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So /v/, why is Battle Network so forgotten?
The original series is fondly remembered to the point that people gave $4,000,000 for a spiritual successor. The X series is also heralded as classic, praised endlessly by fans and critics alike. Even Legends, despite not having aged as gracefully (admit it, its controls are pretty clunky even by three-years-after-its release standards, and the 2D Mega Man games before it are far easier to pick up and play for the first time), almost got a new 8th gen installment with an absolutely massive fan outcry when it (and its kickstarter spiritual successor) got canned.
But despite being a commercial success, nobody outside of /v/ remembers Battle Network. You don't have any "critics" like Egoraptor or Bunnyhop make videos about it. You don't see it pop up on "top GBA games" lists like you see X or Legends for their systems, and definitely not for a lack of quality. You don't see anyone remark about how fucking fantastic and original its incredibly fun battle system was.
I'd love to see this series get acknowledged by anyone but it seems like it might only be remembered for being just another Mega Man spinoff series.
>random encounters out the ass
It's shit.
Battle Network Roll is best Roll, prove me wrong faggots, you cant.
>>342249735
Bullsiht. The encounter rate was pretty lenient. On top of that there's an item like Repel from BN2 onwards which stops random encounters entirely for a while.
>>342249641
bump
6>3>5>2>4>1
I fucking love this series. So many fond memories.
>>342249813
But I agree
also i think the problem is the story. the story was pretty shit in all of them to begin with but the main problem is how old lan is. each game made him one year older. i'm pretty sure he was 9-10 in mmbn1 and 14-15 in mmbn6. they just couldn't keep going on with it like that. if anything we could hope for a spinoff or sequel with his son patch. mega man stays since hes a program. also as far as i know mmbn series is the only one with a definite ending. all other series are left somewhat open?
>>342249641
It was my favorite series on the gba next to pokemon. I'd love to see a new entry to the series. I tried starforce and it was unbearable
>>342251405
That's completely wrong.
BN1 starts with him being 11 years old in Grade 5.
BN2 takes place over Grade 5's summer break.
BN3 takes place at the end of Grade 5, with him graduating at the end and also has his birthday.
Then BN4, 5 and 6 takes place when he's in Grade 6, and again at the end of BN6 he graduates to middle school.
3 > 2 > 6 > 5 > 1 > 4
2 > 3 > 6 > 1 > 5 > 4
>>342251405
It's like you didn't play the game
>No Zero Soul in the series
And what do you think of the liberation mission from BN5 ?
>>342252469
I don't mind liberation.
>>342252469YEAH, 1-TURN LIBERATION
Battle Network is forgotten because 4 sank the series worse than any iceberg ever could.
I'm not joking, look at the sales numbers.
>>342249641
I think I'm the minority here that prefer Battle Network than Megaman Zero games.
Its forgotten because it was the only MegaMan series to end and stay finished.
There's nothing really left to milk out if the series aside from HD remakes.
Oh I absolutely love the series but it's really no surprise the other Megamans would be better known. My only guess is it hasn't had enough time to build up nostalgia in people and purists are going to hate it anyway just like they hate Legends.
>>342252838
What was wrong with 4? I never played it.
>tfw loved Battle Network to death
>tfw played BN6 release date, shed a manly tear when I saw "Battle Network E N D" post-epilogue
>that excitement when I heard it was getting a spiritual successor
>mfw I saw gameplay of Star Force
I never played it out of pure disdain for that completely butchered battle system. What the FUCK were they thinking?
>>342253365
Worse than normal plot, bad scenarios, lack of actual dungeons, makes you go through the same net areas over and over and over, random scenario shuffling, you need to play through it three times to get all the 'content', dark chip system is meh, Souls are unbalanced, shit translation, people who met Lan last game forget that he exists, the list goes on.
>>342253194
Never doubt Capcom's ability to milk. Well probably just get a new character if (never) they decide to bring it back.
>>342252221
>>342251682
>paying attention to the story of an 11 year old boy
there was absolutely nothing i could relate to about lan. the stories were shit. www was shit. gospel was shit. nebula was shit. the only redeeming factors for the series are the god tier music, gameplay and character designs. if youre playing any mega man game for the story then you are simply autistic.
>>342253365
Personally, the music somehow is worse. And you kinda have to restart the game from the start to get the post game content.
Other than that is okay. Hell you can finally battle Roll, green Navis, and purple evil looking Navis.
>>342253741
No no, what you complaining about was
>but the main problem is how old lan is
then you proceed to talking out of your ass like you didn't even read the story.
After that you claimed the stories were shit, and everything is shit. No one's going to take you seriously, man.
>>342253741
>gospel was shit
>implying
Kidnapping, bombings, killing their failed operatives, genociding a country, the largest scale attack on SciLab in the series, organizing all the top Netbattlers in one meeting in an attempt to kill them in a castle full of death traps, crashing a plane...
Gospel was by far the most threatening organization and every scenario of BN2 was fun as fuck thanks in part to them.
>>342254029
i'm not taking a pedophile like you seriously either
>>342253365
The entire game is nothing but tournament arcs. You also need to play through the game at least three times to get all the souls.
>>342253673
>Ability to milk
With 90% of its franchises dead and buried, I don't think they can milk anything other than Street Fighter DLC.
>waaah we only got 6 games
>>342254367
Original series has 10 games and X has like 9 and people still want more games for those.
Anyone else think the Lan/MegaManbeing brothers]/spoiler] reveal was really a stroke of genius? I know the story matters little in these games but it just made every climactic moment feel more personal.
Nah star force is the megaman deserving the title "forgotten"
>>342255894
yea
>>342249641
These games were the shit, except for 4 which was boring. I don't think there is much to talk about. I think the one notable thing about it is that it's the one series that actually god trading card battle system in an ARPG right. I credit this to the battle grid allowing for cards to attack different angles and ways, rather than card systems where they'd just be attacks with different effects on a regular field.
I also remember the online fandom being pretty bad. My girlfriend was way too into the series at the time the games were coming out. I played all 6 games, but never really cared about any of those forums. She was a mod on one and I remember the two rockman.exe forums were pretty bitter towards each other even though they were the same fucking nerds on both boards.
>>342253597
Your loss, memester. Star Force 3 was frankly the best game and surpassed BN3/6.
>>342255950
I came to post this.
I liked the first 2 despite their flaws, but when they finally found their groove in star force 3 they stop making them.
>>342254124
This.
BN2 was superior to all of the games, including 3, the tryhard, Folderbak'ing piece of shit.
BN has a dedicated fanbase that has dwindled out since there was no games. It's not as iconic as the original, yeah, but no Mega Man spinoffs are, not even X.
And even then it's just people fellating Mega Man 2.
So who gives a shit what public thinks? The franchise is dead anyway. WE remember. That's all that's important.
Story:
3 > 2 >= 6 > 5 > 1 > 4
Overall
3 >= 6 > 2 >= 5 > 1 (replaying, when you remeber net) > 4 >> 1 (when you dont know/remember net)
I liked them all though. Even 4 with dark chips, 3 tournaments for story and really annoying and boring parts.
>>342253597
StarForce 3 is legit good, but I'd still rank it lower than MMBN2, 3 or 6.
1 is bad, 2 is meh. Fuck those 'bro' points.
>>342257517
SF1 has legit the best storyline in any of those games.
>>342249641
>So /v/, why is Battle Network so forgotten?
>6 games and an anime series
>Forgotten
Pick one and shut up
>best selling Mega Man series
Nah, it's the most remembered to the GBA generation as well. Also had a fairly popular anime.
>>342257517
>>342256701
tfw when I've only played the first two
>>342255894
>YfwMegaman is literally a dead fetus
>>342258104
OP specifically said forgotten relative to the other major commercially successful Mega Mans.
>reading comprehension
![[ah-wpp]rockman.exe_-_27.avi_snapshot_04.06_[2016.06.19_22.37.50].png](https://i.imgur.com/gn5GfEF.png "[ah-wpp]rockman.exe - 27.avi snapshot 04.06 [2016.06.19 22.37.50]")
But, anon, the anime of this megaman series have more than 200 episodes.
>>342259890
It's not about how much it was advertised or what merchandise and other material it had.
It's about it being remembered as a great game in its own right.
Skylanders has tons of merchandise and tie-ins but it'll never be remembered as anything more than a mediocre video game series no matter how much money it makes.
