"Mega Man II" redirects here. For the second game in the Nintendo Entertainment System Mega Man series, see Mega Man 2.
Mega Man II[a] is an action-platform video game by Capcom for the Game Boy. It is the second game in the handheld version of the Mega Man series after Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge. It is noteworthy for having been developed by a different company than the rest of the Mega Man titles on the Game Boy.
The game follows Mega Man as he pursues his arch-enemy Dr. Wily, whose most recent ploy for world domination involves the theft of an experimental time machine. Mega Man confronts both Wily and a number of enemies from his past, including a new and mysterious robot named Quint. Just like other Game Boy games in the series, Mega Man II marries the features of two consecutive Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) titles, in this case, Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3. In 2013, Mega Man II was made available on the Virtual Console of Japan's Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS. It was later released in the North American and PAL region eShops the following year.
The storyline of Mega Man II involves the hero Mega Man battling his arch-nemesis Dr. Wily as the latter once again attempts to take over the world. This time around the evil genius has stolen an experimental "Time Skimmer" from the world's Chronos Institute and used it to travel 37.426 years into the future.[2][5] Meanwhile, Mega Man is sent to investigate an underground passageway containing enemy Robot Masters from his previous adventures. Mega Man destroys them again and makes his way to Wily's fortress, which contains four more Robot Masters from his past. Once they are destroyed, Mega Man advances and comes upon Quint, a future version of himself. Wily had captured Quint in the future, remodeled him, and brought him back to the present.[6] After Mega Man beats him, Quint relinquishes his "Sakugarne" jackhammer weapon to the hero. Mega Man follows Wily to a space station and defeats him.
Gameplayedit
Mega Man in a boss fight with Clash Man. The game continues the Game Boy series trend of recycling elements from the two consecutive NES titles: Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3.
As with other games in the series, Mega Man II is a standard side-scrollingplatformer that lets the player take control of the hero Mega Man as he traverses stages and defeats various enemies and bosses. The player is able to run, jump, and shoot as in the previous game, but is now able to slide along the ground as well.[5] The outset of the game allows the player to choose among four stages to be completed in any order. Beating the Robot Master boss at the end of the stage allows the player access to its unique weapon for the remainder of the game.[7] These weapons have limited ammunition that can be refilled by picking up items dropped by enemies. Spare energy tanks can be obtained and selected to completely refill the player's health.[5]
Defeating some Robot Masters will grant Mega Man access to three adaptors for his canine companion Rush to be used in different environments. The Rush Coil allows Mega Man a very high jump; the Rush Marine turns the dog into a submarine for easy underwater mobility, and the Rush Jet lets Mega Man cross large distances.[5][7] Like Dr. Wily's Revenge, Mega Man II takes many elements from the NES Mega Man games. The first four stages and their bosses (Wood Man, Air Man, Clash [sic] Man, and Metal Man) come from Mega Man 2.[7] After traveling to Wily's fortress, four new stages become available via a teleportation room. The bosses for these stages (Top Man, Hard Man, Magnet Man, and Needle Man) are taken from Mega Man 3.[7]
Development and releaseedit
Capcom outsourced the development of Mega Man II to a different company than the one that had worked on Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge.[2][8] Series artist Keiji Inafune admitted that the design quality of Mega Man II feeling different from the other games was the result of the developer having very little knowledge of the series. For the next game in the Game Boy line, they decided to return to the developer of Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge.[2]
Mega Man II has been re-released as part of the Nintendo Player's Choice line of budget titles in North America.[9] The game was made available on the Japanese Nintendo Power cartridge service on March 13, 2001.[10] Capcom announced a compilation release of the five Game Boy Mega Man games for a release in 2004 on the Game Boy Advance, but it was cancelled.[11] On July 18, 2013, it was confirmed that Mega Man II was planned to release on the 3DS Virtual Console,[12] which released in Japan on September 25, 2013,[13] in North America on May 8, 2014.[14] and in the PAL region on August 7, 2014.[15]
Receptionedit
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Mega Man II received average reviews. Jeremy Parish of 1UP.com opined Mega Man II as "Not Worth It!", summarizing it as "a random assortment of enemies and stages from Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3 from NES, downsampled and downscaled for Game Boy".[22]Nintendo Power ranked the game 2nd in their top 10 Game Boy games of 1992.[23]
Related mediaedit
The Archie Comics series incorporated elements of the game, though a full adaptation was not produced before the series went on hiatus. Quint notably appeared twice in issue 20, displaying elements of his own character as well as that of Rockman Shadow, the primary antagonist of Rockman & Forte: Challenger from the Future. He subsequently made appearances in issue 55, in which Dr. Light saw in a vision his conflict with the present-day Mega Man followed by Mega Man's transformation into Quint in the future.
