Ranking Every ‘Mega Man’ Game on the Nintendo Switch – SwitchArcade Special Edition – TouchArcade
I’ve been rating the video games from many franchises within the final couple of months. The Mario video games, the Legend of Zelda video games, the Sonic The Hedgehog video games, the Ultimate Fantasy video games, the Dragon Quest video games, and even the Pokemon video games. The factor is, this actually solely works for franchises which have sufficient releases on the platform to make for an attention-grabbing record. Even after the Swap has had greater than six years available on the market, that effectively solely runs so deep. When trying round for an acceptable topic, I believed again to my youthful years. You understand which sequence had quite a lot of video games in a short while? Mega Man.
The tremendous combating robotic hasn’t had the best of instances lately, however because of Capcom’s devotion to getting a good bit of its legacy content material on the market once more, the Blue Bomber truly has fairly a number of video games accessible on the Swap. I’m not counting something in Nintendo Swap On-line’s retro apps, however I’m together with the DLC for the Capcom Arcade Stadium releases as they are often bought individually. These are my arbitrary guidelines; we’ve little selection however to simply accept them. Now, from worst to greatest, listed here are my private rankings for the Mega Man video games on Swap.
11. Mega Man Battle & Fighters
Pulling in on the rear of the pack is Mega Man Battle & Fighters, the NEOGEO Pocket Colour assortment of the 2 Mega Man arcade video games. Frankly talking, these are actually good ports for the {hardware}. However, they aren’t fairly nearly as good because the precise arcade video games, and the truth that the in-game textual content is Japanese solely makes it somewhat harder to totally benefit from the bundle. Extra of an attention-grabbing curio than something at this level.
10. Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium: Mega Man: The Energy Battle
Capcom was having fun with quite a lot of success within the arcades within the Nineties, and Mega Man was kind of the corporate mascot. It’s maybe not stunning that the corporate would get the thought to attempt to deliver Mega to the arcades, however how do you translate the enchantment of the sequence in a market that’s virtually utterly fighter-bonkers? Capcom opted to concentrate on the boss battles, and it might have gone worse. The Energy Battle isn’t a nasty recreation, although it in all probability isn’t one individuals will come again to usually if a extra conventional fighter is inside attain.
9. Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium: Mega Man 2: The Energy Fighters
With a brand new playable character and the power to decide on the order you need to sort out the levels in, Mega Man 2: The Energy Fighters is a right away step up from its predecessor. Properly, Capcom at all times was fairly good at sequels. The Energy Fighters has quite a lot of enhancements that make it more difficult, extra attention-grabbing, and extra enjoyable. It additionally accommodates some pretty vital sequence lore which you could’t discover elsewhere, in case that’s a factor you’re into. With all that stated, that is nonetheless a little bit of a unusual entry that’s greatest loved in brief bursts with a good friend.
8. Mega Man X Legacy Assortment 2
Let’s wade into the collections now. All of them have no less than one or two video games price taking part in on them, but when one must be final then it’s clearly this second quantity of Mega Man X video games. Whereas Mega Man X5 and Mega Man X8 are playable sufficient, if considerably uninspired, Mega Man X6 and Mega Man X7 might effectively characterize absolutely the nadir of the sequence when it comes to high quality. It could have been good to see the pot sweetened right here a bit with the Mega Man X RPG, however when all is alleged and finished this set offers you a few decent-at-best video games and a pair of absolute stinkers.
7. Mega Man 11
Let me begin by saying that I like Mega Man 11. It tried some new issues, and whereas they might not have labored out completely, the hassle was appreciated. The sport is just not content material to coast on nostalgia. Certainly, including the gear system to the acquainted Mega Man gameplay actually adjustments issues up, and I can envision a world the place it might need rekindled the flame of the basic franchise. Sadly, the extent designs simply aren’t as much as par in lots of instances, and that ends in a really middle-of-the-pack entry. That looks as if a good sufficient place to place it on this record, too.