There's no good hentai of Haruka.
>>342259843
I comprehended just fine. What he said was stupid.
>>342250909
>3 above 2
>6 above 3 or 2
It's time to stop.
>no one will ever bother making semi-mmo
>>342262646
6 is underrated. As far as progression structure goes it's probably the most solid game of them all. And no bullshit like compression program.
Mandatory link to the official art books.
https://tanjou-scanlations.blogspot.ca/2016/05/artbooks.html
>>342251682
BN4 also takes place over a summer break iirc
I liked them as a preteen, but the characters and story are definitely suited to their target audience. It's kinda hard to feel invested in this particular series as an adult when it's about a schoolboy and his toy robot program (that's his dead brother or something? I don't remember the weird plot that well).
I wouldn't say it didn't age well, but that its audience leaves it behind.
>>342263167
>As far as progression structure goes it's probably the most solid game of them all
Really? I guess so. Even 3 had some bullshit segments.
>>342249641
>So /v/, why is Battle Network so forgotten?
You mean Star Force.
>>342262646
>there are people who unironically thought 3 was better than 6
literally how
>>342263167
It has tons of filler though.
>lol swim for all these fish
>'go back to the furthest point in Beach Area/Green Area' segments, basically more 'backtrack to last point of internet' than 2 and 3
Is there anything we can do?
Start a petition/kickstarter to get a remake collection / 7 or a spinoff?
>>342264317Accept your death
>>342264317
Hell, I'll even take a fucking mobile game
Loved this series. 6 is probably my favourite and a nice finish to it. The Cross and Beast systems make the battles interesting. I'm also probably one of the few that enjoyed the liberation missions in 5. Also think while still good, 3 is massively overrated.
Also the Starforce games aren't that bad. Well, 2 is shit but 3 is good.
>people gave $4,000,000 for a spiritual successor
Wait what? Someone link me on the details, I'm interested.
>>342264673
Mighty No.9 dude
>>342264673
3/10 bait got me to reply
>>342264740
But that wasn't a spiritual successor to Battle Network...
Oh, I understand now. Sorry, not my first language.
>>342264317
You honestly want a megaman game from today's capcom? Everything they've done with him was just another way to shit on fans.
>>342265321
Why are people mad about boxart Mega Man again? I thought it was fucking hilarious
>>342265418
this desu.
>tfw X is your favorite series but you also love Battle Network
>Nobody to play/discuss with because is not "muh Megaman"
I'm kinda glad the franchise is dead, those kind of people doesn't deserve anything else.
>>342265418
>I thought it was fucking hilarious
That's the point.
>>342265418
When they did the joke with MegaMan online was fine, but then they canceled all the MegaMan games and they pulled that joke again it was like it was done to pissed off the fans.
>>342262646
But this list is correct. It's time for YOU to stop
>>342265489
I wouldn't mind an X thread. I've only played 1-3 and a little bit of 6 though. I need to get about to playing the PS1 X games.
Because it was a shit series. So was Star Force.
Zero was a great series that has no reason to be forgotten, on the other hand. That's more of a tragedy than fucking Battle Network.
>>342265968
I was mostly referring to Battle Network, nobody wants "the pokemon megaman games". But at least the BN threads are always chill as fuck unlike regular Megaman threads full of raging faggots arguing which series was better.
Its probably cause mega man looked different, he had an anime, the setting and theme was completely different, it was a handheld only series, and it was a RPG. They were awesome but probably too different for a lot people.
>>342266062
>That entire post
>>342266062
Zero was decent for what it was. It was stylish, very challenging and fast-paced but didn't really break new ground like Battle Network did.
BN is the far better series than Edgy Mega Man X due to being more novel, having significantly deeper gameplay with far more customization and replay value.
Started replaying them recently.
>Started and beat BN3 on the day of BN's 15th Anniversary.
Recently finished MegaRock's BN6 patch for Falzar. Working on the endgame now. Just got my S mark for 200 Standards. That was a grindfest.
>>342265968
Get the megaman x collection on ps2 it has 1 - 6 and a racing game. 7 and 8 were on the ps2
>>342263981
3 was fucking great and had an amazing post game, prove me wrong.
>>342266534
>BN's 15th Anniversary
What day was that?
The series was builsing momentum in popularity until bn4 came out and the series never completely recovered. What confuses me about bn4 is why did they feel a need to reset the character interaction. Like whatever the fire guys name was just waltzes past lan and wow its fucking nothing.
>>342249735
>Every pokemon game
>>342266534
March 21st. Hell of a day.
>>342266720
>What confuses me about bn4 is why did they feel a need to reset the character interaction
THey seemed to do that a lot in 4 but fixed it in 5. I remember when the team starts to form and Chaud outright states that because o0f your fucking up WWW Gospel you deserve a spot on the team.
>>342249641
It had 6 games and they clealry had run out of ideas after 3, I'd say it had successful course. No matter how good something is there is a limit to how much you can beat it into the ground. It's not forgotten so much as "complete"
>>342266534
For anyone interested, here's the arranged album for the 15th anniversary.
https://mega.nz/#!lFdwyajb!0ncWJi6ccQsKEF3ZRcl0ul81WAOxH-LmFxmMTHG34kU
Most of it is really good but a couple are really ruined by being super techno remixes where the original song is drowned out.
>mfw that ACDC Town remix
>>342266720
The lack of character knowledge was something that was hit or miss with throughout the whole series.
I think you're referring to Mr. Match, and that was one of the few characters they actually kept interaction up with throughout all of the games.
But Tamako, Metalman's operator, was completely forgotten between 3 and 4. That's just one to mention, but they kept doing it, and I agree it was frustrating.
>>342267013
In Colonel version, Baryl also acknowledge that.
>>342267015
I just want one with proper online netbattles
>>342253741
>can't relate to the story of an 11 year old boy
WOW ITS ALMOST LIKE THE GAME WAS MADE FOR 11 YEAR OLD BOYS YOU FUCKING RETARD
>>342267015
post more maylu
>>342251412
I slightly agree with you, StarForce 1 was terrible, 2 was OK, but I think 3 was pretty great
>>342267207
I think MMBN would make a perfectfree to play MMO
>>342267015
Story content aside, 6 was the fucking perfection on chip and cross fusion balance, it was the best multiplayer experience.
>>342267178
Yeah thats what im referring to but i think the first time you neet match in 4 lan acts like hes never met him or something if i can remember like that.
>>342267207
And with my own customize navis.
>>342267013
It was also nice to see Sean show up in BN3 and actually be acknowledged. I wish they kept that theme going with characters from past games showing up, but they rarely did.
I mean, they kinda did with Count Zapp's wife in BN6, and that was neat.
>>342267178
>I think you're referring to Mr. Match, and that was one of the few characters they actually kept interaction up with throughout all of the games.
He wasn't in 5(For odd reason)
>>342267015
People seem to keep misinterpreting the OP.
It's not forgotten as in 'it needs another game', though that would be nice.
It's not forgotten in the sense that it didn't sell well for its time.
It's forgotten because it's generally remembered as a fad Mega Man for kids with an anime, and that it's not remembered for simply being a great series with great gameplay.
Look at the number of critical analysis or series retrospectives you can find online on Mega Man, X or Legends, but absolutely NONE for Battle Network.
>>342253597
Starforce 1 was an interesting new take but again its the start of something new, they had to build on it
SF3 though was when they fucking perfected it, it's honestly as good as BN3/2/6
The character development is great too (read:there's actually character development this time around) and the story is cool alium space shit with megaman basically being a power ranger that HENSHIN A GO GO's to fuse with an alium to become a futuristic version of a netnavi
>>342267295
>tfw no childhood love interest
>>342267480
He wasn't in 5, and I don't think he was in 2? Though I never played it all the way through because my file was deleted.
What I meant was that your interactions with him were remembered throughout subsequent games, right up to the point where he becomes a school teacher in BN6.
Otherwise known as some of the only character development in the series.
Anyone got any fun chip folders for 2. Feel like replaying it for the nth time after seeing this thread. Wanna try something other than Later cheese. Also any good styles beside custom
>>342257871
Nice bait m8
>>342267716
gater
>>342267707
Oh. I get it then.
Also he was in two. He was a post-game boss in the airport.
