I never understood how the charge buster is overpowered in 4 when nobody complains about it in 5. 5's charge buster is way bigger and kills most enemies in one hit. In 4 is smaller and does less damage
I literally just got me a megaman 4 cart today. Been looking forever. But i cant wait to play it when i have time. I now own 2-6 just missing the original. Cant seem to find it!
Really solid list! I'm glad somebody else is appreciating MM4 and the rest of the "second NES trilogy". These games deserve more love! MM5 is also for me the game I played the most in my childhood and I would also rank the 4th game the highest of the 3. I did not have the chance to play MM 11 yet...
Congrats. I think I will need to overall calm down in live before playing it again. Maybe I will have enough nerves to beat the game. About Completing it... I dunno i MAY TRY.
I think the Robot Masters from MegaMan10 were intended to look stupid, they all look so goofy and also have fun trivias. I guess it was a break from MegaMan9, they had put SO much effort into those RMs, the result is that they are as memorable as the RMs from the first 3 games. (FUN FACT: Tornado Man, Splash Woman and possibly Magma Man are throwbacks to MegaManZero.)
Ah, so it wasn't just me who thought those robot masters looked like them. I forgot their MMZ counterpart, but to be fair, it's been a while since I played MMZ. Edit: Their "counterparts" were Harpuia, Leviathan, and Fefnir.
@@cz_Fenix I recall Shadow Man also has a counterpart in MMZ, Phantom. This time, it's the MMZ guardian who's a throwback to the MM3 robot master, lmao.
Water Shield is NOT the worst shield in the series, that honor will ALWAYS go to the Plant Barrier from Mega Man 6, I would have mentioned the Leaf Shield but it does have a relatively fair amount of uses in the game and many enemies are weak to it
Such an interesting trajectory for those games. X1-4 are some of my favorite games of all time. Like lock me away with only 4 games to play and I would be happy with those. But X5-X8....idk man I didn't really enjoy ANY of them that much
@@mrmanju6989 I feel the exact same way. I definitely don't think it's a coincidence that as soon as Inafune left the X games to work on the Zero games after X4 the quality dropped.
Thanks for a thorough review of this series. I'm really unfamiliar with many of the main entries, so this was really useful and interesting for me as a newcomer to Mega Man. Awesome as always!
Glad you checked it out. If you are ever looking to jump into the series, any of them are really good jumping in points. I'd say 2 4 and 11 are probably the ones I'd recommend playing before the others.
Great vid man. Makes me really think about which games I like best. Although it's been a while since I played through them all. Megaman 11 is still sitting unopened next to my Switch... Ugh... But if I'm being honest, 3 will probably always be my favorite. Although I'll have to play through them again to make sure of that...
Well done, Bras. This was a great a video. I've never been able to beat a MM game, but it's a series I can pickup and play at any time. This just makes me want to go out and challenge myself some more and find a favourite. Nicely done, good sir!
With a bit of practice these games are all manageable. A good point to begin, difficulty wise, is MM2 (Normal difficulty and Metal Blade is broken), MM5 (it is really generous with extra lives and almost all of the robot masters have an exploitable AI) and MM6 (the new rush jet makes platforming easy)
This was great!!! Always love a look through the Mega Man series. It's so hard to rank them (especially with there being so man) but you did a great job here! I always liked the revisiting of the MM2 bosses BTW--always felt that was a nice touch!
I just wish they would have looked like the MM2 bosses instead of the stupid generic robot look. It was also weird trying to figure out which weapons to use on them since theyre from a different game lol I got a few extra game overs and bc of needing to experiment. There was a sequence where you need to use Rush Jet a lot and I remember having to replay through that about a dozen times lol
Nice video. I like how you took the nostalgia blinders off when you made it. I feel the two most underrated games in the classic series are 4 and 6, and I also feel that 8 is a lot more fun than anyone would ever give it credit for (beyond the meme-y cutscenes).
Hello and thank you for posting such a fun video! I just stumbled into your video and honestly, it was a breath of fresh air. Thank you for choosing to see the positive aspects in the MM series and for not just bashing a game to death like some of the other Mega Man "fans" here on UA-cam. I personally enjoy MM8 a lot and I love MM5 so, even though you had them lower on your list, I can at least understand why (instead of just saying "The game is crap.") ;) I LOVE the list and you have great points across the board. Personally, MM2 and 3 are my personal favorites but you could make a strong case for MM9 and even 11. DUDE...I was actually disappointed with MM11 the first time around but something has just clicked the second time around. I am now a HUGE fan of that game! I love it! Thanks again and keep up the great work!
I respect this list a lot. Leaves the nostalgia on the table. I like 3 and 4 best but 3 is purely from nostalgia because it was the first one I beat as a kid and by far the most time I spent playing. 4 and 5 were a tie for second. 2 is great but I feel like it tops folks lists because of nostalgia, in a lot of cases.
I highly agree with this list. As someone who LOVES MM9, I'd also put it at the #1 spot! I still have MMB to play, but if and when I do, then maybe I can further agree with this list or not.
I enjoyed how you didn't throw crap Mega Man 9 for not having a slide or a charge, like *_a lot_* of people do. Saying that 9 lacking the slide and charge makes it bad is an unjust criticism, since it was designed around the lack of those abilities. The game just works wonderfully well without them, and it truly is a masterpiece...
Totally. It is so designed around lacking those options that playing as Proto Man doesn't make the game easier to play. Like it is insane how the slide feels very useless and even a detriment to playing the levels.
Cool video. Only I wouldn't say the Crash boss battle in MM2 wasn't programmed right just because you can run out of ammo. I always thought the game was teaching you to conserve your ammo and to think about every weapon you use; something that the other games don't do enough of. MM5 is fun and probably the easiest one. MM6 is also fun but when do you really need any of your weapons in either of those? I just use the Buster the whole way through with no problems maybe besides one use of Tomahawk's weapon (And the "rush" items). In MM2, personally, I need Crash, Wood, Air and a couple extra items. Oh and Bubble for the boss. The same with MM3. If you die while on the Rush Jet before you refill it, you're screwed unless you kill yourself. I thought they did this on purpose to make the games tough. I do have to use my brain more for MM2 and MM3 where as 5 and 6 I can just rush through. 4 is my least fav. Haha. I don't like a lot of little things like how long each boss takes to do their taunt and get health, when you first get to them. The Buster takes forever to charge and doesn't have a wide hit radius. The music is sort of weak compared to the others. It's still a fun game, I just thought it was the most awkward but after seeing this, I'll play through it again and see if my mind changes.
My one big complaint of the modern mega man’s is the wily stages. 9, 10, 11 only have 4 stages. And half are just boss fights. 4,5,6 all had two separate castles. I’m hoping they make a longer Wiley castle in the future.
Just came across this and found this list amazing! For me personally, 3 and 6 would be higher but that's mostly nostalgia driven since those were the first ones I got to play. Because of pure stubbornness, I haven't touched 11 outta respect for Keiji. But after this, I'm convinced. Plus, that game that shall not be named was a little... Lackluster.
yeah, i'll just say it. Mighty Number 9 was a waste of time and money, and made me reconsider just how much importance Inafune really had on the quality of Mega Man....
