Well, Mega Man 2 is Still Very Good

Developer: CapcomPublisher: CapcomYear: 1988Genre: PlatformerSystem: NES Inspired by Jeff Gerstmann’s NES games ranking, I played through all of Mega Man 2 for the first time in about 10 years or so. I was a little surprised it had been that long since it’s my favorite NES game (and still is) but that’s the date for the achievement on the Mega Man Legacy Collection and I don’t think I’ve completed it since then. There’s no hot takes in this one, I still love it and agree with all the opinions on it. All the robots are solid designs and they had a lot more to choose from than later entries, the soundtrack is fantastic, that one boss level where you can softlock yourself is a bit poop, none of these are hot takes. I also like how purple and blue so many of the game’s levels are. It’s the bisexual pride flag of Mega Man games. I don’t necessarily agree with the takes that later games get bad. I like some of the later mainline Mega Man games quite a bit and I’m looking forward to the new…

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