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[Krelian]

I've always liked MM7. Not as much as 9, 3 or 2 but I've never thought it was a bad game, or the black sheep of the classic series. The last boss is brutal but not impossible. Now 8 on the other hand I've never really liked much. It looks pretty but to me it feels off in almost every other way. I still enjoy playing it from time to time though.

Btw I used the boss order I was used to in MM7 instead of the one in the OP and the weapons do enough damage to convince me that it's either the correct one or a possible order anyway. The order:

Spoiler

Burstman/Cloudman/Junkman/Freezeman/Slashman/Springman/Shademan/Turboman

. I'll try the variation in the OP once I get to the boss gauntlet part.

 

[Azure Dream]

Like this

I think the only messed-up thing is how bad his RNG can be, constantly reappearing in the exact same place over and over where the buster can't reach him.

 

[Cypher]

Another presentation snafu:

Background Design [4] is missing in Museum mode for Mega Man 10!

:/

 

[Lord British]

I'm astonished that anyone would fight Freeze Man first. He's, like, the hardest one!

 

[MaverickHunterX]

What's the story with Mega Man VII?

Why does it feel so off in comparison to Mega Man X?

I always thought that the bigger sprites and characters was because Capcom was trying to promote the animated series. MM was really big in there, too. Plus, almost all adverting for 7, including the manual, pimped out the cartoon like crazy

I'm astonished that anyone would fight Freeze Man first. He's, like, the hardest one!

Sorry. It's the way I have been doing it since SNES back in 95.

The trick is to try to stay in the middle as he runs back and forth. Be ready for his freeze shots and by being in the middle, you kinda control where the icicles end up spawning.

So, a quick question for you all. Have anyone finished Megaman 8'yet? I ask because I had a shit-ton of audio glitches, and I can't tell if it's my surround sound of not.

A lot of times, the triggered voice over didn't work in cue or did randomly. For example:

-the title screen being announced ("Megaman 8!")
-the robot masters introducing themselves as their stage is selected.
-Roll speaking during the shop screens.

And I noticed the wrong theme playing as you meet Dr. wily for the final battle. The Wily Stage map music plays out instead of his theme.
As well as the credits theme cuts off the second the "Thank you for playing" screen appears (when the trophy is awarded)

Also, Protodude brought this up on Twitter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/NovaManXP/status/895443545754087424

 

[RockmanBN]

I always thought that the bigger sprites and characters was because Capcom was trying to promote the animated series. MM was really big in there, too. Plus, almost all adverting for 7, including the manual, pimped out the cartoon like crazy



Sorry. It's the way I have been doing it since SNES back in 95.

The trick is to try to stay in the middle as he runs back and forth. Be ready for his freeze shots and by being in the middle, you kinda control where the icicles end up spawning.

So, a quick question for you all. Have anyone finished Megaman 8'yet? I ask because I had a shit-ton of audio glitches, and I can't tell if it's my surround sound of not.

A lot of times, the triggered voice over didn't work in cue or did randomly. For example:

-the title screen being announced ("Megaman 8!")
-the robot masters introducing themselves as their stage is selected.
-Roll speaking during the shop screens.

And I noticed the wrong theme playing as you meet Dr. wily for the final battle. The Wily Stage map music plays out instead of his theme.
As well as the credits theme cuts off the second the "Thank you for playing" screen appears (when the trophy is awarded)

Also, Protodude brought this up on Twitter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/NovaManXP/status/895443545754087424

Started with Mega Man 8 on the PS4 retail copy. Nothing above has happened. Game played with no problems. Finished all challenges and am moving on to Mega Man 7. I do Freezeman first as we'll. He's easy and fun to fight once you realize he jumps when you shoot.

 

[Berordn]

I'm astonished that anyone would fight Freeze Man first. He's, like, the hardest one!

If you fight Freeze Man first, you don't have to revisit any stages for the Rush Adapter collectables!

 

[Cipher Peon]

Mega Man 9 was my first Mega Man game that I've enjoyed back when it came out, so I was extremely excited to revisit it.

But just like before, I have to face the bitter reality that I'm terrible at Mega Man games. I /barely/ beat Galaxy Man and I've burned through about a dozen game overs on Splash Woman's stage. The second mine bit REALLY stumped me, until my girlfriend suggested I go left instead of right and that helped a LOT.

Now I'm stuck on Splash Woman heheheh

Also forgot to mention that I'm trying to beat it without save states and without using the boss powers!