My Rankings: ----------------- 11: Megaman 8 (just don't) 10: Megaman & Bass 9: Megaman 7 8: Megaman 10 7: Megaman 6 6: Megaman 5: Megaman 4 4: Megaman 9 3: Megaman 3 2: Megaman 5 (incredibly underrated, killer soundtrack) 1: Megaman 2 ----------------- Never played MM11 so can't speak to it. The SNES/PSX games feel way too clunky to be fun to me. It's weird because they nailed it with Megaman X.
I like Mega Man 8 a lot. The story is very good and a great jumping off point to the X series. (Unless you like 9, which is very likely) The voice acting is terrible in English, but it's great in Japanese. Those snowboard levels can go to hell though.
List is hard to accept with 2 and 3 so low on the list and 11 so high. 11 felt dumb with the time stretch thing they tacked on. Feels too 'kiddie' to me, looks cartoony. But you're correct in that 6 and 9 are amazing. 9 was better than it had any right to be back then. 10 was a disappointment.
Nice list, dude! Glad to see Mega Man 9 get so much love! I've been playing Mega Man games since 1989, and still pop any given title in the core series to this day. In fact, I am currently in the middle of my first attempt at beating Mega Man 8 on my Legacy Collection 2 for Switch, and am also on the last stage of Mega Man 9 for what will be my first completion of that as well. Never had 8 on the PS1, but I did purchase 9 for my Wii when it came out, but never got into it. Mega Man 4 is also one of my tops! Music, levels, bosses, and weapons are very well-rounded! 2 and 3 were the first ones I owned as a kid, getting 3 for my birthday in April 1991 after renting it many times the months after its release. 2 I got from a video store selling its NES games in junior high, but had rented it dozens of times from its release. Both great games, but later ones improved on them. I also want to push back on your pick of Wily 1 theme from Mega Man 9 beating Wily 1 from Mega Man 2! I think "We Are The Robots", the Wily 2 theme from 9, is better than the first stage!
in order from best to worst: 1. mega man 7. amazing music, amazing graphics, everything about it is amazing 2. mega man 4. the highlight of the nes games, fixed everything wrong with 3. it is extremely close to 7 in terms of how much i like it. 3. mega man 10. fun level design, but its main reason for being this high is the inclusion of the multiple playable characters and difficulty levels 4. mega man 11. beautiful game, fun gameplay, solid soundtrack, wish it included more classic characters. 5. mega man 3. i love the music and the concept of the doc robots, it would have been a bit higher if it didnt have the rush jet section 6. mega man 6. i dont remember this one too well but i know i really enjoyed it. rush adaptor was great 7. mega man 9. one of the hardest in the series. i wish we had at least the slide in it. agreed on flash in the dark being one of the best songs, i adore it 8. mega man 2. my first and most played mega man game. i love it, but in gameplay the other games just outdo it. 9. mega man 5. i honestly barely remember it so i wasnt sure where to place it on this list. i know i liked it a lot, i can remember i really liked the looks of star mans stage. my ranking on this one might change when i play it again. 10. mega man 1. i honestly really like this one, but it has some bullshit parts, and is way too slippery. its my second most played mega man game, but as much as i enjoy it i have to rank it lower for gameplay reasons. elec man stage song is amazing too 11. mega man 8. too many new gimmicks. art is amazing and it has some good music but my god i hate those rush shooter parts. get rid of the rush shooter parts, and make the snowboarding a lot shorter (especially on wily 1 my god) and it would be one of the best megaman games imo. the voice acting was awful but it was to a funny degree which made it still charming and enjoyable. 12. mega man and bass. i havent beaten this one so its not gonna be ranked higher. so farthe music is great and the art is phenomenal but it feels unbalanced. overall id recommend almost all of these games to people looking for a challenge, it's an amazing game series (except for the rush shooter parts. those were lame)
Good list and good to see you back! My personal favorites are Mega Man 1 and 4. 1 just has such a great sense of flow to it and is a ton of fun to speedrun, while 4 is the most polished and tight Mega Man experience you can have. 2 and 3 are actually my least favorite because they feel like a chore to play at times, especially 3.
I have yet to play 8, 9 and 11 and I have yet to complete 7, but I definitely prefer some of the newer games over the first three. So sue me. While not the best one, I have a bit of a soft spot for 5's OST. I especially love the Napalm Man, Stone Man and Dark Man stage themes. Speaking of music, I do agree there's several music tracks better than MM2's Wily Stage 1 theme (though it's not a bad music track either). I really love MM10's Wily Stage 1 theme a lot. I also heard MM9's in Smash Ultimate (they used the original one instead of a remix) and I do agree it's amazing.
always cool to hear a differing perspective on classic mega man. It's almost expected to see II at number 1 and IV and VI at the other end of the list. I loved them all growing up, but VI was always a personal fav of mine too. nice vid.
My ranking 12. Mega Man 8 11. Mega Man 10. Mega Man And Bass 9. Mega Man 5 8. Mega Man 3 7. Mega Man 2 6. Mega Man 6 5. Mega Man 11 4. Mega Man 10 3. Mega Man 4 2. Mega Man 7 1. Mega Man 9
I like your rankings in this one. I'm the type who prefers to see Megaman 1 and 2 higher and 7's awkwardly large sprite much lower, but you NAILED it with 11 and 9's placement! And as someone who has yet to play 10 due to time and money, thanks for letting me know that it's still worth a try. :)
Nice list overall, but your criticisms of 10 are not very fair to the game. 10’s weapons while it has some bad ones like thunder wool and commando bomb, has a lot of really good ones too. Water shield is also nowhere near the worst shield weapon in the series, that would be plant barrier. The bosses in my opinion are great. Solar Man, Nitro Man, Sheep Man all have fun fights. The main thing I disagree with you on though is your implication that 10 isn’t built around not being able to slide or charge, could not disagree more. 10’s level design is different from 9’s in the sense that it’s more out there and more things happen where as 9 has simple but very challenging obstacles. 10 wants your reaction to be on point, so sliding isn’t an option.
I understand we have all our own opinions but what I like to try and do is find a reason for each as i like to understand where others come from especially with different opinions. But I cant help feel that MM6 is too high and dont understand as i believe it fails in every way compared to the previous games except for the adapters. oh well i guess, he is mine in order. MM3>MM4>MM9>MM2>MM5>MM10>MM11>MM7>MM8>MM&Bass>MM6>MM1
Water shield is the best shield in the series, you basicly can spam in when standing near bosses for very quick kill, it is the only shield I enjoy using
in my opinion, megaman 2 is not that good, it has so many flawed level design and the weapons (except for the quick boomerang and the game breaker metal blade) are just useless, and some bosses are just ridiculous. but, tbh the music is top notch. and it can be a fun game sometimes. also, great list!
