the franchise is that when you run through the library, you'll run into the same wall us oldbies are shouting at. When is something new coming? Until that happens, all I can say is, have fun with it. Invent new ways to keep it fresh for yourself.

Personally I prefer these 3 to the first 3. Jesus loves you!

People fookin' loved these games mate.

Se... when will we discuss Megaman Soccer and why Protoman is the best goalkeeper?

4&5 are definitely the Meh of the megaman titles for the nes. 6 top tier though!

Always problems with Megaman ... why is it never solutions with Mighty No. 9? Kappa

Still a small channel, but I feel there's going to be some growth coming. You're pretty spot on with the games, their history and problems. Good games, released late in their consoles lifespan and trickling sales numbers since they weren't on shinier hardware meant they slipped under the radar for a majority of people except the ones that had no FOMO back in the day. They were a rare breed, but more sensible from what I can tell. At least note wasteful with money. Yeah, I think we'd have to look at the Gameboy games to see strictly bad Megaman games, and even then they eventually got better than the NES games, so it's kind of odd. Just the first 2 that struggle.

Nothing. Nothing is wrong with them. End of video.

The point of 4-6 wasn't anything new or breathtaking. It was just more of what we loved.

Similar to your point towards classic mega man and how innovation was running dry, I felt a similar way towards their introspectives. I was surprised with how well this video was put together and how you were able to get your point across in a short amount of time each time and move on from each point to the next seamlessly as opposed to...making 1000 points to justify a bigger one. It's an actual video essay with meaningful editing, even if the visuals were blanded by the same gameplay of classic mega man with (almost) no deviations such as cutaways, close-ups, what have you, but it wasn't much of a problem for me.

Megaman 4 is widely considered to have the best set of Weapons in the series, where even the weaker weapons still can preform in their own niches very well. Utilizing the weapon set makes thing a lot easier as most of them do things the Charge Shot can't. Rain flush clears the screen of weak enemies and pierces armor, Flash stopper can freeze enemies and make some are more vulnerable to the buster when time is stopped, Depending on Positioning Dust Crusher and Drill Bomb can have higher DPS than the Charge shot, Dive missle and Pharoh Shot can hit enemies above you and Skull barrier can keep small enemies, stage hazzards off of you and makes certain platforming sections safer.

The slide made the experience.worse for a lot of people

1.2 2.4 3.6

Yes, I want to listen to this, but you can do better than 26 minutes. It takes me about an hour to eat. You could stretch this out without needing to resort to filler.

I think Capcom should have gave Protoman his own series. With some differences. Like not just take robot masters weapons but also give him other stuff like high jumps and wall climbing

Considering that Megaman 4 has some of the best Robot Masters in the series, I wouldn't really consider that game a PROBLEM. I grew up with it.

Why did they make megaman iv on nes? Because not everyone had a snes. You could make a gauranteed hit on nes reusing assets and cheaper to manufacture chips or invest in a more exspensive gamble on a 16 bit machine with a much more split user base of sega/nintendo. Capcom is one of the greats that stayed strong on NES until 94.(coincidently around the time I convinced my parents to get me a snes)

In the past 30 days I started from Mega Man 3 and worked my way up to Mega Man 7 (so far). After playing 3,4,5,6 so close together I felt that 6 was definitely the weakest. From best to worst: 2 (once you apply the revamped patched. Seriously, it's the only way this game should be played from now on) 3 5 4 6 I was shocked how much I enjoyed 5 more than 4. The thing with 4,5,6 though is that I never felt like any of the music stood out to me like 2 and 3 did.

MM4 was the pinacle of the series in NES, 5 is fun but easy and 6 is an error in the system, a sequel nobody asked for imo. not a bad game but...

Who tf complains about Mega Man 6's robot master's designs? Oh yeah, people with nothing better to do than complain about trivial shit.

They certainly made them a bit easier. 6 was rushed. Otherwise, 4 is fire and 5&6 are pretty decent.

I really love Mega man 7 😍😍 Idk why people hate it.

4 might be the first video game I ever played. I mean I’m not certain, but it’s definitely one of if not the first. So just from pure nostalgia it’s holds a special place in my boomer heart.

6th letter 21st letter 3rd letter 11th letter you for calling the Mega Man 4 Rush Jet Adapter a good thing! That pile of shit is basically the Jet Sled (Item 2) from Mega Man 2, but worse! And leave it to Inafune and his army of morons to ruin the Jet Sled too in 9 when the latter became Proto Man's flying transportation! Only positive about 4 Rush Jet is that you can move it up and down, otherwise 3 and 6 are the best ones. If 3 makes the game "too easy", then have it drain energy at a FASTER RATE, in fact, I will admit that Rush Jet 3 should still be using energy even if you are jumping, or on a platform. Nice that Rush Jet 3 returned in 8. Sure, you can't jump anymore, and it's automatically used in two stages only, but having unlimited energy is not a bad exchange. Too bad the return of Rush Jet 6 in 7 was 6th letter 21st letter 3rd letter 11th letter 5th letter 4th letter up by combining it with the Power Adapter to make the so-called Super Adapter that made BOTH of them worse! Just another reason to hate Keiji Inafune.

It's called milking a franchise to keep company costs low and profits high. Keep making the same game over and over and you won't have to work as hard producing a game.

4 is perfect-adjacent but lack of soul. I mean there is no mood up, motivation to fight against wily, no remarkable story drops its overall score SO MUCH, because story is the key of the game even before the gameplay itself. 5... 5 is bad in terms of difficulty. There is no advantage of obtaining weapons most of the time because charged buster is OP. Even though it has an interesting story background, gameplay doesn't make story alive except for the final Dark Man stage. Some of the robot masters, themes, stages, weaknesses, wily sections, weapons are good but mostly they are bad, too. This game has no hype (like mega man 2) or sad (like mega man 10) mood which makes the player bored except itselfs fans. My rank on mega man 5 is the worst one even though it has a above-medium story, mostly due to difficulty and boring gameplay. As a final note, this game has really good control mechanism among the NES mega man games (still not perfect) As to 6. I am really sorry. 6's translation in jp version is "the greatest battle of all time" sth like that. It is indeed. Themes are legendary, bosses are unique, story (and its unique ending) is wonderful, rm stages are doable with only buster without taking any damage, this means they are not bad. Final battle is so good that some people think mega man games should've ended there, it is the top part of the franchise. So can anything make this game not-best? Unfortunately, yes. This is the worst controls in play among the original series. Slide+jump kombo is very useful in mega man games but not in this game. And after you slide, you delay a few frames to walk which is sad. Other than those overdose of rush adaptor use in X and wily stages are trying to kill the game because there is no weapon switch. So my opinion: 6>4>>>5 (I didn't compare the sound effects because these three games mostly reused mega man 3's sound effects which I do not prefer over mega man 2's)

The only real problems with these games were popularity/burnout and outdated hardware , and you can make a case for music, but these games are objectively better than the first 3