 

[Shadowman16]

Also forgot to mention that I'm trying to beat it without save states and without using the boss powers!

Good luck with that It'll take a little while to nail down at first but once you get the boss patterns down it feels so damn satisfying to beat the bosses that way. Its how I always play the Mega Man games as I love the boss fights and felt the weapons made things far too easy!

 

[Shadowman16]

Speaking of doing buster only runs against bosses - anyone have any tips for the Guts Man fortress boss fight in Mega Man 7? The blocks from the ceiling seem to have a somewhat random nature at times and his rushing claw attack seems almost impossible to prevent (I've managed it a couple of times, but I'm not to a point where I can consistently do it), Definitely seems so much easier to just use Slash Claw that's for sure!

 

[RockmanBN]

Finished MM8 Buster Only Boss Rush. Wow got 4th and I died once.

 

[megarockexe]

I just got started with Mega Man 8. It plays so well, I can't believe I'm actually enjoying it so far. I never gave the game a chance, but it's impressive and the level design is great. Even the jump/slide part wasn't that bad.

 

[theclaw135]

What game is everybody playing? Freeze Man first is nothing. Buster only Burst Man, there's hardcore!

 

[Ermac]

This is my first time playing MM7, was not ready for Shade Man's bootleg-ass Castlevania stage lol.

 

[Azure Dream]

Also, Protodude brought this up on Twitter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/NovaManXP/status/895443545754087424

We need to come up with a new universal symbol in games for health pickups. Something the old games can be easily edited to. Like a Red Diamond instead of a plus sign (I mean "Cross").

 

[Krelian]

What game is everybody playing? Freeze Man first is nothing. Buster only Burst Man, there's hardcore!

Burst Man is easy, though. I've always startet with him and so almost always use Buster only.

 

[Tizoc]

What game is everybody playing? Freeze Man first is nothing. Buster only Burst Man, there's hardcore!

Umm
I usualyl start with Burstman anyways in 7 >_>

 

[Piccoro]

This is my first time playing MM7, was not ready for Shade Man's bootleg-ass Castlevania stage lol.

It also reminded me of Ghouls 'n Ghosts. With the coffins rising from the ground and all.

 

[Andyliini]

Burst Man is easy, though. I've always startet with him and so almost always use Buster only.

Burst Man is also the only one to flinch when you shoot him with Mega Buster, so the game designers actually intended him to be done first. As far as I know, no other boss in the game flinches when you shoot him with charged Mega Buster.

 

[Robin64]

This is my first time playing MM7, was not ready for Shade Man's bootleg-ass Castlevania stage lol.

It also reminded me of Ghouls 'n Ghosts. With the coffins rising from the ground and all.

Play the stage again, but this time hold B while you select Shade Man and keep holding it til his stage appears.

Edit: Or whatever SNES's "B" is on the version you are playing now.

 

[sonto340]

I've always liked MM7. Not as much as 9, 3 or 2 but I've never thought it was a bad game, or the black sheep of the classic series. The last boss is brutal but not impossible. Now 8 on the other hand I've never really liked much. It looks pretty but to me it feels off in almost every other way. I still enjoy playing it from time to time though.

Btw I used the boss order I was used to in MM7 instead of the one in the OP and the weapons do enough damage to convince me that it's either the correct one or a possible order anyway. The order:

Spoiler

Burstman/Cloudman/Junkman/Freezeman/Slashman/Springman/Shademan/Turboman

. I'll try the variation in the OP once I get to the boss gauntlet part.

The first four bosses form a circle of weaknesses as do the second set. You can jump in at any point with any robot master your comfortable beating with the buster.

 

[Lord British]

Tried Freeze Man buster-only last night and after three deaths managed to figure out his (frankly, embarrassingly obvious in retrospect) pattern. Think I'll start with him from now on!

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

MM8 is just as good as I remembered.

MM7 is also a very pleasant game but fuck that final boss, lol. I just couldn't manage to beat him so I used the half damage option and I ended up beating him with 3 energy tanks remaining. I think I lucked out since he was throwing lightning balls 70% of the time during that particular encounter. But now I'm gonna have to try it again the hard way I guess, haha.

I'll do another attempt tomorrow but in the meantime, I'm moving on to MM9, my second favorite in the series after 2. Should be fun. I also look forward to 10, the only one I've never completed.

 

[March of the Crabs]

I'm playing Mega Man 7 for the first time and I'm loving it, but you guys have me worried for the final boss now...

