Here's an addendium to the collection: _YOUR BUSTER IS A SECONDARY WEAPON, NOT YOUR MAIN WEAPON._ For the love of god, do not pull what The Completionist did during his stint of completing BN1. It's there to supplement and support your damage output, it can do decent damage, but won't be able to do everything without it taking a lot longer than intended. Chips and combos with chips are your main damage output, which is why it's so important to make your folder flow well, like a deck in something like Yugioh or Magic the Gathering, you are looking to use as many of your chips as possible in a turn, because it "cycles" into your other chips in the folder.
Except in network transmission where the charge shot kills most enemies in 1-2 hits when the buster is fully upgraded, it does super high damage to bosses too
@@xbon1 capcom did think so, its called rockman exe transmission in japan, the battle network series is called rockman exe in japan, stop being a dumbass
Another pro tip, Interact with everything, Doors rugs televisions coffee makers, You never know what will have a secret collectible, so check everything.
Tip for BN5: When using chaos unison in single player, you can pause the game to look at the aua around Megaman. If it's purple, let go of the button and unpause. If it's green, keep holding it.
BN5 tip: during the midgame onwards, consider conserving MegaMan's turns in Liberation Missions to specifically go after Dark Holes or Darkloids that may be threatening your team. Both Souls and Chaos Unisons give MegaMan enough firepower to punch through them with less of a risk of running out of time and having to try again with a different team member.
Nearly 10,000 views yet not even 300 likes yet...smh. Left a like. I can tell you have passion for this series and put alot of time into this video. Good work. I'll take a look at the rest of your channel. I played BN back in the day (all of them except the first one) so I am by no means a beginner but I came here just to see if there was anything I could learn. Thanks for making this.
I think replaying these games now should be a real interesting experience since my strategy as a kid was pretty much "stack the deck with the strongest chips" Although i think ill still follow my old strat of farming the chip machines early, cause they gave me some pretty strong chips in the early game and made the later grind for all chips a lot easier.
Thank you so much for these tips! I hate to admit it but I also made the mistake of setting up my folder with chips having big damage numbers. That’s probably why MMBN3 was probably hard in my first playthrough, even though it still had a couple of annoying bosses like Bubbleman and Beastman. XD
Thanks for the vote of confidence! I’m going to keep doing variety content, but BN has been so important to me for so long, there’s no way I could stay away from it
Some things I'd like to add: The Mega Buster is your SIDE ARM, not your primary weapon. It's not like X's buster, Rock's buster or even Volnutt's buster; you're playing as Megaman.EXE and he has the worst buster of all the Megamen (Even Model F provides a better buster). Make sure to optimize your chip folder so that you can constantly pick out 5 chips every turn. If you have one chip or one specific combo you want to get at above all else, then picking chips that are currently worthless will throw them away for the rest of the battle, but will get you to that game winning combo faster. Don't use your buster until you get your first Style Change in 2 and 3. Custom Style just blows every other Style Change out of the water, so make sure you get that and stick to it. Style Change elements are random, so don't plan around getting one. They're also largely unimportant so don't worry about getting a specific element in BN3, just take whatever element you're offered and get all the Navi Cust programs you want from it. In BN1 you can save scum the chip trader, it wasn't until BN2 that it would start auto saving without telling you. Wind chips can permanently blow away regenerating barriers like Bass' Life Aura. Save scum like crazy. The game only tries to fight you back on it in Liberation Missions, otherwise take every advantage you can get. Don't be afraid to look up compression codes and Lotto Numbers, most of these are locked to Japanese exclusive merch or given out in the most absurd manners that you're never going to figure out on your own. Don't be afraid to look up anything, Battle Network had an awful translation and doesn't tell you how chips work, just think of it as if you're 16 or younger, we've had these games figured out longer than you've been alive. There are no continues, death leads you straight back to the title screen so be sure to save often. In BN6 the Command Line extends into the one panel wide off panel space you get, which is part of what makes Bug Stop so busted in that game. Whenever it's available, a folder that doesn't run Area Grab * is a bad folder, and so are folders that don't have any Area Grabs. You're not being special or