>>342267626
>I had this many dicks.jpg
>>342267626
Why is she so perfect
>>342267085
Appreciate the link anon
>>342267707
2 was with Gospel I think so it made sense why match wasn't there. I have no idea why he wasn't in 5 however, seeing as how the team was perfectly okay with recruiting former Gospel members.
Many popular critics are stuck in the NES/SNES/PS1 era. They don't really give a shit and just see BN as a useless spinoff.
>>342267481
I see your point when you put it like that.
It's really a shame, because aside from the Lego and Touhou knockoffs, BN has an absolutely incredible, complex, and unique battle system that became completely codified and fluid by BN3.
>>342267920
forgot pic
Why haven't one of you fanboys made your own online version of the game yet? Take one for the team anon
>>342267797
he's not wrong. Star Force in general was much better at creating characters and having them mature over the course of story. BN on the other hand has pretty much everyone stay the exact same no matter what shit they've been through
MMBN introduced me to Mega Man
MMBN introduced me to the concept of internet forums, and is the reason I started using them (and you could say by extent, using 4chan)
MMBN introduced me to roleplaying too with pretending you were sending your navi around when you talked to other people online
This series is incredibly fucking nostalgic for me
>>342251165
>>342249813
She is my waifu.
The Battle Network series taught me an important lesson about not judging things. When I first saw Battle Network I thought it looked stupid and I didn't want anything to do with it because it wasn't the Megaman I was used to. But then I played it on a whim and fucking loved it. Sometimes something you're dismissive of could end up being really good.
>>342267481
>>342267960
I remember a long time ago seeing a commercial for one of the BN games. However, I think it was BN4. I use to try and get people into the games a long time ago and I still have some friends who emulate it on their phones, but sadly trying to find someone who has the cartridges so we could netbattle seemed impossible.
>>342268262
Are you me?
I really liked the gameplay in those games. Too bad no one fucking copies it or do something new to it except that one guy from /agdg/ making something like that.
>>342267797
He's right though.
>>342268483
From what I heard he's taking a break from it right now.
3 was one of the only games I felt compelled to 100% as a kid. I felt really proud when I defeated Bass before any of my friends.
>>342268064
>>342267920
>Why is she so perfect?
She represents that innocent young love where you are able to get very close and intimate as friends without all the baggage that comes with adult relationships.
long sleeves + miniskirt +no pantiesis fucking hot
That delicious cusp of puberty body
>>342249641
Maybe you should ask Inafune to make a Battle Network like game.
>Have lots of ideas for MMBN fancomics or stories taking place in the MMBN universe
>Never drawn before
I hate feeling like I have to grind out my art skill just to make an idea I want to make.
>>342268640
I always struggled with finding enough mega chips to get past that damn gate in the secret area.
I remember my friends calling me on a land line to ask me about the game. They couldn't figure out where to find FlamMan, so I remember moving through the undernet with them step by step.
>>342249813
You're wrong, faggot.
>>342268647
That works for me.
>>342249641
>Battle Network
>Forgotten
There was some anniversary celebration over in Japan this year for it. New merchandise, too. Some new soundtrack coming out as well.
Now give me some Mayl.
>>342268841
Eventually I'd like to make a mmbn fan game. I think I'd ask you guys for random navi ideas.
>>342268879
>guiding someone through the undernet via phone
That sounds frustrating but fun provided how bad their chip folder is.
>>342267920
Fuck I never realized how much Gospel was involved in BN5.
>Tesla using Magnetman.
>Dark.
>Princess Pride.
Why the fuck did Freezeman never show up again.
>>342253194
>Its forgotten because it was the only MegaMan series to end and stay finished
Zero series had a forced fourth game, but the series was completed.
![tumblr_inline_o7pkcf6cwN1s65geg_500[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/eZgbxpV.png "tumblr inline o7pkcf6cwN1s65geg 500[1]")
>>342268647
>that vagina bone
christ almighty...
>>342269197
We were around 10-11 years old, maybe. Even my folder was shit then. Probably had 15 different codes because I just stocked it full of strong chips.
I'll be damned if it didn't teach me to learn attack patterns and dodge like a motherfucker, though.
>>342249641
I'd rather have ZX 3 :c
>>342269261
>Why the fuck did Freezeman never show up again.
Have no idea, Freezesoul sounds cool as fuck though. Much better than Toadsoul anyway.
>>342268623
Well fuck everything.
>>342268948
I'd rather want new games
>>342269424I watched the episode and went through frame-by-frame, it's actually a thread from her dress and not her pelvis. Still hot though
>>342268948
Would there be any chance of the games being remastered?
>>342269525
>favorite chip
>favorite PA
>favorite style
>favorite soul
>favorite cross
>gregar or falzar
>>342269648
That said, Mayl definitely does not wear panties
Why I can't find the StarForce games at a good price
>>342269694
A couple years ago Capcom released a survey and under the question "what games would you like to see" there were checkboxes for an MMBN collection and MMBN7. Probably won't actually come to anything though, these surveys never do
>>342269860
They'regood.
>series heroine
>name is pronounced "male"
>>342269724
varsword
lifesword
heatshield
colonelsoul
tengucross
falzar
>>342269860
I just got leo via ebay for ten bucks.
>>342269525
ChronoX's MEME system or whatever the fuck effectively has a freeze soul that looks pretty neat.
Though their Flashman form looks better.
I just can't get past a lot of ChronoX's shit. The mugshots are inconsistent, the music is gratey at times, the battlefield looks awful to me, and they changed the activation timing on a lot of the chips. If you've played enough BN, you know the exact delay from when you press A to when a Cannon actually shoots forward, making counters perfect. They changed the delay to pretty much nonexistent, and it fucks with me.
>>342269949
You've got mail
>>342270014
I think they changed the counter timing to be smaller. I'll agree the music is too rough, but I like the incident theme.
Megaman Starforce 4 starring with tagteam Geo and Kelvin when?
Why does my favorite navi never get any love?
>>342270290
Anything that used that vine attack deserves no love.
>>342269486
>Probably had 15 different codes because I just stocked it full of strong chips.
I thought, I was the only one who was so retarded. Usually ended up taking most health off with LifeSword (thanks anime) or buster.
>>342270243
When flying pigs happen.
>>342270158
Oh, they changed the counter timing instead of the chip delay?
Well I feel like an idiot, but it's still frustrating.
I don't remember the incident music.
I think I remember liking a boss battle theme though?
I understand it's hard to get together a team that sticks with a fangame for so many years, but some of the boss designs just look inconsistent as well.
Riffman for one.
>>342269860
SF1 and 2 are cheap as fuck, you may have some problems getting SF3 games though, there aren't enough copies around.
>mfw got Mint condition Red Joker and Black Ace for 20 bucks at an auction
>>342269724
>favorite chip
VarSwrd
>favorite PA
Guts shoot
>favorite style
Wood Custom
>favorite soul
Protosoul
>favorite cross
Groundcross
>gregar or falzar
Falzar
>>342269792What episode?
>>342270538
Are the differences between Black Ace and Red Joker good enough to pick up both copies?
I've had Black Ace for years and still enjoy playing it, but I don't know if hunting down a Red Joker is worth it just for a different cybeast button.
>can't find my bn2
life is suffering
>>342267553
1 was a good intro. It was new, different, but you gave it a chance because it was new.Also Sonia Strumm/Harp Note. Holy shit, muh dick.
2 was the worst in the trilogy by far. Introduced 2edgy4me antagonist, and a generally unfun plot. Phantom was based though.
3 is easily the best. Can Wave Change where ever you want, graphics look better for some reason even though that doesn't make sense. Edgy antag is cool now. Character development.Rescuing Kelvin.
3 was the perfection of Star Force.
>>342270790
Differences between versions in SF are absolutely trivial. Just pick one.
>>342267834
Ninja cheese.
>>342269724
Sensors
Bodyguard
AquaCust
ProtoSoul
KillerCross
Gregar
>>342269724
>Varsword
>That fucked up poison one because I could never get it
>Water Bug
>Aqua. Fast charge shots mayne
>Slash
>Gregar, but I played Falzar more
>>342270790
just like BN games, Giga chips and noise change transformations.
Here comes dat Bud
>>342270014
>>342270158
>>342270537
Is ChronoX's MEME finished? Can someone give me a link?
>>342270290
His chip was too good.