1. MM9 2. MM4 3. MM11 4. MM10 5. MM6 6. MM7 7. MM1 8. MM3 9. MM2 10. MM5 11. MM8 12. MM&B And this is exclusively for the numbered games + & Bass. If anyone's curious on my full list, lmk
My list (keep in mind I haven't play MM 11 yet): keep in mind I absolutely adore them all except MM and MM & Bass... 11- Mega Man ( primitive and unpolished compared to the rest) 10- MM & Bass (really unbalanced difficulty) 9- MM 8 (ambitious but unfocused stages, more personality for the robot masters is a great idea) 8- MM 2 (poor weapon/boss balance, e-tank is a great addition) 7- MM 3 (feel more like a unfinished 2.5 than a real 3, "everything but the kitchen sink" approach... the slide is a marvelous addition) 6- MM 6 (feel a little bland and derivitive after the other 5 NES games... branching paths are a nice touch but have a negligeable impact on gameplay... the weapon equalizer is really useful) 5- MM 5 (some great stages gimmicks like gravity man, op blaster is a bit broken but you can easily decide not to abuse it, oozes charm) 4- MM 7 (feel like a refined Game Boy MM... we should have more games in this style...) 3- MM 4 (my favorite on the NES, slighty darker atmosphere, ALL the stages are fun/memorable, solid weapons selection, the charge blaster is an excellent addition) 2- MM 10 (a more enemy-based focused game, it grows on you on multiple playtrough) 1- MM 9 (everything MM2 whish it could be, great design, made me fall in love with the series all over again) I would also consider MMV on the gameboy as a essential part of a classic MM list... I would put it at number 6 before MM 6.
I can definitely see your reasonings behind your rankings as well. I have MMV on Game Boy but I still haven't gotten around to playing it yet. I will soon.
Megaman 4 is the best MM game imo. It has super good level design and is so professionally well made. Mm9 is good, but there’s no slide or charge and the story is dumb. The level design is also too ridiculous.
Mr Manju Probably because 4 admittedly has a mediocre soundtrack and the robots look kind of dumb. However the excellent level design and awesome weapons make up for it big time. Plus there’s a charge shot.
MM9 isn't designed around the slide or charge, so it's not a problem. The level design is some of the best that the series has to offer; people bitch about the instant kills, but 90% of the time, it's fair when you die. For example, people complain about Galaxy Man's grabbers, but you're introduced to them safely, and even after that, if you get caught, you can save yourself if your reflexes are good enough. It also has the best pacing of the series. And story? Who plays MM for story? MM9 has the best weapons, some of the best bosses(Concrete Man= GOAT RM battle from a game design standpoint), and on point level design and flow. It's the ultimate MM experience.
2 and 3 below 4 and 6 is pretty blasphemous. Music, level design, fun weapons, and the advent of Items/Rush... To each their own but man does that feel way off
I'm glad you re-evaluated 4's place from your original list. It's a fantastic game that often got beaten on due to people's nostalgia for 2. I don't love 11 as much as you but it's pretty good. I think 10 should be higher on the list somewhere though I'm not sure where I'd place it. I actually like the water shield, it deals huge amounts of damage especially against mini-bosses. Thunder Wool is the only real stinker in its arsenal. Other than that your new list is generally close to what mine would be if I put some thought into it.
All the Mega Man 10 Weapons. *Commando Missile:* You can control it and it does great damage(if it hits the ground) *Water Shield:* Spawns 8 Projectiles around you. Each Projectile counts takes a seperate hit and all of them deal good damage. *Chill Spike:* Can freeze enemies and it can generate a road of spikes. *Solar Blaze:* A Shrapnel Shot, which deals a Ton of Damage. *Thunder Wool:* It does great Damage, but why does the Cloud disappear after it hits an Enemy? And why does it use so much Weapon Energy? *Wheel Cutter:* If you want to have fun, here you go. *Rebound Striker:* It bounces around and each Bounce makes it stronger. The Level Design also helps it. *Triple Blade:* Shoots 3 Blades(angle depends on if you are in the air), that deal good damage to. *Mirror Buster:* Just take an Enemy's Shot and make it into your own. *Screw Crusher:* Very fun but also very weak. At least it has a lot of Weapon Energy. *Ballade Cracker:* Metal Blade done right! The Ballade Cracker is balanced.
Yeah though why does it do shit damage when you hit an enemy with it? Its a bomb. You hit an enemy in the face and it just tickles it The ice weapon in 1 is better as the range is crap in 10 Sheep man's weapon sucks ass And the rebound striker usually hits enemies with its weakest damage output so one of its feature is usually ignored
Great list and I fully respect your opinions here. I personally like 2 over 3 due to the iconic music, more complete wily stages and frankly I think the doc stages felt like padding.
Personally I wouldn't even count Mega Man & Bass on the list. Also I would put 5 on the bottom and 11 near the bottom. But I totally agree 4 and 9 should be at/near the top.
Glad Mega Man 6 was at a good spot. I played all of them prior to going to Toys R us and buying 6 and was blown away .I never understood the hate, amazing soundtrack like u said.
I agree with a lot of your list though I'd probably put 2 above 3. I love Mega Man 6 and Mega Man 4 has the coolest bosses. Where I feel like I must be missing something is Mega Man 9. I see it consistently ranked high but I find the level design a more than a little unfair overall.
I haven’t played 11 yet, but outside of that I really like this ranking. There’s not a single spot where I’m wildly confused how you’d rank a game there. It doesn’t match my personal ranking, but all of it makes sense and looks justifiable. Here’s my personal ranking (excluding 11): 1. Mega Man 9 2. Mega Man 4 3. Mega Man 2 4. Mega Man 3 5. Mega Man 6 6. Mega Man 5 7. Mega Man 10 8. Mega Man 9. Mega Man 7 10. Mega Man 8
"Discovered" Megaman this year. As of this past week ive conquered every mainline MM game (save for Bass) and X12345 and 8. These games are incredible. Of the OG id say 2, 4, and 5 are my favorites. Biased to 5 because it was the first one i didnt save state-cheese my way through. I genuinely love that game tho, and beating Gravity man buster only was pretty cool. 7 was...meh. Wily was menacing byt fun to conquer. 8 was a chore, but dammit one of the most beautiful fkn games ever of that era, i mean just flat out gorgeous. 9 10 and 11 all incredible and cant wait to play again. May try 11 on hardest mode
Nice list. I do have some points of debate on the list. 1. The Wily bosses in MM7 are probably one the best designed in the entire game, for example the Turtle Boss allows you to entrap the baby turtles it sends out with danger wrap to deal huge amounts of damage, and the Wily Capsule is a really tough but fair fight. 2. That said, MM7 has some of the worst weapons in the entire series like the useless Scorch Wheel, Wild Coil, Freeze Cracker, Thunder Bolt... etc. 3. MM10's Pump Shield is actually a really balanced shield - Decent damage, a stronger power stone attack, something that shields like the Junk Shield in MM7 or Jewel Shield in MM9 were a tad overpowered. 4. MM2 is a pretty bad game, in my opinion. The metal blades destroy the balance of the game and rip any challenge into half, making all the other 7 weapons completely unused except for niche things like the invisible gaps in Wily 4. The Wily castle stages are a flaming mess of garbage, empty short levels with hardly any enemies. Things like Heat Man's stage are just troll sections of Yoku blocks over lava with blocks appearing above you so you instantly die. I have no clue why people think MM2 is good. It's really just nostalgia. 5. MM6 is good, but there are two major problems in the game. The first thing is you can't slide out of a jump, and how the game loves to force the adaptors constantly in the X/Wily stages, you'll be constantly going back and forth, trying to skip those annoying cutscenes. I think MM6 is also too easy for it's own good. Some stages are very bland like the X stages meshing all together in visual looks, and the bonus paths are often just empty corridors with a few enemies tacked on. The endgame bosses are also kind of lame, like the two balls that move around the screen, or that bubble bomb dog tripod enemy. 6. MM11 is flawed. You can easily stockpile tons of bolts to get lots of E Tanks to break the endgame. Mega Man's animations like climbing up stairs looks clunky. Tons of vertical scrolling can be nauseous, like in Acid Man's stage which also has an unfair spike section. There is a lack of balance where weapons often kill each enemy in one hit. 7. I don't really like MM9 that much. Short robot master levels, no bonus routes, removing slide and charge is unfun as it removes a ton of fun platforming ideas. Some useless weapons exist like Magma Bazooka and Plug Ball, Wily Stage 2 is garbage with pixel-perfect jumps over spikes. It really is a overrated game like MM2, in my opinion.
