Mega Man Megathread

[mimindo]

Can someone help me with this? I'm on a mission to play every Mega man game ever! Including spinoffs and Japan only games that were translated. Anyone have an order and/or version recommendations?

There are any differences between the original games and some collections like the ones on PS2? Like some quality of life features etc.?

I've already played through Mega man X, X2 and X3 so far, but I wouldn't mind playing them again

 

[happymasksalesman]

Well I think you can just search mega man and all series will come.
Write them and mark which one you finished.
Mega man have a lot of games it's
Why you want to play them all?

 

[mimindo]

I'm interested in knowing more about the lore and timeline of the games, and I love the art and the character design of the series! So I decided to play them all

Mega man is also quite hard, so I was thinking of beating every game and unlocking every secret as a challenge.

 

[happymasksalesman]

I'm interested in knowing more about the lore and timeline of the games, and I love the art and the character design of the series! So I decided to play them all

Mega man is also quite hard, so I was thinking of beating every game and unlocking every secret as a challenge.

Have you played zero on gba? It was hard and I think a good start.

 

[mimindo]

Have you played zero on gba? It was hard and I think a good start.

Not yet, but I'll play next, then! thx~

 

[Yousef]

The opening for the Japanese version was awesome though.

Moot point. All jp Megaman ops are awesome. XD

 

[happymasksalesman]

Not yet, but I'll play next, then! thx~

Glad to hear!

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

Moot point. All jp Megaman ops are awesome. XD

Agreed. But I have to say, I also love X4 and X5 western OPs. I think they're actually slightly better.

 

[extermist]

Can someone help me with this? I'm on a mission to play every Mega man game ever! Including spinoffs and Japan only games that were translated. Anyone have an order and/or version recommendations?

There are any differences between the original games and some collections like the ones on PS2? Like some quality of life features etc.?

I've already played through Mega man X, X2 and X3 so far, but I wouldn't mind playing them again

I would recommend following release order.
You'll learn more about the lore in the same manner as most of everyone who's played.
But lore wise, my recommended order:

Classic 1-8
& Forte - Forte Mirai
Power Battle & Power Fighters
Adventure
Classic 9 - 11
X 1-3
Xtreme 1-2
X 4-5
Zero 1-4
ZX & Advent
Legends 1-2
Misadventures of Tron Bonne

X 6-8 ( separate continuity )
Command Mission

GB World games ( separate continuity )

Alternate Timeline:
Battle Network 1-3
Network Transmission
EXE Wonderswan
Battle Chip Challenge
EXE Battle Chip Stadium
Battle Network 4-6
Star Force 1-3
EXE Operation Shooting Srar

Re-imagining:
Powered Up
Maverick Hunter X

Elder God Tier:
Panic Shot
DOS games
Wily & Light Rockboard
Soccer
Battle & Chase
Pachislot
Mobile Java exclusive games ( between this and DOS I don't know which is worst )
Gold Empire ( jesus wept )
Strategy ( might be better than Gold Empire, I sure as hell won't find out )
Xover
X Dive

 

[mimindo]

I would recommend following release order.
You'll learn more about the lore in the same manner as most of everyone who's played.
But lore wise, my recommended order:

Classic 1-8
& Forte - Forte Mirai
Power Battle & Power Fighters
Adventure
Classic 9 - 11
X 1-3
Xtreme 1-2
X 4-5
Zero 1-4
ZX & Advent
Legends 1-2
Misadventures of Tron Bonne

X 6-8 ( separate continuity )
Command Mission

GB World games ( separate continuity )

Alternate Timeline:
Battle Network 1-3
Network Transmission
EXE Wonderswan
Battle Chip Challenge
EXE Battle Chip Stadium
Battle Network 4-6
Star Force 1-3
EXE Operation Shooting Srar

Re-imagining:
Powered Up
Maverick Hunter X

Elder God Tier:
Panic Shot
DOS games
Wily & Light Rockboard
Soccer
Battle & Chase
Pachislot
Mobile Java exclusive games ( between this and DOS I don't know which is worst )
Gold Empire ( jesus wept )
Strategy ( might be better than Gold Empire, I sure as hell won't find out )
Xover
X Dive

Omg thank you so much for this list. That helps me a LOT!

I didn't even know about some of these. The Panic Shot is such a cool discovery for me bc I also love pinball, but I have no idea where I could possibly find one around.

Mega man soccer looks very funny too.

 

[fake-kun]

I'm interested in knowing more about the lore and timeline of the games

Only thing you need to know about Mega Man lore is that it's terrible and makes no sense.

Just play games in whatever order you want.

 

[Yousef]

Only thing you need to know about Mega Man lore is that it's terrible and makes no sense.

Just play games in whatever order you want.

>wants to learn lore
>Ian secret account?!?

 

[fake-kun]

Also.