>>342270790
There's is no major difference.
>>342269724
var sword
giga spread or one of it's variations
wood guts
number soul
elec cross because it makes thunder it hard
gregar
>>342269932
>>342269932
>>342269954
>>342270538
EU fag here. Maybe I should import from the US.
But Black Ace is soooo expensive.
>>342270982
Demo 4 last I heard.
They posted an update recently saying they're doing something big soon, but who knows.
>>342270993
Agreed, but I like him a shitton because of his design and dialogue.
>Meets Megaman
>You have sharp, spotless eyes, pure as budding new leaves and bursting with life.
>You're as flawless as your reputation.
>>342269724
AirHockey
Poison Pharaoh
Aqua Custom
Knight Soul
Charge Cross
Gregar
>>342270954
>tfw no ↑ ← ↑ Varsword
Mn09 deserve every negative review it gets.
>>342271320
May be better off emulating at that point.
Unless you're a collector fag.
>>342270383
Hope Stelar is cute! Cute!
>We will never get 3DS rereleases with enhanced soundtrack and multiplayer
>>342271687
>cartridge only
>>342249641
I played about 30 seconds worth of the first MegaMan Battle Network game at an in-store kiosk and I hated it so I never went near the spin-off series again.
post your sick rare counters
How many of the battle network games do you actually own /v/?
>>342269724
Air Hockey
Zeta Cannon 3
Aqua Bug
Search Soul
Charge Cross
Falzar, though
>>342271860
Exactly what you posted but add Double Point
Meanwhile, on UnderBBS /v/...
>>342271875
BN 3 White
BN 4 Red Sun & Blue Moon
BN 5 Team Colonel & Team Protoman
BN 5 Double Team DS
BN 6 Cybeast Gregar & Cybeast Falzar
SF 1 Green Dragon
SF 3 Black Ace
>>342249641
It's more entertaining than the main line games that's for sure.
>>342271860
>Ice Stage
>Sensor
>No-Beam
>No-Beam
>>342271875
BN3 Blue, BN6 Gregar, SF1 Pegasus, both SF2 and both SF3 games
>>342271875
5DS, Leo.
>>342271737
>Mega-Milf
>>342271978
if you use dark chips your an edge lord and your navi deserves to have it's soul sold to the jews
>>342271875
I had them all at one point.
Now I don't. That's fine though I can still play them via DS flashcart.
Maybe I could get for really cheap one day. If only just because.
>>342270014
They actually fixed he battle field and other graphics the old one looked icy
>>342271859
She is a good mother who loves her son.
From the wiki
If netnavi's were real how many /v/irgins would be banned from owning a female one?
>>342272179
I saw that gif on their blog and totally forgot about it.
Yeah, the icy stage bothered me. It's still there, but not as bad now that there are clear separations.
Now they just need to fix the music and mugshots.
And fuck off with that self insert character..
>>342272309
Source? Are we gonna get a continuation on SF?
>>342272257
Indeed.
>>342272309
what does luna look like
Are there any good ROMhacks for Battle Network games?
Things that may up the difficulty but perhaps also balance the game such as making getting certain chips easier, or switching overall chip code letters around for balance, etc.?
>>342272179
I still don't like their edgy OCs.
Why not make more RobotMaster to NetNavi designs. Seriously, I wanna see Pirateman.exe or some other shit like that.
>>342271953
personal favorite
>>342271978
Can we have a net-celebs thread?
Princess Pride is cute.
←b→b
>>342272391
I love Hope!
>>342272391
was his mom like 10 when she had him?
>>342272384
It was just from a calendar or artbook or something similar.
>"Hey, remember SF? Here's a piece of art that will never amount to anything because reasons. Also fuck you. -probably Inafune"
>>342272150
>if you use dark chips your an edge lord and your navi deserves to have it's soul sold to Higsby
ftfy
>>342272384
http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Geo_Stelar?file=Geo_in_Jr._High.jpg
>>342272502
Anon they do have a PirateMan
>>342271978
Under/pol/ thread.
>be Electopian
>try to make food
>oven explodes
>try to drink water
>water is poisoned
>go to the zoo to take mind off of poisoning
>mauled by a lion covered in elephant shit
>take bus back home
>all the stoplights are haywire and bus crashes
>drag my broken body back to my house and wash my ruined clothes
>washing machine traps me in a bubble
>go to a hospital to treat my injuries
>a malevolent plant has destroyed it inside out
>go to Kotobuki Square to take my mind off things
>get cancer from the radiation and die
Electopia is literally the shittiest country on the planet. Netopians are the true aryan master race.
>>342272628
OH MY GOOOOOOOOD
I'm fucking sold
>>342272586
Same.
>>342272598
Perhaps. She's really young. They even make a joke about it in SF3.
>>342272486
There are some rom patches, but the only one I've tried that didn't have cringe worthy, edgy pallet swaps was MegaRock's BN6F version.
Though it didn't add much from what I've seen, and I'm postgame in Graveyard area.
>>342272716
>>342272720
Every BN thread.
Fuck off already.
>>342271978
Fuck y'all healnavis you couldn't beat a mettaur without needing to beg nebula for help.
so I herd you like airshoes
>>342272598
She's actually really young. Not sure how much, but she falls more into the 'young adult' category than 'adult'. If that makes sense.
>>342271875
All of them except for BN 1 and 2
>>342272920
Geddon 3 with PoisPharaoh and one of those masks up dealt silly damage.
>>342272620
I really want more Star Force.Maybe I'll make my own...
>>342272179
It's not perfect, but the boss music at least feels like BN.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nGtsdVubcuY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
>>342252937
I feel the same way
MMBN had that charm for me
not to say I didn't like the zero games either
>>342273241
>><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nGtsdVubcuY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
>>342273186
No forward momentum? Have an obstacle!
>>342272486
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQiL4fuwwVI
Co-Op Nebattling plus a Glyde Boss Fight
The hack scene makes good hacks
>play BN2
>nigger steals your passport and chips
>go to back alley
>beat raul
>no fucking idea what all these people are saying
DECULTURE
>>342268906
Did you get that Gigantic Series Roll figure?
>>342272917
Where were you were normal navis and Nebulafags ruined this board
>>342273349
You can have it back.
Post if you had one of these.
Cheap rice burning piece of shit broke on me twice. Had that shake to walk shit like a Digivice, but stopped working once. Called in, returned it, kept the chips, got a new one sent to me. Broke a week later.
Was still fun though, You used to be able to trick the chip reader. If you blew on it like an NES cart or fogged it up with steam, you could get an ATK+10 chip to read as anything.
>>342273692
I wish there was online multiplayer. I would love to have matches with some kind of "side deck" like Yugioh.
>>342274027
Some group did an emulator netplay tournament a while ago.
>>342269724
>Varsword/Volcano/GutStraight w/Combo input
>2x Hero/Bodyguard
>Wood Bug Style
>Search Soul
>Bass Cross
>Gregar
>>342273926
Yo whatup I had one of these
I only had like two chips though, I don't even remember where I got it from
Used to mess around with a kid down the block pretending to jack into random shit
>>342274027
A game entirely about online and online battling and it doesn't have actual online support.
The irony hurts.
>>342274131
>2001-2006
>online support
>>342274284
Of course it's obvious why it doesn't have online, I mean it was on the fucking GBA.
It's still pretty ironic.
>>342274086
Why isn't this in MMBN4
>>342271860
Area Steal *
Metagel D
Django D
Seriously, Django might've been one of my most used chips whenever me and my friends played
>>342273926
>PET (PET)
That's my PET!
t. Revolver Ocelot (Revolver Ocelot)
For those of you anons still in the thread and looking for a complete list of BN episodes whether they be dubbed or subbed here you go.
>megamanonline.tk
>>342274431
>Area Grab x2
>signal red
>Proto soul
top damage
>>342274376
Fair enough.
>>342274406
Because it would've made that shit game better.
>>342274284
>Capcom could've port them to 3DS and just add online features.
They can rehash the fuck out of them and I would still buy it. It hurts
>>342274585
I think I understand why the BN series died now.
>Solo/Rogue
>Dark/Purple skin
>Hates people
>Descendant from an ancient civilization
>Indie Proof
>Big Sword
>Dialogue: [...]
>He anonymously sends mails for super secret battles
>>342272580
>Hold A
>Press B, B, Left, Down, Up
When I first found out about this I had to get four of them.
