Box Art
Game: Megaman 2
First Released: December 24, 1988, Famicom
Developers: Capcom
Platforms: NES, Genesis, Playstation, Gamecube, Playstation 2, Xbox,
Mobile Phones, Virtual Console, Playstation Network
Rated: E, for Cartoon Violence
First Released: December 24, 1988, Famicom
Developers: Capcom
Platforms: NES, Genesis, Playstation, Gamecube, Playstation 2, Xbox,
Mobile Phones, Virtual Console, Playstation Network
Rated: E, for Cartoon Violence
How I Came To Play This Game
Quickman Stage
A long time ago I bought the Megaman Anniversary Collection for the Gamecube which included the first eight Megaman games and two arcade games.
Story
In the year 200X (the first decade of the 21st century), a super robot named Mega Man was created by Dr. Light to stop the mysterious evil genius Dr. Wily's ambition to conquer the world in Mega Man. However, one year[1] after his defeat, Dr. Wily returns on June 9 with eight of his own combat robots to challenge Mega Man. Mega Man, learning this, set out to defeat the eight Robot Masters which Dr. Wily had created, having to traverse their respective stages first. After Mega Man defeated these robots, Dr. Wily fled in his flying saucer to his fortress, the Wily Castle. Eventually, Mega Man made his way to the heart of the castle, where he once again fought the eight Robot Masters as well as the Wily Machine 2. Dr. Wily fled Mega Man once again, this time escaping to a dank, moldy cave underneath his castle. Here, when Mega Man confronted him, Dr. Wily seemingly turned into an alien. After a fierce battle between Mega Man and the Alien, it is revealed that the "Alien" was actually a hologram being controlled by none other than Dr. Wily. The evil doctor, having no means of escape, begs Mega Man for mercy, and the world was rid of evil once again.
Robot Masters
Airman, Crashman, Flashman, Quickman, Metalman, Woodman, Bubbleman, Heatman.
Review
This game has basically the same gameplay as the first game. However, they make some minor improvements. There is now a definitive acceleration when falling, unlike the first game which would cause Megaman to fall at lightning speed when the platforms dropped him. Also, there are 8 bosses instead of 6. This game also introduces the tradition of having a Wily Castle containing the final stages and also fighting the bosses again all in one room filled with teleporters. I think that out of all of the Megaman games, this game is the most fun to play through. However, after the 8 boss stages, it gets kind of tricky. Some of the final stages require you to have certain weapons to beat. One of the most difficult stages is the one with purple blocks. The boss at the end is the Boobeam Trap. It is basically five mounted guns that fire at you every few seconds. The only weapon that can hurt them is the Crash Bomb. However, there are some breakable walls blocking the way. You need to use Item-1 and precise jumps to maneuver around some of the walls to get to them. If you miss even once, you will be unable to beat the boss and must die and replenish your energy for Crash Bomb. This is really annoying if you already took the two weapon replenishes at the beginning of the stage. Speaking of hard bosses, Woodman has to be the most unforgiving. The E-Tank was added as a health item which really came in handy.
Releases
Megaman 2 was first released for the NES in 1989. Then, a remake was released in the compilation for the Sega Genesis called Megaman: The Wily Wars in 1994. Then in 1999, another remake was released in another compilation called Rockman Complete Works for the Playstation in Japan only. Another compilation, the Megaman Anniversery Collection, was released for the Gamecube and Playstation 2 in 2004, with an Xbox version released in 2005. It was released for Mobile Phones in 2007, and for Wii Virtual Console in 2008. In 2009 it was released on the Playstation Network and iOS.
My Rating
I give this game a 10/10. This game fixed a lot of the bugs from the first one, but it is one challenging game.