unique; you're getting your shit wrecked if you try to go without Area Grab, especially online. Don't sleep on non damaging chips like the Timpani line or even the humble Rock Cube, they require more planning to use but will pay off greatly if you don't suck. Being a good noodle and avoiding Dark Chips in 4 will let you get Full Synchro just by hitting the enemy without getting hit, so be sure to be a good noodle and don't use them. You can pause buffer the Chaos Unison charge shot to ensure you never get the backfire in single player BN1-3 were absolutely not balanced with multiplayer in mind, so don't even bother with online there Don't be afraid to go online and ask for help with completing your library, surely someone out there will be willing to trade you the chip you need or just compare a completed library over to you. Not all mega and giga chips are created equal, there will be times where you don't want to use any megas or gigas, either because the available ones all suck or they just don't mesh well with your folder. Take time to experiment with chips and see what you like, chips barely explain themselves so it's your problem to learn how to learn their mechanics. ALWAYS fire off Tomahawk Soul in BN5, it's busted as shit and is *the* solution to all of your problems, and be sure to use Tomahawk Chaos as an extra Tomahawk Soul turn. If you get every HP Memory, Megaman will always have 1000 HP before customization, and since HP Memories always boost you up by 20 HP, you can use that to measure how many are left in the game to collect, unless you're using Dark Chips. Chaud isn't kidding, once you use a Dark Chip (raw in the case of BN5) you can NEVER get the HP back, and as such will NEVER have 1000 HP at 100% completion, you can eventually become a good noodle by abstaining from Dark Chips for enough battles, but nothing will refund you the HP lost by using them.
When I was a kid I had BN1 but didn’t understand the chip system so I was mostly using the Buster. It’ll be fun to learn how to play this game for real, lol.
a general tip i have for the series is to pick your folder code based on what chips you actually like using. cause it really does not matter how well a folder flows if you hate the chips in the folder. and for games that have them. always have an unlocker or 2 in stock so you dont need to backtrack for the locoked mystery data.
I 100% agree and I don't feel good about my deck until it consists of 2 codes max (Besides maybe a program advance or two), but I have run into cases where I ran through ALL my chips, in those cases it would actually seem better to focus on the total dmg of your deck rather than how quickly you can dish it out. However, then there's also utility. I couldn't possibly cover this, exploring all the different nuances is one of the best parts.
Nice video, well done! I was always pretty casual playing these games when I was younger, but now with the legacy collection coming out, I'm excited to get into building some more competent chip folders and run the post-game content.
Thank you so much for this, I know ZERO about this series and I just bought it today. I love the Mega Man series, I've played all the Classic, X and Zero games, but never this series. Very daunting, but hoping it's fun!!
Its a very fun series! One of my absolute favorites from the GBA era If you're interested in trying online battles, I recommend looking up N1 Grand Prix on youtube. They do a lot of videos of online battles in BN6
As someone who never played these before and is now starting with the legacy collection, I learned my first very hard lesson, save your game often... I had 3 hours of progress disappear in BN1 because those phantom knights guys with swords killed me after I jacked in that girls phone in her house 😭. I'm so used to games autosaving for you I got so sad...
@Cooler's Revenge I need to get the game myself I pre ordered it but need to wait till 24 April hope it won't get canceled so I don't really know wats mostly new added features or changes
I remember MMBN2 stating that Guts Style has the machine gun buster, but I could never activate it as a kid. The machine gun is definitely present in MMBN3.
i like the video im a vet so using this for a refresher i enjoyed it. one thing i had to turn my volume a little higher then i like to so maybe adjust it for your next video. it could just be me tho. i will be looking forward for more videos
Could be the video. I don't live alone at home and have to keep my voice down fairly often, but I'll be recording whenever I'm home alone so that I can try to keep my voice up Thanks for the input!
Such a great addition to the game! I started BN6 last night with the Bass Cross patch card giving spread buster. Instant deletes with Buster Max mode Gonna be fun to speed through the game like this lol
So I'm playing BN1 for the first time. I went over to Yai's house and visited her computer before ending the first day after beating Fire Man and the viruses there 3 shot killed me. Is BN1 super hard or did I just go there super early?