>>342273926
I owned 3. I actually opened them up to figure out how the shake works and increase my rate of finding viruses. When they broke, you could sometimes salvage them by doing that for a little bit, but they'd eventually just die.
I also had a friend to play them with, so that's something.
>>342274767
>games are all about the Power of Friendship
>and then this faggot shows up and starts whining about doing everything by himself
>>342274685
I loved every BN game, but 4 was easily the weakest in the series and was frustrating, annoying, and disappointing at times.
Out of all the games, I've never managed to enjoy replaying them.
Who thought it was a good idea to lock away half of the souls behind subsequent playthroughs?
>>342264431
law off that monkey's paw, dude
>>342274951
I played a lot but I've not played 3.
4 is the one I started with, and I played it to the bones with friends. I don't get what all the hate is about at all.
>>342249641
>Matthewmatosis will never do a Battle Network commentary
>>342274558
>Signal Red
>useful
What
>>342274891
Damn, that's more than I ever had. I mean, I had two friends that played BN3 with me in 6th grade, but from then all the way to now I've never had a friend that actually played Battle Network. It's pretty astounding considering how much I love and know about it.
>>342249813
My first waifuStill is, although pic is competing
>>342268623
>>342268483
he's not taking a break. He posted updates to /agdg/ just yesterday
follow him here http://thumbtackdev.tumblr.com/
>>342270243
>Kelvininherits Acidsince Ace is either dead or out of the wave cop business for good
>Evil organization shenanigans
>Geo has to fight against his dad
>>342275056
I started with 3 and played the everloving hell out of it.
For me, I can't enjoy 4 as much anymore because I played both versions as a kid 3 times for all of the souls. I just can't any more.
That, and the virus battle theme isn't my favorite. The BN5DS remix is fucking awesome, but I can't get into the original..
That Django Castille theme though. So good.
>>342275150
It's pretty good. I think you can even toss it with Junksoul.
Reminder that 2 > 3 > 6 > 1 > 5 > 4
>>342276001
>1
>better than 5
no
>>342276001
>3 > 6 > 2 > 5 > 4 > 1
please
>>342276001
More like
3>6>5>2>1>4
>>342276001
Storywise? Eh, that's not how I'd do it but I can see it.
I think im one of the few that actually prefer 5DS.
5>6>3>2>1>4
>>342277060
>"Great operating, Lan!"
5DS was except for farming.
>>342276215
>Match is now a teacher and a good guy overall
>Shuko is finally happy and not unlucky.
BN6 made me feel like everything done before worth it.
>>342249641
Megaman BattleNetwork 2 > the rest
>>342277683
ALL HAIL GATER
>>342271753
We will also never get MMZ 3DS release.
>>342277683
No NaviCust and no Soul/Cross system was pretty shitty.
Styles are alright, but I don't like being locked into an ability in my Megaman games.
>>342274767
PSSHH.....NOTHIN PERSONNEL KIDD
where can i download/torrent the first half of stream?
>>342277789
You got Zero collection already, Battle Network doesn't.
I never liked that you actually had to play a certain way to get styles. and 3 was a huge dissapointment that you could get only 1 at a time. The navi cust made up for it.
The irony is that 4 shitted the bed with the souls until 5 redeemed it with the added bonus of getting to play as other navis.
>>342277943
On old DS
6 would've been perfect if the fucking alert music turned off after beating the game, I don't even care about the Boktai content.
>>342278014
Didn't it, though? It's been so long since I played the original I don't remember.
At the very least, MegaRock's Falzar patch turns off the alert music after you beat it. Replaying that recently.
>>342271875
> 3 blue
>4 red
>5 colonel
>5 ds
>6 falzar (with custom cover)
Got it dirty cheap.
Head them on release minus 4 / 5ds
>>342267797
But he's right.
Watching Geo grow as a character in one single game was better than watching Lan remain the same throughout the whole BN series.
>>342278642
>Didn't it, though? It's been so long since I played the original I don't remember.
US/EU doesnt.
>>342278014
Pretty sure JAP version does that. On top of having all that postgame content.
If you ever go around replaying go for Rockman 6 Falzar with that eng patch.
>>342267295
Am i the only one who really liked Battle chip challenge?
>>342281146
it's was ok.
>>342249641
>BN
>forgotten
fuck outta here
any links to the 15th anniversary cd?
>tfw wanting to make Megaman EXE in an MMO
>gets told to fuck off and be original
Sadness
>>342277789
It's alright.
>>342281386
Been posted in this thread already.
>>342281735
Fuck yeah
Love you people
>>342271875
I have at one point in time owned 2-6 and BCC, but over the years, I managed to lose all of them, along with my Blue GBA SPand my Gameshark that my uncle bought me
>>342275530
>We will never see Queen Ophiuca again
>>342283395
exposed boobs
time to call the cops
>>342250909
/thread
Battle Network's Dr. Wily was way better than the original Dr. Wily, from backstory to motivation, prove me wrong faggots.
>>342284660
The original Wily is an excuse character from an NES game, it's not that big of an accomplishment.
>>342269724
>VarSwd
>Machine Gun Punch
>WoodGround
>Numbersoul
>Slashcross
>Gregar
>>342284660
I can't
>>342267085
Based anon is FUCKING BASED.
Battlenetwork games are my favorite megaman games, then the original and X. fuck Legends and Star Force
can I get megaman battle network on the nintendo store?
>>342286724
On Wii U? yes, they also come with the event only chips.
>>342272309
> he has friends
> he has an active social life
> he's happy
Everything looks RIGHT in the world.
>>342267015
Actually, there is a TON of shit they could do to make the game feel fresh again. But I fear all of those ideas are too ambitious for them, so they never did it.
-Allowing other players to enter your game.
-invading other people's game as a virus.
-Customizable webspace and map builder.
-Connecting to real wifi hotspots will create a procedurally generated level depending on the address.
-Holding real battle events through the game itself, so everyone can spectate and join.
>>342287030
3ds
>>342287463
you're gonna have to do some 3ds fucking for that
>>342267015
>It had 6 games and they clealry had run out of ideas after 3, I'd say it had successful course
> I have never played any of the Battle Network games.
Seriously brotha?
> ONLINE PVP
> Jack in from the REAL World via QR codes
> customizable home pages
> Street pass keys to home page with passerbys
> Fight their shadows on their home pages
> BBS bulletin boards integrated with Miiverse for REAL TIME discussions
> Customizable Net Navi to roam on the Net a la an MMO
And this is just off the top of my head. Face it anon, MMBN can be REBORN if they were to recreate it with today's technology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I-UhyJblVo
>>342287463
nope, your only way to do that is injecting the .cia
>>342283395
I had a huge crush on Luna back in the day. I played the first two Starforces, but I didn't play the third. I wonder why I stopped, I can't remember.
>>342288059
>Didn't play the third
Do it right now nigga, is the best Starforce game
>>342267481
>It's forgotten because it's generally remembered as a fad Mega Man for kids with an anime, and that it's not remembered for simply being a great series with great gameplay.
>Look at the number of critical analysis or series retrospectives you can find online on Mega Man, X or Legends, but absolutely NONE for Battle Network.
I knew that BN was always overlooked by all the other series even though it was just as successful, if not more successful in some cases, but I never put 2 and 2 together the way you did.
Hurts that BN doesn't get the respect it deserves.
3>6>2>NT>5>4>1
>>342249641
Starforce is far more forgetten than Battle network
>>342265418
If three Mega Man games weren't cancelled right before BBA Mega Man was revealed, it would have gone over MUCH better. It really couldn't have been shown at a worse time.
>>342288147
I just found my Acekard, I think I'll play it starting from the 1st starforce.
>>342288236
Oh hey its that pic from days past, nice work.
>>342288423
Here, it's starforce 3 and BN5 undubbed. Enjoy it senpai.https://mega.nz/#!ABsiQa7R!NKYnYCA7KdzDN8l2fkoocXOxh_QbHoJb6oXuOamnoY0
>>342271875
I used to have all of them except the Starforces.
liberation missions were absolute dogshit
>>342271875
Network Transmission
2 (Virtual Console)
3 White (GBA) and Blue (VC)
4 Red Sun
5 Colonel and Double Team
6 Falzar (US) and Gregar (JP)
SF1 Pegasus
SF2 Saurian
SF3 Red Joker
>>342287320
>>342287945
>packs for real moni for battle chips
>better mods for your navi for real moni
>more customazition elements for home page for real moni
>quests consiting of just go, delete/collect, come back
>new main character would spew Fuck you every few words and spew memes
>virtual boy only
I've been thinking about it a lot recently, especially after the announcement of the new Mega Man cartoon, and how if BN launched today it would be used as an example of how fucking shit Capcom is.
