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Mega Man 2
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The evil Dr. Wily is back with eight new menacing creations, and it's up to Mega Man to foil his new plans for world domination! Known for bootstrapping the long-running series, the game also introduces passwords, helpful items (such as Energy Tanks), and the series standard of eight bosses.
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2 ★ (1)
1 ★ (0)

Learning from mistakes, polishing the edges, the making of a classic.

One measly year after the debut of Mega Man on video-games the sequel arrived. It was pretty clear that while the first game had great potential to establish a few ground rules when it came to the new… Read more

A awesome soundtrack in a good game

The game that upgraded some parts of the first Mega Man, most considerably having a way for you to keep your progress. The soundtrack was absolutely amazing for it's time, took the world by storm. But… Read more

Excellent Music to Accompany an Excellent Game

Mega Man II is one of the best games on the NES, and a game which inspired many clones of it to come in its wake. Like many games of its time, it is very hard; however, Mega Man II is also a fair, ski… Read more

Perfect Platforming

The Short Pros - Takes the original Mega Man formula and polishes it to perfection - The best level design in the series - Incredible music and graphics - Getting power-ups and figuring out boss weakn… Read more

A candidate for the "perfect video game"

It’s easy to forget that Mega Man was a revolutionary action platformer back when it made its debut in the mid ’80s. A robotic hero echoing Astro Boy who defeats rogue robots created by a mad scientis… Read more

An absolute classic, with a hardcore level of difficulty.

After the giant success Capcom had with Mega Man, they decided to make a sequel. For this game they would ramp up the difficulty, and make it even harder than the first game, coming out 2 years after… Read more

I wanna Rock n roll all night (and party everyday)

So there’s a long-standing debate amongst fanboys that care too much (like me) over which of Mega Man game stands at the top of the class of identical Mega Man games. The two forerunners include 1989’… Read more

Worth it for the music alone... wait the game's good, too?!

It's time for (as requested by a friend) my Megaman 2 Review! Hey, that rhymes! Anyways, hi there. As there are already a plethora of great Mega Man II reviews out there (Spoiler: It rocks... hence th… Read more

Mega Man 2: Who Says Sequels Are Never As Good?

Well in our case here today, the sequel is the focal point of the franchise. I've said it before and I'm sure many fans of the series will agree with me: Mega Man 2 is hands-down the best installment… Read more

Mega Man 2 Review

Not only is this the best Mega Man game ever, this quite possibly is one of the best 2-D platformers of all-time. This game took the then-unique premise of the 1987 game Mega Man and refined the formu… Read more

Mega Man 2 Review

For the first time easily in over seven years, I sat down today and completed Mega Man 2 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. I had not played this game for a long time, since my NES days of sitting… Read more

Standing the Test of Time

Anybody who is anybody has played this game. Released in 1988, it's generally considered the first "real" Mega Man game... since it established in a strong way what the series would be all about. The… Read more

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