BN1 can be a bit hard in my opinion, especially on a first ever playthrough. You probably didn't get there too early, but if you want to go back try using buster max mode if you're playing on the legacy collection!
BN1 isn't so much 'hard' as it can be 'spiky' - for instance, there are spots you can get to early that will straight up have stronger viruses than your next main 'dungeon'. In addition, because HP fully refills between fights, incoming damage scales up pretty fast as enemies get stronger. The difficulty is much smoother in later games.
@@GarlyleWilds i played 3 and 4 as a kid and didn't have a problem. Besides the final boss of 3. Now I'm starting over at 1 and got to a place with stronger viruses dealing 40-50 damage to my 120 HP. Not so hard that I can't manage, but hard enough to catch me off guard.
@@PurpleRupees yeah 1 has the wildest difficulty spikes. But that all gets ironed out later, you'll be fine though you just gotta pay attention lol. Save alot too
@@FBBReppCloud yeah it's pretty inconsistent in difficulty. Fortunately you can save at any time and than minimizes frustration. I've played some of the other games so I know I really like them. 1 isn't as good but it's not bad enough that I don't wanna experience it. The internet map is awful though. Hopefully that's improved in 2. I know it is by 3 which is the oldest one I played.
Best way to get Team Style is to go to ACDC Area on the net, put Navi chips like Gutsman, Flashman, or Plantman in your folder, and use only those chips to defeat the viruses. After 100 battles you should get the Team Style
Once you activate Fast Gauge, its effect is permanent unless Slow Gauge is activated. I love Fast Gauge, especially for trying to S-rank Navis in under 30 seconds for BN4-6
All the old e-reader codes are available immediately, so definitely should give the legacy collection a try! Only advantage I see in emulation is save states for Chip Traders.....and I didn't give you that idea >.>
Emulation has the advantage of save states, and being able to easily use codes to complete your libraries for postgame. The collection meanwhile has access to a ton of features: buster max mode for easy battling when desired; online battling, chip trading, and library matching with friends; the ability to receieve the event-only battle chips; the chance to use the various gameplay modifying Cards that were JP-version exclusive; and in the specific case of BN6 also has a fully restored postgame, with none of the content cut.
Here's an addendium to the collection: _YOUR BUSTER IS A SECONDARY WEAPON, NOT YOUR MAIN WEAPON._ For the love of god, do not pull what The Completionist did during his stint of completing BN1. It's there to supplement and support your damage output, it can do decent damage, but won't be able to do everything without it taking a lot longer than intended. Chips and combos with chips are your main damage output, which is why it's so important to make your folder flow well, like a deck in something like Yugioh or Magic the Gathering, you are looking to use as many of your chips as possible in a turn, because it "cycles" into your other chips in the folder.
Except in network transmission where the charge shot kills most enemies in 1-2 hits when the buster is fully upgraded, it does super high damage to bosses too
@@arzfan29 nt isn’t a bn game that’s why it’s not in legacy collection
@@xbon1 it is a battle network game, it literally takes place between 1 and 2 in the canon
@@arzfan29 capcom didn't think so, they have the final word.
@@xbon1 capcom did think so, its called rockman exe transmission in japan, the battle network series is called rockman exe in japan, stop being a dumbass
Another pro tip,
Interact with everything,
Doors rugs televisions coffee makers, You never know what will have a secret collectible, so check everything.
This seemingly inconspicuous and probably not at all connected to the internet doghouse can ACTUALLY be jacked into? Outstanding
8:31 Use SloGauge during Liberation Missions, it slows down the custom gauge a bit to help get 1-Turn Liberations.
Absolutely!
Honestly I might make a Liberation specific tips video at some point and include that as one of the tips
@@ProtoDemnProductions Thank you.
Tip for BN5: When using chaos unison in single player, you can pause the game to look at the aua around Megaman. If it's purple, let go of the button and unpause. If it's green, keep holding it.
