Tag: Mega Man 6

We start this one with a nice sunset background as we enter the castle.

Yamato Man’s stage starts off with a rather nice view and a new enemy called Shigaraky, which launches bouncing balls at two different speeds.

Air, wind, and… pandas?

The first screens of this stage give us a robot seal called Au-Au who balances an energy ball on its nose before throwing it at us. Read that again. I just want to draw extra attention to how ridiculous and adorable that is before I move on. Cool? Cool.

Mets haven’t changed, but the oil here is new.

So here we are at the last game for the NES. This time, Wily puts on a fake beard and sunglasses to hold a robot tournament and steal the contestants, so our newest batch of Robot Masters is meant to be from various places around the world, leading to somewhat flashier designs than we’re used to.

MegAugust (or whatever we decided to call this thing) continues on today with the release of the final NES chapter of the Blue Bomber’s adventures, Mega Man 6.

Earlier this week, we noted that Europe would be releasing a triple-whammy Final Strike of Nintendo eShop Mega Man goodness. Should you happen to be into checking out trailers for such releases, then we’ve got just the thing here.

Blue! Blue! Blue! Three Mega Man games arrive on the Wii U Virtual Console this week.

In 1994, Mega Man 6 was released in North America, and it featured the only two official Robot Masters to have original designs by North Americans. 20 years later, we catch up with one of those designers to ask about his unique experience.

Too many news tips, too little time. What’s one to do? Call the Ripot-man, of course!

Well, there are no two ways about it: We’ve fallen a bit behind since Johnny took on Mega Man 2, Mega Man 3, and Mega Man: The Wily Wars. As it so happens, he just finished up his month-long Mega Man marathon with the one-two punch of Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10, so here’s everything he’s done since the last time we posted, in case you weren’t keeping up.