I would recommend following release order.
You'll learn more about the lore in the same manner as most of everyone who's played.
But lore wise, my recommended order:

Classic 1-8
& Forte - Forte Mirai
Power Battle & Power Fighters
Adventure
Classic 9 - 11
X 1-3
Xtreme 1-2
X 4-5
Zero 1-4
ZX & Advent
Legends 1-2
Misadventures of Tron Bonne

X 6-8 ( separate continuity )
Command Mission

GB World games ( separate continuity )

Alternate Timeline:
Battle Network 1-3
Network Transmission
EXE Wonderswan
Battle Chip Challenge
EXE Battle Chip Stadium
Battle Network 4-6
Star Force 1-3
EXE Operation Shooting Srar

Re-imagining:
Powered Up
Maverick Hunter X

Elder God Tier:
Panic Shot
DOS games
Wily & Light Rockboard
Soccer
Battle & Chase
Pachislot
Mobile Java exclusive games ( between this and DOS I don't know which is worst )
Gold Empire ( jesus wept )
Strategy ( might be better than Gold Empire, I sure as hell won't find out )
Xover
X Dive

X6-X8 and Mega Man World series are not separate continuity. Don't make things up.

 

[Yousef]

If someone would consider X6-8 a separate canon, we may as well consider every Megaman ever to be a separate continuity

 

[fake-kun]

BTW, it's Mega Man & Bass' 27th anniversary today!

 

[Yousef]

BTW, it's Mega Man & Bass' 27th anniversary today!

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Happy birthday to the GOAT of Megaman!

 

[extermist]

Zero series was conceved wih the idea of X5 being the end of the X series.
Inafune did not know that X6 was being worked on during this time.
Hence the inconcistencies of Zero going into sleep and getting cloned, the rampant viruses and timelines conflicting with elf wars.
Also if X6-8 was inline with everything else, there's no mention of something as massive of an event such as Jakob's ladder in Zero, ZX or even Legends.

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Mega Man world seriese also has an encounter with Quint.
A Mega Man from an alternate timeline that was kidnaped and reprogramed by Wily.

Somehow none of this or the Mefa Man killers are ever mentioned or brought up.

 

[fake-kun]

Zero series was conceved wih the idea of X5 being the end of the X series.
Inafune did not know that X6 was being worked on during this time.
Hence the inconcistencies of Zero going into sleep and getting cloned, the rampant viruses and timelines conflicting with elf wars.
Also if X6-8 was inline with everything else, there's no mention of something as massive of an event such as Jakob's ladder in Zero, ZX or even Legends.

Post automatically merged: Thursday at 10:28 AM

Mega Man world seriese also has an encounter with Quint.
A Mega Man from an alternate timeline that was kidnaped and reprogramed by Wily.

Somehow none of this or the Mefa Man killers are ever mentioned or brought up.
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It's not mentioned or brought up because Capcom sucks at consistency.

Also, you included Super Adventure Rockman and didn't mention it being non-canon.

 

[extermist]

It's not mentioned or brought up because Capcom sucks at consistency.

Also, you included Super Adventure Rockman and didn't mention it being non-canon.

I'll give you that, I know nothing of Adventure, but looking into it, seems to not conflict with the canon too much, and I think that Ra Moon might have also been referenced in some of the main games to some degree but I can't recall too well.

 

[fake-kun]

I'll give you that, I know nothing of Adventure, but looking into it, seems to not conflict with the canon too much, and I think that Ra Moon might have also been referenced in some of the main games to some degree but I can't recall too well.

Nothing from SAR has ever been acknowledged or referenced by other games. Please stop passing off your headcanons and conjecture as an actual canon.

 

[Yousef]

Citing a FANDOM wiki is like the inverse of credibility LOOOOL

 

[extermist]

Nothing from SAR has ever been acknowledged or referenced by other games. Please stop passing off your headcanons and conjecture as an actual canon.

Your right, I was misremembering the shadow devil in X5 as Ra Moon. My bad.

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

I would recommend following release order.
You'll learn more about the lore in the same manner as most of everyone who's played.
But lore wise, my recommended order:

Classic 1-8
& Forte - Forte Mirai
Power Battle & Power Fighters
Adventure
Classic 9 - 11
X 1-3
Xtreme 1-2
X 4-5
Zero 1-4
ZX & Advent
Legends 1-2
Misadventures of Tron Bonne

X 6-8 ( separate continuity )
Command Mission

GB World games ( separate continuity )

Alternate Timeline:
Battle Network 1-3
Network Transmission
EXE Wonderswan
Battle Chip Challenge
EXE Battle Chip Stadium
Battle Network 4-6
Star Force 1-3
EXE Operation Shooting Srar

Re-imagining:
Powered Up
Maverick Hunter X

Elder God Tier:
Panic Shot
DOS games
Wily & Light Rockboard
Soccer
Battle & Chase
Pachislot
Mobile Java exclusive games ( between this and DOS I don't know which is worst )
Gold Empire ( jesus wept )
Strategy ( might be better than Gold Empire, I sure as hell won't find out )
Xover
X Dive

The grouping here makes a lot of sense.

I group the games similarly in my head but my only change would be:
I'd split Megaman classic same way you did X series
MM 1-6
MM 7,8, then MM&Bass

Also I'd keep X6 grouped with the first two so X4-X6, although I do understand why you removed it, they're literally the same sprites/ gameplay / generation.

Finally I recommend to just pick whatever group you like the look of and start there. Playing from start to finish in order of release might feel like a chore. Chop and change but just keep to the sequential order within each group. So you could start with X4 (my first Megaman game!), then Legends 1, X1, Megaman 1, X2, X5, Legends 2, Zero 1, X6, Zero2 and so on... I hope it makes sense