Idk I kinda like that moment of panic as you mess up your Chaos charge and know you're about to have a bad time :)
@@ProtoDemnProductionsstill a good tip for beginners
BN5 tip: during the midgame onwards, consider conserving MegaMan's turns in Liberation Missions to specifically go after Dark Holes or Darkloids that may be threatening your team.
Both Souls and Chaos Unisons give MegaMan enough firepower to punch through them with less of a risk of running out of time and having to try again with a different team member.
Nearly 10,000 views yet not even 300 likes yet...smh. Left a like. I can tell you have passion for this series and put alot of time into this video. Good work. I'll take a look at the rest of your channel.
I played BN back in the day (all of them except the first one) so I am by no means a beginner but I came here just to see if there was anything I could learn.
Thanks for making this.
I think replaying these games now should be a real interesting experience since my strategy as a kid was pretty much "stack the deck with the strongest chips"
Although i think ill still follow my old strat of farming the chip machines early, cause they gave me some pretty strong chips in the early game and made the later grind for all chips a lot easier.
My strategy for replaying the series is "Use buster max mode so virus battles look more like the anime" :D
Biggest tip save often one miscalulation and you could lose hours or progress.
Thank you so much for these tips! I hate to admit it but I also made the mistake of setting up my folder with chips having big damage numbers. That’s probably why MMBN3 was probably hard in my first playthrough, even though it still had a couple of annoying bosses like Bubbleman and Beastman. XD
BN3 is brutal if your folder is weak, you're amazing for getting through it!
Good luck with your channel!! I think you're gonna be a great asset to the Megaman Battle Network section of youtube!
Thanks for the vote of confidence!
I’m going to keep doing variety content, but BN has been so important to me for so long, there’s no way I could stay away from it
Some things I'd like to add:
The Mega Buster is your SIDE ARM, not your primary weapon. It's not like X's buster, Rock's buster or even Volnutt's buster; you're playing as Megaman.EXE and he has the worst buster of all the Megamen (Even Model F provides a better buster).
Make sure to optimize your chip folder so that you can constantly pick out 5 chips every turn. If you have one chip or one specific combo you want to get at above all else, then picking chips that are currently worthless will throw them away for the rest of the battle, but will get you to that game winning combo faster.
Don't use your buster until you get your first Style Change in 2 and 3. Custom Style just blows every other Style Change out of the water, so make sure you get that and stick to it.
Style Change elements are random, so don't plan around getting one. They're also largely unimportant so don't worry about getting a specific element in BN3, just take whatever element you're offered and get all the Navi Cust programs you want from it.
In BN1 you can save scum the chip trader, it wasn't until BN2 that it would start auto saving without telling you.
Wind chips can permanently blow away regenerating barriers like Bass' Life Aura.
Save scum like crazy. The game only tries to fight you back on it in Liberation Missions, otherwise take every advantage you can get.
Don't be afraid to look up compression codes and Lotto Numbers, most of these are locked to Japanese exclusive merch or given out in the most absurd manners that you're never going to figure out on your own.
Don't be afraid to look up anything, Battle Network had an awful translation and doesn't tell you how chips work, just think of it as if you're 16 or younger, we've had these games figured out longer than you've been alive.
There are no continues, death leads you straight back to the title screen so be sure to save often.
In BN6 the Command Line extends into the one panel wide off panel space you get, which is part of what makes Bug Stop so busted in that game.
Whenever it's available, a folder that doesn't run Area Grab * is a bad folder, and so are folders that don't have any Area Grabs. You're not being special or unique; you're getting your shit wrecked if you try to go without Area Grab, especially online.
Don't sleep on non damaging chips like the Timpani line or even the humble Rock Cube, they require more planning to use but will pay off greatly if you don't suck.
Being a good noodle and avoiding Dark Chips in 4 will let you get Full Synchro just by hitting the enemy without getting hit, so be sure to be a good noodle and don't use them.
You can pause buffer the Chaos Unison charge shot to ensure you never get the backfire in single player
BN1-3 were absolutely not balanced with multiplayer in mind, so don't even bother with online there
Don't be afraid to go online and ask for help with completing your library, surely someone out there will be willing to trade you the chip you need or just compare a completed library over to you.