The Electric Underground you mean the original first Mega Man game? Yeah it's a good game but it's definitely not much compared to the other classic Mega Man games except for Bass and 8
Dr. Wily's Revenge is also one of my favorites. It's actually in my personal top 10 Mega Man games (top 5 if we're not counting fan games), ahead of even the other 3 Game Boy games by Minakuchi Engineering.
I agree with this list 100%, though I haven't played Mega Man 7, 8, and 11. Mega Man 9 really is the best, and I was pleased to see it at the top. I expected 2 and 3 to be above 4, but was pleasantly surprised to see it near the top. I always loved playing 4 and 2 as a kid. For some reason 3 was always hard for me.
So far my list is: 1) Mega Man 2 2) Mega Man 5 3) Mega Man 11 (Honorable mention #1: Mega Man World 5) (Honorable mention #2: Mega Man World 4) 4) Mega Man 3 5) Mega Man 4 (Honorable mention #3: Mega Man World 2) 6) Mega Man 7 7) Mega Man (Honorable mention #4: Mega Man World 3) 8) Mega Man 10 9) Mega Man 9 10) Mega Man 6 (Honorable mention #5: Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge) 11) Mega Man 8 Yet to try) Mega Man & Bass In my opinion, NOTHING has topped Mega Man 2 yet, 5 and 11 come so close, but 2 is one I can come back to ANYTIME. The replay value, the weapons, the stages, the music, it's all flawless (yes albeit a bit broken). As for Mega Man 8, this is the only game I legitimately don't like (yes I even tolerate 6 and Dr. Wily's Revenge). It's too much of a slog and a step back in gameplay to get any fun out of it, even with the great graphics and music.
I dont understand how you complain about Megaman 8 snowboarding/rush jet parts (who isn't that difficult, just reflexes), but doesn't complain about Megaman 11 harsh level design and specially Block Man stage with those stupid "player will fall here, let's put a instant death" gimmicks.
MegaMan 11 has a bit of screwed up difficulty selection, newbie is newbie, casual Is normal, normal is hard and hard is very hard. And some of the places in some stages, like 3rd encounter with those drills in impact man's stage were pretty stupid.
I never understood how the charge buster is overpowered in 4 when nobody complains about it in 5. 5's charge buster is way bigger and kills most enemies in one hit. In 4 is smaller and does less damage
I think it’s because if you get hit while charging in 5, you lose the charge. That’s not the case in 4.
They're just megaman 2 simps who played 4 for five minutes, if at all
It does the same damage enemies are just weaker in mega man 5
@@Diosys and @****** I think so too
Yeah MM4 charge is kinda weak sauce ngl. My personal favorite is 5, but I guess 6 found the perfect balance.
"Mega Man and Bass is the easiest game on this list..."
Wait what?
"...to rank."
Oh.
At least he included the game. Capcom doesn't even recognize it in their collection.
So glad to see Mega Man 4 so high. I love that game but people tend to dismiss it.
I used to dismiss Mega Man 4 myself, but it's really grown on me over the years.
I literally just got me a megaman 4 cart today. Been looking forever. But i cant wait to play it when i have time. I now own 2-6 just missing the original. Cant seem to find it!
It’s my number one favourite. The charged up shot, its OST, FUCKING PHARAOH MAN, How can you go wrong??
@Jesus Kace theres usually a followup comment agreeing after this
Really? I always loved MM4.
MM2 will always be my favorite because that's the game I played most with my dad. RIP dad. Thanks for showing me great NES games.
Really solid list! I'm glad somebody else is appreciating MM4 and the rest of the "second NES trilogy". These games deserve more love! MM5 is also for me the game I played the most in my childhood and I would also rank the 4th game the highest of the 3.
I did not have the chance to play MM 11 yet...
DEFINITELY try out Mega Man 11. Super solid game that just feels really good to play.
Bullshit it is! Mega man 11 is one of the worst games I have on the switch. This dude doesn’t appreciate the older games and just wants modern trash
Exactly what I thought. MM4 is one of my favorite classics.
I've beaten MM&B as Megaman and even gone as far as to collect all database discs. It is a challenge, to be sure. King Stages tend to be unforgiving.
Not as hard as almost everyone makes it up to be and really not that harder than the rest of the classic megaman series.
@@alexthejapanfan7905 hard disagree
@@Kain5th why?
Congrats. I think I will need to overall calm down in live before playing it again. Maybe I will have enough nerves to beat the game. About Completing it... I dunno i MAY TRY.
I think the Robot Masters from MegaMan10 were intended to look stupid, they all look so goofy and also have fun trivias. I guess it was a break from MegaMan9, they had put SO much effort into those RMs, the result is that they are as memorable as the RMs from the first 3 games.
(FUN FACT: Tornado Man, Splash Woman and possibly Magma Man are throwbacks to MegaManZero.)
Ah, so it wasn't just me who thought those robot masters looked like them. I forgot their MMZ counterpart, but to be fair, it's been a while since I played MMZ.
Edit: Their "counterparts" were Harpuia, Leviathan, and Fefnir.
@@cz_Fenix I recall Shadow Man also has a counterpart in MMZ, Phantom. This time, it's the MMZ guardian who's a throwback to the MM3 robot master, lmao.
Water Shield is NOT the worst shield in the series, that honor will ALWAYS go to the Plant Barrier from Mega Man 6, I would have mentioned the Leaf Shield but it does have a relatively fair amount of uses in the game and many enemies are weak to it
While I don't agree with the order of things, you made a lot of solid points! Great list!
Nice list. Would be cool to see a ranking of the X games as well.
Such an interesting trajectory for those games. X1-4 are some of my favorite games of all time. Like lock me away with only 4 games to play and I would be happy with those. But X5-X8....idk man I didn't really enjoy ANY of them that much
@@mrmanju6989 I feel the exact same way. I definitely don't think it's a coincidence that as soon as Inafune left the X games to work on the Zero games after X4 the quality dropped.
