Mega Man II

Original title: Rockman 2: Dr. Wairî no nazo

Video Game
1988
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Dr. Wily escapes from prison and plans revenge on Mega Man.Dr. Wily escapes from prison and plans revenge on Mega Man.Dr. Wily escapes from prison and plans revenge on Mega Man.

Director
- Akira Kitamura

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8.3/10

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Director
- Akira Kitamura

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10/10

A Sequel That Improves Upon The First

Mega Man 2 is the game that would make Mega Man popular, and it shows. Set a year after the first, Dr. Wily returns, and has made eight robot masters of his own, each designed to combat Mega Man. This game retains the first game's difficulty (especially when it come to Quick Man's stage, which is filled with lasers that can cause instant death), so for the American release, Capcom added an easier difficulty that makes things easier. Also, the game is the first to feature a passwords system that would be used for titles up to Mega Man 7, and the game introduces three Items, transports that would serve as the prototype to Rush, received by beating a certain boss, as well as E Tanks, which automatically refill Mega Man's health to 100% when used. This is a great example of how a sequel should improve over the original, and must be played.

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Trivia
This game features the first appearance of Skull Castle, Dr. Wily's fortress in nearly every Mega Man game where he is the villain.

Goofs
When we first see Dr. Wily's castle, his saucer flies toward the castle, and we hear the appropriate "saucer beep" sound effects. But in the subsequent exterior shots of the castle, we still hear the saucer noise, even though the saucer is nowhere to be seen.

Crazy credits
SPOILER: The ending features Mega Man defeating the Wily Alien, uncovering that it was just a projection all along. Wily gets on the floor and begs, like always. Mega Man is then shown walking home, with the four seasons passing. He then runs home, leaving his helmet on a hill. The credits roll follows.

Alternate versions
In the Famicom version of Mega Man 2 has many of the changes which are different from the NES version including.
The game title screen in the Famicom version is actually called Rockman 2.
The Famicom version has only the Difficult mode while the NES has Normal and Difficulty.
Crash Man from the NES game is called Clash Man in the Famicom version in the menu screen.
The NES version has the Password combined while the Famicom version is spelled Pass Word.
After defeating a boss, in the Get Equipped message, the Famicom version is faster and is in Japanese text, while the NES version has English text but the text moves much slower than in the Famicom version.
Also the Famicom version features Japanese text instead of English text in the NES version, this isn't a problem for English players as they can still play the game without being required to read Japanese.
The end credits in the Famicom version has a few spelling errors with Character Design and Sound Programmer which is fixed in the NES version.
At the end of the credits the Famicom version originally shows "Presented by Capcom" while the NES changes it to "Presented by Capcom U. S. A."