Not all mega and giga chips are created equal, there will be times where you don't want to use any megas or gigas, either because the available ones all suck or they just don't mesh well with your folder.
Take time to experiment with chips and see what you like, chips barely explain themselves so it's your problem to learn how to learn their mechanics.
ALWAYS fire off Tomahawk Soul in BN5, it's busted as shit and is *the* solution to all of your problems, and be sure to use Tomahawk Chaos as an extra Tomahawk Soul turn.
If you get every HP Memory, Megaman will always have 1000 HP before customization, and since HP Memories always boost you up by 20 HP, you can use that to measure how many are left in the game to collect, unless you're using Dark Chips.
Chaud isn't kidding, once you use a Dark Chip (raw in the case of BN5) you can NEVER get the HP back, and as such will NEVER have 1000 HP at 100% completion, you can eventually become a good noodle by abstaining from Dark Chips for enough battles, but nothing will refund you the HP lost by using them.
Huh, never even really considered using area grab as a kid but even just thinking about it yeah, its a huge advantage
When I was a kid I had BN1 but didn’t understand the chip system so I was mostly using the Buster. It’ll be fun to learn how to play this game for real, lol.
I know people say this and that. But I looove relying on just the buster
Guts maching gun go brrrrrrrrrr
3 and 6 are the best in the series.
a general tip i have for the series is to pick your folder code based on what chips you actually like using.
cause it really does not matter how well a folder flows if you hate the chips in the folder.
and for games that have them. always have an unlocker or 2 in stock so you dont need to backtrack for the locoked mystery data.
I 100% agree and I don't feel good about my deck until it consists of 2 codes max (Besides maybe a program advance or two), but I have run into cases where I ran through ALL my chips, in those cases it would actually seem better to focus on the total dmg of your deck rather than how quickly you can dish it out.
However, then there's also utility. I couldn't possibly cover this, exploring all the different nuances is one of the best parts.
Nice video, well done! I was always pretty casual playing these games when I was younger, but now with the legacy collection coming out, I'm excited to get into building some more competent chip folders and run the post-game content.
I highly recommend the post game content in 3 and 5. They're challenging, but a lot of fun!
Really resourceful information! Good video!
Glad to know I wasn’t alone with the big number go brrr folder
We've all made that mistake at some point
Thank you so much for this, I know ZERO about this series and I just bought it today. I love the Mega Man series, I've played all the Classic, X and Zero games, but never this series. Very daunting, but hoping it's fun!!
Its a very fun series! One of my absolute favorites from the GBA era
If you're interested in trying online battles, I recommend looking up N1 Grand Prix on youtube. They do a lot of videos of online battles in BN6
Yo thank you! Can't wait to start playing this series!
subbed because we need more megaman content creators !
I'll definitely be working BN content for a bit, and I'll be streaming all 6 games on twitch!
Wonderful video 👍🏻 playing the game now and hoping more people will get it. Great information for starting as well
Funny, I was looking for this video a day ago and here we are.
Battle network 5 is my favorite game and 6 was my first
As someone who never played these before and is now starting with the legacy collection, I learned my first very hard lesson, save your game often...
I had 3 hours of progress disappear in BN1 because those phantom knights guys with swords killed me after I jacked in that girls phone in her house 😭. I'm so used to games autosaving for you I got so sad...
Wish they added megaman reminding you to save your game or checking your folder and chips effective Mashup for certain area or based viruses
I thought these legacy collection games had an automated option in the settings menu, is this not the case for this one?
@Cooler's Revenge I need to get the game myself I pre ordered it but need to wait till 24 April hope it won't get canceled so I don't really know wats mostly new added features or changes
I save religiously in these games, mostly because saving takes like 5 seconds at most so its easy to do constantly
@@ProtoDemnProductions yeah no joke after that happened I started saving after almost every fight lol
I remember MMBN2 stating that Guts Style has the machine gun buster, but I could never activate it as a kid. The machine gun is definitely present in MMBN3.