I mean, BN has all the elements of a bad reboot. Redesigning the main character, giving him a kid sidekick (or making him a sidekick TO a kid), fundamentally changing the core gameplay and story to something wildly different.
Of course, when Battle Network came out, Classic, X, and Legends were all alive and well, and Zero was was on the way.
>>342289340
The thing is, Battle Network wasn't a reboot, it was a spin-off. Like you said Classic, X, and Legends were all alive and well. In the case of the tv series, there's nothing else and it looks fucking terrible. I mean, you may not like .exe design but at least is drawn well unlike this shit
>>342287878
>>342288007
>game in a portable console
>can't play in a portable console
nice work nintendo
>>342289625
It might be because i got introduced to megaman by the bn anime, but the exe design is the one im most fond of.
>>342272529
I remember in 3, I had a folder loaded with airshot and stuff like it and used the bug in the navicust that made your chargeshot create a rock in front of you.
Shit was fun as hell.
>>342249641
>$4,000,000 for a spiritual successor.
wut
Battle Network is one of those games that I wish had been ripped off more because then at least more games out there would be making attempts at that cool tactical grid style and mixing turn-based RPG chip selection with action gameplay
>>342253838
What am I looking at here?
>>342273926
I had one, got tired of it pretty fast though.
I had a bunch of chips too because I bought some of the toys.
>>342289772
I personally like exe designs a lot. I think the soul unison/cross fusion gimmick was the right direction in the series of "getting the boss powers" and "new armor" from X, something the Zero series didn't have.
>>342290091
This was the japan exclusive 4.5 real operation. It was alot of fun in my opinion and kinda sucks we never got it overseas
>>342290294
Soul Unison was shit given its mechanics (though Chaos Unisons were actually pretty cool if you used them right). Cross was great.
>>342249735
It really wasn't that bad.
>>342289063
It was my favorite thing of that game, besides getting to use other navis and SolCross and the BassCrosses.
MMBN5 is my favorite installment of this series...
>>342290294
Are you me?
>tfw you get good enough so you can string together counters and chip combos in order to beat bosses in under 10 seconds to fully power up their SP chips
Why is Battle Network's battle system so satisfying?
>>342283395
Truly, best girl. Better character development than Sonia by a longshot.
>tfw most of the fanbase hates her because she isn't absolutely perfect like Sonia
>>342292642
It was very well laid out, especially by MMBN3. You can tell however it was a troubled production, from what I've read they experimented many things for it based on beta screen shots until we finally had something semi-solid in MMBN1.
>>342292914
>>tfw most of the fanbase hates her because she isn't absolutely perfect like Sonia
Excuse me what.
Literally I've only met ONE person who likes Sonia, everyone I stumble upon has the femdom boner for Luna.
>>342292642
I remember playing with my friend and using his copy. He would always have the shittiest folders in the game, and when we started playing more, he just up and dropped it, so I would just play with whoever was left. More to the point, I would get my ass kicked by red sun chips so fucking hard, and beating people felt so good, even if it were just a one time thing.
>spiritual successor
What the fuck are you talking about?
>>342249641
Seems pretty popular to me. I've only played 3 and I loved it.
>>342293005
MMBN5 had the better Souls compared to MMBN4. And Chaos Souls were awesome.
I still prefer Crosses, though.
>>342292642
wait theres combos
>>342249641
If I'm trying to get into BN, should I skip1? I heard it doesn't get it's legs until 2.
>>342293643
Best Cross incoming. Absolute game breaker.
>>342293916
1 isn't bad, its just hard to go back to after you've experienced all the quality of life improvements in 2 and beyond
>>342293916
It's pretty bad compared to the others, start from 2 and go on from there, just play BN1 if you just feel like reading a bit more of the story.
>>342293916
It's still a little enjoyable game in it's own right, you can play it in little under 10 hours. I'd say you could play it and accept it for what it did at the time.
>>342293894
There are chips that interact with each other, yes. In BN6, if you use tornado or static on an AirSpin that's out, the Air Spin does more hits. You can chain this with more tornados and statics if you have them.
Also shit like webm related.
>>342293940
Talking about BN6 Crosses. The BN5 Crosses were more cheats than anything. Cheap as fuck and absurdly broken.
>>342294124
I know, but I can't help it but love it. Boktai 2 was one of my favorite games on GBA, so knowing it gave me such a hilarious power over-boost in Double Team DS, already an amazing improved port of my favorite Battle Network game, it was like a match made in heaven for me.
>>342249641
Battle Network had 6 games, also had 3 spin-offs, AND THEN had a spin-off series with 3 more games.
Battle Network had its time man, which is WAY more than many games can't say which only had one game, and it's time is over.
>>342294387
Yes, but what OP means is that almost nobody outside of this thread remembers MMBN fondly.
Classic and Mega Man X get these big retrospectives over and over on how amazing they were, but Battle Network is treated like a freckled ginger jew abomination of a stepchild.
I hear there's this fan translation of 6. How good is it compared to the official? Beyond having the cut content, I mean.
>>342295087
pretty much the same, it's more about translated cut content.
>>342295087
It's not exactly a fan translation. The main game's dialogue was directly ported from the official english version, the only "fan translation" part is the cut content such as the Immortal Area and the Boktai content.
>>342295453
>>342295161
Ok, I'll go get it, then.
>>342294491
>>342294632
Well if you're putting it like that I guess it's because Battle Network came out at a very special time where many great games were coming out and the fact that the gameboy advance didn't last very long. I guess with those factors, BN series failed to leave a lasting impression on people.
>>342295594
Enjoy, Anon. It's Falzar-only version, that's the only "fault" in my opinion, I preffer rehashed Gospel.
>>342294112
that webm is beautiful
>>342294112
That's literally why the game is fun.
>>342295609
The GBA had a 5-to-6 years successful run, though, and it had a good library as well, even if it began with SNES ports.
Not only that, but it sold a lot, the little blasted thing.
But a lot of the complaints, even back then, was "It's not jump n shoot!".
A game magazine were I live, one of reviewers gave MMBN3 a 2/10 for not being the classic series without any further arguement.
I'm going to replay all the BN and SF games starting from the beginning. It'll be FUN.
Also, BN/SF successor when?
>>342295609
People didn't like a a Pokemon/YGO flavored Megaman. And the GBA was the era handheld JRPGs needed to escape being clones of toyetic series.since something as flashy as Golden Sun existed (Yeah GS has no characterization but it felt like the game that led to more "normal" RPGs on the GBA.)
>>342296758
Never.
Operate Shooting Star was Masazaku Eguchi's (Mr. Famous') last-ditched effort to revive interest in the series. Capcom literally DID NOT give him a budget for it, a good chunk of it came out of his own wallet, hence it's horribly low production values.
It did more damage than help...
>>342293714
Charge Cross has no business looking that fucking dank
>>342255894
>I know the story matters little in these games
Story was like half the shit, not all of us cared about finding another kid who had the game to get into the competitive aspect of this shit.
Collecting chips, experiencing plot, completing everything, it was all part of it. Its like saying plot doesn't matter in Paper Mario series, but then when they tried taking it out along with taking out partners, suddenly people realized it was actually important.
>>342296929
wait Mr.Famous was a self-insert?
>>342297157
Yes.
His Navis were also the winners of "Create-a-Navi" contests held in Japan for children.
>>342297256
With the exception of Punk, I forgot to add.
Punk.EXE was made because MM4 for Game Boy was an amazing game.
>>342275530Ace lived, somehow
Anyone got a link to that ENG translated BN6 with added cut endgame content?
>>342298015
http://forums.therockmanexezone.com/topic/8886349/1/
Gregar patch doesnt translate much, it's just for multiplayer testing.
>>342298369
Eguchi's firework orgasm under Shuuko is pretty hilarious.
>>342298245
thanks
I enjoyed how innocently lewd these games sometimes were.