Thank you for an honest review of the series. I'm glad you have had time to reconsider MM4, as I find it to be the best in the classic series.
Thanks for a thorough review of this series. I'm really unfamiliar with many of the main entries, so this was really useful and interesting for me as a newcomer to Mega Man. Awesome as always!
Glad you checked it out. If you are ever looking to jump into the series, any of them are really good jumping in points. I'd say 2 4 and 11 are probably the ones I'd recommend playing before the others.
Nice list, I still need to get around to Mega man 11. I’m not even a huge mega man fan but I still can’t help but want to play it
Great vid man. Makes me really think about which games I like best. Although it's been a while since I played through them all. Megaman 11 is still sitting unopened next to my Switch... Ugh...
But if I'm being honest, 3 will probably always be my favorite. Although I'll have to play through them again to make sure of that...
Replay them all.
Mega Man 9 is my favorite game of all time, good to see it get some well deserved love.
Same, I started on MM9 and have loved the series ever since.
9 is fantastic
Well done, Bras. This was a great a video. I've never been able to beat a MM game, but it's a series I can pickup and play at any time. This just makes me want to go out and challenge myself some more and find a favourite. Nicely done, good sir!
With a bit of practice these games are all manageable. A good point to begin, difficulty wise, is MM2 (Normal difficulty and Metal Blade is broken), MM5 (it is really generous with extra lives and almost all of the robot masters have an exploitable AI) and MM6 (the new rush jet makes platforming easy)
I love this list, very well looked into, although im quite hurt by 10 and 7’s placements…
I haven't beaten enough Megaman games to really rank them...I'm just happy MM11 was so high on the list, cause that's definitely my favorite.
Same here and same here. And I actually played ALL the classic games, even the SF ROM of MM&B.
This was great!!! Always love a look through the Mega Man series. It's so hard to rank them (especially with there being so man) but you did a great job here! I always liked the revisiting of the MM2 bosses BTW--always felt that was a nice touch!
Thanks for watching!
I just wish they would have looked like the MM2 bosses instead of the stupid generic robot look. It was also weird trying to figure out which weapons to use on them since theyre from a different game lol I got a few extra game overs and bc of needing to experiment. There was a sequence where you need to use Rush Jet a lot and I remember having to replay through that about a dozen times lol
Great video as usual ! I loved the insert of the animation of the nodding Dr. Wiwy.
Nice video. I like how you took the nostalgia blinders off when you made it. I feel the two most underrated games in the classic series are 4 and 6, and I also feel that 8 is a lot more fun than anyone would ever give it credit for (beyond the meme-y cutscenes).
Yeah, 4 is great. 2 was mostly loved because of nostalgia, as far as megaman games go it's pretty bland.
@@watereagleplays7472 2 and 4 are fantastic
@@Jackattack359 4 is fantastic, 2 is really good until the later wily stages then it takes a nosedive into badness.
MegaMan 9 has Galaxy Man, i think that means MegaMan 9 is the absolute best one
I think Mega Man V on gameboy should have been on the list, it’s an entirely different game from the NES version
I'd agree but unfortunately it's part of the spinoff series
Mega man 1. Actually is tops for me. Find it very addictive compared to the rest. Very underrated game.
Hello and thank you for posting such a fun video! I just stumbled into your video and honestly, it was a breath of fresh air. Thank you for choosing to see the positive aspects in the MM series and for not just bashing a game to death like some of the other Mega Man "fans" here on UA-cam. I personally enjoy MM8 a lot and I love MM5 so, even though you had them lower on your list, I can at least understand why (instead of just saying "The game is crap.") ;) I LOVE the list and you have great points across the board. Personally, MM2 and 3 are my personal favorites but you could make a strong case for MM9 and even 11. DUDE...I was actually disappointed with MM11 the first time around but something has just clicked the second time around. I am now a HUGE fan of that game! I love it! Thanks again and keep up the great work!
I respect this list a lot. Leaves the nostalgia on the table. I like 3 and 4 best but 3 is purely from nostalgia because it was the first one I beat as a kid and by far the most time I spent playing. 4 and 5 were a tie for second.
2 is great but I feel like it tops folks lists because of nostalgia, in a lot of cases.
thanks for a another great vid
i also loved mm11 so much i almost couldn't believe capcom got it so much right (even the music, imo)
I highly agree with this list. As someone who LOVES MM9, I'd also put it at the #1 spot! I still have MMB to play, but if and when I do, then maybe I can further agree with this list or not.
Mega Man 8 is and always will be my favorite. Out of alot of games I played as a kid, it has some of the best memories to go with it
I enjoyed how you didn't throw crap Mega Man 9 for not having a slide or a charge, like *_a lot_* of people do. Saying that 9 lacking the slide and charge makes it bad is an unjust criticism, since it was designed around the lack of those abilities. The game just works wonderfully well without them, and it truly is a masterpiece...
We need more of you and less of TGX.
@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 I’m pretty sure he quit actually
@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 Mega man 9 was so annoying
Totally. It is so designed around lacking those options that playing as Proto Man doesn't make the game easier to play. Like it is insane how the slide feels very useless and even a detriment to playing the levels.
Cool video. Only I wouldn't say the Crash boss battle in MM2 wasn't programmed right just because you can run out of ammo. I always thought the game was teaching you to conserve your ammo and to think about every weapon you use; something that the other games don't do enough of. MM5 is fun and probably the easiest one. MM6 is also fun but when do you really need any of your weapons in either of those? I just use the Buster the whole way through with no problems maybe besides one use of Tomahawk's weapon (And the "rush" items). In MM2, personally, I need Crash, Wood, Air and a couple extra items. Oh and Bubble for the boss. The same with MM3. If you die while on the Rush Jet before you refill it, you're screwed unless you kill yourself. I thought they did this on purpose to make the games tough. I do have to use my brain more for MM2 and MM3 where as 5 and 6 I can just rush through. 4 is my least fav. Haha. I don't like a lot of little things like how long each boss takes to do their taunt and get health, when you first get to them. The Buster takes forever to charge and doesn't have a wide hit radius. The music is sort of weak compared to the others. It's still a fun game, I just thought it was the most awkward but after seeing this, I'll play through it again and see if my mind changes.
Flame Man's theme is pretty killer. I don't like it as much as Snake Man, Skull Man, or even Freeze Man, but it's definitely amazing.
My one big complaint of the modern mega man’s is the wily stages. 9, 10, 11 only have 4 stages. And half are just boss fights. 4,5,6 all had two separate castles. I’m hoping they make a longer Wiley castle in the future.
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9 and 10 all have super tough full lenght castles. Only 11 has 2.
I agree. While the later mm game Wiley levels are generally good - would love for some more levels.
"Mega man and bass is the easiest game on this list..."
Me: "wait hold on what"
"...to rank"
Me: "ah gotcha"
Just came across this and found this list amazing! For me personally, 3 and 6 would be higher but that's mostly nostalgia driven since those were the first ones I got to play.
Because of pure stubbornness, I haven't touched 11 outta respect for Keiji. But after this, I'm convinced. Plus, that game that shall not be named was a little... Lackluster.
yeah, i'll just say it. Mighty Number 9 was a waste of time and money, and made me reconsider just how much importance Inafune really had on the quality of Mega Man....