I honestly have almost no experience with Guts styles. I always end up getting Custom styles, and somehow it always ends up being Aqua Cust lol
Guts style doubles the attack power of your regular buster shot but at the expense of your speed
Solid video bro!!!
Great video!
Thanks for the support! :)
Since I just bought the collection I'll subscribe.
good video with insights, to make it better, speak up
i like the video im a vet so using this for a refresher i enjoyed it. one thing i had to turn my volume a little higher then i like to so maybe adjust it for your next video. it could just be me tho. i will be looking forward for more videos
Could be the video. I don't live alone at home and have to keep my voice down fairly often, but I'll be recording whenever I'm home alone so that I can try to keep my voice up
Thanks for the input!
i loved these games
My hottest hot tip is to just skip the first game until later. I suspect new players will bounce off the series if they start with BN1.
Not an inaccurate statement honestly
That's nice.
The download chips and patch cards mean that you can easily fix your deck in seconds
Such a great addition to the game! I started BN6 last night with the Bass Cross patch card giving spread buster. Instant deletes with Buster Max mode
Gonna be fun to speed through the game like this lol
So I'm playing BN1 for the first time. I went over to Yai's house and visited her computer before ending the first day after beating Fire Man and the viruses there 3 shot killed me. Is BN1 super hard or did I just go there super early?
BN1 can be a bit hard in my opinion, especially on a first ever playthrough. You probably didn't get there too early, but if you want to go back try using buster max mode if you're playing on the legacy collection!
BN1 isn't so much 'hard' as it can be 'spiky' - for instance, there are spots you can get to early that will straight up have stronger viruses than your next main 'dungeon'. In addition, because HP fully refills between fights, incoming damage scales up pretty fast as enemies get stronger.
The difficulty is much smoother in later games.
@@GarlyleWilds i played 3 and 4 as a kid and didn't have a problem. Besides the final boss of 3. Now I'm starting over at 1 and got to a place with stronger viruses dealing 40-50 damage to my 120 HP. Not so hard that I can't manage, but hard enough to catch me off guard.
@@PurpleRupees yeah 1 has the wildest difficulty spikes. But that all gets ironed out later, you'll be fine though you just gotta pay attention lol. Save alot too
@@FBBReppCloud yeah it's pretty inconsistent in difficulty. Fortunately you can save at any time and than minimizes frustration. I've played some of the other games so I know I really like them. 1 isn't as good but it's not bad enough that I don't wanna experience it. The internet map is awful though. Hopefully that's improved in 2. I know it is by 3 which is the oldest one I played.
Also if you need a sports commentator for your online battles I'm totally down
Can you lower the music by like 90%
I'll definitely make sure to make the music a bit quieter in my next video. Thanks for the input :)
By 90% or to 90%?
What did you say after Team Style at 6:00
Best way to get Team Style is to go to ACDC Area on the net, put Navi chips like Gutsman, Flashman, or Plantman in your folder, and use only those chips to defeat the viruses. After 100 battles you should get the Team Style
can you transfer chips from 1 to 2 to 3 or only online? D:
I'm not sure, but I assume we would need to do it online
if i use fastgauge chip, how many turn it will last?
Once you activate Fast Gauge, its effect is permanent unless Slow Gauge is activated. I love Fast Gauge, especially for trying to S-rank Navis in under 30 seconds for BN4-6
Tip 0.5 skip BN 1 trust me
I wish I could say I disagree with this statement but......I'm lost on the net and don't know which area I'm in :|
@@ProtoDemnProductions Plus other games like to remind you that BN 1 was a thing
Does anyone know how the collection holds up against just emulating the games?
All the old e-reader codes are available immediately, so definitely should give the legacy collection a try!
Only advantage I see in emulation is save states for Chip Traders.....and I didn't give you that idea >.>
Emulation has the advantage of save states, and being able to easily use codes to complete your libraries for postgame.
The collection meanwhile has access to a ton of features: buster max mode for easy battling when desired; online battling, chip trading, and library matching with friends; the ability to receieve the event-only battle chips; the chance to use the various gameplay modifying Cards that were JP-version exclusive; and in the specific case of BN6 also has a fully restored postgame, with none of the content cut.