Tag: A Critical Look at

After skirting the razor’s edge in Cut Man’s stage, we blaze forward to Fire Man’s stage (with its music). We start off going through a few corridors with Screwdrivers. There’s not much to these when they’re all level with you, but they at least make you walk over one of them. The next part is […]

After blasting through Bomb Man‘s stage, we now arrive at Cut Man’s stage (Music). Cut Man starts of with a few platforms and Helis. The stage is also filled with blocks that can be picked up with the Super Arm, strongly hinting at the boss’s weakness. The next section is defended by two Mambus, one […]

Following Elec Man, we proceed to Bomb Man’s Stage (and its music). Right away, a Blaster jumps into our face. Then a bunch more. Combined with the staggered terrain, this is already among the best couple screens we’ve seen so far. The exploding thing is a Bombombomb (henceforth referred to as a bomb because nuts […]

Continuing from where we left off with Ice Man, we now move on to Elec Man’s Stage (and his accompanying music). We start out having to climb a few platforms guarded by Gabyoalls. While somewhat difficult, doing this here immediately lets the player know whether this is a stage they’ll want to attempt now, as […]

Following our look at Guts Man’s Stage from the original NES Mega Man game(which is recommended reading if you’re new to what this is all about), we are moving on to Ice Man’s Stage (with his music, if you want the full experience). Most of the ground in this stage has the usual “ice in […]

Mega Man has always been the defining platformer for me, and as a kid there was no series I was more excited to buy a sequel for. Even now, they’re by far my most played games on the NES and I’ll run through them at the drop of a hat. However, I realized over the […]