My Rankings:
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11: Megaman 8 (just don't)
10: Megaman & Bass
9: Megaman 7
8: Megaman 10
7: Megaman 6
6: Megaman
5: Megaman 4
4: Megaman 9
3: Megaman 3
2: Megaman 5 (incredibly underrated, killer soundtrack)
1: Megaman 2
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Never played MM11 so can't speak to it. The SNES/PSX games feel way too clunky to be fun to me. It's weird because they nailed it with Megaman X.
Lets be honest. Dr. Cossack's 2 stages, MM4 Wily's 2nd stage, and Protoman's stage all kill MM2 Wily's stage.
Agreeeeeeeed.
I'll take your word for it, dawg.
I like Mega Man 8 a lot. The story is very good and a great jumping off point to the X series. (Unless you like 9, which is very likely)
The voice acting is terrible in English, but it's great in Japanese. Those snowboard levels can go to hell though.
List is hard to accept with 2 and 3 so low on the list and 11 so high. 11 felt dumb with the time stretch thing they tacked on. Feels too 'kiddie' to me, looks cartoony. But you're correct in that 6 and 9 are amazing. 9 was better than it had any right to be back then. 10 was a disappointment.
Nice list, dude! Glad to see Mega Man 9 get so much love! I've been playing Mega Man games since 1989, and still pop any given title in the core series to this day. In fact, I am currently in the middle of my first attempt at beating Mega Man 8 on my Legacy Collection 2 for Switch, and am also on the last stage of Mega Man 9 for what will be my first completion of that as well. Never had 8 on the PS1, but I did purchase 9 for my Wii when it came out, but never got into it. Mega Man 4 is also one of my tops! Music, levels, bosses, and weapons are very well-rounded! 2 and 3 were the first ones I owned as a kid, getting 3 for my birthday in April 1991 after renting it many times the months after its release. 2 I got from a video store selling its NES games in junior high, but had rented it dozens of times from its release. Both great games, but later ones improved on them.
I also want to push back on your pick of Wily 1 theme from Mega Man 9 beating Wily 1 from Mega Man 2! I think "We Are The Robots", the Wily 2 theme from 9, is better than the first stage!
in order from best to worst:
1. mega man 7. amazing music, amazing graphics, everything about it is amazing
2. mega man 4. the highlight of the nes games, fixed everything wrong with 3. it is extremely close to 7 in terms of how much i like it.
3. mega man 10. fun level design, but its main reason for being this high is the inclusion of the multiple playable characters and difficulty levels
4. mega man 11. beautiful game, fun gameplay, solid soundtrack, wish it included more classic characters.
5. mega man 3. i love the music and the concept of the doc robots, it would have been a bit higher if it didnt have the rush jet section
6. mega man 6. i dont remember this one too well but i know i really enjoyed it. rush adaptor was great
7. mega man 9. one of the hardest in the series. i wish we had at least the slide in it. agreed on flash in the dark being one of the best songs, i adore it
8. mega man 2. my first and most played mega man game. i love it, but in gameplay the other games just outdo it.
9. mega man 5. i honestly barely remember it so i wasnt sure where to place it on this list. i know i liked it a lot, i can remember i really liked the looks of star mans stage. my ranking on this one might change when i play it again.
10. mega man 1. i honestly really like this one, but it has some bullshit parts, and is way too slippery. its my second most played mega man game, but as much as i enjoy it i have to rank it lower for gameplay reasons. elec man stage song is amazing too
11. mega man 8. too many new gimmicks. art is amazing and it has some good music but my god i hate those rush shooter parts. get rid of the rush shooter parts, and make the snowboarding a lot shorter (especially on wily 1 my god) and it would be one of the best megaman games imo. the voice acting was awful but it was to a funny degree which made it still charming and enjoyable.
12. mega man and bass. i havent beaten this one so its not gonna be ranked higher. so farthe music is great and the art is phenomenal but it feels unbalanced.
overall id recommend almost all of these games to people looking for a challenge, it's an amazing game series (except for the rush shooter parts. those were lame)
Megaman 11 isn't that good for me... too easy enemies and very harsh level design...
Good list and good to see you back!
My personal favorites are Mega Man 1 and 4. 1 just has such a great sense of flow to it and is a ton of fun to speedrun, while 4 is the most polished and tight Mega Man experience you can have. 2 and 3 are actually my least favorite because they feel like a chore to play at times, especially 3.
2 and 3 have definitely become a bit of a chore to play through for me lately as well too. I need to give them a long break.
@@braselthegamerIn Megaman 3 I always will play it for an afternoon. But the Doc stages are to porrly done and long.
Good to see a new video from you man
6 was a great farewell into the sunset
I have yet to play 8, 9 and 11 and I have yet to complete 7, but I definitely prefer some of the newer games over the first three. So sue me.
While not the best one, I have a bit of a soft spot for 5's OST. I especially love the Napalm Man, Stone Man and Dark Man stage themes. Speaking of music, I do agree there's several music tracks better than MM2's Wily Stage 1 theme (though it's not a bad music track either). I really love MM10's Wily Stage 1 theme a lot. I also heard MM9's in Smash Ultimate (they used the original one instead of a remix) and I do agree it's amazing.
The problem is it all comes down to opinions
always cool to hear a differing perspective on classic mega man. It's almost expected to see II at number 1 and IV and VI at the other end of the list. I loved them all growing up, but VI was always a personal fav of mine too. nice vid.
My ranking
12. Mega Man 8
11. Mega Man
10. Mega Man And Bass
9. Mega Man 5
8. Mega Man 3
7. Mega Man 2
6. Mega Man 6
5. Mega Man 11
4. Mega Man 10
3. Mega Man 4
2. Mega Man 7
1. Mega Man 9
Finally someone who doesn't put megaman 2 in number 1
List disqualified for putting MM&B first
I like your rankings in this one. I'm the type who prefers to see Megaman 1 and 2 higher and 7's awkwardly large sprite much lower, but you NAILED it with 11 and 9's placement! And as someone who has yet to play 10 due to time and money, thanks for letting me know that it's still worth a try. :)
I haven't played all the games, but if I were to share my top 3 they'd be
3: 4
2: 3
1: 7
"Mega Man 4 is a balanced game that gives you a good amount of challenge" while fighting Toad Man
Nice list overall, but your criticisms of 10 are not very fair to the game. 10’s weapons while it has some bad ones like thunder wool and commando bomb, has a lot of really good ones too. Water shield is also nowhere near the worst shield weapon in the series, that would be plant barrier. The bosses in my opinion are great. Solar Man, Nitro Man, Sheep Man all have fun fights. The main thing I disagree with you on though is your implication that 10 isn’t built around not being able to slide or charge, could not disagree more. 10’s level design is different from 9’s in the sense that it’s more out there and more things happen where as 9 has simple but very challenging obstacles. 10 wants your reaction to be on point, so sliding isn’t an option.
Question - why does Mega Man Bass get included and not the game boy games?