6. Mega Man Battle Community Legacy Assortment Vol. 1
Maybe much more so than the basic sequence, the Battle Community sequence in all probability went to the identical effectively somewhat too usually. These action-RPGs had a incredible set-up and it’s little shock {that a} profitable TV present sprung from it. This set will allow you to benefit from the origins of the sequence and a few of its most cherished installments, however I’m of the thoughts that the expertise obtained extra refined as time went on. As such, I’ve obtained this set ranked only a bit decrease than the second. Working by all six distinct chapters of this sequence in a short while is an effective way to burn your self out on it, and in the event you’re solely going to do one in all these Battle Community collections, I’m unsure that is the one I’d choose.
5. Mega Man Legacy Assortment 2
Of the entire two-part Legacy Collections, the basic sequence is the one one which seemingly wasn’t deliberate to be two components from the get-go. As such, the 2 volumes aren’t fairly balanced the best way the remainder are. This second assortment accommodates 4 video games, together with the reasonably contentious non-NES video games Mega Man 7 and Mega Man 8, plus the throwback video games Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10. Whereas followers are typically break up on these video games, all 4 are no less than respectable. Some would say Mega Man 9 is among the many greatest within the sequence, even. I wouldn’t go fairly that far, however I feel you get three very earnest efforts that principally work out right here, plus one considerably cynical chaser.
4. Mega Man Battle Community Legacy Assortment Vol. 2
I feel the context through which you play this specific sub-series issues so much. In the event you come into the again half of the sequence already burnt out a bit and in search of some contemporary concepts, you’re in all probability not going to have a good time. If, nonetheless, you come into these video games with out that baggage? Properly, they’re merely probably the most refined variations of a really artistic and fulfilling set of RPG techniques. Whereas I didn’t point out it when speaking concerning the different quantity, the additional options and general dealing with of those collections is sort of good, and that’s not one thing we are able to say for all of them. You’ll get the Battle Community video games kind of at their greatest by taking part in them by way of these units.
3. Mega Man X Legacy Assortment
And that’s me teeing up my ideas on this assortment. Mega Man X is arguably the excessive level of your entire franchise. Mega Man X2 retains sufficient of its vitality to nonetheless be incredible. Mega Man X3 will get somewhat too sophisticated for its personal good, however it has loads of enchantment. Mega Man X4 was a roaring return to kind, and is for my part the second-best X recreation. The extras and choices are greater than effective right here, as effectively. It looks as if a complete winner, however the emulation on the Tremendous NES video games isn’t nearly as good correctly, leading to some harmful enter lag at instances. That’s sufficient to maintain this from the highest regardless of the very top quality of the video games contained inside.
2. Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Assortment
This sequence of video games, spanning the Sport Boy Advance and Nintendo DS, definitely had its ups and downs. The extent of issue was an excessive amount of for some gamers, and there’s no query that it began working into the same old Mega Man downside of coming again to the effectively too many instances. The 2 Nintendo DS video games are each tough at instances, although I’d fortunately stand behind each of them regardless of their flaws. It’s the Sport Boy Advance video games that basically drive this set nonetheless, and so they’re simply nearly as good now as they ever had been. The video games are enjoyable, the emulation high quality is strong, the extras are welcome, and also you get a totally complete set for this department of Mega Man in only one quantity. A particular winner.
1. Mega Man Legacy Assortment
In fact, we wouldn’t have all of those mounds of recreation collections if it weren’t for the muse they’re constructed on. The unique six NES Mega Man video games are a lesson in nice recreation design, but additionally a lesson in diminishing returns. That stated, even at their very worst, these video games are glorious. This specific assortment is the one one developed by the parents at Digital Eclipse, and it’s as much as the corporate’s traditional stage of high quality when it comes to extras and options. In the event you solely get one Mega Man title on the Nintendo Swap, that is the one to seize.
That appears about proper. In all probability. Properly, if it’s incorrect I’m certain somebody will let me know. Would you rank these video games in another way? Head into the feedback and let me understand how you’re feeling about these video games, particularly Mega Man 11. I’m curious the place others would place that one. I’m unsure which sequence of video games on the Swap I’ll rank subsequent, however I’m beginning to really feel like I’m working low on ammo. We’ll see what I can do. As at all times, thanks for studying!