Notesedit
^Japanese: ロックマンワールド2, Hepburn: Rokkuman Wārudo Tsū, lit. 'Rockman World 2'
Referencesedit
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^Capcom (March 11, 2003). Mega Man & Bass (Game Boy Advance). Capcom. CD Data: Dr. Wily has captured Mega Man when he came from the future, and has remodeled him.
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Mega Man II redirects here For the second game in the Nintendo Entertainment System Mega Man series see Mega Man 2 Mega Man II a is an action platform video game by Capcom for the Game Boy It is the second game in the handheld version of the Mega Man series after Mega Man Dr Wily s Revenge It is noteworthy for having been developed by a different company than the rest of the Mega Man titles on the Game Boy Mega Man IINorth American cover artDeveloper s Thinking RabbitPublisher s CapcomNintendo EU Producer s Tokuro FujiwaraArtist s Keiji InafuneComposer s Kenji Yamazaki 4 SeriesMega ManPlatform s Game BoyReleaseJP December 20 1991 2 NA February 1992 1 EU July 31 1992 3 Genre s Action platformMode s Single player The game follows Mega Man as he pursues his arch enemy Dr Wily whose most recent ploy for world domination involves the theft of an experimental time machine Mega Man confronts both Wily and a number of enemies from his past including a new and mysterious robot named Quint Just like other Game Boy games in the series Mega Man II marries the features of two consecutive Nintendo Entertainment System NES titles in this case Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3 In 2013 Mega Man II was made available on the Virtual Console of Japan s Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS It was later released in the North American and PAL region eShops the following year Contents 1 Plot 2 Gameplay 3 Development and release 4 Reception 5 Related media 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksPlot editThe storyline of Mega Man II involves the hero Mega Man battling his arch nemesis Dr Wily as the latter once again attempts to take over the world This time around the evil genius has stolen an experimental Time Skimmer from the world s Chronos Institute and used it to travel 37 426 years into the future 2 5 Meanwhile Mega Man is sent to investigate an underground passageway containing enemy Robot Masters from his previous adventures Mega Man destroys them again and makes his way to Wily s fortress which contains four more Robot Masters from his past Once they are destroyed Mega Man advances and comes upon Quint a future version of himself Wily had captured Quint in the future remodeled him and brought him back to the present 6 After Mega Man beats him Quint relinquishes his Sakugarne jackhammer weapon to the hero Mega Man follows Wily to a space station and defeats him Gameplay edit nbsp Mega Man in a boss fight with Clash Man The game continues the Game Boy series trend of recycling elements from the two consecutive NES titles Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3 As with other games in the series Mega Man II is a standard side scrolling platformer that lets the player take control of the hero Mega Man as he traverses stages and defeats various enemies and bosses The player is able to run jump and shoot as in the previous game but is now able to slide along the ground as well 5 The outset of the game allows the player to choose among four stages to be completed in any order Beating the Robot Master boss at the end of the stage allows the player access to its unique weapon for the remainder of the game 7 These weapons have limited ammunition that can be refilled by picking up items dropped by enemies Spare energy tanks can be obtained and selected to completely refill the player s health 5 Defeating some Robot Masters will grant Mega Man access to three adaptors for his canine companion Rush to be used in different environments The Rush Coil allows Mega Man a very high jump the Rush Marine turns the dog into a submarine for easy underwater mobility and the Rush Jet lets Mega Man cross large distances 5 7 Like Dr Wily s Revenge Mega Man II takes many elements from the NES Mega Man games The first four stages and their bosses Wood Man Air Man Clash sic Man and Metal Man come from Mega Man 2 7 After traveling to Wily s fortress four new stages become available via a teleportation room The bosses for these stages Top Man Hard Man Magnet Man and Needle Man are taken from Mega Man 3 7 Development and release editCapcom outsourced the development of Mega Man II to a different company than the one that had worked on Mega Man Dr Wily s Revenge 2 8 Series artist Keiji Inafune admitted that the design quality of Mega Man II feeling different from the other games was the result of the