I understand we have all our own opinions but what I like to try and do is find a reason for each as i like to understand where others come from especially with different opinions. But I cant help feel that MM6 is too high and dont understand as i believe it fails in every way compared to the previous games except for the adapters. oh well i guess, he is mine in order. MM3>MM4>MM9>MM2>MM5>MM10>MM11>MM7>MM8>MM&Bass>MM6>MM1
Water shield is the best shield in the series, you basicly can spam in when standing near bosses for very quick kill, it is the only shield I enjoy using
in my opinion, megaman 2 is not that good, it has so many flawed level design and the weapons (except for the quick boomerang and the game breaker metal blade) are just useless, and some bosses are just ridiculous.
but, tbh the music is top notch. and it can be a fun game sometimes.
also, great list!
1. MM9
2. MM4
3. MM11
4. MM10
5. MM6
6. MM7
7. MM1
8. MM3
9. MM2
10. MM5
11. MM8
12. MM&B
And this is exclusively for the numbered games + & Bass. If anyone's curious on my full list, lmk
The irony of Metal Man is that he died with just one hit from his own saw blade.
Mega Man 4 is underrated
My list (keep in mind I haven't play MM 11 yet): keep in mind I absolutely adore them all except MM and MM & Bass...
11- Mega Man ( primitive and unpolished compared to the rest)
10- MM & Bass (really unbalanced difficulty)
9- MM 8 (ambitious but unfocused stages, more personality for the robot masters is a great idea)
8- MM 2 (poor weapon/boss balance, e-tank is a great addition)
7- MM 3 (feel more like a unfinished 2.5 than a real 3, "everything but the kitchen sink" approach... the slide is a marvelous addition)
6- MM 6 (feel a little bland and derivitive after the other 5 NES games... branching paths are a nice touch but have a negligeable impact on gameplay... the weapon equalizer is really useful)
5- MM 5 (some great stages gimmicks like gravity man, op blaster is a bit broken but you can easily decide not to abuse it, oozes charm)
4- MM 7 (feel like a refined Game Boy MM... we should have more games in this style...)
3- MM 4 (my favorite on the NES, slighty darker atmosphere, ALL the stages are fun/memorable, solid weapons selection, the charge blaster is an excellent addition)
2- MM 10 (a more enemy-based focused game, it grows on you on multiple playtrough)
1- MM 9 (everything MM2 whish it could be, great design, made me fall in love with the series all over again)
I would also consider MMV on the gameboy as a essential part of a classic MM list... I would put it at number 6 before MM 6.
I can definitely see your reasonings behind your rankings as well. I have MMV on Game Boy but I still haven't gotten around to playing it yet. I will soon.
Have you played 11 yet?
@@amso7169 I've played a couple hours but not the completed game yet. My first impression is really positive. I need to practice more though.
Megaman 4 is the best MM game imo. It has super good level design and is so professionally well made. Mm9 is good, but there’s no slide or charge and the story is dumb. The level design is also too ridiculous.
Glad to see all the love for 4 in here. I swear people used to hate on that game, but I always enjoyed it the most
Mr Manju Probably because 4 admittedly has a mediocre soundtrack and the robots look kind of dumb. However the excellent level design and awesome weapons make up for it big time. Plus there’s a charge shot.
@@mopbrothers You don't think Toad Man is badass?!?!
@@mrmanju6989 Toad Man is one of the lamest looking robots ever designed, but who gives an eff, cause his weapon is one of the greatest!
MM9 isn't designed around the slide or charge, so it's not a problem. The level design is some of the best that the series has to offer; people bitch about the instant kills, but 90% of the time, it's fair when you die. For example, people complain about Galaxy Man's grabbers, but you're introduced to them safely, and even after that, if you get caught, you can save yourself if your reflexes are good enough. It also has the best pacing of the series. And story? Who plays MM for story? MM9 has the best weapons, some of the best bosses(Concrete Man= GOAT RM battle from a game design standpoint), and on point level design and flow. It's the ultimate MM experience.
2 and 3 below 4 and 6 is pretty blasphemous. Music, level design, fun weapons, and the advent of Items/Rush... To each their own but man does that feel way off
9, & Bass, 5, 10, and 6 are my favorites top to bottom.
The only major difference between our lists is that I'd have 2 lower and I'd swap 11 and 10. Pretty close though.
I'm glad you re-evaluated 4's place from your original list. It's a fantastic game that often got beaten on due to people's nostalgia for 2. I don't love 11 as much as you but it's pretty good. I think 10 should be higher on the list somewhere though I'm not sure where I'd place it. I actually like the water shield, it deals huge amounts of damage especially against mini-bosses. Thunder Wool is the only real stinker in its arsenal. Other than that your new list is generally close to what mine would be if I put some thought into it.
While And Bass is WAY too difficult, I think everyone is too harsh on it. It just needs balancing and it is a good game.
i haven't played the non-NES ones, mostly because of opportunity not our of some weird "purity" issue, but my list would be 6>3>4>2>5>1
Mega Man 3 is such a laggy and stretched out game. Even the creator thinks this is the worst classic Mega Man..
All the Mega Man 10 Weapons.
*Commando Missile:* You can control it and it does great damage(if it hits the ground)
*Water Shield:* Spawns 8 Projectiles around you. Each Projectile counts takes a seperate hit and all of them deal good damage.
*Chill Spike:* Can freeze enemies and it can generate a road of spikes.
*Solar Blaze:* A Shrapnel Shot, which deals a Ton of Damage.
*Thunder Wool:* It does great Damage, but why does the Cloud disappear after it hits an Enemy? And why does it use so much Weapon Energy?
*Wheel Cutter:* If you want to have fun, here you go.
*Rebound Striker:* It bounces around and each Bounce makes it stronger. The Level Design also helps it.
*Triple Blade:* Shoots 3 Blades(angle depends on if you are in the air), that deal good damage to.
*Mirror Buster:* Just take an Enemy's Shot and make it into your own.
*Screw Crusher:* Very fun but also very weak. At least it has a lot of Weapon Energy.
*Ballade Cracker:* Metal Blade done right! The Ballade Cracker is balanced.
Yeah though why does it do shit damage when you hit an enemy with it?
Its a bomb.
You hit an enemy in the face and it just tickles it
The ice weapon in 1 is better as the range is crap in 10
Sheep man's weapon sucks ass
And the rebound striker usually hits enemies with its weakest damage output so one of its feature is usually ignored
Great list and I fully respect your opinions here. I personally like 2 over 3 due to the iconic music, more complete wily stages and frankly I think the doc stages felt like padding.
Personally I wouldn't even count Mega Man & Bass on the list. Also I would put 5 on the bottom and 11 near the bottom. But I totally agree 4 and 9 should be at/near the top.
I only put Mega Man & Bass on the list because it's in the Mega Man 9 ending. I should have clarified that.
Ah I see. I like to pretend that it's Mega Man V the Game Boy game in the ending, but I'm just crazy.
Mega Man 4 is KING!!!
Glad Mega Man 6 was at a good spot. I played all of them prior to going to Toys R us and buying 6 and was blown away .I never understood the hate, amazing soundtrack like u said.
Mega Man 2 is still and probably always will be my favorite, its the first one I ever beat and there is just too much nostalgia attached to it.
