I hear he was involved with the Azure Striker Gunvolt series (which I love), though I don't know how much he was involved in it that series is really greatGiik wrote: ↑6 years agoThat combined with Y-L not being the greatest thing is making me think that just because a dev worked on a really old but amazing game/series doesn't mean that they can repeat that...AlchemistHohenheim wrote: ↑6 years agoMan, it's really a shame that Inafune went and burned his bridges with Capcom (thus seemingly killing the Mega Man franchise outside of old game collections and mobile games of dubious quality), and then also kinda killed his own reputation via Mighty No. 9 (and whatever happened with that Red Ash kickstarter).raocow wrote:People don't really care about Inafune anymore, though.
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I think he was a consultant at most for ASG, but yeah, MN9 pretty much took away his goodwill. That's saying something since Capcom hasn't exactly been on a roll the last couple of years either.
And this game sure does have some noise that might resemble music. That boss song is straight up garbage when it gets to the part before it loops. I mean, you're going to take hits in this game, but the game does seem to be generous with the item drops to make up for things. Programming wise, the only thing I like is how when you pick up a pellet that there isn't that delay. You can just keep going. I think MM8 is the only other classic series game that doesn't have that brief stop.
And this game sure does have some noise that might resemble music. That boss song is straight up garbage when it gets to the part before it loops. I mean, you're going to take hits in this game, but the game does seem to be generous with the item drops to make up for things. Programming wise, the only thing I like is how when you pick up a pellet that there isn't that delay. You can just keep going. I think MM8 is the only other classic series game that doesn't have that brief stop.
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So are you really committed to doing reverse boss order, even for the games you haven't played?
This at the very least won't be possible with R&F since they switched up the boss select screen to put some bosses as prerequisites to others. But you also probably really don't want to do reverse boss order with that game cause it's... Hard...
I don't know. It makes it more satisfying or something. In MM8 whenever I pick up health it feels like there's no substance to it. Whatever that means.
This at the very least won't be possible with R&F since they switched up the boss select screen to put some bosses as prerequisites to others. But you also probably really don't want to do reverse boss order with that game cause it's... Hard...
I like that freeze. Gives you a moment with time frozen where you're like "yeah, got the health"
I don't know. It makes it more satisfying or something. In MM8 whenever I pick up health it feels like there's no substance to it. Whatever that means.
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well yeah RnF is really weird and obviously I won't be able to do it. Same with games that start with an early 4 and a late 4 like mm7
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Re: Mega Man II - Quint, but not Essential
What about playing the 8 bit versions of 7 and 8? Look up Rockman 7 FC and Rockman 8 FC. They are incredibly faithful but don't split up the bosses. Or maybe you could play them some other time when you aren't doing this marathon.
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Something like those would probably be good for twitch streams if he ever did those.
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Someone in the YT comments mentioned this, and...
Yeah, major improvements.
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I believe what happened with the music is that the composer wrote the music on the sheet, sent it to developers, and developers inserted it into a game with wrong pitch. Like, the music is actually pretty good just inserted completely wrong which is unfortunate.
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If the volume is going to be drastically reduced in the videos then it should be drastically increased here to compensate.
If you don't mind skipping the Museum farce-of-a-stage, the password 1755-8187-6486-2322 will give you access to all eight stages at the very beginning. Just make sure you use save states or whatever instead of passwords, since they won't work right until you beat the normal first four bosses.
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I just want to see them played normally! No special passwords, no demakes. The Game Boy games from here on out are basically the precursor to what goes on in MM7 and MM8 anyway.
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yeah sorry but you know by now that I'm playing everything 'as it was back in the day'
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It doesn't really make a difference to me, I just wanted to point out that it's possible. Particularly since the only thing one really misses by skipping the Museum is the "stage" music.
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Air Man's song is pretty good until it gets to the part where it's about to loop. A lot of songs in this go from almost tolerable to ouch on those loops. Guess it is the instrumentation and all, but I don't know. Either way, it's nowhere near close to the remixes the GB games will get in the next couple of games. Maybe they should've stuck to that plan instead of trying to create their own soundtrack.
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Huh. The jumping rooster bots in Woodman's stage were actually one of the few regular enemies who were *immune* to the Metal Blade in the NES version. Strange to see them one-shotting them in this game.
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Getting 2 tornadoes for sale sounds like a serious challenge; I have a hard time believing you.
I haven't played any of the Game Boy Mega Men, but this one seems... worse than Mega Man 8. Which is kind of expected from a handheld, really. But it still seems not too terrible, regardless. I'd tolerate this any day of the week.
Also, yes... this seems rather deviant from Mega Man 2 mechanics. In fact, it's more like 3...
I haven't played any of the Game Boy Mega Men, but this one seems... worse than Mega Man 8. Which is kind of expected from a handheld, really. But it still seems not too terrible, regardless. I'd tolerate this any day of the week.
Also, yes... this seems rather deviant from Mega Man 2 mechanics. In fact, it's more like 3...
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That fortress is so silly looking. It looks like the two pillars are connected together underneath are holding up the turtle-shaped castle. If those pillars went away, it's going to topple over and crumble.
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It also has the ... uh, "best" song in the game. Gotta love that fifteen second "ear assault" loop.
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Re: Mega Man II - Quint, but not Essential
The GB game series in general does that - III mechanically plays more like 4 than 3, and IV draws more heavily from 5's design philosophy than from 4's. It's just most noticeable with II since you get to slide while fighting Air Man.Zephyr_DragonLord wrote: ↑6 years agoAlso, yes... this seems rather deviant from Mega Man 2 mechanics. In fact, it's more like 3...
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Is the music in the JP version worse than the US version? I don't remember it sounding THAT bad, but I vaguely remember being told about that being true.
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apparently not.Stink Terios wrote: ↑6 years ago Is the music in the JP version worse than the US version? I don't remember it sounding THAT bad, but I vaguely remember being told about that being true.
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the megaman experience seems so much more fluid and unstuttery without the health gain pauses that I have to wonder how much more fluid and immersive the mario experience would be without the constant power up pauses either.
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I got a chuckle out of that first round with Hard Man tonight. It wasn't getting cornered, but it was then sliding back into being cornered when he gave you a small chance to escape. Still, I think you can Fire Man nearly every boss in this one. It's been nearly eight years since I've played it, though, so don't hold me to that.