ugh... 5 had some bad ones too. i'm just about done with MM4 in the Legacy Collection right now and am about to start in on 5.

but yeah, i made the mistake of posting this on SW first. people just want to bicker over there. i figure i'll repost this here in actual game discussion.

its not a bad game. its a very good game. but it is the weakest of the mainstreme mega man games.

• FFVI
• FFXII
• Chrono Trigger
• Super Mario RPG: LotSS
• Secret of Evermore
• Robotrek
• FF Tactics
• Dragon quest VIII
• Rogue Galaxy
• Golden Sun: The Lost Age
• Mass Effect
• Skyrim

Playing through the Mega Man Legacy Collection, I am reminded of all the different robot masters throughout the game series. Excluding the X series... I'm going to outline the two games I thought had the best and worst lineup of Robot Masters.

Best: Mega Man II:

The first game had already grabbed all the original elemental titles... Ice, Fire, Electricity... but the bosses actual designs were all pretty lame, with Ice Man looking like an Eskimo, and Bomb Man looking like a bird (wtf). They had to be a little more creative with the names in the second game, but Mega Man II hit nearly all the marks. Good variety, decent names and a huge upgrade to the character designs from the first one. The only problem is Capcom stole all the good ideas for future Robot Masters in the upcoming titles.

Worst: Mega Man 4:

Horrendous bosses. From powers to design. Mega Man 4 had by far the lamest Robot Masters in all of the games. Only two of them are "aaight."--Dive Man and Drill Man. Dive Man looks and behaves similar to MM3's Hard Man. And Drill Man has a standard design. But that is about it. The other 6 Robot Masters are terrible. I'm going to start of with the least offensive and work my way down to the biggest abomination... So let's start with Skull Man. He looks cool, but is just a simple version of Mega Man with just a pea shooter for a weapon... Pharaoh Man. Not a good idea to include an culture moniker in any game. I think he looks dumb. But at least his powers are formidable. But you never would have guessed he is the fire elemental boss... Bright Man. He is a fucking robot with a giant light bulb on his head. Why somebody would design a boss that would be getting shot at, to have a giant glass bulb as a weak point is beyond me... Ring Man. How lame! He has the power to make your woman leave you for bigger bling... Dust Man! If Ring Man wasn't lame enough, you have a Robot Master with a giant vacuum hose built onto the top of his box body. He apparently throws garbage at you. The most stupid character design in all of Mega Man series imho... And finally we have, Toad Man. Yes, "toad." His design isn't as dumb as Dust Man's, but his powers are than he just jumps at you. And that is it. He doesn't even have an arm cannon. That, with the fact he is a robot that was made to look like a human wearing a frog suit, his design is almost as bad, making Toad Man the worst robot Master in the Mega Man series.

This is just my opinion. What is yours? What is your favorite and most hated robot Masters in the MM series?

Strange that the original MM game is not on the list. It is by far the weakest of the mainstream games.

@quakeknight1991: actually, what he is say is despite japan's relevance, the 360 was a success. Japan's blight on the industry goes far beyond the xbox brand.

And people get mad at me when I don't take the Japanese seriously when it comes to the video game industry, lol. Still... pretty good numbers compared to anything anyone would have guessed. I'm a bit surprised.

Shitty of Nintendo. I hate with a passion when people say shit like Nintendo is a great publisher, unlike the other Evil publishers like Microsoft or EA. It's bullshit.

But on a side note, I do not recognize hacked speed runs to be legit, so I'm not butthurt about these ones getting taken down. For instance the fastest speed run in the world for SMB3... is not legit, due to the fact that the bug to be exploited in order to accomplish the "feat" is extremely rare, and the game had to be opened up and tampered with to make it occur. that is not legit. I don't think the answer is to take these vids down, but something should happen to legitimatize them. Censoring never works.

yeah, that was a big "if." i went through 3 card purchases last gen.

but the way PC ports are being held back recently, we all would probably be able to carry through the next 10 years without an upgrade and still play games on very high. so i'll give you that. its not quite the same this gen. still, other hardware upgrades should run the bill up to.