developer having very little knowledge of the series For the next game in the Game Boy line they decided to return to the developer of Mega Man Dr Wily s Revenge 2 Mega Man II has been re released as part of the Nintendo Player s Choice line of budget titles in North America 9 The game was made available on the Japanese Nintendo Power cartridge service on March 13 2001 10 Capcom announced a compilation release of the five Game Boy Mega Man games for a release in 2004 on the Game Boy Advance but it was cancelled 11 On July 18 2013 it was confirmed that Mega Man II was planned to release on the 3DS Virtual Console 12 which released in Japan on September 25 2013 13 in North America on May 8 2014 14 and in the PAL region on August 7 2014 15 Reception editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it January 2021 ReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreGameRankings69 16 Review scoresPublicationScoreElectronic Gaming Monthly32 40 17 Famitsu22 40 18 Nintendo Life3 10 20 Nintendo Power3 825 5 19 Nintendo World Report6 10 21 Mega Man II received average reviews Jeremy Parish of 1UP com opined Mega Man II as Not Worth It summarizing it as a random assortment of enemies and stages from Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3 from NES downsampled and downscaled for Game Boy 22 Nintendo Power ranked the game 2nd in their top 10 Game Boy games of 1992 23 Related media editThe Archie Comics series incorporated elements of the game though a full adaptation was not produced before the series went on hiatus Quint notably appeared twice in issue 20 displaying elements of his own character as well as that of Rockman Shadow the primary antagonist of Rockman amp Forte Challenger from the Future He subsequently made appearances in issue 55 in which Dr Light saw in a vision his conflict with the present day Mega Man followed by Mega Man s transformation into Quint in the future Notes edit Japanese ロックマンワールド2 Hepburn Rokkuman Warudo Tsu lit Rockman World 2 References edit Game Boy original Games PDF Nintendo Archived from the original PDF on June 15 2011 Retrieved September 24 2011 a b c d Mega Man Official Complete Works Udon Entertainment January 6 2010 pp 66 7 ISBN 978 1 897376 79 9 Overton Wil April 1995 Viva Le Mega Man Super Play 30 Future Publishing 30 1 ISSN 0966 6192 Game Music in Japanese Yamazaki Kenji Archived from the original on February 8 2013 Retrieved September 28 2011 a b c d Capcom ed February 1991 Mega Man II Instruction Booklet Santa Clara CA Capcom Entertainment Inc pp 5 12 DMG W2 USA Archived from the original on 2011 03 20 Retrieved 2011 03 16 Capcom March 11 2003 Mega Man amp Bass Game Boy Advance Capcom CD Data Dr Wily has captured Mega Man when he came from the future and has remodeled him a b c d Mega Man II Nintendo Power No 34 Redmond Washington Nintendo of America March 1992 pp 48 53 ISSN 1041 9551 Kohler Chris October 19 2011 Broke in Tokyo Retro Game Shopping on a Weak Dollar Wired Archived from the original on October 22 2011 Retrieved October 19 2011 Nutt Christian amp Speer Justin The History of Mega Man GameSpot Archived from the original on December 12 2009 Retrieved April 17 2010 ゲームボーイ用のアクション系ソフト 4 in Japanese Nintendo Archived from the original on February 3 2003 Retrieved June 3 2010 IGN staff February 4 2004 Mega Man Mania Change IGN Archived from the original on June 13 2011 Retrieved June 1 2010 Classic Game Boy Mega Man Titles Coming To 3DS Virtual Console 18 July 2013 Archived from the original on 2013 07 21 Retrieved 2013 07 20 ロックマンワールド2 ニンテンドー3DS Rockman World 2 Nintendo 3DS in Japanese Nintendo Archived from the original on December 4 2019 Retrieved March 29 2022 Mega May Nintendo Archived from the original on July 5 2014 Retrieved March 29 2022 Mega Man 2 Nintendo of Europe Retrieved December 4 2019 Mega Man II for Game Boy GameRankings Archived from the original on September 10 2015 Staff March 1992 Electronic Gaming Review Crew Electronic Gaming Monthly No 32 Sendai Publishing p 32 ISSN 1058 918X Staff December 27 1991 クロスレビュー Cross Review Famitsu in Japanese No 158 Tokuma Shoten p 43 Archived from the original on March 24 2019 Retrieved March 24 2019 A Non Stop Battle with Familiar Faces Nintendo Power No 32 Nintendo March 1992 p 48 Reed Phillip May 12 2014 Mega Man II Review Nintendo Life Gamer Network Retrieved March 29 2022 Miller Zachary May 12 2014 Mega Man 2 Game Boy Review Mini Nintendo World Report NINWR Retrieved March 29 2022 Parish Jeremy May 10 2007 The Mega Man Series Roundup 1UP com Archived from the original on June 29 2011 Retrieved April 10 2010 Top 10 of 1992 Nintendo Power Vol 44 January 1993 p 122 Retrieved January 25 2022 External links edit nbsp 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