I agree with a lot of your list though I'd probably put 2 above 3. I love Mega Man 6 and Mega Man 4 has the coolest bosses. Where I feel like I must be missing something is Mega Man 9. I see it consistently ranked high but I find the level design a more than a little unfair overall.
Dude that one song in Megaman 6 is a certified bangerrrrr!!!!
I haven’t played 11 yet, but outside of that I really like this ranking. There’s not a single spot where I’m wildly confused how you’d rank a game there. It doesn’t match my personal ranking, but all of it makes sense and looks justifiable.
Here’s my personal ranking (excluding 11):
1. Mega Man 9
2. Mega Man 4
3. Mega Man 2
4. Mega Man 3
5. Mega Man 6
6. Mega Man 5
7. Mega Man 10
8. Mega Man
9. Mega Man 7
10. Mega Man 8
Great stuff Brasel.
"Discovered" Megaman this year. As of this past week ive conquered every mainline MM game (save for Bass) and X12345 and 8.
These games are incredible.
Of the OG id say 2, 4, and 5 are my favorites. Biased to 5 because it was the first one i didnt save state-cheese my way through. I genuinely love that game tho, and beating Gravity man buster only was pretty cool. 7 was...meh. Wily was menacing byt fun to conquer.
8 was a chore, but dammit one of the most beautiful fkn games ever of that era, i mean just flat out gorgeous. 9 10 and 11 all incredible and cant wait to play again. May try 11 on hardest mode
Nice list.
I do have some points of debate on the list.
1. The Wily bosses in MM7 are probably one the best designed in the entire game, for example the Turtle Boss allows you to entrap the baby turtles it sends out with danger wrap to deal huge amounts of damage, and the Wily Capsule is a really tough but fair fight.
2. That said, MM7 has some of the worst weapons in the entire series like the useless Scorch Wheel, Wild Coil, Freeze Cracker, Thunder Bolt... etc.
3. MM10's Pump Shield is actually a really balanced shield - Decent damage, a stronger power stone attack, something that shields like the Junk Shield in MM7 or Jewel Shield in MM9 were a tad overpowered.
4. MM2 is a pretty bad game, in my opinion. The metal blades destroy the balance of the game and rip any challenge into half, making all the other 7 weapons completely unused except for niche things like the invisible gaps in Wily 4. The Wily castle stages are a flaming mess of garbage, empty short levels with hardly any enemies. Things like Heat Man's stage are just troll sections of Yoku blocks over lava with blocks appearing above you so you instantly die. I have no clue why people think MM2 is good. It's really just nostalgia.
5. MM6 is good, but there are two major problems in the game. The first thing is you can't slide out of a jump, and how the game loves to force the adaptors constantly in the X/Wily stages, you'll be constantly going back and forth, trying to skip those annoying cutscenes. I think MM6 is also too easy for it's own good. Some stages are very bland like the X stages meshing all together in visual looks, and the bonus paths are often just empty corridors with a few enemies tacked on. The endgame bosses are also kind of lame, like the two balls that move around the screen, or that bubble bomb dog tripod enemy.
6. MM11 is flawed. You can easily stockpile tons of bolts to get lots of E Tanks to break the endgame. Mega Man's animations like climbing up stairs looks clunky. Tons of vertical scrolling can be nauseous, like in Acid Man's stage which also has an unfair spike section. There is a lack of balance where weapons often kill each enemy in one hit.
7. I don't really like MM9 that much. Short robot master levels, no bonus routes, removing slide and charge is unfun as it removes a ton of fun platforming ideas. Some useless weapons exist like Magma Bazooka and Plug Ball, Wily Stage 2 is garbage with pixel-perfect jumps over spikes. It really is a overrated game like MM2, in my opinion.
One of my favs is megaman on gameboy!
Which one in particular? The first one?
@@braselthegamer yeah the one just called mega man, so much fun.
The Electric Underground you mean the original first Mega Man game? Yeah it's a good game but it's definitely not much compared to the other classic Mega Man games except for Bass and 8
Dr. Wily's Revenge is also one of my favorites. It's actually in my personal top 10 Mega Man games (top 5 if we're not counting fan games), ahead of even the other 3 Game Boy games by Minakuchi Engineering.
I agree with this list 100%, though I haven't played Mega Man 7, 8, and 11. Mega Man 9 really is the best, and I was pleased to see it at the top. I expected 2 and 3 to be above 4, but was pleasantly surprised to see it near the top. I always loved playing 4 and 2 as a kid. For some reason 3 was always hard for me.
Mega Man 10 is very underrated....it's going up over the years for sure....the boss weapons are bad yes but everything else is..mwah...chefs kiss
Awesome video!
Are you going to rank every MegaMan X games too?
Great list!
I know person choices exist but Water Shield a bad weapon ?
Everyone says 9 is #1
Not disagreeing, but
So far my list is:
1) Mega Man 2
2) Mega Man 5
3) Mega Man 11
(Honorable mention #1: Mega Man World 5)
(Honorable mention #2: Mega Man World 4)
4) Mega Man 3
5) Mega Man 4
(Honorable mention #3: Mega Man World 2)
6) Mega Man 7
7) Mega Man
(Honorable mention #4: Mega Man World 3)
8) Mega Man 10
9) Mega Man 9
10) Mega Man 6
(Honorable mention #5: Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge)
11) Mega Man 8
Yet to try) Mega Man & Bass
In my opinion, NOTHING has topped Mega Man 2 yet, 5 and 11 come so close, but 2 is one I can come back to ANYTIME. The replay value, the weapons, the stages, the music, it's all flawless (yes albeit a bit broken).
As for Mega Man 8, this is the only game I legitimately don't like (yes I even tolerate 6 and Dr. Wily's Revenge). It's too much of a slog and a step back in gameplay to get any fun out of it, even with the great graphics and music.
Wish sega could put out games this good
My favorite is Mega Man 4 (BARELY) with Mega Man 3 next and then Mega Man 2... my 4th and 5th I THINK are Mega Man 7 and 9.
Tony, it's time to man up and admit that 8 is the best in the series.
Seriously, though. Great vid as always.
FINALLY SOMEONE, WHO DIDN'T GIVE THE FIRST PLACE TO MEGA MAN 2!
Really liked this ranking. Heavily agree on 9.
I mostly grew up with the gameboy versions of these games. I also played the CRAP outta megaman battle network. Megaman but also pokemon? Sign me up
I would like to try out the Battle Network games at some point. I've actually never touched them.
I dont understand how you complain about Megaman 8 snowboarding/rush jet parts (who isn't that difficult, just reflexes), but doesn't complain about Megaman 11 harsh level design and specially Block Man stage with those stupid "player will fall here, let's put a instant death" gimmicks.
I never said the Snowboarding or Rush Jet parts are difficult. They're not. They're boring.
great list. i would swap a few games around but i agree with the majority of what you have. i also agree with flame mans song, its my fav for sure
MegaMan 11 has a bit of screwed up difficulty selection, newbie is newbie, casual Is normal, normal is hard and hard is very hard. And some of the places in some stages, like 3rd encounter with those drills in impact man's stage were pretty stupid.