>>342299093
>innocently lewd
dude, they knew what they were doing >>342298369
>>342268647
>>342299093
Those bedroom eyes in the first pic tho. Based blink animation.
>>342299221
That's more so in the anime. It was mostly just text and implications in the games. Both are good, though.
>>342297157
I couldnt find a better pic
chrono X!
>>342299607
when will it come out
>>342299607
finish your goddamn game
>>342271875
None anymore.
>>342299785
I didn't remember those. Makes me wonder if they were on the japanese text as well or were just the fruits of localization.
>>342299785
I didnt knew about the chicken line, or at least didnt remember, holy crap.
But I do know Ms. Millions says something even lewder if you loose to her.
I only ever played through the first game, but certain parts of it killed my interest in playing more. But if the series really did improve substantially in later games, I guess I'll have to check it out.
What things were changed in later games? It looks like the net is less of an unnavigable clusterfuck than the first game, which is already a huge improvement.
What are the Battle Network guys even up to now?
>>342300673
2 is just a massive game with a lengthy in game
introduces styles, but theyre kind of uninteresting for the most part.
3 improves the style system by making them better all around(unless you go for shit like shadow like i did because i was an edgy kid not realizing i hated the gameplay style). Also adds customization in the form of bug navi.
4 i only remember it being boring and awful
didnt play 5
just started into 6 and it gets rid of styles, changes them to a variety of fun and powerful transformations, which can then be further transformed w/ ur cybeast transformation turning you into a god
>>342288694
Do you know if the Starforce 3 undubbed rom has the removed vocal song from the Japanese version?
>>342301064
*lengthy end game
*bug navi -> navi cust
i shouldnt be sober
>>342252937
>>342273319
>mfw other people actually think fondly of BN
FUCK THE OTHER MEGAMAN SERIES's
>>342298369
Loved that episode, the racing episode was great too.
How old was Pride supposed to be again?
>>342300673
the net is way better, the buster isn't broken as fuck anymore so now the chips are way more important, you can runaway from a battle without needing a chip, elemental transformations and lots of new shit
>>342300673
The internet areas aren't shit for one. You also don't recover HP after each battle, so you have to get better, and you can also run without needing a chip to do so. There's also the * code that's introduced in BN2 that acts as a wild code so folders flow better, and there's also the reg system that lets you set a chip in your folder to always show up in your opening draw. There's also Styles in 2 and 3, Souls in 4 and 5, the Cross system in 6, the NaviCust which replaces power ups in 3 onward and folder building gets changed/balanced in 2, 3 and 6. There's also the emotion system in 4 onward that lets you counter enemies to let your next chip do double damage among some other things.
Bosses are also more mobile and aggresive compared to BN1, so there's a lot less StoneMan and NumberMan sitting in the back center panel launching an attack every 5 seconds.
And then there's the post game in each game that adds some more areas, bosses and chips to get as well as some other activities to do like the time trials in BN3 or the request boards.
Overall, the series starting at 2 feels a lot more polished than 1 did.
>>342300673
Net got clear landmarks and got wider instead of looking same-y.
The *-code added new posibilities.
New chips, improved Program Advances, Styles, Souls and the Navi customizer.
Battle Network 5 even adds "Dungeon Maps" to the Network Dungeons.
The ability to play as different navis in 5 and 6.
"DarkSoul", a boss whose difficulty entirely depends on HOW you played the game, since it's a Dark MegaMan.
>>342294112
What did I just witness? Also relevant
>>342301417
The net is only really good in MMBN2. Every area looks different and vibrant.
Then starting from MMBN3, everything looks the same, only different colors. The ground is just the same block re-used over and over. MMBN3 itself barely even has any color.
>>342301197
Late teens princess, I believe.
I'm about ready to download some CIAs and marathon this series.
I've never even played 4-6 yet...
are all the games worth playing or is this one of those series' where only some are recommended over others
im fine playing all of them if its the case that i should
>>342302052
I'm replaying the series from the beginning. Seems like the recent BN threads have revived interest in the series.
>>342302063
Some are better than others, but they're all worth playing.
>>342302063
Skip 1, play all the others, included Battle chip Challange, Network Transmission in Gamecube, the Wonderswan game and Onimusha Blade Warriors
>>342302052
Be warned 4 isn't exactly good, especially compared to 3.
5 and 6 are amazing, ESPECIALLY the DS version of 5, that's just amazing.
>>342301605
The webm of the ProtoMan fight demonstrates a small error in the programming, where forced movement applied to enemies causes them to be unable to enter invincibility frames,
That webm uses Going Road > Area Grab > Coming Road > Double Point to get the first two panels in a line to force-move into each-other, allowing shit like that.
Similar things can be done with MagCoil chips and IceStage together.
https://youtu.be/kqEX12wP630
https://youtu.be/yh1hsjtLin4
The webm you posted shows a manipulation of how DarkMega AI works, in that the player strictly only used DarkThunder until that point in the game, since DarkMega draws its moves from everything you've done in the game to that point. (or at least the top X% most used chips/PAs)
>>342302297
DS version?
2, 3, and 6 are generally considered great. After that is 5, which is divisive because of its gimmick. Finally there's 1, which is mechanically outdated and 4, which gets a lot of hate because you need to play through the game three times to 100% it.
>>342302063
If you have to play a select few, I'd say play 2,3 and 6. 5 is debatable but still good compared to 4. 1 shows its age
>>342302403
Mega Man Battle Network 5 originally came out on GBA as Team ProtoMan and Team Colonel versions.
After a year it got a DS port called Double Team DS (it was uploaded undubbed earlier in this thread alongside Star Force 3).
It added voice clips, remixed/re-arranged music, BassCross and SolCross if you owned the GBA versions and/or Boktai 2, maps to help you in the internet areas...
And it's both versions in a single DS cartridge.
>>342301064
>>342301417
>>342301526
>>342301568
Alright, cool. Time to play through the rest of the series.
>>342249641
>the forgotten Mega Man
You mean the entire franchise?
>>342302063
I agree with this >>342302520. I'd say you try 5 and drop it if you don't like the liberation missions.I loved them.
>>342249735
>>random encounters out the ass
>It's shit.
this is a standard RPG mechanic not a valid response
>>342249641
battle network along with star force are both under appreciated in the megaman fandom
>>342302385
>MegaMan
>Ever losing to ProtoMan
ProtoMan's a shit. Has the most predictable patterns out of any Navi that's not GutsMan.
>>342302783
What do you call something beyond forgotten, then?inb4 Mega Man
>>342272391
>have kid with GF in your late teens
>look for a job to bring food to the table
>become a fucking astronaut
Kelvin is the human we should all aim to be
I JUST WANT A BN/SF SUCCESSOR IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE MEGAMAN RELATED REEEEEEEEE
White or Blue?
Red Sun or Blue Moon?
ProtoMan or Colonel?
Falzar or Gregar?
>>342303135
The Liberation Missions (and the AMAZING music in Double Team DS) personally set MMBN5 above the others.
I also really like playing as different navis that aren't MegaMan.EXE.
>>342303329
Blue
Red Sun
Colonel
Up to youNot really, pick Gregar, is the fucking best
>>342303339
Eh. It got annoying. You can't strengthen other Navis, their Busters are weak and slow as fuck and they're often more limited in their application.
>>342303231
More meant the production values.I dislike ProtoMan just as much, he's just the staple "generic edgy silent cool guy"
>>342249641
One of the biggest draws to the series, for me, was the sprite work. I dunno what it is exactly but I love can't get enough of it.
I also wish they would have brought the style system back or at least made a way for you to lock in a CrossSoul and not have to manually do it each battle.
>>342302385
>forced movement applied to enemies causes them to be unable to enter invincibility frames
While technically true (at least for BN6, I haven't tried others), Sensor's always active when the beam's out on each panel the beam is on. The forced movement just moves the enemy to a different panel that's also being affected by Sensor's attack. And since Sensor paralyzes and pierces invis, it'll just hit anyway. The same thing would happen in other games if you used similar lingering invis piercing/paralyzing attacks when something like wind or fan was affecting the opponent. You can also see this happen if TomahawkMan or another enemy with StatusGuard moves on multiple panels being affected by Sensor. They'll take damage on each panel they go on.
