I expect that to continue in this collection once people have gotten themselves solid collections of chips to participate in it.Īlso new to the collection are the ability to gain "download chips" which were Japanese only event chips at a press of a button. Not all of the games are balanced, but 6 in particular is balanced in a way which has lead a competitive scene existing for it (and has had decent-sized following for several years now). This collection has added online support with a (simplistic) ranked system for battling other players. Putting a bunch of powerful chips is great and all, butt if you are only getting one chip each turn, you are going to be much less effective.ģ) The Rockman Exe Zone has a very helpful wiki that is well organized if you ever want to consult a resource. Keep this in mind if this is something you are interested in, even if just for speeding up grinding.Ģ) If you are struggling and don't want to resort to the above, try reducing the number of letter codes in your folder. Speaking of which, this bundle is $40 for the first 3 games, and the other is also $40, but you can get both for $60 if you get the bundle, which you probably should if you think you'll like these games.ġ) Buster Max mode is basically a "cheat" mode that puts your base buster power to 100 and can let you breeze through the games. Playing the games in order is recommended, but if you aren't enjoying 1, you can try skipping to 6 to see if the series is for you at all. 3 for its post-game and varied settings, and 6 for its gameplay and PvP. 3 and 6 are generally considered the highlights. 1 is janky in the way that first entries often are, and 4 suffers from a series of poor design decisions and a particularly atrocious translation effort. In general, 1 and 4 are considered to be the weakest games. The games have a lot of mechanical depth, particularly the later entries, which lets players spend a lot time tinkering with folder set-up. Most of the fun is derived from improving your chip folder and skills as you fight ever stronger navis. It is mostly typical shounen fare, often hindered by awkward localization with numerous typos (particularly in BN 4). The game's stories aren't really their strong point. On the internet, battles come from in the form of random encounters. Generally Lan moves in the real world, finds a place for Mega Man to "jack-in" and enter either a local network or the internet. There is a set story, involving Lan Hikari in the real world, who operates Mega Man.exe, his Net Navi, in the cyberworld, in their fight against viruses and a (game-dependent) terrorist organization. Unlike One Step from Eden, however, this game isn't a rougelike. This system would later go on to inspire One Step from Eden. This system is expanded upon as the game goes on and becomes increasingly nuanced and complex (the final entry supports a robust PvP meta, for example), but these basics are upheld. after which you can choose to return to chip selection, and repeat until the enemy is defeated. You battle for 9 seconds, where you can move on the grid, use your chips, and/or your (relatively weak) megabuster. 5 battle chips are drawn from your deck of 30, which you select based on shared letter (think "suit" of card) and shared chip type. Combat takes place on a 6x3 grid, where the left 3x3 is where you can move around, and the right 3x3 is where your enemies can move. The gameplay is a little difficult to describe. This collection contains the first 3, and vol. This collection and the simultaneously released Vol 2 contain all of the 6 numbered entries (all except the first two entries were split into 2 versions like Pokemon, hence the "10 games" in marketing). The Mega Man Battle Network games were a collection of action RPGs (mostly) for the GBA games. The first will be directed at people new to the series, the second at everyone, and third at existing MMBN fans.īefore getting to that though, I'm just going to start with my opinion: yes I recommend it, but I'm a MMBN fan so of course I would say that, I want people to get this game so that Capcom could see this be popular and make a new game, so the rest of this review is just trying to be informative.
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