 

[Piccoro]

Play the stage again, but this time hold B while you select Shade Man and keep holding it til his stage appears.

Edit: Or whatever SNES's "B" is on the version you are playing now.

Oh, wow. Thanks, I'm gonna try that. I'm so curious!

B button on the SNES was the jump button, right? So that would be X on the PS4?

 

[entremet]

I'm playing Mega Man 7 for the first time and I'm loving it, but you guys have me worried for the final boss now...

He’s hard, but this ain’t Ghouls and Ghost.

I beat him fine as a kid with spare E tanks.

 

[Rlan]

We need to come up with a new universal symbol in games for health pickups. Something the old games can be easily edited to. Like a Red Diamond instead of a plus sign (I mean "Cross").

Generally a green cross is okay, but dealing with old games like this editing color might be a nightmare.

 

[Narroo]

I just got started with Mega Man 8. It plays so well, I can't believe I'm actually enjoying it so far. I never gave the game a chance, but it's impressive and the level design is great. Even the jump/slide part wasn't that bad.

It gets better if you remap the controls: Put sub-weapons on 'triangle' and regular buster on 'square'. It makes it easy to use the buster and sub weapons at the same time, which makes sub weapons much more useful!

 

[Comet]

Really annoyed that Rockman & Bass was not included at all. Oh well, I love Mega Man so I'll get this. I haven't played through 7 or 8 in over a decade lol

 

[megarockexe]

Burst Man is easy, though. I've always startet with him and so almost always use Buster only.

Man, I used to do this when I first played the game, but I don't know how I did it. He's so annoying to fight as is, and even using one of his weaknesses isn't much better since you still have to deal with unbreakable bubbles getting in the way, constantly at risk of hitting the spikes, and the field littered with bombs.
Clearly I haven't seen how you're "supposed" to beat him, so this is just how I've struggled.

It gets better if you remap the controls: Put sub-weapons on 'triangle' and regular buster on 'square'. It makes it easy to use the buster and sub weapons at the same time, which makes sub weapons much more useful!

I haven't thought of doing that since the controls have felt very natural to me. Bottom button as jump and the shooting buttons on the side make it easy to jump and choose an attack.

 

[Krelian]

Man, I used to do this when I first played the game, but I don't know how I did it. He's so annoying to fight as is, and even using one of his weaknesses isn't much better since you still have to deal with unbreakable bubbles getting in the way, constantly at risk of hitting the spikes, and the field littered with bombs.
Clearly I haven't seen how you're "supposed" to beat him, so this is just how I've struggled.

The most important rule is to never touch his bubbles. Basically you jump over the three bubbles he shoots and hit him with a fully charged shot during the last jump. He will flinch and drop some bombs on the floor. You have to time a jump to evade their explosions and repeat the whole thing. If everything works as planned he shouldn't even move, except backwards when you hit him.

 

[Piccoro]

Play the stage again, but this time hold B while you select Shade Man and keep holding it til his stage appears.

Edit: Or whatever SNES's "B" is on the version you are playing now.

Robin, I tried to press both X and O and nothing happens? :/

 

[Narpas Sword0]

Speaking of doing buster only runs against bosses - anyone have any tips for the Guts Man fortress boss fight in Mega Man 7? The blocks from the ceiling seem to have a somewhat random nature at times and his rushing claw attack seems almost impossible to prevent (I've managed it a couple of times, but I'm not to a point where I can consistently do it), Definitely seems so much easier to just use Slash Claw that's for sure!

It's really easy if you use the Rush jetpack suit thing

 

[FSLink]

Robin, I tried to press both X and O and nothing happens? :/

Pretty sure it only works if you haven't beaten Shade Man.

 

[Berordn]

Play the stage again, but this time hold B while you select Shade Man and keep holding it til his stage appears.

Edit: Or whatever SNES's "B" is on the version you are playing now.

I think this only works before you beat him.

 

[Piccoro]

Pretty sure it only works if you haven't beaten Shade Man.

I think this only works before you beat him.

Oh. Thanks!
Off to restart the game!

 

[Robin64]

Robin, I tried to press both X and O and nothing happens? :/

Sorry yes, you'll need to do this on a file that hasn't beaten him yet.

 

[sonto340]

Do I have to do anything to unlock the half damage option because I’m not seeing it anywhere.

 

[Saikyo]

Do I have to do anything to unlock the half damage option because I’m not seeing it anywhere.