Another way to have fun with invis piercing is using KillerCross's charge shot on Gregar when it's doing that attack where it does two claw swipes and shoots its head at you. It takes damage on each panel the head travels because KillerCross's charge shot pierces invis. You can also see this happen if you use that charge shot on ChargeMan when he's in the center row and not in the middle of his starting area.
>>342303329
Blue because it has an extra boss.
Red Sun because of Search Soul and Guts Soul.
ProtoMan because of Gyro Soul.
Not sure about 6.
am I the only one who thought starforce's gameplay sucked dick and completely ruined all the other good stuff about the games? It was a huge step back from bn
>>342303329
Blue, it has Punk, BowlMan and Shadow Style.
Blue Moon personally.
Double Team DS, but if that's not a choice, then Colonel. It's the canon one.
Falzar because uncensored patch to play the Boktai postgame content.
>>342303329
Blue, but damn if I'll ever play that game again.
Blue Moon, but fuck this game.
Colonel because it works better with 6 and Princess Pride.
Falzar because bird form is cooler than dog form.
What's your favorite combo/PA in the series?
I love Metal Soul + Super Vulcan + attack boosts.
>>342287945
>that arrange
AW SHIT NIGGA IS DAT SUM GODSPEED
>>342303479
The other Navi busters all have different or unique applications, and I argue that few of them are actually "weak".
Colonel's is a > shape centered on the closest enemy in the row, and does decent damage.
KnightMan's is an AoE with a real good base damage, and it does Breaking damage.
ShadowMan's is a Anti-Dmg on demand.
TomahawkMan's is okay, but it can deal damage twice in the middle since it passes through enemies.
NumberMan's is actually weak. It only does 10x the roll in damage, the roll has to land on an empty space, there's a travel time and a delay after the roll, and it can be destroyed before the actual damage.
ToadMan's is kinda like ShadowMan's, gives him temp invulnerable, just have to be a bit more careful than ShadowMan's since it pops him up in the enemy area.
ProtoMan's is pretty weak, a normal Wide Sword with decent damage, but no movement or other use.
MagnetMan's is good, tracks up to one turn and does good damage, but can be destroyed.
GyroMan's is pretty weak damage wise, but does 3 hits on each of the 3 panels in front of him.
NapalmMan's is just ok, provided you know you've got an opening where you're not gonna get hit.
SearchMan's is great, good damage, multi-hit, auto-targetting, and pierces Invis effects.
Meddy's has similar problems to NumberMan, too weak and slow.
>>342303945
>and Princess Pride
Mi negro.
>>342278003
Which is compatible with new ds
>>342304150
That shit's worthless in BN5 since all the mission battles have strict limits and they take too long to charge.
>>342253597
SF1 was pretty terrible at the start. You had to deal with Geo having his emotional meltdowns and "Fuck everyone" moments for hours while you're clawing at the screen wanting him to cut it out. Once he befriends Sonia it really turns around though he's still insufferable at times, and then he gets closer to Luna & Friends it really picks up in how much you care for him and everyone in general.Then you meet dadand he becomes a great character along with Omega-Xis.
2 was awful though, it just really let you down with everyone and then you had to go through another Geo situation with Burai, but then 3 happened and everything was good again.
SF may have had a rocky start, and it was different than Battle Network, but it ended up being a fun game with really lovable characters, and 3 knocked everything out of the park.
>>342304316
Gotta use the right Navi in the right situations, like KnightMan for surround liberates where he shines.Also, use SlowGague andgit gud
>>342304423
Was the Battle Network Complete Works ever leaked online? Either as images or PDF?
Please, someone deliver, PLEASE!
トランスコード! シューチング・スター・ロックマン‼
>>342303520
>>342303231
WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY ABOUT PROTOMAN!?
>>342304737
And a nip nong, ching chong to you too, Geo Stelar
>>342304714
https://tanjou-scanlations.blogspot.ca/2016/05/artbooks.html
Link was posted during Lan and Hub's birthday thread
>>342304737
>シューチング
>>342304848
It's true, though. He's consistently one of the easiest Navis to beat. It got kind of annoying how they always played up his and Chaud's skill and rivalry with MegaMan and Lan when they've never won a single battle.
>>342304916
I wasn't here that day. Thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik6nFlfK7xo
http://www.geocities.jp/mahodenn/thlal.html
Third game if anyone is interested in a MMBN game mixed with Touhou, has 4 chapters at the moment.
https://youtu.be/n9rc3xyQ_Rc
>every official panics when a DarkLoid shows up
>an 11 year old elementary student has to save the world
>when a group of normies could easily wreck shit if they'd just work together
>>342305040
I think the only time ProtoMan was hard was in MMBN1 because he was RIGHT after ElecMan, and he used his shield a lot.
>>342305483
The irony is that sword chips are the most effective against ProtoMan.
>>342305478
>work together
yeah, try to make /v/ navis do that.
>>342305478
https://youtu.be/pCvtA12lK60
https://youtu.be/YhUmrIfPqhU
>or, failing that, at least proving that MegaMan and Lan's participation isn't strictly needed
>>342305478
Man, if anything this video shows you if you just have four Navis standing in a + formation and they never moved while just throwing bombs they'd literally just delete everything with no effort.
Which one is your favorite virus, anon?
>>342306030
What if they encounter a Navi that uses Sanctuary+Aura?
>>342305478
>>342305940
Because the 11-year-old can do it better.
>>342256701
I just can't stand the combat. It's not bad in of itself, but with it coming right after BN, it just feels like a more watered down BN combat, and I find myself pining for 3 dimensions.
>>342306384
Who uses both those though? None of the proper evil Navis use both together, I think Serenade had a Sanctuary but that was because of the area you fought him in, and Bass has Auras but the bombs did enough to break them, right? If not they could just use cannons to break the Aura.
>>342269724
VarSwrd
That program advance where shiriken falls
HeatCustom
Colonel Soul
KillerSoul
Gregar
>dat tail slam while beast out
>>342306343
Wish they would of brought back more of BN 1's virus. Big Snake and Cold Bear were my favorites.
>>342249641
Didn't it continue as starforce?
>>342303713
>It was a huge step back from bn
Anon, we all think this. But if you were to speak about the story line and character development, I think the majority would prefer Geo to Lan. Geo had some fantastic character development which is surprising given the series it's in.
>>342307249
C H A M P Y
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>>342307679
In terms of characters, Star Force is pretty much completely superior.
Mayl is boring, whereas BOTH of Star Force's main heroines are A++++.
Granted, Solo's fucking insufferable, but you can't win 'em all.
Meddy is CUTE
C U T E
>>342305940
>https://youtu.be/YhUmrIfPqhU [Embed]
>>or, failing that, at least proving that MegaMan and Lan's participation isn't strictly needed
> Attacks have a gazillion start up frames
> Gets hit every other second
My god that a pitiful display of "saving the world".
You guys dont want to see how many chips I have.
>>342308205
Yes we do.
>>342308205
yes plox
>>342253741
you've never been robbed by black guys lol
>>342308023
Solo managed to be even more flat than the original Bass.
The original Bass at least had the excuse of being a Robot.
>>342308445
The one good thing about Solo is the Rogue Noise is pretty good. And it actually looks good on Geo despite Rogue looking stupid as hell.
>>342303713
I thought it felt much more "arcade-y" or at least was more action oriented compared to Battle Network's focus more on planning ahead what with the over-the-sholder viewpoint and overall larger HP pools and chip damage numbers and not having to worry about chip codes, and to me, that didn't necessarily make it bad. Would I have liked more Battle Network? Sure, but I can still appreciate Star Force for what it is,especially Star Force 3, holy shit that game's good.
>>342269724
Z-Saber
Double Hero
WoodCust
SearchSoul for general use, ProtoSoul for battles
KillerCross for Gregar, DustCross for Falzar
Gregar
>>342308321
>>342308326
coming right up. These are some of my advanced chips. I have boxes of progress, and link chips at my moms house. And all the PET from BN 3 to 6.
>>342308974
I AM EXCITE
WHO DREW THE CONCEPT ART
GIVE ME THE NAME
Here we go
>>342309323
ISHIHARA?
>play SF3 after finishing SF1 and 2
>first thing Prez does is talk shit about my nigga Omega-Xis
Fuck you Prez
>>342269724
Tank cannon
Double rockman
Elec guts
SearchSoul
Tengu cross
Falzar