Options before you choose a game.

 

[leroidys]

Just finished a buster-only, no death, no items run of Mega Man 10. Still loved it.

I completely don't understand why people talk of it like some lesser, second or third tier mega man game. It's right up there with the all-time greats to me. Perfect balance of difficulty, tons of content, three playable characters, great bosses and weapons, great stages, great music, great enemies and enemy variety... just a fantastic package. It feels slightly less tight and focused than Mega Man 9, but that is easily the best game in the classic series, so I forgive Mega Man 10 for not quite hitting that bar.

 

[Azure Dream]

Generally a green cross is okay, but dealing with old games like this editing color might be a nightmare.

Correct, especially NES games, or older.

That's why I think it should be shape-based edit, that can scale well to big and small. (A 3x3 pixel cross could just take the middle dot out.)

 

[Lynd7]

So what does the crt filter look like and how does it stack up against the first game?

 

[Shadowman16]

Just finished a buster-only, no death, no items run of Mega Man 10. Still loved it.

I completely don't understand why people talk of it like some lesser, second or third tier mega man game. It's right up there with the all-time greats to me. Perfect balance of difficulty, tons of content, three playable characters, great bosses and weapons, great stages, great music, great enemies and enemy variety... just a fantastic package. It feels slightly less tight and focused than Mega Man 9, but that is easily the best game in the classic series, so I forgive Mega Man 10 for not quite hitting that bar.

Agreed. I thought it was an excellent sequel with some brilliant bosses. It felt great on hard mode as well when the bosses all gained some great new attacks. Definitely in my top 3-5 games in the series along with 9, 2 and 3.

It's really easy if you use the Rush jetpack suit thing

True, but I'm doing a buster only run without using any powerups for the challenge, so the jetpack is a no-no! I managed it in the end though, easy just to stay to the left of the screen as the blocks will never land on you, then its just a matter of vaulting over the blocks as they are punched toward you and keep shooting Guts Man as he charges toward you. Fairly straight forward as long as you fire fast enough during the charging attack.

 

[SkyTurnsRed]

My copy comes Monday. It's been years since I've played 8, but am I remembering incorrectly in thinking that the game looked great?

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Had to do some farming but I have finally conquered MM9. Don't know if I'm good enough to beat it as Proto Man but I'll give it a shot eventually. And is there a way to look at a list of the in-game achievements from the menu?

Anyway, I've moved on to MM10 and god, the early stage are kicking my ass. I love the Commando Man stage theme though.

My copy comes Monday. It's been years since I've played 8, but am I remembering incorrectly in thinking that the game looked great?

Nah, it looks superb.

 

[Shadowman16]

Had to do some farming but I have finally conquered MM9. Don't know if I'm good enough to beat it as Proto Man but I'll give it a shot eventually. And is there a way to look at a list of the the in-game achievements from the menu?

Anyway, I've moved on to MM10 and god, the early stage are kicking my ass. I love the Commando Man stage theme though.



Nah, it looks superb.

I game achievements were moved about I. The collection, so now you have to go to "challenges", then select either mm9 or 10 and then select "original challenges" to view them.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

I game achievements were moved about I. The collection, so now you have to go to "challenges", then select either mm9 or 10 and then select "original challenges" to view them.

Ah, I see, thanks!
They were right under my nose by I kept looking for them in MM9 itself because of my foggy memories of the menus on the Wii version, haha.

 

[entremet]

Does MM8 still have the loading screens?

 

[RockmanBN]

Does MM8 still have the loading screens?

Only the mid transitions.

 

[Brandon F]

MM8 is just as good as I remembered.

MM7 is also a very pleasant game but fuck that final boss, lol. I just couldn't manage to beat him so I used the half damage option and I ended up beating him with 3 energy tanks remaining. I think I lucked out since he was throwing lightning balls 70% of the time during that particular encounter. But now I'm gonna have to try it again the hard way I guess, haha.
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Just beat wily on MM7 normally. One tip is to charge the coil weapon and hold 'up' when firing while on the ground(don't jump). This makes the coils bounce high enough to hit him anywhere he reveals himself, ensuring you are doing dmg every single time he appears. You never need to jump near him to land a shot ever.

At that point it's just attrition and even if you get hit each turn as well, 3 energy tanks will be enough to outlast him. Though his fire pellets do the most dmg to you, so avoid those as best you can, even taking a freeze or thunder pellet if needed as they barely do much.